摘要:
A conveyor device includes a conveyor belt and a driving unit that applies a driving force to the conveyor belt at different portions in a width direction of the conveyor belt to drive the conveyor belt. The driving unit includes a driving shaft having a projection corresponding to each of the portions. The belt includes a recess corresponding to the projection arranged on each side of the conveyor belt in the width direction.
摘要:
An exposure unit which exposes photoconductive drums having rotary axes thereof arranged parallel to each other on a single plane by light beams, includes one or more polygon mirrors each having a plurality of reflection surfaces, where the one or more polygon mirrors rotate about a common rotary axis. Each light beam is deflected by the one or more polygon mirrors and scans the surface of a corresponding photoconductive drum. The common rotary axis is separated from the rotary axes of the photoconductive drums by identical distances along respective normals which are perpendicular to both the common rotary axis and the rotary axes of the photoconductive drums.
摘要:
A toner transport screw that is capable of maintaining a smooth and stable transport function. The toner transport screw, in which a helical blade is disposed on the circumference of a rotating shaft, has at least one spiral direction reversal part formed by connecting the respective ends of a first blade part and a second blade part, the directions of spiral of the first blade part and the second blade part being in opposite directions. A passage, which allows the toner to pass through the blades in the circumferential direction of the rotating shaft, is formed in the spiral direction reversal part.
摘要:
A waste-toner collecting device includes a cleaning unit that collects waste toner remaining on an image carrier; a conveying belt that conveys the waste toner collected by the cleaning unit in a first direction; and a conveying screw that conveys the waste toner conveyed by the conveying belt in a second direction. An end of the conveying screw on a side of the conveying belt is rotatably supported by an inner wall of a body of the waste-toner collecting device in a state where the end of the conveying screw is in contact with the inner wall.
摘要:
A toner conveying device includes a toner hopper for containing unused toner, a waste-toner hopper for containing waste toner, and waste-toner conveying screws that convey waste toner in the waste-toner hopper. The waste-toner hopper is separated from the toner hopper by a flexible partition made of elastic material. The flexible partition is located near the conveying member, and includes a rigid body.
摘要:
A waste-toner housing device that is detachably attached to an image forming apparatus for housing waste toner includes a waste-toner container and a first conveying member and a second conveying member that convey the wasted toner. The first conveying member and the second conveying member are arranged inside the waste-toner container in such a manner that the second conveying member is located at an elevated level with respect to the first conveying member.
摘要:
A cylinder-shaped Cr mask having a diameter of 0.15 μm is formed at a pitch of 0.15 μm on a quartz glass substrate. The quartz glass substrate on which the cylinder-shaped Cr mask is formed is placed in a RF dry-etching apparatus and the surface of the quartz glass substrate is etched with CHF3+O2 gas. Thus, a cone-shaped antireflection structure with a pitch of 0.15 μm and a height of 0.15 μm is formed on the surface of the quartz glass substrate. An Ir—Rh alloy film having a thickness of 0.05 μm for protecting the surface is formed on the surface (pressing surface) of the quartz glass substrate provided with the cone-shaped antireflection structure to form a mold having an antireflection structure. An optical material 11 (crown based borosilicate glass) to which a releasing agent containing carbon (C) particulates for mold release is applied is press-molded with the mold having an antireflection structure, and the press-molded optical material is released from the mold having an antireflection structure without cooling. After the press-molded optical material is cooled, the releasing agent is removed.
摘要:
A first partial optical system including a first group of lenses having a positive refractive power, a first concave reflection mirror and a second group of lenses having a positive refractive power, for forming a primary reduced image of an object, a second partial optical system including a second concave reelection mirror and a third group of lenses having a positive refractive power, for further reducing the primary reduced image and refocusing it, and a reflection mirror arranged between the first partial optical system and the second partial optical system, for deflecting a light path are arranged in a sequence as viewed from the object. A good image-forming ability as a projection optical system for fabricating a semiconductor device is attained with a simple construction.
摘要:
A microscope whose enlargement magnification is changeable includes a plurality of interchangeable first objective lenses of different focal lengths for changing a divergent light flux from an object on a stage into a parallel light flux, a first interchanging device for moving the first objective lenses and interchangeably installing them on a predetermined optic axis, a plurality of interchangeable second objective lenses of different focal lengths for condensing the parallel light flux from the first objective lenses and forming an enlarged image of the object at a predetermined position, an eyepiece for observing therethrough the enlarged image of the object formed by the second objective lenses, a prism for directing the light flux from the second objective lenses to the eyepiece, and a second interchanging device provided between the first interchanging device and the prism for moving the second objective lenses and interchangeably installing them on the predetermined optic axis.
摘要:
An epidark illumination system for use with a microscope in which a sample is illuminated from around an objective by a ring-shaped light flux having its center coincident with the optic axis of the objective to enable the sample to be observed in a dark field of view comprises a ring-shaped condenser lens member disposed adjacent to the forward end of the objective with the center of the lens member being coincident with the optic axis of the objective to condense the light flux upon the sample, and a scattering member for scattering the ring-shaped light flux disposed in the light path before the ring-shaped light flux reaches the ring-shaped condenser lens member.