Hitachi, Ltd.

Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Showa Denko Materials Co., Ltd.

Riso Kagaku Corporation

Nec Corporation

Nestec S.a.

Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.

Resonac Corporation

Nec Solution Innovators, Ltd.

Topy Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.

Takeshi Saitoh

Hiroshi Hatashita

Yuji Tosaka

Yukio Nakamura

Yuko Arizumi

Takuma Nakamura

Ryohta Sasaki

Kazuhiko Watanabe

Hiroshi Shimizu

Yoshiki Hozumi

Tomoaki Ishifuji

Masaaki Shida

Toshio Nagashima

Susumu Yamamoto

Shigeo Matsuura

Mitsuhisa Shinagawa

Ryoichi Uchimura

Tsuneo Kurotori

Yasuo Katano

Shinji Tamaki

Ken Amemiya

Tomoyasu Hirasawa

Manabu Mochizuki

Toshikazu Nishino

Masashi Gotoh

Masaki Noda

Koji Utsugi

Keiro Shinkawa

Katsuro Motoe

Keiji Okamoto

Noriyuki Sasaki

Yoshio Miura

Kazuhiko Yuuki

Shigenori Ishii

Shintaro Hashimoto

Minoru Moteki

Takashi Terayama

Eisaku Akutsu

Masashi Tamegai

Toshimitsu Sakai

Masaki Yamaguchi

Kazutoshi Danjoubara

Yutaka Yanamoto

Kazuhiko Yamazaki

Kosuke Murai

Tetsuro Iwakura

Daiji Takeuchi

Yoshinori Satoh

Kenji Yamagishi

Shoziro Yokomizo

Yuichi Shimayama

Masashi Oji

Junki Somekawa

Toyoaki Naitoh

Masahi Gotoh

Masachi Gotoh

Provided is a production method of an FRP precursor. The method includes: a pre-coating step of applying a resin varnish having a filler content of 5 vol % or less in a solid content thereof, to a sheet-shaped aggregate, and a melt-pasting step of melt-pasting a pair of resin films, each having a filler content of 30 vol % or more, to both surfaces of the aggregate, after the pre-coating step.

Method for producing FRP precursor

A measurement apparatus detects a person and an umbrella based on acquired image data, and measures the number of persons based on a detected result.

Measurement method

Provided are a metal-clad laminate, a printed circuit board, and a semiconductor package, wherein the warps therein are effectively suppressed. Specifically the metal-clad laminate comprises a prepreg, wherein the prepreg has a resin composition attached to a fiber base material and satisfies a following formula (1) as well as a Mowing formula (2), provided that in the formulae, a1 represents an average thickness of the resin composition after being cured which is present on one surface of the fiber base material; a2 represents an average thickness of the resin composition after being cured which is present on other surface of the fiber base material; and B represents an average thickness of the fiber base material.0.12&#x3c;{(1+2)/2}/&#x2003;&#x2003;(1)0.8&#x2264;1/2&#x2264;1.25&#x2003;&#x2003;(2)

Metal-clad laminate, printed wiring board and semiconductor package

In the method for adhering a resin film with an aggregate under an atmospheric pressure in which workability is excellent and spouting of the resin from an edge portion of the aggregate can be suppressed, the present invention provides a method for producing an FRP precursor with excellent resin filling property into bulk voids of the aggregate as well as a method for producing an FRP. Specifically, provided is the method for producing the FRP precursor by adhering a thermosetting resin film to one surface of an aggregate that is in a form of a sheet under an atmospheric pressure, wherein the method includes a process in which the thermosetting resin film and the aggregate are press-adhered by heating by means of a pressure roll having a temperature in a range of +5&#xb0; C. to +35&#xb0; C. relative to a temperature at which a minimum melt viscosity of the film is exhibited.

Method for manufacturing FRP precursor and method for manufacturing FRP

Provided are a printed circuit board in which warps are effectively suppressed, and a semiconductor package having a semiconductor device mounted on said printed circuit board, even though circuit patterns of different amounts of metal are formed on both sides of one cured product of a prepreg. Specifically, said printed circuit board is a printed circuit board which comprises a cured product of a prepreg comprising a fiber base material and a resin composition, in which circuit patterns of different amounts of metal are formed on both sides of one cured product of the prepreg, in which said prepreg has layers on the front and back of said fiber base material, wherein said layers comprise resin compositions having different heat curing shrinkage rates, in which among these layers, the layer made of the resin composition having a smaller heat curing shrinkage rate is present on the side on which the circuit pattern with a smaller amount of metal is formed.

Printed wiring board and semiconductor package

Provided are a method for producing an FRP precursor and a device for producing an FRP precursor, wherein the method and the device have a good productivity, and under a normal pressure, enable filling of a resin into a bulk gap of an aggregate as well as prevent the resin from spouting out from an edge portion thereof. The method for producing the FRP precursor is to produce the FRP precursor by melt-adhering each of a pair of thermosetting resin filmsto each of both surfacesandof an aggregatethat is in a form of a sheet, the method comprising: an aggregate's surface heating process to heat aggregate's both surfaces, i.e., the both aggregate's surfacesandof the aggregate, and a film press-adhering process to obtain the FRP precursor wherein under a normal pressure, one aggregate-side film surfaceof the pair of the filmsis press-adhered to one surface of the heated both aggregate's surfaces, and another aggregate-side film surfaceof the pair of the filmsis press-adhered to another surface of the heated both aggregate's surfaces.

Method for producing FRP precursor and device for producing same

Provided are a prepreg including two or more fiber substrate layers and one or more resin composition layers, in which at least one of the one or more resin composition layers has a fiber substrate layer on each of both surfaces thereof, a printed circuit board using the prepreg and a method of producing the printed circuit board, and a semiconductor package.

Prepreg, printed circuit board, semiconductor package, and method for producing printed circuit board

The invention aims at providing a container for refill that enables transfer of the contents with one action and successfully secure the self-supporting property of the container for allowing the safe transfer. The opening portion (A) of body () of a cup-shaped container is provided internally with a hopper () tapering toward the opening portion (A). Ribs () are integrally provided between the outside of the hopper () and the inside of a ring (A) and arranged circumferentially at predetermined intervals. Height H from the top surface of the rib () to the opening (C) of hopper () is approximately a quarter or more of diameter &#x3c6; of the opening (C) of hopper (). A lid () tearable by pressing is attached to the opening portion (A) so as to enable the instant coffee P to be directly supplied through the mouth (A) of a refillable container () while being gathered to a central portion by the hopper () by inverting the container body () and pressing the lid () against the mouth (A) of container () to tear the lid ().

Container for refill

A cleaning device including a cleaning blade configured to clean a surface of a cleaning target that is moving. A leading edge which is formed between lower and leading surfaces of the cleaning blade is obtuse-angled with respect to the lower surface and is in contact with the surface of the cleaning target during use. The leading surface of the cleaning blade is curved outward when the cleaning blade is not in contact with the cleaning target.

Cleaning device, method of manufacturing the cleaning device, and process unit and image forming apparatus using same

A fixing apparatus to fix unfixed toner carried on a surface of a recording medium by attaching a fixing solution capable of softening toner onto the unfixed toner is provided. The fixing apparatus includes a sprayer to spray the fixing solution; a fixing solution charging part to charge the fixing solution; a first electrode to rotate and provided on a same side of the recording medium as the surface carrying the unfixed toner; a second electrode provided on an opposite side of the recording medium to the surface carrying the unfixed toner; and a voltage applying part to generate an electric field between the first electrode and the second electrode so that the fixing solution sprayed by the sprayer and charged by the fixing solution charging part moves toward the second electrode.

Fixing apparatus using fixing solution and image forming apparatus including the fixing apparatus

A temperature control unit that maintains a temperature of a fixing liquid includes a container, some or all of which is formed of a heat conservation member, configured to store the fixing liquid that dissolves or causes a toner to swell, a heater provided to an image forming apparatus for heating the container through the heat conservation member, a temperature sensor for detecting a temperature of the fixing liquid in the container, a controller for controlling an amount of heat that is transferred from the heater to the heat conservation member of the container based on a detection result provided by the temperature sensor, and a fixing liquid applicator for supplying the fixing liquid in the container to a toner on a recording medium so as to fix the toner onto the recording medium. The image forming apparatus includes the temperature control unit.

Temperature control unit and image forming apparatus including same

A lubricant supplier, installable in a process cartridge or an image forming apparatus, includes a ridge line extending crosswise to a longitudinal axis of the image forming member and contacting the surface of the image forming member at a non-perpendicular angle to the longitudinal axis of the image forming member, a first face opposed to the image forming member and located upstream from a contact portion of the ridge line and the surface of the image forming member in a direction of movement of the surface of the image forming member, and a second face opposed to the image forming member and located downstream from the contact portion in the direction of movement of the surface of the image forming member. The first face and the second face intersect at the ridge line and form an obtuse angle therebetween.

Lubricant supplier, process cartridge including same, and image forming apparatus including same

A disclosed fixing device fixes unfixed toner onto a recording sheet with the use of toner fixing liquid including a softening agent for softening toner. The fixing device includes a sprayer configured to spray the toner fixing liquid as liquid droplets and a liquid droplet charging unit configured to apply an electric charge to the sprayed liquid droplets. The sprayer sprays the liquid droplets onto the unfixed toner placed on the recording sheet. The liquid droplet charging unit applies, to the sprayed liquid droplets, an electric charge of an electric charge polarity that is the same as that of the unfixed toner.

Fixing device and image forming apparatus

A blade of a cleaning device includes two surfaces: an upstream side surface and a downstream side surface. The two surfaces adjoin each other with respect to a contact edge of the blade. The upstream side surface has a longer dimension in the direction orthogonal to the contact edge than that of the downstream side surface. A horizontal portion of a blade holder that restricts a warp in the blade is bonded on an opposed surface to the upstream side surface of the blade. The blade is held via the horizontal portion with a vertical portion of the blade holder supported by the main body of the cleaning device in a downstream of a normal line to a contact point on a photoconductor surface in contact with the contact edge, in the photoconductor-surface moving direction.

Cleaning device, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus

A replacement unit having a toner bottle and a fixing liquid bottle integrated with each other is attached to a printer main body (image forming apparatus main body). Toner particles accommodated in the toner bottle are allowed to be supplied to a development device of the image forming apparatus main body. A sheet member (sealing unit) of a liquid supplying port of the fixing liquid bottle is broken by an insertion pin provided in the printer main body in synchronization with the attachment of the replacement unit to the printer main body. A toner fixing liquid including a softening agent for softening the toner particles and a solvent for dissolving or dispersing the softening agent is supplied from the fixing liquid bottle to a fixing liquid storage of a fixing device of the printer main body.

Replacement unit, image forming apparatus, and method of attaching replacement unit of image forming apparatus

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Tokyo, Japan

Takeshi Saitoh