Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Idemitsu Unitech Co., Ltd.

Fujikura Limited

Hiroyuki Takahashi

Sho Matsui

Mizuki Isaji

Ayano Ogata

Ayano Saito

Tohru Yukumoto

An image forming apparatus includes a transfer portion, a fixing unit, a conveyance belt configured to convey a sheet from the transfer portion toward the fixing unit, a driving portion configured to drive the conveyance belt, and a controller configured to control the driving portion. The controller is configured to, in a case of switching the image forming apparatus to a standby state in which the image forming apparatus is ready to start an image forming operation and stands by for input of an image forming job, execute preheating in which the fixing unit is preliminarily heated, and cause the driving portion to rotate the conveyance belt while the preheating is executed.

Image forming apparatus

A sheet conveyance apparatus includes an apparatus body including a first guide configured to form a conveyance path along which a sheet to be conveyed is guided, an opening/closing member including a second guide disposed opposite the first guide and configured to form the conveyance path, the opening/closing member being openable and closable with respect to the apparatus body around a rotation axis, a light source configured to emit light, and a reflection unit configured to reflect light from the light source. The light source and the reflection unit are disposed such that, in an open state where the opening/closing member is open to expose the conveyance path, the first guide is irradiated, in a direction from a side farther from the rotation axis to a side closer to the rotation axis, with the light reflected by the reflection unit.

Sheet conveyance apparatus, image forming apparatus, and image forming system

An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit configured to form an image onto a sheet; a conveyance roller configured to convey the sheet through a conveyance path, the conveyance path including a curved path being bent; a sensor configured to read the image formed on the sheet conveyed through the conveyance path by the conveyance roller, the sensor being configured to read the image formed on the sheet when a part of the sheet is conveyed through the curved path; and a controller configured to obtain information related to a type of the sheet, and to control, based on the information, a conveying speed of the sheet conveyed by the conveyance roller when the sensor reads the image.

A method for inspecting an intermittent connection type optical fiber ribbon includes: accumulating one-dimensional images in a width direction of the intermittent connection type optical fiber ribbon, arranged intermittently with connection parts that connect adjacent optical fibers by repeatedly capturing images of the intermittent connection type optical fiber ribbon along the width direction while moving the intermittent connection type optical fiber ribbon in a longitudinal direction; and creating a two-dimensional image of the intermittent connection type optical fiber ribbon by aligning the one-dimensional images in a second direction orthogonal to a first direction where pixels configuring the one-dimensional image are aligned.

Method and apparatus for inspecting intermittent connection type optical fiber ribbon and method for manufacturing intermittent connection type optical fiber ribbon

An easy-open packaging bodyincludes: a container bodywith a flangeformed on a circumference of an opening, and a coverheat-sealed to the flangeto close the opening. Inner and outer notchesA andB enclosing the openingare formed respectively on inner and outer circumferential sides on the flange. The flangeand the coverare heat-sealed by a first seal partA having a predetermined width and formed between the inner and outer notchesA andB to enclose the openingand a second seal partB having a width narrower than that of the first seal partA and formed within an area of the first seal partA to enclose the openingalong the first seal partA, the second seal partB having a projected seal partprojected outward relative to the other part on a position corresponding to a tab

Easily unsealable packaging body and method of manufacturing the same

A container is thermoformed from a multilayer sheet, which includes a container body and a flange extending outward from a circumference of an opening of the container body. An end of the first layer extends over an edge of a peeled surface toward a bottom side on an outer end surface of the flange. When a lid is heat-sealed to the flange of the container, even if a seal resin is melted and flowed toward the end surface of the flange, since the edge of the peeled surface is covered with the end of the first layer, the seal resin will not adhere to the edge of the peeled surface.

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Chiba, Japan

Hiroyuki Takahashi