Konica Minolta, Inc.

Meito Sangyo Co., Ltd.

Kao Corporation

Akira Tsunoda

Shigeaki Kato

Yoshitaka Kokusho

Hiroyuki Kobayashi

Tomihiro Kurosaki

Takashi Imamura

Katsumi Kita

Shinichi Kawabata

Yasuo Ishii

Mitsuharu Masuda

Yuki Higuchi

Shinjiro Iwasaki

Haruya Kato

Akio Oshima

Taro Suga

Hiroyuki Yamaguchi

Kazunori Harada

Yoshiko Chikawa

Takashi Itoh

Noriko Inoue

Disclosed is a post-processing apparatus configured to be coupled to an image forming apparatus or another post-processing apparatus. The post-processing apparatus includes: a post-processing unit that performs post-processing to a sheet that is conveyed; and a standby path arranged on an upstream side or a downstream side of the post-processing unit and capable of holding the sheet. The post-processing unit performs the post-processing in a state in which the sheet is partly in the standby path.

Post-processing apparatus and image forming system

A movable object holding system for holding a movable object including a body portionand a protruding portion protruding from the body portion, comprising a hand partholding a movable object, the hand partcomprising plural guide portions limiting movement of the movable object in a first axis direction and a second axis direction that are perpendicular to each other and a pair of positioning portionslimiting movement of the movable object in a third axis direction that is perpendicular to the first and second axis directions, wherein the hand partholds the movable object with the protruding portion of the movable object disposed in a space surrounded by the plural guide portions and touching the pair of the positioning portionsand with a part of the body portion of the movable object exposed out of the hand part

Movable object holding system

A paper correction apparatus B corrects a curl of a sheet S by passing the sheet S through curved paper conveying routes CCPand CCPwhose curving amounts can be changed. The paper correction apparatus B is provided with a control unit Bwhich sets the curving amounts of the curved paper conveying routes CCPand CCP, and changes a sheet interval in accordance with the curving amounts which are set. By this configuration, it is possible to inhibit the productivity from being reduced due to paper correction during performing post-printing processes in a finisher which is located in the downstream side of the paper correction apparatus B.

Paper correction apparatus, image forming system and non-transitory computer readable medium on which paper correction program is recorded

Disclosed is a sheet folding apparatus which performs a first folding and a second folding on one or a plurality of sheets including a first roller which is one of rollers that form a first nip which performs the first folding, a second roller which forms the first nip with the first roller, a third roller which forms a second nip with the second roller which performs the second folding, a roller drive unit which operates the first, second and third rollers, a first pushing member which pushes a sheet in the first nip, a first push drive unit which operates the first pushing member, a second pushing member which pushes the sheet in the second nip, a second push drive unit which operates the second pushing member, and a control unit which controls the roller driver unit, the first push drive unit and the second push drive unit.

Sheet folding apparatus and image forming system

A sheet processing apparatus including: an accumulating section on which a sheet is accumulated; a staple inserting section which is provided above the accumulating section; a staple receiving section which is provided so as to face the staple inserting section across a sheet bundle accumulated on the accumulating section; and a movement section which moves an inserting unit or the accumulating section according to a thickness of the sheet bundle so that the inserting unit faces a predetermined position on an upmost sheet of the sheet bundle, wherein the staple inserting section includes the inserting unit which inserts a staple into the sheet bundle by rotating toward the sheet bundle.

Sheet processing apparatus and image forming system

A sheet processing device includes a cutter including a movable unit moving toward or away from a predetermined position and cutting a sheet held in the predetermined position, a door provided to a housing having an opening, the door opening and closing the opening for an operation for the cutter. The sheet processing device further includes the housing holding the cutter, a locking member locking and unlocking the door closing the opening and a locking mechanism mechanically connecting the movable unit to the locking member and causing the locking member to lock or unlock the door depending on a position of the movable unit relative to the predetermined position.

Image forming device with cutter and door locking mechanism

The present invention provides an improved type protease which comprises an amino acid sequence that is at least 75% identical to SEQ ID NO:3, said improved type protease has at least one mutation selected from the group consisting of: (A) replacement of glutamine corresponding to glutamine at position 265 in SEQ ID NO: 3 with an acidic amino acid; and (B) replacement of glutamine at position 266 in SEQ ID NO: 3 with an acidic amino acid, and wherein said improved type protease has milk-clotting activity.

Milk-clotting protease derived from a microorganism

Disclosed is a process for the interesterification of oil or fat by treating such oil or fat in presence of a fatty acid or fatty acid ester or different oil or fat wherein a reactor column that is packed with an alkaline high molecular weight lipase preparation containing 0 to 5% moisture is fed with a substrate solution composed of the above oil or fat and fatty acid or fatty acid ester or different oil or fat for a continuous reaction in such a manner that the substrate solution contains 100 to 1800 ppm moisture and 50 to 800 ppm moisture at the inlet and outlet, respectively, of the column.

Continuous process for the interesterification of fats or oils

A novel monophosphate and a novel diphosphate prepared by a phosphatidyl transfer reaction of a phospholipid and an alcohol in the presence of phospholipase D are disclosed. The phosphates can independently or together form small and stable liposomes which can include active components therein. Cosmetic compositions comprising these phosphates or liposomes penetrate well into the hair and the skin, and exhibit long-lasting excellent moisture-retaining, beauty, skin-activation effects.

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Hachioji, Japan

Akira Tsunoda