Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Ajinomoto Co., Ltd.

Shun Kobayashi

Manabu Nonaka

Jumpei Aoyama

Hajime Nishida

Hideki Tobinaga

Satoshi Kuno

Junpei Kamichi

Yoshikuni Ishikawa

Kazunori Bannai

Tetsuro Hirota

Masayuki Kuramoto

Yu Wakabayashi

Eiko Oshimura

Nana Haraya

Shintaroh Yamada

Aki Ikeda

Shuhei Kosono

Kenta Takahashi

An image forming apparatus includes a sheet container accommodating a recording medium therein, a sheet separating feeder including a sheet feeding body and a sheet separating body, an image forming part, and a bend applier. The sheet feeding body feeds the recording medium along with a surface movement thereof while the recording medium contacting the surface thereof. The sheet separating body forms a sheet separation nip region with the sheet feeding body and sandwiches the recording medium in the sheet separation nip region. The sheet separating feeder separates and feeds the recording medium contacting the sheet feeding body. The image forming part forms an image on the recording medium. The bend applier having a leading end of an elastic material contacts and bends the recording medium before the sheet separation nip region and generates a wrinkle extending on the recording medium in a sheet conveying direction.

Image forming apparatus

The present invention provides a detergent composition containing N-acyl acidic amino acids that, even at low pH, exhibits excellent solubility, has good storage stability, and creates a quality foam with satisfactory lathering performance. Specifically, the present invention provides a detergent composition and the like comprising:

Detergent compositions

Liquid cleansing agents with a low viscosity, containing (A) one or more kinds selected from the group consisting of N-acyl acidic amino acid and a salt thereof, (B) one or more kinds selected from the group consisting of N-acyl neutral amino acid and a salt thereof, and (C) an amphoteric surfactant can be filled in a foamer container and are cleansing agents with high cleansing power which afford fine foam discharged from a foamer container, maintain fineness, provide a good amount of lather and a smooth feeling after washing, can prevent clogging in a foamer container during use at low temperatures, and are also superior in low temperature stability.

Liquid detergent having low viscosity

The present invention provides a composition containing component (A): a compound represented by the formula (1) wherein each symbol is as described in the DESCRIPTION, or a salt thereof, and component (B): at least one kind of inorganic powder. The composition can be produced conveniently, shows good dispersibility, and is superior in the sense of use such as moist feeling, feeling of close adhesion and affinity, and a coated film formed from the composition has good condition and is also superior in durability.

Cosmetic composition containing acyl basic amino acid derivative and inorganic powder

The present invention provides a composition containing component (A): a compound represented by the formula (1) wherein each symbol is as described in the DESCRIPTION, or a salt thereof and component (B): a cationic surfactant, which is superior in the usability during rinsing, which makes the hair surface after treatment smooth and free of dry feeling, provides a uniform touch feeling from the root of the hair to the tip thereof, and can be utilized as an aqueous cosmetic.

Cosmetic composition for use on hair and containing an acyl basic amino acid derivative

The present invention provides a composition containing component (A): a compound represented by the formula (1) wherein each symbol is as described in the DESCRIPTION, or a salt thereof, and component (B): at least one kind of surfactant selected from the group consisting of an anionic surfactant having a carboxyl group, an amphoteric surfactant and a nonionic surfactant, which is superior in foamability and foam volume and affording improved rinsing performance and smooth feeling after drying.

Cleaning agent composition containing acyl basic amino acid derivative

The present invention provides a method of producing an aqueous solution containing bis(N-lauroyl lysine)dicarboxylic acid diamide and/or a salt thereof, and having a pH of 9-11, which includes a first step of reacting N-lauroyl lysine and/or a salt thereof with dicarboxylic acid dichloride in a water solvent having a pH of 12-14 to form bis(N-lauroyl lysine)dicarboxylic acid diamide and/or a salt thereof, a second step of adjusting the aqueous solution obtained in the first step to pH 7.5-8.5, a third step of adding N-lauroyl lysine to the aqueous solution obtained in the second step and filtering the mixture, and a fourth step of adjusting the aqueous solution obtained in the third step to pH 9-11.

Aqueous solution containing bis(N epsilon lauroyllysine)dicarboxylic acid diamide and/or salt thereof, and method for producing same

An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a paper loading base on which manual-feed paper is loaded, a manual-feed paper conveying unit, and a dustproof cover which covers the paper loading base being in the overhang state. The paper loading base has a lower end rotatably supported on one outer surface portion of the device main body, and is opened from an upper end thereof and disposed at a predetermined oblique angle or in a horizontal overhang state such that an overhang side becomes an upper side in an oblique direction. The manual-feed paper conveying unit is conveys the manual-feed paper on the paper loading base onto a paper conveyance path one by one. The dustproof cover includes a base which engages with the paper loading base, and an opening-and-closing cover which is rotatably connected to the base and is opened upwardly on the overhang side.

Image forming apparatus and dustproof cover

A sheet size detector to detect a sheet size of a recording medium includes a movable member to move in a sheet size detection direction to a position corresponding to the sheet size, a magnetic flux detector including a coil disposed on a board face parallel to the sheet size detection direction to generate a magnetic flux in a direction perpendicular to the board face, and a target to oppose the board face and including a material to affect the magnetic flux. The target is different in configuration in the sheet size detection direction to change the magnetic flux in the direction perpendicular to the board face as the movable member moves. The magnetic flux detector outputs a signal corresponding to changes in magnetic flux in the direction perpendicular to the board face, and the signal corresponds to the position of the movable member.

Sheet size detector and image processing apparatus

An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, a sheet container, an image forming part to form an image, a sheet feeding rotary body to feed the recording medium, a sheet separating rotary body to contact the sheet feeding rotary body and rotate with the sheet feeding rotary body with a sheet separation nip region formed therebetween, a rotation adjusting unit to adjust rotation of the sheet separating rotary body, a sheet containing unit to contain the recording media therein, a sheet separating body storing unit disposed at one end of the sheet containing unit to store the sheet separating body therein, and a load resistance applying mechanism to apply a rotational load resistance different from a contact force generated by contacting of the sheet separating rotary body with the sheet feeding rotary body, to the sheet feeding rotary body with no rotation driving force applied thereto.

An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, a sheet container detachably attachable to the apparatus body and accommodating recording media therein, an image forming part to form an image on each of the recording media, a sheet separating part to separate the recording media one by one, feed the recording medium toward the image forming part, and include a sheet feeding body and a sheet separating body to rotate in contact with the sheet feeding body and form a sheet separation nip region with the sheet feeding body, a sheet containing unit to contain the recording media therein, and a sheet separating body storing unit disposed at one end of the sheet containing unit to store the sheet separating body therein. The sheet container being pulled out from the apparatus body by moving from the sheet containing unit to the sheet separating body storing unit.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Shun Kobayashi