Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.

Ashimori Industry Co., Ltd.

Ashimori Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Kyocera Mita Corporation

Koji Kusumoto

Masakatsu Hyodo

Isaburo Yagi

Takuji Sokawa

Yasuo Sakurai

A temperature sensor detects temperature of ink to be supplied to a plurality of nozzles. When, upon receiving a print request, a detection temperature detected by the temperature sensor is lower than a reference temperature, a control portion executes a preliminary vibration control to cause an ink meniscus oscillation to occur in each of the nozzles by vibrating the piezoelectric elements, and after the detection temperature increases up to the reference temperature, executes an ink ejection control to cause the ink to be ejected from the nozzles by vibrating the piezoelectric elements in correspondence with an output target image of a print request. When, upon receiving the print request, the detection temperature is higher than the reference temperature, the control portion executes the ink ejection control without executing the preliminary vibration control.

Inkjet recording apparatus, method for controlling inkjet recording apparatus

An inkjet recording apparatus has a head, a first board, and a second board. The head has a plurality of nozzles and a plurality of driving elements. The first board includes a control circuit and a sensing circuit unit. The second board includes a driving voltage generator and a driver circuit. The driver circuit makes ink ejected. The driving voltage generator and the driver circuit are connected together via a first power supply line. The sensing circuit unit is connected to the first power supply line and outputs a first sensing signal. Based on the first sensing signal, the control circuit senses an abnormality in power supply on the second board.

Inkjet recording apparatus and method for controlling an inkjet recording apparatus

An image forming apparatus includes an image reading portion, an image processing portion, a storage portion, a storage selector portion, an image forming portion, and a control portion. The storage portion includes a first storage portion and a second storage portion with greater vibration resistance than the first storage portion, and stores image data scanned by the image reading portion and processed by the image processing portion. The storage selector portion selects one of the first storage portion and the second storage portion based on the strength of mechanical vibrations during an operation of the apparatus, and a data size of the image data. The control portion causes the image data to be stored in the storage portion selected by the storage selector portion, and controls the image forming portion to read the stored image data and form an image.

Image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus having a first mode for operation with predetermined power consumption and a second mode for operation with less power consumption than the power consumption in the first mode includes: a paper cassette capable of being attached to a predetermined section of the image forming apparatus, the paper cassette storing paper therein; a detection part detecting the attachment and detachment of the paper cassette to and from the predetermined section; and a shift part, upon the detection by the detection part that the paper cassette has been attached to the predetermined section during the operation in the second mode, shifting the image forming apparatus from the second mode to the first mode.

Image forming apparatus with cassette detection and energy saving mode shifting control

A tubular lining material and a method and apparatus for manufacturing same, the tubular lining material being suitable for reinforcing pipe lines and comprising a tubular textile jacket having on the external surface thereof a coating of plural synthetic resins in the form of laminated layers, characterized in that the outermost layer of the coating is composed exclusively or predominantly of a thermoplastic polyester elastic resin and the innermost layer of the coating is composed exclusively or predominantly of a thermoplastic polyurethane elastic resin, the coating having been bonded superificially onto the external surface of the tubular textile jacket. The tubular lining material is manufactured by simultaneously extruding plural synthetic resins in an annularly layered form superficially onto the external surface of the tubular textile jacket, using an apparatus provided with an annularly arranged multiple extruders. The tubular lining material is significantly improved in flexibility and adhesion to the tubular textile jacket.

Apparatus for manufacturing tubular lining material

Lining material for pipe lines

A tubular lining material for city water pipe lines, which comprises a tubular textile jacket made of warps and a weft woven in a tubular form overlaid with a fluid-impervious coat of a flexible synthetic resin, at least one of the warps and the weft being comprised of threads manufactured by intertwisting filament yarns with spun yarns and/or spun-like textured yarns of synthetic fibers, and the flexible synthetic resin comprising a blend of 60-40% by weight of a polyethylene resin and 40-60% by weight of a styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene resin, having a stress-crack resisting property of at least 1000 hours which penetrates the interstices of the fabric structure of the tubular textile jacket. The tubular lining material is remarkably improved in flexibility, heat-resistance, abrasion-resistance, stress-crack resistance and other mechanical strength properties and is harmless to drinking water.

Tubular lining material for city water pipe lines

A tubular lining material and a method and apparatus for manufacturing same, the tubular lining material being suitable for reinforcing pipe lines and comprising a tubular textile jacket having on the external surface thereof a coating of plural synthetic resins in the form of laminated layers, characterized in that the outermost layer of the coating is composed exclusively or predominantly of a thermoplastic polyester elastic resin and the innermost layer of the coating is composed exclusively or predominantly of a thermoplastic polyurethane elastic resin, the coating having been bonded superficially onto the external surface of the tubular textile jacket. The tubular lining material is manufactured by simultaneously extruding plural synthetic resins in an annularly layered form superficially onto the external surface of the tubular textile jacket, using an apparatus provided with an annularly arranged multiple extruders. The tubular lining material is significantly improved in flexibility and adhesion to the tubular textile jacket.

Tubular lining material and a method and apparatus for manufacturing same

In the manufacture of hose, a tubular textile is passed through one or more coating liquids, such as rubber or synthetic resin. An expander means, having a plurality of panels disposed radially about a shaft element so as to form a generally annular surface, and adapted to be centrifugally or centripetally movable by means of a spring mechanism mounted on said shaft, is disposed seriatim with the coating baths and are located within the tubular textile whereby to expand the coated tube during passage through drier means. Annular doctor means are disposed in operative association with said expander means and externally of said coated tube.

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Osaka, Japan

Koji Kusumoto