Adv Antest Corporation

Konica Minolta, Inc.

Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.

Konica Corporation

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Hitachi, Ltd.

Shinichi Hamaguchi

Tomoo Sakimura

Akihiro Honya

Toyoko Shibata

Shinichi Yabuki

Mayuko Matsusaki

Hiroshi Yasuda

Masahiro Takizawa

Masaki Kurokawa

Tomoko Sakimura

Takeshi Haraguchi

Akio Yamada

Hirofumi Hayata

Fumitaka Mochizuki

Ito Koga

Teruo Sasaki

Masanori Yumita

Shinji Sugatani

Hiroshi Nakahara

Hitoshi Tanaka

Shinichi Kojima

Yasunari Sohda

Masayuki Takahashi

Masao Asano

Kosuke Nakamura

Osamu Kamimura

Tatsuo Nakanishi

Shingo Fujimoto

Sadaaki Sakamoto

Susumu Goto

Shigeaki Tokutake

Go Yamaguchi

Yoshiharu Umemura

Yohei Ohno

Yoshio Komoto

Junji Kanda

Naoko Uemura

Shiori Tsugawa

Eiichi Kijima

Yasushi Kawaguchi

Tsuyoshi Shimoda

Toshio Tsukamoto

Takao Fukaya

Chigusa Miyake

Hirohumi Hayata

Atsushi Tokuno

A toner container information acquiring method includes: measuring a toner amount contained in a resin forming a toner container; and acquiring information regarding mechanical strength of the toner container based on the measured toner amount.

Toner container information acquiring method, toner container sorting method, toner container pulverizing method, toner container processing method, and toner container manufacturing method

To provide a three-dimensional printing device that irradiates approximately the same ranges on the surface of a powder layer simultaneously with a plurality of electron beams having different beam shapes. An electron beam columnof the three-dimensional printing deviceincludes a plurality of electron sourcesincluding electron sources having anisotropically-shaped beam generating units, and beam shape deforming elementsthat deform the beam shapes of electron beams output from the electron sourceson a surfaceof a powder layer. A deflectorincluded in the electron beam columndeflects an electron beam output from each of the plurality of electron sourcesby a distance larger than the beam space between electron beams before passing through the deflector

Electron beam column for three-dimensional printing device, three-dimensional printing device, and three-dimensional printing method

An intermediate transfer member that is used for electrophotographic image formation, includes carbon nanotubes and ferroelectric fillers in a base material layer containing a resin material as a principal component.

Intermediate transfer member and image forming apparatus

An intermediate transfer member includes a resin substrate layer and a surface layer disposed on the substrate layer. The surface layer is a cured product of a resin composition containing a polyfunctional (meth)acrylate, a photopolymerization initiator, and a tertiary amine compound having a melting point of 30&#xb0; C. or more. In the tertiary amine compound, at least one hydrogen atom is bonded to one carbon atom out of three carbon atoms bonded to a nitrogen atom.

Intermediate transfer member, method for producing intermediate transfer member, and image forming apparatus

The present invention relates to an intermediate transfer member and an image forming apparatus. The intermediate transfer member is an intermediate transfer member having a resin-made base material layer and a surface layer; the surface layer is a cured substance of a composition containing a radically polymerizable vinylic compound and a metal oxide fine particle; and the vinylic compound has a structural unit represented by the following formula (1): 

An intermediate transfer member includes a resin substrate layer and a surface layer containing a cured product of a composition including a specific polyfunctional (meth)acrylic monomer and a specific fine particle of metal oxide.

Intermediate transfer member and image forming apparatus having the same

According to the present invention, increase in a dynamic friction force can be suppressed and cleaning performance of a cleaning member can be improved under any operating environment without additionally providing a special mechanism. An intermediate transfer member includes a substrate layer and a surface layer, the surface layer contains a cured product of a polymerizable monomer, and the monomer contains a compound represented by the following formula (1):A-[(L-B)-D](D)&#x2003;&#x2003;(1)

Intermediate transfer member, image forming apparatus and image forming method

The invention provides an exposure apparatus () including a formation module () which forms charged particle beams with different irradiation positions on a specimen. The formation module () includes: a particle source () which emits the charged particle beams from an emission region () in which a width in a longitudinal direction is different from and a width in a lateral direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction; an aperture array device () provided with openings () arranged in an illuminated region () in which a width in a longitudinal direction is different from a width in a lateral direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction; illumination lenses () provided between the particle source () and the aperture array device (); and a beam cross-section deformation device () which is provided between the particle source () and the aperture array device (), and deforms a cross-sectional shape of the charged particle beams into an anisotropic shape by an action of a magnetic field or an electric field.

Exposure apparatus

A manufacturing method of an organic-inorganic composite material includes a flocculation and fusion step to flocculate and fuse composite particles in a liquid medium, the composite particles being formed by inorganic fine particles being coated by coating layers. In one embodiment, an average particle diameter of the inorganic fine particles is 1 nm or larger and 30 nm or smaller.

Manufacturing method of organic-inorganic composite material and optical material

Provided is a charged particle beam exposure apparatus configured as follows. An electron beam emitted from an electron gun is deformed by an asymmetric illumination optical system to have an elongated section. The electron beam is then applied to a beam shaping aperture plate provided with a plurality of apertures arranged in a line, thereby generating a plurality of electron beams. Exposure of a predetermined pattern is performed on a semiconductor substrate by moving a stage device in a direction orthogonal to line patterns on the semiconductor substrate and turning the plurality of electron beams on or off in synchronization with the movement of the stage device by use of a blanker plate and a final aperture plate.

Charged particle beam exposure apparatus

An intermediate transfer element is included in an image formation apparatus, has a shape like an endless belt, and includes at least a resin base material layer and a surface layer. The surface layer is composed of a cured (meth)acrylic resin, the cured (meth)acrylic resin contains a constitutional unit derived from a polyfunctional (meth)acrylic monomer, the polyfunctional (meth)acrylic monomer contains n alkylene oxide structures and m (meth)acryloyl groups, with relation of n/m&#x2266;5 and m&#x2267;3 (n and m being a positive integer) being satisfied, and the alkylene oxide structure contains an alkylene group having a carbon number not smaller than 2.

Intermediate transfer element and image formation apparatus including the same

An electron beam exposure method includes the steps of: preparing an exposure mask having a plurality of opening patterns formed by dividing a drawing object pattern into exposable regions; and drawing the drawing object pattern by performing exposure with an electron beam passing through the opening patterns of the exposure mask. Each end portion serving as a joint in each opening pattern of the exposure mask is provided with a joining portion tapered in a width of the opening pattern. The exposure is performed in such a way that portions drawn through adjacent joining portions overlap each other.

Electron beam exposure method

Disclosed is a production process of an organic photoreceptor which can suppress occurrence of uneven density and image defects. The production process of an organic photoreceptor, the organic photoreceptor including an intermediate layer and an organic photosensitive layer on the intermediate layer, includes: applying a coating liquid for forming the intermediate layer to a conductive support to form a coating film, the coating liquid being obtained by dissolving a binder resin in a solvent and dispersing first and second metal oxide fine particles therein; and drying the coating film. The Pe number of the first metal oxide fine particles is two or more times larger than that of the second metal oxide fine particles.number=(6&#x3c0;&#x3bc;)/&#x2003;&#x2003;Equation (1):

Production process of organic photoreceptor

The present invention provides an electrophotographic photoconductor including an electrically conductive substrate, an intermediate layer, and a photosensitive layer that are formed on the electrically conductive support, the intermediate layer including first titanium oxide particles surface-treated with a first reactive organic silicon compound, second titanium oxide particles surface-treated with a second reactive organic silicon compound different from the first reactive organic silicon compound, and a binder resin. The first reactive organic silicon compound is methyl hydrogen polysiloxane. The second reactive organic silicon compound is a compound represented by the following general formula (1):R&#x2014;Si&#x2014;(X)&#x2003;&#x2003;(1)R represents a alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms substituted by at least one of acryloxy and methacryloxy groups or unsubstituted; and X represents an alkoxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a halogen atom.

Electrophotographic photoconductor and image forming apparatus

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Tokyo, Japan

Shinichi Hamaguchi