Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Kabushiki Kaisha Ricoh

Tatsuo Tani

Hiroshi Uramoto

Hiromitsu Hatano

Masamitsu Sakurai

Masao Kono

Takashi Yano

Isao Nakamura

Hiroyuki Idenawa

Akira Midorikawa

Shinji Nagatsuna

Nachio Seko

Mutsuo Watanabe

Toshiaki Kameyama

Sakae Ohta

Koichi Suzuki

Kiyoshi Sakai

Hiroshi Yokoyama

Shigeru Suzuki

Toshio Watanabe

Seiichi Miyakawa

Kenzo Ariyama

Susumu Tatsumi

Yasushi Akiba

Masumi Ikesue

Hisashi Ishijima

Mitsuo Tanaka

Toyoo Okamoto

Yasunori Kawaishi

Yasumori Nagahara

Hirobumi Yoshino

Kazuhiro Ando

Toshiyuki Ogawa

Masayuki Shinada

Sakae Ota

Shunichi Ogawa

Shozo Miyawaki

Shohzoh Miyawaki

Shoji Hayashi

Yoshihiro Nakashima

Mitsuaki Urakawa

Masashi Kuno

Shigeru Muramatsu

Masaji Ito

Hiroyasu Itou

Yasuaki Ishii

Kiyozo Hashizume

Takashi Murofushi

Tetsuo Yamaoka

Teruzo Hasumi

An environmental impact information collection system modifies and analyzes environmental impact information, which is collected and stored in advance, and obtains the environmental impact at each process done in an organization, according to each product. The environmental impact information collection system then obtains a set of environmental impacts in a product's life cycle.

System and method for providing environmental impact information, recording medium recording the information, and computer data signal

An environmental management information collection system modifies and analyzes environmental impact information, which is collected and stored in advance, and calculates a reduction amount of environmental impacts at each of a plurality of processes included in activities of an organization. A management-information system obtains the environmental impact at each process, and calculates an amount of investment for reducing the environmental impacts. An accounting system performs environmental accounting, based on the reduction amount of the environmental impacts which is obtained by the environmental impact information collection system and the amount of investment which is calculated by the management-information system.

System and method for providing environmental management information, recording medium recording the information, and computer data signal

A recycling system has a recycle information memory database for storing as recycle information, the information on all reutilizable products such as products produced or used under the management of the system, products treated as wastes, and products currently being used in the market. A virtual recycle product designing section is provided for estimating times when the reutilizable products are recovered as products usable for recycling as well as their volumes, based on the recycle information stored in the recycle information memory database. A production scheduling section is provided for setting a production schedule of a recycle product using the reutilizable products based on the estimated times and volumes.

Recycling system and recycling method

A recyclable article and a sheet-like member included in the article are disclosed. In a copier, for example, a front door has a door body and a decal fitted on the door body by an adhesive. The door body and decal are formed of thermoplastic resins soluble in each other, so that the adhesive does not remain on the door body when the decal is peeled off the door body. When the front door is melted for recycling, a molding having desirable characteristic is achievable. When the decal is peeled off the door body in order to reuse the front door, the adhesive can be easily removed from the door body.

Recyclable article and sheet-like member included therein

A product including parts which can be recycled is disclosed. A front door, for example, included in the product is formed of thermoplastic resin. Decals are respectively adhered to the front and the rear of the front door, and each is made of thermoplastic resin soluble to the resin constituting the door. A mark showing that the front door can be recycled without peeling off the decals is provided on each decal. A sheet-like member showing the meaning of the mark is adhered to the rear of the front door.

Product including parts which can be recycled

The current invention discloses photocopying methods and systems for substantially eliminating shadows caused by uneven surfaces of an original by the use of a light diffusing element or a carrier sheet which automatically triggers the associated photocopying parameters. The light diffusing element has a marker or an identification code which is detected by a sensor placed along a paper path, and the marker contains various type of information used for adjusting the photocopying conditions associated with the use of the light diffusing element. The light diffusing element is also designed to be used with an automatic document feeder.

Method and system for substantially eliminating a shadow effect during

A recording apparatus includes a first record mode for recording an image on one or both sides of a sheet and a second record mode for recording two pages of images on one side of a sheet and two pages of images on the other side of the sheet. The apparatus also includes a first bind mode for stacking the sheets which have undergone the first record mode on a staple tray and then binding the sheets by a stapler of a type which drives a staple into an edge of a stack of the sheets from above the stack, and a second bind mode for stacking the sheets which have undergone the second record mode and then binding the sheets at a center of the sheets. The recording apparatus provides for a particular order of pages and reduces cost and space by utilizing a stapler of the type which drives a staple from above a paper stack and a staple tray for both of an edge bind mode and a center bind mode.

Recording apparatus with a finisher having multiple bind modes

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Tatsuo Tani