摘要:
In a fluid control valve, a check valve is provided between the pump port and the first fluid chamber and allows the fluid to pass therethrough only in a direction from the pump port to the first fluid chamber, a down control valve is provided between the first fluid chamber and the second fluid chamber, an up control valve is provided between the first fluid chamber and the third fluid chamber, the fluid is allowed to flow from the pump port to the cylinder port through the check valve and through the down control valve when they are opened, and the fluid from the cylinder port to the tank port is allowed to flow through the down control valve, through the first fluid chamber and through the up control valve when they are opened. The fluid control valve can be obtained simple in structure and high in precision, and be allowed a reduction in cavitation and noise.
摘要:
In a color image forming apparatus, a test pattern is formed by a color toner and provided with multiple tones by a dither method. The toner density of the test pattern is accurately read by a simple structure and faithfully corresponds to the actual toner density.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus which forms an image by dot images. The invention includes a halftoning device for processing of halftone for inputted image data, a judging device for judging characteristics in the neighborhood of a target dot output from the halftoning means, gamma correcting means for correcting the gamma characteristic of image data of the target dot according to the judging by the judging device. Therefore, it is possible to prevent image degradation and to decrease a number of levels of halftone of the printed image.
摘要:
In a color image forming apparatus, a plurality of color images of component colors are combined to form a full color image. These images of the component colors are overlapped on an intermediate recording medium, and are then transferred to a transfer medium. Control circuitry reduces the amount of time required to form the component color images on the intermediate transfer medium, and to prevent an abnormality such as an out-of-phase or pull-out of a closed loop control circuit for controlling such a formation of the component color images. This may be achieved by abruptly changing a phase of a motor synchronizing signal. Further, for a period of time after the motor synchronizing signal is abruptly changed, a gain of an amplifier in the motor control circuit can be reduced, an abnormality detection in the motor control circuit can be reduced, the motor control circuit can be placed in an open loop state, or an addition or subtraction signal can be input to the closed loop motor control circuit. This specified period can also be detected based on a feedback including a rotational phase of a polygon motor formed as part of a unit for writing the individual component color image signals.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus which automatically adjusts an image density when at least one of conditions of an optical writing operation, including a size of a dot image, a light strength of a laser beam, a mode of image resolution, and a scanning speed of the laser beam, is changed. When an instruction by an operator for changing the conditions of the optical writing operation is input, an optical writing controller executes a change of the conditions and a process controller then executes an operation of determining a development potential and associated bias potentials on the basis of the changed conditions of the optical writing operation. In the operation of determining a development potential and associated bias potentials, a predetermined reference dot image is written on a photoconductor by a laser beam under the changed condition of the optical writing operation and is developed with color toner under the determined development potential and associated bias potentials. The created reference dot image is then measured by a photosensor to calculate a degree of image density. On the basis of the measurement of the image density, the determined development potential and associated bias potentials are corrected to be appropriate.
摘要:
In a color image forming apparatus, a test pattern is formed by a color toner and provided with multiple tones by a dither method. The toner density of the test pattern is accurately read by a simple structure and faithfully corresponds to the actual toner density.
摘要:
A frequency converter is provided of which a frequency-dividing ratio is arbitrarily altered and retained after a power is turned off. The frequency converter has a programmable counter which outputs a signal having a desired frequency, a non-volatile memory for storing data for setting the frequency-dividing ratio and a control unit for controlling a writing operation of data stored into the non-volatile memory. The programmable counter, the non-volatile memory and the control unit are accommodated in a single package. The frequency converter may comprise a resonator and an oscillating circuit within the package so that the frequency converter can be treated as a single frequency generator such as a quartz-crystal oscillator.
摘要:
A hydraulic elevator comprises a car, a hydraulic jack to drive the car, a hydraulic pump, and control means for controlling a flow rate of fluid flowing to or from the hydraulic jack thereby to control movement of the car. The control means comprises a main valve constructed so as to allow fluid the flow from the pump into the hydraulic jack when a pressure of the fluid is higher than a predetermined value thereby to effect upward running of the car, and to check a fluid flow from the hydraulic jack when the pressure of the fluid from the pump is less than the predetermined value, and valve control means including a plurality of pilot valves for controlling, when the pressure of the fluid from the pump is less than the value, the main valve to open and close, and wherein the valve control means controls the closing operation of the main valve along at least two different patterns.
摘要:
A thermal transfer type printing device, for instance, a character printer having a thermal head for use in printer, copier, facsimile device, etc. and ink medium such as ink ribbon, ink sheet or the like. One of a plurality of ink sheets is selectively used and a print control is performed in accordance with a sort of the ink sheet. The printing device comprises a thermal head, ink sheets, installment means capable of selecting one of ink sheets and selectively installing the same on the printing device, a heat energy source, and switching means for changing heat energy which drives the thermal head depending on the sort of ink sheet to be selected.
摘要:
A thermal head driver for printing out images by selectively energizing a plurality of heat-generating resistance elements which are arranged in an array, or line, to constitute a thermal head. The resistance elements are energized on an every second pixel basis or, alternatively, a plurality of resistance elements associated with odd pixels and those associated with even pixels are energized at different time points, yet a plurality of resistance elements out of each of the odd and even resistance elements are energized at the same time. Such causes any pixel to be printed out only upon the lapse of a predetermiend period of time after two immediately adjacent pixels in a line direction have been printed out.