摘要:
Various embodiments of a two-piece golf shaft are provided, which include a hollow upper section, a hollow or solid lower section formed from an injection-molded chopped carbon fiber/thermoplastic material, and a coupling insert configured to join the lower section to the upper section (and, optionally, to the golf club head as well).
摘要:
A method and apparatus for connecting a computer to one or more peripheral devices includes providing an adapter module (12) connectable directly or by means of standard cabling to a peripheral device (10). The adapter module (12) includes a plurality of electrical connectors configured to operate in accordance with predetermined interface protocols. A conversion means provided in the module (12) in the form of an ASIC chip performs protocol conversions. By providing three or more connectors on the adapter module (12), several devices can be connected to a computer having a single port.
摘要:
A device and method for reducing noise and/or vibration in an image forming apparatus. In a preferred form, an insert (200) is disposed inside of a photosensitive drum (1), and the insert (200) is an elastic member having, in a relaxed state, an outer diameter larger than an inner diameter of the inner surface of the photosensitive drum (1). The insert (200) is compressed to allow insertion, and once inserted, projections (202) on the insert (200) hold the insert (200) against the inner surface of the photosensitive drum (1). As such, the insert (200) can be anchored to the interior of the photosensitive drum (1) without using adhesive and can be easily removed for recycling purposes. The photosensitive drum (1) can optionally contain a pressurized gas.
摘要:
A hopper engagement device includes a base member (102) having an orifice (104) releasably engaging with a toner container (120). The orifice (104) provides an interference fit with an opening of the container (120). The engagement device includes a sealing member (128) on the container (120) wherein the sealing member (128) includes an adhesive portion (130) configured to engage the surface of a lid (136). When the lid (136) is opened, the sealing member (128) is peeled off from an opening of the container (120). A toner refilling kit includes a hopper engagement device having an orifice (104) and a toner hopper container having a removable sealing member (128) having an adhesive portion (130). The adhesive portion (130) engages an outer surface of a hopper cover when the container (120) engages the hopper engagement device. A toner container (120) includes an opening and a sealing member attached to the opening. A refill kit includes a base member (102) having an orifice (104) and a toner container (120).
摘要:
Optical electrophotoconductor drums and electrophotoconductive tubes obtained via a direct chill metal casting apparatus for continuous or semi-continuous casting of metal (DC casting). In particular, casting of ingots of aluminum which provide the electrophotoconductive tubes that are subsequently coated to produce drums for copier and printers is presented. A gas-slip prepared surface of the tube results in a reduced and limited size and number of defects of an aluminum alloy material wherein the defects arise from a casting, subsequent extrusion, and subsequent drawing process. The defects arise primarily from either feather line lamination defects or from weld-line defects where the lamination defects are characterized by at least a slightly rougher surface and often a different chemical composition than that of the aluminum alloy at one point in the feather line lamination and where the weld-line defects occur in the extrusion process from contaminants present in either an aluminum casted ingot or log. Preparation of the special surface for the subsequently coated optical photoconductive drum results in increased yield, higher quality and lower manufacturing costs.
摘要:
Thermal transfer printing medium comprising a substrate, energy absorber and a transfer coating layer comprising colorant, wherein the print energy absorber is arranged so as not to alter printed characteristics of colorant. A method of thermal printing is further disclosed wherein the transfer printing medium is preheated by a pre-heater prior to and/or concomitant with the application of print energy thereto.
摘要:
A heat resistant structure for enclosing a battery is presented. The structure includes a heat resistant fiber layer that provides insulation and structural resistance against a battery failure leading to high temperatures, for instance, in a thermal runaway event. The heat resistant fiber layer may comprise a polycrystalline aluminosilicate fiber.
摘要:
A photosensitive drum assembly for an image forming apparatus. A drum defines first and second open ends. A flange is partially disposed in the first open end. A grounding plate assembly includes a drum contact member and a shaft contact member. The drum contact member is configured to remove an electrically resistive coating from an interior of the drum. The shaft contact member is configured to contact a grounding shaft. The shaft contact member is disposed entirely within an interior of the flange.
摘要:
An electrostatic developer is provided that contains toner-containing image-forming particles and an uncrosslinked, linear hydrocarbon based homopolymer wax component, wherein the wax has a total number of branches in each of one or more chains that is less than 0.5%, relative to total number of carbons in said wax; wherein the wax is further characterized by having a set of endotherms as determined by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) run at a maximum rate of 10 ° C per minute, these endotherms being characterized by a primary endotherm and at least a secondary endotherm, the primary endotherm exhibiting a temperature range of between 70°C and 90°C, and the secondary endotherm exhibiting a temperature range of between 95°C and 110°C, and wherein the wax has a crystallinity of from 75% to 90% as determined by small angle X-ray diffraction analysis.
摘要:
A storage device or drive such as a disk or tape drive including a nonvolatile erasable semiconductor memory which stores parameters which control the operation of the storage device. Through a user interface on a host computer, the user is capable of changing the parameters which are used to control the storage device, allowing the user to configure the operation of the storage device in any manner desired. The parameters which are changeable within the storage device relate to responses to the detection of errors within the storage device, data encryption algorithms, the stopping of a disk from spinning, the caching of the storage device, and data compression algorithms. The storage drive also has the capability to perform a stand-alone formatting operation. After formatting a storage medium with the assistance of the host computer (602), the formatted medium is read by the drive and stored in the nonvolatile memory of the storage drive (606). The next time a medium needs to be formatted, the formatting information is read from the memory of the storage drive to perform the formatting, thus freeing the host computer to perform other tasks.