摘要:
An electrophotographic single-component developing device including a development roller; a toner storing portion provided in parallel relationship to an axis of the development roller, for storing a single-component toner; and a toner feeding unit provided in the toner storing portion, for feeding the single-component toner stored in the toner storing portion in a direction parallel to the axis of the development roller and supplying the single-component toner to the development roller. The toner feeding unit has a spiral agitator formed from a wire. Accordingly, the ability of toner feed along the development roller and the ability of toner supply to the development roller can be improved without deterioration of the toner.
摘要:
A toner cartridge for an image forming apparatus including a case body having a tubular portion, first and second end walls, and first and second positioning members. The first positioning member radially protrudes from the first end wall and has a flat end face. The first positioning member, which is used for positioning the toner cartridge at the start of loading the toner cartridge into the image forming apparatus, is aligned with a first guide in the image forming apparatus at the start of loading the toner cartridge. The second positioning member, which radially protrudes from the second end wall of the cartridge and has a flat end face, is angularly shifted from the first positioning member. After the first positioning member is aligned with the guide, the cartridge is rotated to align the second positioning member with a second guide in said image forming apparatus.
摘要:
A semiconductor laser device has a compound semiconductor substrate, a first semiconductor layer disposed on the compound semiconductor substrate, and a second semiconductor layer disposed on the first semiconductor layer. The second semiconductor layer has at least three thin film layers of at least two different semiconductor compounds, the film layers being laminated with the different semiconductor compound layers alternating. An electrically isolating region extends through the thickness of the second semiconductor layer and electrically divides the second semiconductor layer into first and second portions which differ in quantum level from each other. A third semiconductor layer is disposed on the second semiconductor layer, and first and second electrodes are disposed on the third semiconductor layer in positions for supplying current to the first and second portions, respectively, and a third electrode is disposed on the substrate at the surface thereof opposite to the first and second electrodes. When a voltage is applied between the third and first electrodes and the third and second electrodes, laser beams having different wavelengths are emitted from the first and second portions of the second semiconductor layer, respectively.
摘要:
An object of the present invention is to obtain, with respect to a semiconductor light-emitting element using a group III nitride semiconductor substrate, a semiconductor light-emitting element having an excellent light extraction property by selecting a specific substrate dopant and controlling the concentration thereof. The semiconductor light-emitting element comprises a substrate composed of a group III nitride semiconductor comprising germanium (Ge) as a dopant, an n-type semiconductor layer composed of a group III nitride semiconductor formed on the substrate, an active layer composed of a group III nitride semiconductor formed on the n-type semiconductor layer, and a p-type semiconductor layer composed of a group III nitride semiconductor formed on the active layer in which the substrate has a germanium (Ge) concentration of 2×1017 to 2×1019 cm−3. The substrate is produced in a nitrogen-containing atmosphere using a melt comprising at least a group III element, an alkali or alkaline earth metal, and germanium (Ge) and nitrogen.
摘要:
The present invention provides a method for producing a compound single crystal that can improve a growth rate and grow a large single crystal with high crystal uniformity in a short time, and a production apparatus used for the method. The compound single crystal is grown while stirring a material solution to create a flow from a gas-liquid interface in contact with a source gas toward the inside of the material solution. With this stirring, the source gas can be dissolved easily in the material solution, and supersaturation can be achieved in a short time, thus improving the growth rate of the compound single crystal. Moreover, the flow formed by the stirring goes from the gas-liquid interface where a source gas concentration is high to the inside of the material solution where the source gas concentration is low, so that dissolution of the source gas becomes uniform. Accordingly, it is possible not only to suppress nonuniform nucleation at the gas-liquid interface, but also to improve the quality of the compound single crystal produced.
摘要:
The present invention provides an acoustooptic device usable even with light in the ultraviolet region, free from laser damage and optical damage, and excellent in acoustooptic performance and an optical imaging apparatus using the same. The acoustooptic device according to the present invention includes a high-frequency signal input part (65), a transducer part (64), and an acoustooptic medium (6). A high-frequency signal input from the high-frequency signal input part (65) is converted into a mechanical vibration by the transducer part (64), and an optical characteristic of the acoustooptic medium (6) varies depending on the mechanical vibration. The acoustooptic medium is formed of a Group III nitride crystal. The optical imaging apparatus according to the present invention includes a light source, an acoustooptic device, a driving circuit, and an image plane. Light from the light source is diffracted by the acoustooptic device in accordance with a signal from the driving circuit and the resultant diffracted light forms an image on the image plane. An acoustooptic medium of the acoustooptic device is formed of a Group III nitride crystal.
摘要:
The present invention provides a method for producing a compound single crystal that can improve a growth rate and grow a large single crystal with high crystal uniformity in a short time, and a production apparatus used for the method. The compound single crystal is grown while stirring a material solution to create a flow from a gas-liquid interface in contact with a source gas toward the inside of the material solution. With this stirring, the source gas can be dissolved easily in the material solution, and supersaturation can be achieved in a short time, thus improving the growth rate of the compound single crystal. Moreover, the flow formed by the stirring goes from the gas-liquid interface where a source gas concentration is high to the inside of the material solution where the source gas concentration is low, so that dissolution of the source gas becomes uniform. Accordingly, it is possible not only to suppress nonuniform nucleation at the gas-liquid interface, but also to improve the quality of the compound single crystal produced.
摘要:
A clear ice making apparatus includes: a freezing space; a tray placed in the freezing space and having a lower temperature at a bottom part thereof than at an upper part thereof; and a water supply unit of supplying water to the tray from the top thereof, in which ice is made at an ice making rate of 5 μm/s or lower, a part of a liquid-phase section of water in the tray which part is in contact with atmosphere is frozen to complete the ice making, the liquid-phase section of water is not entirely supercooled before the ice making is completed, and the concentration of air in the liquid-phase section of water in the tray is equal to or lower than an excessive concentration of air.
摘要:
A wiring board includes a core layer and a pair of multilayer wiring portions. The core layer, having an upper surface and a lower surface, is formed from a resin composite which contains resin filler and encloses several pieces of carbon fiber cloth. One of the multilayer wiring portions is stacked on the upper surface of the core layer, while the other is stacked on the lower surface of the core layer. Each multilayer wiring portion is composed of a number of insulating layers and wiring patterns stacked alternately with the insulating layers. The wiring patterns of the upper and the lower wiring portions are connected to each other by conductors extending through the entire thickness of the core layer.
摘要:
Methods for forming multilayer circuit structures are disclosed. In some embodiments, conductive layers, dielectric layers and conductive posts can be formed on both sides of a circuitized core structure. The conductive posts are disposed in the dielectric layers and can be stacked to form a generally vertical conduction pathway which passes at least partially through a multilayer circuit structure. The formed multilayer circuit structures can occupy less space than corresponding multilayer circuit structures with stacked via structures.