Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.

E Ink Corporation

Fuji Serox Co., Ltd.

Hiroaki Moriyama

Yasuo Yamamoto

Yoshinori Machida

Jun Kawahara

Masaaki Abe

Takayuki Takeuchi

Shigetoshi Nakamura

Keiichi Nashimoto

Rie Ishii

Yasufumi Suwabe

Takashi Morikawa

Mieko Seki

Katsuhiro Sato

Hidekazu Hirose

Takeshi Agata

Satoshi Tatsuura

Kiyokazu Mashimo

Kiyoshi Shigehiro

Yoshinori Yamaguchi

Toru Ishii

Masao Watanabe

Ryota Mizutani

Tadayoshi Ozaki

Daisuke Okuda

Nami Tokunaga

Akira Imai

Ryojiro Akashi

Hirohito Yoneyama

Daisuke Nakayama

Yohei Nishino

Eisuke Osakabe

Tsutomu Ishii

Yasunori Saito

Chikara Manabe

Naoki Hiji

Minoru Koshimizu

Yoshiro Yamaguchi

Takeshi Matsunaga

Tomoo Kobayashi

Koji Horiba

Ryosaku Igarashi

Koichi Haga

Shigehiko Sasaki

Takeo Kakinuma

Nobuhiro Katsuta

Tomozumi Uesaka

Atsushi Hirano

Taijyu Gan

Tsunemasa Mita

Yuichi Yashiki

Kohichi Yamamoto

Hiroshi Kayashima

Kazuaki Aoki

Jun Cao

An oil removing device includes a first heating member that at an outer surface thereof contacts a non-image surface of a recording medium which is transported, and that heats the recording medium, a toner image that is formed by using liquid developer that contains volatile oil and toner being transferred to the recording medium; and a second heating member that is disposed on a downstream side of the first heating member in a transport direction, the second heating member contacting at an outer surface thereof the non-image surface of the recording medium and heating the recording medium. In the oil removing device, a non-contact region where the non-image surface of the recording medium does not contact the first heating member and the second heating member is provided between the first heating member and the second heating member.

Oil removing device and image forming apparatus

A particle dispersion and the display devices in which the dispersion may be incorporated are provided. The particle dispersion includes a dispersion medium, one or more types of particle groups that are dispersed in the dispersion medium that may differ based on color and/or charge, and counter-ions oppositely charged than the one or more particle groups. The particle groups and counter-ions are moved in the dispersion medium according to an electric field formed in the dispersion medium. The one or more types of particle groups are configured such that the total amount of charges of one type of particle group (a) among the one or more types of particle groups is greater than a total amount of charges of the counter-ions that are charged with a polarity opposite to that of the particle group (a).

Particle dispersion for display, display medium, and display device

A particle dispersion for display includes color particles for display that move in response to an electric field and include first color particles and second color particles; and a dispersion medium that disperses the color particles for display, in which the second color particles have a larger particle diameter than a particle diameter of the first color particles and the same charging characteristic as a charging characteristic of the first color particles, and in the color particles for display, a ratio (Cs/Cl) of a charge amount Cs of the first color particles per unit area of display to a charge amount Cl of the second color particles per unit area of display is less than or equal to 5.

An image display medium driver includes a voltage applying unit that applies a voltage between a pair of substrates of an image display medium that displays an image, the image display medium including plural groups of colored particles colored in a color which is different for every group, at least one of the substrates having transparent properties, each group of colored particles moved when the voltage equal to or higher than a threshold voltage in terms of absolute value, that is different for every group, and a controller that determines a substrate on which the colored particles are present for each group of colored particles based on the last image information used for displaying an image.

Image display medium driver, image display device, and image display medium driving method

White particles for display including at least one of a chain or cyclic polysilane compound having a polysilane structure represented by the following Formula (I) or a halogen-substituted compound thereof: 

White particles for display, particle dispersion for display, display medium and display device

A driving device of a display medium that including first and second particle groups migrating independently due to a first voltage being imparted for a first time period, forming aggregates due to the first voltage being imparted for a second time period, and the aggregates migrating due to a second voltage being imparted. The driving device includes a voltage imparting section that: imparts a third voltage that moves, to a display substrate side, a greater-amount-needed particle group for gradation display, in an amount of a difference between particles of the first particle group and second particle group needed for the display; when the greater-amount-needed particle group has an opposite polarity to the aggregates, imparts a fourth voltage that moves the aggregates needed to the display substrate side; and when the polarities are same, imparts a fifth voltage that moves the aggregates not needed to a rear substrate side.

Electrophoretic driving method and display device

Electrophoretic particles including mother particles and a dispersant that covers the surface of the mother particles, the mother particles including a resin and a colorant, and the dispersant having a structure represented by the following Formula (1): 

Electrophoretic particles, electrophoretic particle dispersion, display medium and display device

A display medium includes a pair of substrates, a dispersion medium sealed between the pair of substrates, a migrating particle group dispersed in the dispersion medium, and a surface layer provided on at least one of the facing surfaces of the pair of substrates and including a polymer compound that is a copolymer containing the following constitutional unit (A) and constitutional unit (B), X represents a group containing a silicone chain, Raand Raeach independently represent a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, Rbrepresents an organic group containing a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, n1 and n2 each represent mol % of the constitutional unit relative to the whole copolymer and satisfy 0&#x3c;n1&#x3c;50 and 0&#x3c;n2&#x3c;80, respectively, and n represents a natural number of 1 or more and 3 or less. 

Display medium and display device

A display medium includes a light control layer, wherein the light control layer includes mobile fine particles developing a color in a dispersion state and hetero-particles having characteristics different from those of the mobile fine particles. A display method includes at least one of the following steps: a step of displaying black color by allowing the mobile fine particles capable of developing a color in a dispersion state to aggregate; a step of displaying a color by allowing the mobile fine particles to disperse; or a step of displaying white color by reflection of the hetero-particles having characteristics different from those of the mobile fine particles.

Display medium and display element, and display method

A display medium includes: a pair of substrates having electrodes and disposed to form a space therebetween, at least one of the substrates transmitting light; a dispersion medium enclosed between the substrates; a group of particles that is dispersed in the dispersion medium and that moves in the dispersion medium according to an electric field applied between the substrates; and a treatment layer provided on at least one of surfaces of the substrates that oppose each other, the treatment layer being formed by treating the at least one of surfaces of the substrates that oppose each other with a polymer compound having a silicone chain.

A display medium including a pair of substrates, a dispersion medium sealed between the pair of substrates, a migrating particle group dispersed in the dispersion medium, and a surface layer provided on at least one of the facing surfaces of the pair of substrates and including a copolymer containing the following constitutional unit (A) and constitutional unit (B), wherein X represents a group containing a silicone chain, Raand Raeach independently represent a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, Rbrepresents an organic group containing a fluorine atom, n1 and n2 each represent mol% of the constitutional unit relative to the whole copolymer and satisfy 0&#x3c;n1&#x3c;50 and 0&#x3c;n2&#x3c;50, respectively, and n represents a natural number of 1 or more and 3 or less. 

A particle for a display includes a colored particle containing a colorant and a polymer having a chargeable group; and a polymer gel layer that covers a surface of the colored particle and contains a polymer gel.

Particle for display, particle dispersion liquid for display, display medium, and display device

White particles for display including first white particles that move in response to an electric field and second white particles that do not move in response to an electric field, the second white particles having a volume average particle size that is less than that of the first white particles, and a ratio of the numerical amount of the first white particles/the second white particles (L/S) satisfying the following relationship: 1/(5.1&#xd7;10)&#x2266;L/S&#x2266;1/(2.8&#xd7;10).

Particles for display including color particles and a silicone polymer attached to a surface of the color particles, the silicone polymer including, as copolymerization components, a first silicone chain component, a second silicone component including a silicone chain that is shorter than a silicone chain of the first silicone component, and a component including a charging group.

Particles for display, particle dispersion for display, display medium and display device

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