Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Fujimori Kogyo Co., Ltd.

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Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Seiko Epson Corporation

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Limited

Bridgestone Corporation

Waseda University

Waseda Univerity

Kabushiki Kaisha Kenshin

Sony Corporation

Hashimoto, Kenji

Kenji Hashimoto

Rinjiro Ichikawa

Yukitaka Nakazato

Takashi Yamada

Osamu Okumura

Hiroshi Wada

Shinji Wada

Tadashi Ikoma

Shirou Saeki

Takehiro Yoshida

Hiroyuki Yamada

Kazuo Murai

Yasuo Fujishima

Yusuke Kinouchi

Takashi Matsuzawa

Takuya Otani

Shinya Hamamoto

Tatsuhiro Kishi

Shigetoshi Shiotani

Kazuhiro Uryu

Tomotaka Teramachi

Ayanori Koizumi

Tomohiro Tami

Atsuo Takanishi

Yutaka Koizumi

Nobuo Kasahara

Shuichi Tamura

Yutaka Arai

Koji Sato

Katsuhisa Matsunaka

Jun Miura

Yasuhiro Miyahara

Jiro Ishizuka

Naoki Akiyama

Hiroto Sugimoto

Hiroki Muramatsu

Masatomo Takahashi

Sadasuke Kurahayashi

Takashi Taruki

Ryo Yashiro

Kiyoshi Fukushima

Shozo Miyawaki

Sumio Suzuki

Michiko Ohtake

Ayumi Kondo

A radial tire for an aircraft, the radial tire having a rim diameter of 20 inches or less includes a pair of bead portions; a pair of sidewall portions extending outward from the bead portions in a substantially radial direction; a tread portion that couples together respective radial outer ends of the sidewall portions; a toroidal carcass layer reinforcing a portion between bead cores embedded in the bead portions; a belt layer and a tread that are sequentially laminated on an outer side of the carcass layer in the radial direction, wherein a value M obtained by dividing a tire external diameter D by a distance L between bead heels of the bead portions is in a range of from 4.1 to 5.4.

Radial tire for aircraft

A mobile robothaving a plurality of kinds of moving forms includes a body unithaving a front face and a back face, four limb unitshaving a plurality of limb-side drive shafts, and front end toolsprovided on a front end side of the limb units. A base end side of the limb unitis connected to the body unit. The four limb unitsare the same units. The body unitand the four limb unitsare movable by switching a front face side and a back face side so that a moving operation of the front face side and a moving operation of the back face side are symmetrical across the center of a thickness direction of the body unit

Mobile robot and front end tool

Provided is a fixing device, the heat generation amount of which can be obtained with a smaller amount of a microwave absorbing material. As a result, the start-up (warm-up) time for achieving a fixing temperature can be shortened without impairing characteristics such as flexibility, releasing property, and durability. The fixing device includes a heating member; a pressurizing member; and a microwave generating unit. It is configured to fix an unfixed toner on a recording material by passing the recording material through a nip formed between the heating member and the pressurizing member. The heating member includes a heat generating layer for generating heat with microwaves generated by the microwave generating unit. The heat generating layer contains a high molecular compound and a carbon fiber having an average fiber diameter of 80-150 nm, an average fiber length of 6-10 &#x3bc;m, and an absorption peak in a Raman spectrum resulting from a graphite structure.

Fixing device with a heat generating layer containing a high molecular compound and a carbon fiber, and an electrophotographic image forming apparatus containing the fixing device

A body hair treating implement includes a pair of opposed and spaced comb tooth plates and an electrical heating element which is provided between the comb tooth plates and is brought into contact with body hair combed by the comb teeth of the comb tooth plates, so that when the electrical heating element is supplied with the electrical power, the heating element generates heat to burn and cut the body hair in contact therewith. The opposed comb teeth of the opposed comb tooth plates are entirely or partly interconnected at their tip ends in the form of an arch.

Body hair treating implement

A communication apparatus includes a communication unit for performing a communication, a speech communication unit for performing a speech communication, a detection unit for detecting the telephone number of the calling side before connection of a call, a registration unit for registering the telephone number of the calling side, and a switching unit for switching a communication mode between the communication unit and the speech communication unit on the basis of the telephone number of the calling side detected by the detection unit, and the telephone number registered in the registration unit.

Communication apparatus for receiving identification information of

An image communication apparatus comprises a connection unit for connecting an external terminal, an image communication unit for conducting image communication, a switching unit for selectively connecting a line to said connection unit and said image communication unit, a first detection unit for detecting a calling signal from said line, a second detection unit for detecting a signal relating to the image communication, a third detection unit for detecting a signal relating to data communication, and a control unit for controlling said switching unit in response to the detection by said first, second and third detection units.

Image communication apparatus capable of switching line to external

Optically compensating film, optical compensator and liquid crystal

Optically compensating film, optical compensator, and liquid crystal

An automatic document feeder for use with an electrophotographic copier, digital copier or similar image recorder capable of transporting ordinary documents in the form of separate sheets and a continuous document in the form of computer form (CF) paper which is formed with equally spaced sprocket holes, as desired. A sprocket hole sensor is disposed on an imaginary line along which the sprocket holes of the CF paper are moved. A control device reversibly controls the transport of the CF paper to a predetermined reference position on a glass platen in association with the number of sprocket holes being counted. The document feeder is capable of not only copying a desired page of the CF paper but also implementing jam recovery in the event when a paper sheet jams the image recorder.

Automatic document feeder responsive to paper jam

Optical compensator and liquid crystal display

Switchable automatic document feeder capable of feeding continuous form

An automatic document feeder (ADF) for use with an electrophotographic copier, digital copier or similar image recorder for selectively feeding ordinary documents in the form of separates sheets and a continuous document in the form of computer form (CF) paper. Sprocket holes formed through the CF paper are sensed to controllably transport and stop the CF paper on the basis of the number of sensed holes. Even when the first print area of the CF paper is set on a platen by hand, the paper can be surely transported and stopped page by page to the last print area. Regarding the last print area, the stop position is determined on the basis of the number of sprocket holes having been counted until the trailing edge thereof has moved away from a sensor. Hence, whatever the deviation of a print area relative to the CF paper may be, all the print areas including the last print area can be accurately set on the platen to reproduce complete images.

Automatic document feeder capable of feeding a document in the form of a

An automatic document feeder (ADF) for use with an electrophotographic copier, digital copier or similar image recorder for selectively feeding ordinary documents in the form of separate sheets and a continuous document in the form of computer form (CF) paper. Sprocket holes formed through the CF paper are sensed to controllably transport and stop the CF paper on the basis of the number of sensed holes. Even when the sprocket holes are partly deformed or practically lost due to breakage, the positions where they should exist are surely sensed to control the transport and stop of the CF paper. Sensors responsive to the sprocket holes do not have to be shifted in matching relation to the width of CF paper and, therefore, eliminates the need for a complicated structure.

Automatic document feeder capable of feeding a document in the form of

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Tokyo, Japan

Kenji Hashimoto