Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

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Eagle Industry Co., Ltd.

Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

Nec Corporation

Pioneer Corporation

Dena Co., Ltd.

Nec Tokin Corporation

Lg Electronics Inc.

Fujitsu Corporation

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation

Bridgestone Corporation

Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation

Mahle International Gmbh

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Thermal Systems, Ltd.

Wataru Takahashi

Tomohiro Furuhashi

Kohei Fukudome

Keigo Shirafuji

Yasuo Kotaki

Teruo Arashima

Yuji Hamasaki

Toshihiko Ujita

Naoki Tashiro

Yuusuke Shibasaki

Tatsuo Nanjo

Yoshihiro Ogawa

Nobuyoshi Suzuki

Kenta Udagawa

Makoto Hidaka

Masashi Ogawa

Hiroshi Koshikawa

Akira Kunieda

Koichi Kubo

Hiroki Hayashi

Masanori Takenouchi

Takashi Saito

Takahiro Watanabe

Eiichiro Shimizu

Keisuke Sugiyama

Hajime Yamamoto

Kenji Kitabatake

Osamu Morita

Satoshi Kimura

Kyosuke Toda

Hiromasa Amma

Kazuaki Masuda

Shinji Katagiri

Manabu Inoue

Keiichiro Tsukuda

Shuichi Tetsuno

Keisuke Matsuo

Akihiro Yamanaka

Hiroshi Yamada

Masao Kato

Masahiro Tamura

Ryoji Inoue

Gangho Woo

Junghan Ryu

Kenjiro Watanabe

Yuji Suzuki

Akio Saito

Younsoo Kim

Nobuyuki Sato

Minako Kato

Masahiro Hayama

Yohsuke Haraguchi

Sho Asano

Shinya Monma

Takuya Morinaga

Yoshito Suzuki

Wataru Nozaki

Hisashi Yamamoto

Joji Akiyama

Daichi Kurihara

Takahiro Ejima

Koki Sakano

Katsuhiro Kosuge

Toshinori Kanzaki

Kazuya Yoshii

Shigeki Fukui

Naozumi Nabeshima

Soji Kondo

Michitaka Suzuki

Hidehiko Fujiwara

Ryuji Yoshida

Tomomichi Hoshino

Shingo Matsushita

Ikuhisa Okamoto

Akihiro Musha

Norihiro Ikebe

Jun Hinami

Yasunori Senshiki

Shohichi Satoh

Shohei Ishio

Kazuya Kikuchi

Keisuke Iinuma

Takayuki Tanaka

Shin Ishimatsu

Tomonori Matsunaga

Toshimi Chiba

Koji An

Yohei Sato

Minoru Nozawa

Shinji Asami

Tsuyoshi Saeki

Keisuke Ishizumi

Junji Shimoda

Kei Sasaki

Kazuhiko Miyahara

Masaki Inaba

Masafumi Takimoto

A sheet processing apparatus includes: a center-folder to perform a center-folding process on a sheet bundle including multiple sheet materials; a back-crimp binder to: form a back portion on the sheet bundle subjected to the center-folding process; and perform a crimp-binding process on the back portion; and a controller configured to: cause the center-folder to perform the center-folding process; and cause the back-crimp binder to perform the crimp-binding process on the back portion while forming the back portion on the sheet bundle in the crimp-binding process.

Sheet processing apparatus, sheet processing method, and image forming system

A sheet separation device includes a sheet separator and a conveyor. The sheet separator separates a non-bonding portion of a two-ply sheet in which two sheets are overlapped and bonded together at a bonding portion of the two-ply sheet. The conveyor conveys the two-ply sheet toward the sheet separator while bending the two-ply sheet in a direction that intersects a conveyance direction of the two-ply sheet.

Sheet separation device, sheet laminator, image forming apparatus, and image forming system

A liquid storage container including a positioning configuration contributing to downsizing is provided. The container capable of storing liquid therein includes a fitting portion including a communication port establishing communication between an inside and an outside, wherein a supply member supplying liquid is fitted and can supply the inside with liquid via the communication port; a first positioning portion positioning the supply member at one point; and a second positioning portion including a guide provided in the fitting portion and capable of guiding the supply member to a position where the supply member is fitted into the fitting portion when the supply member is fitted into the fitting portion while being positioned by the first positioning portion and a restriction portion restricting movement of the supply member using the first positioning portion as a rotation axis in the position where the supply member is fitted into the fitting portion.

Liquid storage container

An image forming apparatus includes a rotatable image bearing member and a rotatable developing member to carry developer made up of toner particles and carrier particles adhered to surfaces of the toner particles. Where a pressing force pressing the developing member against the image bearing member is F1, a total number of the carrier particles interposed between the toner particles and the image bearing member is N1, and an adhesion Ft between a carrier particle and a toner particle, measured when the carrier particle is pressed against the toner particle with F1/N1 that is a pressing force per unit carrier particle, and an adhesion Fdr1 between the carrier particle and the image bearing member, measured when the carrier particle is pressed against the image bearing member with F1/N1, satisfy Ft≤Fdr1.

Image forming apparatus

Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface

A sheet processing apparatus sandwiches a sheet media in a two-ply sheet in which two sheets are overlaid and bonded together at a portion of the two-ply sheet. The sheet processing apparatus includes a fixing device, a tray, and a roller. The fixing device applies heat and pressure to the two-ply sheet. The tray is disposed downstream from the fixing device in a conveyance direction of the two-ply sheet, to stack the two-ply sheet. The roller conveys the two-ply sheet vertically downward toward the tray after the two-ply sheet passes through the fixing device.

Sheet processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, and image forming system

A valve includes a valve housing provided with an inlet port and an outlet port; a valve body to be driven by a drive source; a spring that urges the valve body in a direction opposite a direction of driving by the drive source; and a valve seat formed at an edge of a through-flow passage. The valve body and the valve seat cooperatively form a poppet valve. The valve is configured to control a flow rate in accordance with a movement of the valve body. Flow passages on a downstream side of the poppet valve are provided with increase regions where a flow passage cross-sectional area tends to increase toward the downstream side.

Fluid control valve

A capacity control valve capable of being downsized with the small number of parts is provided. A capacity control valve includes a valve housing provided with a suction port through which a suction fluid of suction pressure Ps passes, and a control port through which a control fluid of control pressure Pc passes, a valve element configured to be driven by a solenoid, a spring that biases the valve element in a direction opposite to a driving direction of the solenoid, and a CS valve formed by a CS valve seatand the valve element and configured to open and close a communication between the control port and the suction port in accordance with a movement of the valve element. The control pressure Pc is controlled by opening and closing the CS valve.

Capacity control valve

A valve includes a valve housing provided with an inlet port and an outlet port; a valve body configured to be driven by a drive source; a spring that urges the valve body in a direction opposite a direction of driving by the drive source. A valve seat is formed at an edge of a through-flow passage. The valve body and the valve seat forms a poppet valve that controls a flow rate in accordance with a movement of the valve body. A flow passage on a downstream side of the poppet valve is provided with a reduction region where a flow passage cross-sectional area tends to decrease toward a downstream side.

A sheet stacker for use in a device including a stacker portion, a fence, and a guide face. The stacker portion includes a stacker face that is inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to a horizontal plane and receives a plurality of sheets ejected from above and stack the plurality of sheets on the stacker face. The fence includes an angled face to contact an end of the plurality of sheets stacked on the stacker face. The angled face rises in a direction in which the plurality of sheets is stacked, with respect to a lower side of the stacker face. The guide face guides the sheet conveyed along the lower side toward an outlet port to a lower end of the outlet port, the outlet port opening in an exterior of the device to remove the sheet to an outside of the device.

Sheet stacker, sheet laminator, image forming apparatus, and image forming system

A sheet separation device separates a non-bonding portion of a two-ply sheet in which two sheets are overlapped and bonded together at a bonding portion of the two-ply sheet. The sheet separation device includes a winding roller, a conveyance roller pair, and a separation claw. The winding roller rotates and winds the two-ply sheet. The conveyance roller pair conveys the two-ply sheet toward the winding roller. The separation claw is inserted into a gap between the two sheets at a position between the winding roller and the conveyance roller pair. The separation claw is disposed in a space that is bounded by an imaginary plane and includes the winding roller. The imaginary plane passes through a nip of the conveyance roller pair and a winding start position at which the two-ply sheet starts to be wound around the winding roller.

Sheet separation device, laminator, image forming apparatus, and image forming system

A sheet processing device includes a conveyor, a rotator, a separator, and control circuitry. The conveyor conveys a two-ply sheet in which two sheets are overlapped and bonded together at a portion of the two-ply sheet. The rotator winds the two-ply sheet. The control circuitry causes the conveyor to convey the two-ply sheet in a winding direction to wind the two-ply sheet around the rotator such that a sagging space is created in the two-ply sheet, and causes the separator to insert into the sagging space to separate the two-ply sheet into two sheets. The control circuitry causes the conveyor to convey the two-ply sheet in a direction opposite the winding direction before an insertion of the separator into the sagging space.

Sheet processing device, laminating device, image forming apparatus, and image forming system

A capacity control valve includes a valve housing provided with a suction port through which a suction fluid of suction pressure Ps passes, and a control port through which a control fluid of control pressure Pc passes, a valve element configured to be driven by a solenoid, a spring that biases the valve element in a direction opposite to a driving direction of the solenoid, and a CS valve formed by a CS valve seat and the valve element, the CS valve being configured for opening and closing a communication between the control port and the suction port in accordance with a movement of the valve element. The capacity control valve further includes communication controller that controls a communication between the control port and a space on a back surface side of the valve element.

A capacity control valve includes a valve housing provided with a suction port through which a suction fluid of suction pressure passes, and a control port through which a control fluid of control pressure passes, a valve element configured to be driven by a solenoid, a spring that biases the valve element in the direction opposite to the driving direction by the solenoid, and a CS valve formed by a CS valve seat and the valve element and configured for opening and closing a communication between the control port and the suction port by movement of the valve element. The capacity control valve further includes a pressure receiving portion to which force in accordance with discharge pressure is applied in the axial direction of the valve element.

A capacity control valve includes: a valve housing provided with a suction port through which a suction fluid of a suction pressure passes and a control port through which a control fluid of a control pressure passes; a valve body driven by a solenoid; a spring that biases the valve body in a direction opposite to a direction of driving by the solenoid; a CS valve that includes a CS valve seat and the valve body, and that moves the valve body to open and close a communication between the control port and the suction port, the capacity control valve opening and closing the CS valve to control the control pressure, in which the control fluid of the control pressure is suppliable to a back side of the valve body.

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