Abstract:
A light diffusion sheet or film including a plurality of unit lenses formed of a material having a refractive index N1, each unit lens having a trapezoidal cross-section. At least one between lens portion, having a triangular cross-section, positioned between two of the unit lenses. The between lens portion is formed of a material having a refractive index N2 that is less than N1. If θ represents an angle defined by a side of the trapezoidal cross-section and a line normal to a base of the trapezoidal cross-section, then sin(90−θ)>N2/N1 and N1
Abstract:
A rear projection screen including a Fresnel lens sheet arranged on the projection side, and a lenticular lens sheet arranged on the observation side. The Fresnel lens sheet has a lenticular lens for vertical diffusion on its light-entering side. The lenticular lens for vertical diffusion contains a plurality of convex lenses that extend horizontally, and these plural convex lenses are arranged with a constant pitch. Further, the diffusion angle of the lenticular lens for vertical diffusion continuously increases, and, at the same time, the direction of diffusion is gradually inclined to the central part side as the distance from the central part toward each of the edges on the screen surface increases. The diffusion properties (the angle and direction of diffusion) of the lenticular lens thus continuously vary between the central part and edges of the screen surface.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method for producing layered aluminum fine particles, and applications to single electron tunneling quantum devices, and the present invention further relates to a method for producing spherical metallic aluminum fine particles (layered aluminum fine particles), characterized in that metallic aluminum is supplied into a mixed gas of helium and 1×10−7 to 3×10−7 torr water vapor by sputtering induced by argon gas discharge to generate aggregates, after which this product is released into a vacuum to generate single crystals in which the surface layer is covered with alumina.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a projection screen in which both primary and secondary moiré patterns never become conspicuous even when the pitch of lenticular lenses is made fine. When the pitch of the concentric circular grooves on the Fresnel lens face 2 of a tranparent base 1 is indicated by pF, the repeating pitch of the cylindrical lens faces on the lenticular lens face 3 is indicated by pL, the pitch of the elliptical moiré is indicated by pE, the pitch of the hyperbolic moiré is indicated by pH, and when pE and pH are defined as follows: in the case where pL>pF, pE=1.0/(1.0/pF−[pL/pF]/pL) pH=1.0/(1.0/pL−1.0/pF+[pL/pF]/pL), and in the case where pF>pL, pH=1.0/(1.0/pL−[pF/pL]/pF) pE=1.0/(1.0/pF−1.0/pL+[pF/pL]/pF) ([X]: the integer part of X), the relationship pE/pH≧2.4 or pH/pE≧2.4 is fulfilled. Further, the relationship MAX(pH, pE)
Abstract:
The present invention provides an image forming apparatus having an image bearing member for bearing a toner image, and a transfer rotary member for forming a nip between the transfer rotary member and the image bearing member, the transfer rotary member being provided at its surface with a solid layer and serving to transfer the toner image from the image bearing member onto a transfer material at the nip, and wherein a moving speed of a surface of the transfer rotary member at the nip is greater than a moving speed of a surface of the image bearing member at the nip, and a surface friction force of the transfer rotary member is greater than a surface friction force of the image bearing member by 3 to 20 times.
Abstract:
An object of the present invention is to provide a process for producing a lens sheet, which is safe, which can cut the material cost and the facility cost, which can continuously produce, by the use of a forming die, a formed lens sheet that contains no air bubbles in the lens area thereof and which can attain higher productivity, and reduction of costs by using a decreased number of forming dies or the like; and a projection screen. The process for producing a lens sheet according to the present invention includes the steps of coating a resin composition for a lens sheet onto a forming die by the use of a multiple nozzle in which a plurality of nozzles are arranged at intervals along the forming die for a lens sheet in a direction substantially rectangular to a direction in which the resin composition for a lens sheet will be coated, and superposing a base material on the resin composition for a lens sheet which has been coated onto the forming die.
Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member; a scanning device for scanning the image bearing member in accordance with image data; driving source for driving the image bearing member; and a gear for transmitting power to the image bearing member from the driving source.The movement pitch of the image bearing member corresponding to a gear pitch of the gear, and a line pitch of a basic matrix for tone gradation printing are sufficiently different to prevent interference fringe of the image.
Abstract:
In a fixing device, a core material of a fixing rotating member has two largest-diameter portions respectively located between a central portion and each end portion of the fixing rotating member, within a region where a recording material of a largest size passes, and the diameter of each core material is gradually reduced from the largest-diameter portion toward the central portion and toward the nearest end portion. The outer shape of the fixing rotating member conforms to the shape of the core material. According to this configuration, it is possible to prevent corrugation and curl of the recording material, and to provide excellent mountability of the recording material.
Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a feeder means and a recorder. The feeder feeds a sheet of recording paper to a predetermined position in response to a spare paper feed signal instructing the feeding as the sheet of recording paper to the predetermined position preliminarily, and then feeds the sheet of recording paper being stopped at the predetermined position again in response to a record request signal. The recorder records an image on the sheet of recording paper fed by the feeder means through an electrophotographic process. The recorder means starts preparation to execute the electrophotographic process upon receiving the spare paper feed signal. As a results, throughput is increased without causing other problems.
Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a movable photosensitive member having a photosensitive layer of an organic photoconductor, a device for forming an image on a surface of the photosensitive member, a device for transferring the image formed on the photosensitive member by the image forming device onto a transfer material, the transfer device including a rotatable transfer member having a dielectric surface for moving the transfer material while contacting it to the surface of the image bearing member at a transfer position and an electrode for forming an electric field, the electrode being contacted to a surface of the rotatable transfer member remote from the photosensitive member.