Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a charging device applies a voltage to charge an image bearing member. The charging device is provided with a charging means to which a voltage is applicable to charge said image bearing member, said charging means being provided with a magnetic particle carrying member for carrying and conveying a magnetic particle layer contacting with said image bearing member during the charging operation; a container contains magnetic particles therein; and a replacing device replaces the magnetic particles carried on the magnetic particle carrying member with the magnetic particles contained in the container. A developer develops a latent image produced on the image bearing member by the charging device using a toner to produce a toner image. A transferring device transfers the toner image from the image bearing member simultaneously with developing of the latent image without using a cleaner member after transferring by said transferring device and before charging by said charging device.
Abstract:
An image forming apparatus which can perform a multiple exposure with a plurality of laser lights driven by the PWM signal without deteriorating the image quality of a line image and a character image. Scanning start points are controlled to be different between a first light beam and a second light beam, among a plurality of light beams emit from a light source, exposing the identical pixel position.
Abstract:
A lithium secondary battery is intended to suppress deterioration upon storage at high temperature of 50° C. or higher without deteriorating the output characteristics at a room temperature. The battery includes a positive electrode capable of occluding and releasing lithium ions, a negative electrode capable of occluding and releasing lithium ions, a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and an electrolyte. The electrolyte contains a compound having a double bond in the molecule and a compound having a plurality of polymerizable functional groups in the molecule, and the electrolyte contains a compound represented by formula (4): (in which Z1 and Z2 each represent any one of an allyl group, a methallyl group, a vinyl group, an acryl group, and a methacryl group).
Abstract:
The present invention aims to provide a pharmaceutical composition effective for the treatment of cataract.A pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of cataract, containing a VAP-1 inhibitor as an active ingredient, particularly a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of cataract, containing a compound represented by the formula (I) and the like as an active ingredient: R1—NH—X—Y—Z (I) wherein each symbol is as defined in the description.
Abstract:
A high-quality long-life plasma display panel is provided by enabling compatibility between priming-electron emission characteristics, and other characteristics such as sputtering resistance, secondary electron emission characteristics, and wall charge retention. The plasma display panel is structured to include a front substrate, transparent electrodes and bus electrodes provided on the inner side of the front substrate, a dielectric layer covering these electrodes, a first protective layer covering the dielectric layer, and a second protective layer disposed on the side closer to the discharge space than the first protective layer. The first protective layer is doped with Sc to generate a predetermined excitation light by incidence of ultraviolet light. The second protective layer is doped with Si to emit electrons to the discharge space by the excitation light. With this structure, it is possible to realize a plasma display device in which the discharge delay is small, thereby the fluctuation less occurs.
Abstract:
An occupant safety system for a vehicle door is disclosed. The vehicle door includes a series of pads that help to absorb the force of a side impact collision. The pads cooperate to help push an occupant away from the door during the collision. This can help reduce injuries sustained by the occupant by increasing the available energy absorbing stroke.
Abstract:
In one implementation, a programmable processor is adapted to include a first set of registers and a second set of registers. The first set of registers may have a future file, and the second set of registers may be architectural registers. Following a termination of an instruction in the processor, the future file may be restored with values in the second set of registers. The future file is restored over more than one clock cycle.
Abstract:
The disclosed method can improve the luminescence life of an image display device. By using a blue luminescent phosphor having the phosphor component ZnS:M, N (where M is one or more elements selected from Cu, Ag, and Au, and N is one or more elements selected from Al, Ga, In, and Cl); wherein a shoulder is observed at around 400 nm (3.10 eV) of a cathode-luminescence spectrum of a field-emission display. A phosphor of a field-emission display of the present invention has improved characteristics against deterioration by electron-beam irradiation and an excellent luminescence maintenance factor, therefore, the luminescence life characteristics of a display are improved.
Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes an electrostatic image bearing member for bearing an electrostatic image; a developer carrying member for carrying developer containing toner; a voltage source for applying to said developer carrying member, an oscillating voltage of a predetermined frequency: a toner image forming device for forming a toner image on said electrostatic image bearing member using said voltage source; a transferring device for transferring the toner image onto transfer material; and a removing device for removing, using said voltage source, the toner remaining on said electrostatic image bearing member after the use of said transferring device: the voltage satisfies: ##EQU1## V.sub.pp �V!: peak-to-peak voltage of oscillating voltage V.sub.f �Hz!: frequency of oscillating voltage V.sub.back �V!: potential difference between surface potential of electrostatic image bearing member and DC component of oscillating voltageQ �c/kg!: average amount of toner charge d �m!: shortest distance between electrostatic image bearing member and developer carrying member.
Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes at least a first image-forming unit provided with a first latent image-holding member, a first latent image-forming device, a first developing device for developing a first latent image with a first toner to form a first toner image, and a first image-transfer device for transferring the first toner image to an image-receiving member, and a second image-forming unit provided with a second latent image-holding member, a second latent image-forming device, a second developing device for developing a second latent image with a second toner to form a second toner image, and a second image-transfer device for transferring the second toner image to the image-receiving member holding the first toner image. The second developing device also serves as a cleaning device for recovering the toner remaining on the second latent image-holding member after the transfer to perform cleaning. The second latent image-holding member has a surface having a contact angle for water of not less than 85.degree..