Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Takahiro Suzuki

Kenichiro Kitajima

Yoshiro Tsukada

Ryota Fujioka

Shuichi Tamura

Tomoyuki Sakamaki

Naoyuki Yamamoto

Shohei Okumura

Koji Arimura

Hiroshi Kannan

Masashi Yamamoto

Jun Ito

Junichi Suto

Xingwei Ning

Haihua Wu

Sung Jun Bae

An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus including an image forming unit and a first control unit which controls the image forming unit, a varnish application apparatus provided downstream in a sheet conveyance direction with respect to the image forming apparatus and including a varnish application unit which applies varnish to a sheet and a second control unit which controls the varnish application unit, and a sheet conveyance apparatus provided between the image forming apparatus and the varnish application apparatus in the sheet conveyance direction and including a receiving roller which receives a sheet discharged from the image forming apparatus, a processing unit which performs predetermined processing on a sheet present in the sheet conveyance apparatus, and a third control unit which controls the processing unit, wherein the first control unit is capable of communicating with the second control unit and the third control unit.

Image forming system

An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus, a varnish application apparatus, and a controller. The varnish application apparatus includes a varnish application unit configured to apply varnish to a recording material, a first conveyance unit configured to convey a recording material in a first conveyance path that passes through the varnish application unit, and a second conveyance unit configured to convey a recording material in a second conveyance path that does not pass through the varnish application unit. When failure is occurred to one or both of the varnish application unit and the first conveyance unit and failure is not occurred to the second conveyance unit, the controller is configured to permit execution of the second image forming job and to convey a recording material by the second conveyance unit in the varnish application apparatus.

An image-forming system includes an image-forming apparatus; a reading apparatus configured to read an image formed on a sheet to obtain read image data; and at least one processor configured to: control the image-forming apparatus to form a test chart on a first sheet, calibrate, using first read image data obtained by reading the test chart on the first sheet, second read image data that is obtained by reading an inspection target image formed by the image-forming apparatus on a second sheet based on RIP data, and inspect the inspection target image based on the calibrated second read image data and the RIP data. The test chart includes a patch arrangement with a plurality of patches, and a size of a periphery patch is smaller than a size of an interior patch.

Image-forming system for image inspection

A developing device includes a developing container, a rotatable developing member to carry and feed the developer to a developing position, a magnet provided non rotatably and stationarily inside the rotatable developing member and provided with a regulating pole, and a regulating portion to regulate an amount of the developer carried on the rotatable developing member by a magnetic force of the regulating pole. With respect to a rotational direction of the rotatable developing member, a local minimum position, where a magnetic flux density of the regulating pole in a normal direction is a local minimum value, is downstream of a first local maximum position where the magnetic flux density of the regulating pole in the normal direction is a first local maximum value, and is upstream of a second local maximum position where the magnetic flux density of the regulating pole is a second local maximum value.

Developing device

With respect to a rotational direction of a rotatable developing member of a developing device, an opposing position where a regulating portion of the developing device is opposed to an outer peripheral surface of the rotatable developing member is between a first maximum position and a position where a magnetic flux density of a regulating pole in a tangential direction relative to the outer peripheral surface of the rotatable developing member is zero. With respect to the rotational direction of the rotatable developing member, the position where the magnetic flux density of the regulating pole in the tangential direction relative to the outer peripheral surface of the rotatable developing member is zero is within a range of ±2° of a midpoint between the first maximum position and a second maximum position or is downstream of the range.

An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus, a varnish application apparatus, and a controller. When the image forming apparatus is in a standby state and preheating of varnish in a tank by a heater is completed, if an image forming job of forming a toner image on a first recording material and applying varnish thereto by a varnish coater is received, the controller controls a guide member to guide the first recording material to a first conveyance path. When the image forming apparatus is in a standby state and preheating of varnish in the tank by the heater is not completed, if an image forming job of forming a toner image on a second recording material and not applying varnish thereto by the varnish coater is received, the controller controls the guide member to guide the second recording material to a second conveyance path.

Automobile

A propulsive apparatus for use in an electric vehicle includes a gear rotatable by a propulsive motor and having first teeth, and a constant velocity joint having an outer member which includes a larger-diameter portion having second teeth on an outer wall surface thereof. The second teeth serve as part of a speed reducer mechanism which is thus interposed between the propulsive motor and the constant velocity joint. When the gear is rotated by the propulsive motor, the propulsive power is transmitted through the speed reducer mechanism to the constant velocity joint for rotation.

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Takahiro Suzuki