Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

Yasuo Shima

Akihiro Koga

Toshikatsu Akiba

Makoto Aoki

Hiroyuki Kayano

Yuji Suzuki

Hideichi Nakamoto

Shunsuke Hattori

Shigeru Takekado

Misato Ishikawa

Makoto Ukai

A sheet separating device includes: an air blowing unit that is configured to blow air toward a side face of stacked sheets being stacked with a plurality of sheets to separate the sheets by forming an air layer between the sheets; and a sheet pressing unit that is configured to apply a pressing force on the uppermost sheet in the stacked sheets while the uppermost sheet is separated from other sheets, the pressing force having a downward component and a component in a direction along the uppermost sheet.

Sheet separating device and method for separating stacked sheets

A sheet conveyance device includes: a first conveyance member configured to convey a sheet in a first direction; a second conveyance member configured to convey the sheet in a second direction; a guide disposed between the first conveyance member and the second conveyance member, the guide having a curved face configured to guide the sheet conveyed from the first conveyance member to the second conveyance member; and an adjustment member disposed at an inner position of the curvature of the curved face of the guide, the adjustment member being configured to swing to contact with a curved inner face of the sheet guided by the guide in accordance with a contact force applied by the sheet.

Sheet conveyance device

A camera unit includes a soft substrate on which electrode regions and an image pickup device region are disposed, a driving electrode group disposed on one of the electrode regions, an image pickup device disposed on the image pickup device region, stationary unit frame attaching portions disposed at positions surrounding the image pickup device region, a stationary unit frame attached to the stationary unit frame attaching portions, and movable units disposed in the stationary unit frame. The soft substrate is bent along bending positions between the electrode regions and the image pickup device region, the electrode regions are fixed on sides of the stationary unit frame inwardly thereof, and the image pickup device region is fixed on an end surface of the stationary unit frame toward the movable units.

Camera unit for driving lenses and method of manufacturing the same

In a zoom lens unit, substrate are arranged to be faced to each other and are provided with first driving electrodes used to drive a first movable section and second driving electrodes used to drive a second movable section, respectively. A recessed portion is formed in the first movable section so as to face the second driving electrodes. A recessed portion is also formed in the second movable section so as to face the first driving electrodes. The first and second movable sections can be independently controlled to achieve a zoom operation.

Zoom lens unit and image pickup apparatus

A card reader-writer includes a body provided with a card inserting opening into which a card to which reading and writing of information can be made is inserted, magnetic heads arranged in the body to read and write information from and on the card, and a device for carrying the card which is inserted into the card inserting opening to the magnetic heads. The carrying device includes a card chucking unit for chucking the card and a carriage for moving the chucking unit along a certain passage. The position of the card chucked by the chucking unit is corrected by a card position adjusting or correcting unit.

Card reader-writer

A linear actuator comprises a pair of central poles symmetrically arranged parallel to the direction of motion of a carriage for transducers. Four permanent magnets are disposed around each central pole leaving predetermined gaps. Four ambient poles and one terminal pole surround the permanent magnets and each central pole. Two driving coils are slidably movable in the predetermined gaps therebetween. Upper and lower flat plate members support the driving coils so they may be fixed to the carriage. The central poles each have a rectangular cross-section, the permanent magnets surrounding the exterior four walls of the central poles leaving the predetermined gaps in which the driving coils are disposed. The ambient poles and terminal poles surround the central poles and form closed magnetic circuits. The flat plate members of the carriage are composed of ceramic material. The driving coils, arranged inside the predetermined gaps, are mounted at the ends of the flat plate members. According to the above construction, the driving coils are entirely applied for driving the carriage. Moreover, due to the decrease in the quantity of the windings of each driving coil, and the light weight of the flat plate members, the carriage is light in weight while the linear actuator provides powerful actuation forces and achieves fast data access times. Furthermore, the pair of magnetic circuits ae closed as that the linear actuator reduces leakage flux and magnetic noise to a minimum.

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Kawasaki, Japan

Yasuo Shima