Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Hitachi, Ltd.

Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha

Masaki Nakaoka

Yasuyuki Tamura

Shinji Murata

Teruo Komatsu

Yoshiaki Sone

Ken Miyagi

Masao Ariga

Masashi Suda

Akiyoshi Torigai

Shinji Goto

Teruo Morikawa

Yasuhiko Sue

Nao Nagashima

Tadayuki Kitajima

Michiro Koike

Katsuhiko Horinouchi

Hirotaka Muto

Tsuyoshi Matsunaga

Tadashi Yagi

Satoshi Kumayasu

Nao Nogashima

An optical submarine communication system has a land cable connected to a terminal apparatus which is installed on land near the seashore for transmitting an optical signal and electric power. The land cable is connected to an optical submarine cable through a beach manhole, and a repeater is connected to the optical submarine cable. The optical submarine communication system has a surge suppressor provided on the land cable, whereby a surge generated from the terminal apparatus side because of a lightning stroke or an insulation failure is suppressed and prevented from reaching and damaging the repeater.

Optical submarine communication system and surge suppressing apparatus of the optical submarine communication system

A task management server includes a memory unit for memorizing task information containing constituents indicated by a task property of a supported task, an action entry comprising a task, an event rule and a main task and subtask structure, and each of a plurality of client machines includes a task information display/operation unit which enables each user to operate information during a task is executed. A task execution support system supports the user such that the user can execute a task while determining the contents of action and the procedure of action in accordance with a progress of a task without defining a series of action procedure from the start to end of a task with all sorts of actions in the task listed-up as a network type flow before a task to be supported is started.

Task execution support system

An image forming apparatus having a carriage carrying plural developing unit is movable along a rectilinear predetermined path to provide a desired developing unit adjacent a photosensitive member of the image forming apparatus. The developing unit is moved to a developing position by moving the unit in a direction perpendicular to the direction of the carriage movement using the moving force used for moving the carriage.

Color image forming apparatus with developing unit moving means

An image forming apparatus includes a corona discharging device having a cleaner for cleaning a corona discharging wire and is removably mountable in an operative position. Further, an image forming apparatus in which a cartridge containing therein at least a corona discharging device functioning as image formation processor is provided with a cleaner for cleaning a corona discharging wire removably mountable therein. When the corona discharging device or the cartridge is to be mounted in the image forming apparatus, and when the cleaner is not positioned at a predetermined position in the corona discharging device or at a predetermined position in the cartridge, a stopper provided on the image forming apparatus side is brought into engagement with the cleaner to thereby relatively move the cleaner to the predetermined position in the corona discharging device or the cartridge.

Image forming apparatus

A dynamic pressure fluid bearing, and particularly a dynamic pressure fluid bearing for effectively ensuring a minute gap between the shaft of the dynamic pressure fluid bearing and a bearing. More particularly, fluid intervenes between the shaft and the bearing and these two rotate relative to each other in a non-contact state, and a part or the whole of the bearing is formed of resin and the resin is endowed with electrical conductivity.

Dynamic pressure fluid bearing

The present invention provides an apparatus for rotationally driving a member to be rotated about a rotating shaft, said apparatus including a central fixed shaft, a hollow shaft rotatably mounted on the central shaft through bearings, a member adapted to be rotated with the hollow shaft, a rotor held by the hollow shaft, and a stator fixedly supported opposed to the rotor.

Rotary drive device

An image information transmission system comprises a plurality of image information processing units for processing image information, an image information transmission line and a control information transmission line independent from the image information transmission line for transmitting control information related to the processing of the image information processing units. The control information can be transmitted even during the transmission of the image information.

Image information transmission system

A data transmission system has a data converter for converting character code data into dot image data, and/or vice versa. The data converter has a memory and a pattern generator and/or a character recognition apparatus to perform such conversion. The system allows data transmission in either form with a smaller number of lines to connect respective stations, and also allows direct communication between the stations.

Data transmission system

A cleaning device for an image forming apparatus, wherein a magnetic developer image formed on the surface of an endlessly moving image bearing member is transferred onto an image transfer member, which comprises: a cleaning device to remove the magnetic developer remaining on the surface of the image bearing member; a magnetic field forming source situated in the vicinity of the cleaning device to confine the magnetic developer; a magnetic developer absorbing device having a surface to lead the confined magnetic developer from the surface of the image bearing member to a position away from it; a separating and guiding device which separates the magnetic developer from the magnetic developer adsorbing device, and guides the same outside the confining magnetic field; and a developer conveying device which conveys the removed toner in the direction substantially orthogonal to the moving direction of the image bearing member at a position where the confining magnetic field does not extend substantially.

Cleaning device for an image forming apparatus

A device for supporting and fixing at a predetermined position an optical member such as a lens barrel supporting therewithin a lens or a mirror which takes part in projecting the image of an original to be copied upon a photosensitive medium. The device has a plate member formed with a supporting surface for supporting the optical member by press cutting and an element for pressing the optical member against said supporting surface of the plate member.

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Yokohama, Japan

Masaki Nakaoka