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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7760216 | Sheet feeding mechanism with duplex print function and related printer A sheet feeding mechanism having a pickup roller, a switch device, and a gear set is disclosed. The pickup roller drives a recording material to a first path, and the recording material proceeds from the first path to a second path or from a third path to a fourth p... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7633514 | Image generating apparatus with ink sheet cartridge ejection suppression An image generating apparatus applicable to a structure employing an ink sheet cartridge having an outwardly exposed ink sheet, capable of suppressing ejection of the ink sheet cartridge in printing and capable of suppressing reduction of printing quality is obtaine... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7545400 | Image forming apparatus and method of controlling top margin of printing medium in image forming apparatus An method of controlling a feeding velocity of a printing medium in an image forming apparatus, and an image forming apparatus to perform the method, the method including sensing a time between two points on a feeding path on which the printing medium is moving, and... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7397487 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus that forms images, while continuously conveying, a long flexible recording medium in a constant conveyance direction on a conveyance path, the image forming apparatus comprising: a belt conveyance mechanism that is disposed on the conveyan... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7369152 | Laser marking method In a marking device, by illuminating a laser beam onto an X-ray film which is a light-photosensitive heat-developing photosensitive material, an inner portion of a surface layer is melted, a cavity is formed, and a dot, which projects a surface out in a convex shape... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7362784 | Laser irradiation method, laser irradiation apparatus, and semiconductor device An object of the present invention is obtaining a semiconductor film with uniform characteristics by improving irradiation variations of the semiconductor film. The irradiation variations are generated due to scanning while irradiating with a linear laser beam of th... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7324237 | Image recording apparatus correcting the image recording position based on the detected result of the recording material This invention relates to an image recording apparatus provided with a transporting unit transporting an image recording material whose shape has at a least one side in a predetermined transporting direction; an image recording position detecting unit detecting a po... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7277199 | Imaging system and media supply for use in imaging system A media supply is provided for use in an imaging device having an entry port. The media supply has a housing defining a media storage area to hold media, an opening to receive media, and a device engagement surface shaped for insertion into the entry port A media en... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7262430 | Organic photocurrent multiplication device Organic semiconductor layers (2, 4) are laminated sandwiching an insulator thin layer (3), and translucent electrodes (1, 5) are formed on the surfaces of the organic semiconductor layers (2, 4), respectively. While a voltage is applied s... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7257364 | Paper feeding mechanism for continuous form printer A paper feeding mechanism for a printer includes a discharging unit located on a downstream side of a paper feed path, a feeding unit located on an upstream side with respect to the image transfer station, a tension applying unit that operates to apply tension to th... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7257270 | Image processing device and method, and recording medium In an image processing device which carries out processing for detecting and correcting defective portions of an image, it is possible to pre-emptively prevent the defective portion detecting and correcting processing from causing a deterioration in image quality or... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7245850 | Photosensitive member cartridge The invention provides a photosensitive member cartridge, that has, for example, a case including a bottom wall, an upper wall, and side walls. A photosensitive drum and a transfer roller are rotatably disposed in a space surrounded by the bottom wall, the upper wal... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7229859 | Thin film device provided with coating film, liquid crystal panel and electronic device, and method for making the thin film device Any one of an insulating film forming a TFT, a silicon film and a conductive film is formed by applying a solution and annealing it. In a spin coater (102), a coating solution containing a thin film component which is supplied from a solution storage section ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7224923 | Photosensitive member cartridge The invention provides a photosensitive member cartridge, that has, for example, a case including a bottom wall, an upper wall, and side walls. A photosensitive drum and a transfer roller are rotatably disposed in a space surrounded by the bottom wall, the upper wal... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7221495 | Thin film precursor stack for MEMS manufacturing This invention provides a precursor film stack for use in the production of MEMS devices. The precursor film stack comprises a carrier substrate, a first layer formed on the carrier substrate, a second layer of an insulator material formed on the first layer, and a ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7218878 | Photosensitive member cartridge The invention provides a photosensitive member cartridge, that has, for example, a case including a bottom wall, an upper wall, and side walls. A photosensitive drum and a transfer roller are rotatably disposed in a space surrounded by the bottom wall, the upper wal... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7209159 | Image forming apparatus and image forming control method An image forming apparatus that is capable of carrying out image formation on a recording medium such as plain paper without increasing the FCOT (First Copy Out Time) and is also capable of carrying out optimal image formation on a recording medium, such as thick pa... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7176951 | Recording material supply device and image forming apparatus A photographic printer removably holds a magazine for containing a roll of photographic paper is provided. The photographic paper is advanced and supplied to a transporting path. A large-width loading support is loaded with a large-width magazine removably. A small-... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7167192 | Image forming device An image forming device has a recording unit for recording a recording material in a sheet form in a major scanning direction based on an input image signal and a conveyance unit for conveying the recording material in a sub-scanning direction substantially perpendi... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7164520 | Packaging for an interferometric modulator A package is made of a transparent substrate having an interferometric modulator and a back plate. A non-hermetic seal joins the back plate to the substrate to form a package, and a desiccant resides inside the package. A method of packaging an interferometric modul... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7133147 | Image-processing apparatus equipped with recording-material manual-feeding mechanism and control method for the apparatus An image-processing apparatus and a control method for this apparatus. Image data is received through a communication section and is recorded by a recording section onto a recording material fed from a manual-feeding tray. Recording materials of various sizes can be... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7111916 | System and method of fluid level regulating for a media coating system An apparatus for the management of the fluid level in a media coating system. In one embodiment, the apparatus has a supply item for the storage of a media coating fluid and an applicator having a trough for receiving the media coating fluid from the supply item. Th... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7075262 | Print control system, print control method, and recording medium having recorded print control program A print control system according to the present invention comprises: a paper rear edge holding/driving control part for driving and controlling a paper feed motor so that the rear edge of a paper, which is fed by the paper feed motor, is held in a predetermined hold... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7067337 | Thin film device provided with coating film, liquid crystal panel and electronic device, and method for making the thin film device Any one of an insulating film forming a TFT, a silicon film and a conductive film is formed by applying a solution and annealing it. In a spin coater (102), a coating solution containing a thin film component which is supplied from a solution storage section ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7027076 | Media-position media sensor A sensor system for detecting skew in print media along the feed path of a hardcopy device is disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention the system is arranged to generate a first image of a portion of print media at a first position along the feed path and to ge... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7027744 | Toner cartridge with integral MICR font, and methods Embodiments of the invention include a toner cartridge for the printing of MICR characters that includes a memory device that is programmed with the requisite font for MICR characters. The font is accessible for the printing of MICR characters when the toner cartrid... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6981254 | Delay timer for printing from the driver The present invention includes computer programs on computer-readable media that allows for controlling a computer system to perform a delayed operation such as, but not limited to, a print command, an e-mailing distribution, a software installation, a file transfer... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6977883 | Information recording medium having pair of electrodes Disclosed herewith is a method for enabling fast and high density recording of information. A voltage is applied to a recording layer formed between a pair of electrodes. The distance between the pair of electrodes is set wider at one of land and groove areas of a s... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6961073 | Method and system for displaying an image on a screen A public presentation system is presented comprising a display system that can be remotely changed, so that multiple different images are successively displayed with minimal interruption. The system utilizes ionography techniques for non-contact printing and imaging... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6945720 | Printer A printer includes a transporting block, a printing block, a positioning block, and an intermediate picking-up device. The positioning block is disposed between the transporting block and the printing block, and positions printing sheets transported by the transport... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6947167 | Image formation apparatus which forms images of four page on both faces of sheet in such a manner as images of two pages are formed on each face An image formation apparatus includes a loading means for loading a sheaf of originals obtained by staking a sheaf of the originals to be copied and a sheaf of the originals for front and reverse cover sheets, a feed means for feeding the originals one by one from t... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6907222 | Method and apparatus of controlling an image input and a recording-medium supply of an image forming apparatus A method and apparatus to control an image input and a recording-medium supply of an image forming apparatus. An aspect of the method comprises periodically generating synchronized demand of an image input into the exposure unit and supplying of a recording medium t... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6859218 | Electronic display devices and methods Electronic display devices and methods are described. In one embodiment, a display device comprises a housing and a display area provided within the housing to display content for a user. Memory is provided within the housing to hold data that is to be rendered into... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6798431 | Arrangement for setting the speed of an intermediate carrier in an electrophotographic printer device In a printer system composed of a plurality of printer devices, the speed of the recording medium to be printed and of the intermediate carrier in every printer device following a printer device is adapted to the changing dimensions of the recording medium. For exam... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6788322 | Image forming apparatus that accurately detects sheet in the feeding direction, and method thereof An image forming apparatus has a CIS disposed in an area where a sheet passes in such a fashion that read pixels of the CIS are arranged in a direction perpendicular to the feeding direction of the sheet. A part of the read pixels (e.g., 1000 pixels) that correspond... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6695501 | On-demand label applicator system Improved label printing and applying apparatus (10) is provided which includes an improved digital printing assembly (12) having a rotatable impression drum (18) presenting an outer surface (20), as well as at least one digital print head (22) adjacent th... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6686941 | Method and system for displaying an image on a screen A public presentation system is presented comprising a display system that can be remotely changed, so that multiple different images are successively displayed with minimal interruption. The system utilizes ionography techniques for non-contact printing ... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6574005 | Image forming apparatus Toner and paper powder adhering to and carried by the image non-forming surface of a paper sheet in a developing unit are prevented from fixedly transferring and adhering to the inner wall of the developing unit and the inner wall of the paper sheet intro... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6556228 | Solar powered electronic display devices and methods Solar powered electronic display devices and methods are described. In one embodiment, a device comprises a housing (102) and a display area (104) within the housing to display content for a user. Memory (310, 312) is provided within the housing to hold d... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6542176 | Electronic display devices and methods Electronic display devices and methods are described. In one embodiment, a display device comprises a housing with a display area to display content for a user. Memory within the housing holds data that is to be rendered into user-viewable content. A loop... | 04/01/2003 |
