baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent JP-2004516659-A (JP)
IPC: H01S5/12
Filed: 2001-12-13
Abstract: An electrooptic device ( 1 ) such as a distributed feed back semiconductor laser or a semiconductor modulator comprises an optical waveguide. A contact layer ( 11 ) is applied to the optical waveguide for conducting electrical current to the device for driving or modulating it. The contact layer is connected to the end of an electrically conducting path ( 3 ) and can have a shape, as seen perpendicularly to the surface of the device, to give an electric resistance between the end of the path and different areas at the optical waveguide which resistance is higher for areas located close to the ends of the device than for areas are located at the central region of the device. The shape can be si-milar to a trapezium having concave oblique sides and is selected so that the resulting varying electrical resistance gives a sub-stantially uniform electrical power or gain inside the optical waveguide, taken in the longitudinal direction of the waveguide.
Patent JP-2004516559-A (JP)
Title: ペーパーロール盗難防止保護
IPC: H01Q1/12
Filed: 2001-12-14
Abstract: 本発明は、小売商人により使用されるキャッシュレジスタのレシートペーパーロールのようなペーパーロールが無断で取り去られるのを防止する方法及びシステムを提供し、この方法は、検出可能な信号を放射する電子センサ（３）をペーパーロールに固定し、そしてセンサが小売商人の位置の検出ポイント又はその付近を通過するときにセンサの存在を検出することを含む。本発明の１つの実施形態では、センサが、ペーパーロールのコア（１）に固定された接着ストリップ（４）であり、ペーパーロールのコアには、平坦面（２）が一体的に形成され、そこにセンサが固定される。
Patent JP-2004524070-A (JP)
IPC: A61F11/08
Filed: 2001-11-16
Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for determining in situ the acoustic seal provided by an in-ear device of a hearing protection/aid nature inserted into the ear canal of an individual. The in-ear device having a sound bore with an environment opening and an ear opening outside and inside the ear canal respectively, the environment opening is adapted to be removably engaged by a remote device such as a sound measurement device, a filter device, an amplifier device, a plug device and the like. The apparatus includes a sound measurement device having a probe microphone and a reference microphone isolated from each other and connected to a data processing unit having a control box and a speaker, both connected to a computer unit. Both microphones are adapted for measuring sound pressure levels inside said ear canal and outside in close proximity of said in-ear device respectively, the sound pressure levels corresponding to a known noise signal created by the speaker. The data processing unit being adapted for recording and processing the sound pressure levels read by both microphones corresponding to said known noise signal to provide a corresponding calculated value of a sound pressure level difference provided by the in-ear device. Used in conjunction with an expandable in-ear device, the apparatus monitors the acoustic seal in real time during the occlusion process of the in-ear device and determines when to stop the process. The present invention also refers to a corresponding method for determining in situ the acoustic seal provided by an in-ear device.
Patent JP-2004517126-A (JP)
Title: 家禽類を処理する際に洗浄する方法及び組成物
IPC: A23L13/50
Filed: 2001-10-29
Abstract: 本発明は過酢酸と過オクタン酸を含む組成物及び家禽上の微生物汚染を減らす方法に関する。この方法は家禽に対して混合過カルボン酸組成物を使用するステップを含む。
Patent JP-2004517006-A (JP)
Title: 所望のブレーキトルクを保持するための方法
IPC: B60T13/58
Filed: 2002-01-19
Abstract: 段階的及び無段階リターダシステムを装備する車両のための所望のブレーキトルクを保持する方法に関連して、必要なブレーキトルクに応じて段階的ブレーキシステムを使用すると同時に無段階ブレーキシステムを接続し、異なるシステムの負担分の和が常に必要ブレーキトルクとなるようにする。
Patent JP-2004523965-A (JP)
Title: 多重合成イメージを生成するための改良されたシステム、および、方法
IPC: H04N9/74
Filed: 2002-02-12
Abstract: 所与の仮想スタジオ空間内で、複数の現実イメージ又はアクションイメージを合成して多重合成イメージを構成することによって、操り人形芝居ビデオ／映画製作において、現実感のあるアクションイメージを一段と向上させること。仮想スタジオセット内で、操り人形（１０３）のアクションシーケンスの現実イメージ／アクションイメージのイメージフレームまたはイメージシーケンスを、その仮想スタジオセット内で、その操り人形（１０３）と、同一の操り人形または別の操り人形の現実イメージ／アクションイメージの別のイメージフレームまたは別のイメージシーケンスと合成することによって、最終的に多重合成イメージを生成する。
Patent JP-2004532195-A (JP)
IPC: A61P3/10
Filed: 2002-03-06
Abstract: The nonenzymatic glycation and crosslinking of proteins is a part of the aging process with the glycation endproducts and crosslinking of long-lived proteins increasing with age. This process is increased at elevated concentrations of reducing sugars in the blood and in the intracellular environment such as occurs with diabetes. The structural and functional integrity of the affected molecules become perturbed by these modifications and can result in severe consequences. The compounds of the present invention can be used to inhibit this process of nonenzymatic glycation and therefore to inhibit some of the ill effects caused by diabetes or by aging. The compounds are also useful for preventing premature aging, spoilage of proteins in food and can prevent discoloration of teeth.
Patent JP-2004526259-A (JP)
Title: 永久的な二進コードを集積回路に記憶するための回路
IPC: G11C17/00
Filed: 2002-04-04
Abstract: 【課題】二進コードを集積回路チップに記憶するための回路（１）に関している。 【解決手段】この発明は、二進コード（Ｂ １ 、Ｂ ２ 、…、Ｂ ｉ−１ 、Ｂ ｉ 、…、Ｂ ｎ−１   、Ｂ ｎ ）の読み取りにトリガをかける信号（Ｅ）を加える入力端子（２）と、前記二進コードを送り出すための出力端子（３ １ 、３ ２ 、…、３ ｉ−１ 、３ ｉ 、…、３ ｎ−１ 、３ ｎ ）と、前記入力端子を各出力端子に個々に接続し、集積回路の製造時にそれぞれ固定の遅延を入れる第１の電子経路（Ｐ １ 、Ｐ ２ 、…、Ｐ ｉ 、…、Ｐ ｎ ）と、前記電子経路の出力に現われる二進状態を同時に統合するための手段（４、５ １ 、５ ２ 、…、５ ｉ 、…、５ ｎ ）と、を備えている。 【選択図】図１
Patent JP-2004526324-A (JP)
Title: 特に結晶性の層を特に結晶性の基板上にガス相から堆積させる装置または方法
IPC: C23C16/30
Filed: 2002-01-26
Abstract: 【課題】ガス層から結晶層を特に結晶基板上に特に堆積する装置又は方法を提供する。 【解決手段】この装置は、少なくとも一個の基板（３）を受ける基板支持体（２）を備える加熱反応室（１）と；ガス状ハロゲン化物が、基板ガスと共にソースに供給されるハロゲン、特にＨＣｌと、ガス流入口部分（５）を通して基板支持体（２）により支持された基板に輸送される金属、例えばソース（４）に関わるＧａ、Ｉｎ、Ａｌとの化学反応により形成される一個以上の加熱されたソース（４）と；水酸化物、特にＮＨ ３ 、ＡｓＨ ３ 又はＰＨ ３ を反応室に供給する水酸化物供給体（６）とを備える。複数個の回転駆動される基板支持体（２）が基板支持キャリア（７）上に環状に配置され、ソースは上記基板支持キャリアの中央に配置される。 【選択図】図２
Patent JP-2004533008-A (JP)
Title: 光ファイバ・モジュールのラッチ外し機構
IPC: H01R13/46
Filed: 2002-04-11
Abstract: 光ファイバ・モジュール（７００）の回転とプル機構。回転とプル機構は、光ファイバ・モジュール（７００）をケージ・アセンブリ（４００）またはモジュール・リセプタクルからアンラッチと引き出すために、レバー・アクチュエータ（７０５）を有する。レバー・アクチュエータ（７０５）は、光ファイバ・モジュールに回転可能に結合され、それにより、レバー・アクチュエータが、その回転点の回りに回転するとき、レバー・アクチュエータにより、第２アクチュエータ（７０６）が、光ファイバ・モジュールをケージ・アセンブリから解放する。レバー・アクチュエータは、レバー・アクチュエータが回転するとき、第２アクチュエータを移動させる作動タブを含む。レバー・アクチュエータをケージ・アセンブリから離れるように引くことによって、光ファイバ・モジュールが、ケージ・アセンブリから引き出される。
Patent JP-2005512163-A (JP)
Title: プリペイドカードを使用するシステム及び方法
IPC: G06K17/00
Filed: 2002-04-23
Abstract: プリペイドカード口座の使用によって金銭を移動するシステム及び方法であって、２枚のカードを使用者口座保持者に発行し、前記カードのうち一方を他の使用者に与え、いずれかの使用者が前記プリペイドカード口座に値を加え、他方の使用者が前記カードとその値を金融取引に使用できるようにすることができる、システム及び方法を開示する。
Patent JP-2004537518-A (JP)
Title: 抗炎症剤として有用なウラゾール化合物
IPC: A61P7/06
Filed: 2002-05-21
Abstract: 式(I)： 【化１】     ［ここで、LおよびKはOまたはSであり、Qはリンカー、例えば-O-、-S-、C(=O)などであり、R 1 はアリールまたはヘテロアリール基であり、R 3 、R 4a 、R 4c 、Z、r、s、およびtは明細書中の記載と同意義である。]で示されるウラゾール化合物またはその医薬的に許容される塩は抗炎症剤または免疫抑制剤として有効である。
Patent JP-2004527402-A (JP)
IPC: B41M5/50
Filed: 2002-05-16
Abstract: This invention pertains to an ink jet recording medium comprises a flexible substrate and a coating composition coated on at least one surface of the substrate, wherein the coating composition comprises the product formed from the contact between fumed silica particles and at least one aminoorganosiloxane. The invention also pertains to a method for the preparation of such an ink jet recording medium and to methods for the preparation of a coating composition and a dispersion useful in the preparation of such an ink jet recording medium.
Patent JP-2004535488-A (JP)
Title: アズラクトン官能性親水性コーティングおよびヒドロゲル
IPC: C08J7/056
Filed: 2002-02-22
Abstract: アズラクトン官能性ヒドロゲルを含む表面コーティング、およびそこに該コーティングが配置された物品が開示される。該コーティングを製造する方法、および該ヒドロゲルのゲル化時間を制御する方法も開示される。
Patent JP-2004212842-A (JP)
Title: Lens driving device and imaging device driving device
Inventor: OTA HIROKI
IPC: G03B5/06
Filed: 2003-01-08
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a lens driving device and an imaging device driving device capable of moving a lens unit or an imaging device unit in the optical axis direction of a lens or in the normal direction of the light receiving surface of an imaging device while holding it by a plurality of holding members.  <P>SOLUTION: When force in a direction X is made to act on the lens unit 12 by an actuator 18, force in a direction W1 is made to act on the lens unit 12 in the direction W1 from the holding member 14A, and force in a direction W2 is made to act thereon from the holding member 14B. Force in a direction W3 obtained by composing two kinds of force therefore is made to act on the lens unit 12. An angle formed between the holding member 14A and the holding member 14B is smaller than 180°, and the direction W3 and the holding members 14A and 14B respectively form angles θ1 and θ2 smaller than 90°, so that the lens unit 12 is moved in a direction X (position Z).  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004213840-A (JP)
Title: Hard disk system, hard disk unit, and conversion unit
Inventor: FUNATO KOJI
IPC: H01R13/74
Filed: 2003-01-08
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To use a high-capacity HDD as a portable recording medium.  <P>SOLUTION: A PHD unit 1 writes/reads data with a host device 4 in an adapter 2 loaded state. The PHD unit 1 writes/reads data with a host device 6 in the state of being mounted on a cradle 3. Then, the first connector 10 of the PHD unit 1 side is attached in a half-fixed state. On the other hand, the second connectors 43, 64 of the adapter 2 side and the cradle 3 side are attached in a fixed state. Thus, the first connector 10 and the second connectors 43, 64 are properly connected together even when they are not positioned highly accurately.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004217965-A (JP)
Title: Metal wire rod for producing molten metal
Inventor: NAKAJOYA MAKOTO
IPC: B23K35/30
Filed: 2003-01-10
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide such a metal wire rod for producing a molten metal as to form a stable arc when used for welding or thermal spraying.  <P>SOLUTION: The metal wire rod 301 for producing the molten metal shall produce the molten metal containing any of Fe, Al, Mg, Ni, Co, Be, Ta and Ni-Ti as main components, when sequentially heated and melted from a tip side. The metal wire rod has a part including at least the surface of the wire rod, which is constituted by any metal of Fe, Al, Mg, Ni, Co, Be, Ta and Ni-Ti as a main component; and an oxygen-concentrated layer containing a higher concentration of oxygen than that in an inner layer part, which is formed on the surface layer part including the surface of the wire rod, so as to include a protective oxide layer obtained by positive oxidation for the surface of the metal.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2003280136-A (JP)
Title: Silver salt photothermographic dry imaging material, image recording method and imaging method
Inventor: YAMASHITA YASUSHI
IPC: G03C1/498
Filed: 2003-01-10
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a silver salt photothermographic dry imaging material having high maximum density, little fog and excellent storage stability and to provide an image recording method and an imaging method using the same.  <P>SOLUTION: In the silver salt photothermographic dry imaging material comprising a photosensitive emulsion comprising non-photosensitive silver aliphatic-carboxylate grains and photosensitive silver halide grains, a silver ion reducing agent, a binder and crosslinking agents, at least one of the crosslinking agents is an aromatic polyisocyanate compound and at least one compound selected from compounds represented by formulae (1)-(3) is contained.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004221840-A (JP)
Title: Stereo portable telephone
Inventor: MURATA YUKIO
IPC: H04M1/60
Filed: 2003-01-14
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a portable telephone which prevents a remarkable lowering of sound pressure generated when a virtual stereophonic sound field is generated from occurring.  <P>SOLUTION: The portable telephone is provided with two speakers and includes a stereophonic reproducing means for applying electric signals having different waveforms or phases to the respective speakers. The portable telephone has a structure that the surface of a housing becomes an acoustic partition by separating the sound holes of the two speakers to the left and right sides or lowering the periphery of a sound hole from the surface of the housing.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004221238-A (JP)
Title: Circuit board
Inventor: TAKENAKA TOSHIAKI
IPC: H05K1/11
Filed: 2003-01-14
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a high quality circuit board by stabilizing connection resistance of a double-sided circuit board and a multilayer substrate when a low compressibility prepreg sheet is employed.  <P>SOLUTION: After circuit patterns formed on the opposite sides of a compressive prepreg sheet having a conduction hole and the conduction hole filled with conductive paste are compressed while sustaining a relatively low temperature condition, it is hot pressed by raising the temperature while sustaining the pressed state, thus obtaining a conduction connected circuit board. Consequently, the connection resistance is stabilized and a high quality circuit board is attained.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004221903-A (JP)
Title: Piezoelectric sounding element and its manufacturing method
Inventor: KAWAGUCHI HIROTO
IPC: H04R31/00
Filed: 2003-01-14
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the acoustic characteristic of a piezoelectric sounding element and to miniaturize the piezoelectric sounding element.  <P>SOLUTION: The piezoelectric sounding element has a vibrator 36 having at least a piezoelectric diaphragm 34 consisting of piezoelectric elements 33 (3A, 33B) and a diaphragm 32 to which the piezoelectric elements 33 are stuck. The vibrator 36 is joined to a fixing part 26 through a member 37 deforming following the vibration of the vibrator 36.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004218776-A (JP)
Title: Roller bearing with locating snap ring
Inventor: SHU RITSUEI
IPC: F16C33/58
Filed: 2003-01-16
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a roller bearing with a locating snap ring wherein assembling properties are improved by preventing the ring from falling out of a fixing groove of the locating snap ring.  <P>SOLUTION: The roller bearing is provided with a peripherally continuing fixing groove on the inside periphery of the outer ring. A snap-ring C-type 15, which is partly cut off in the peripheral direction and has ends, is fit in the fixing groove. The snap ring 15 is fit in the groove in the state in which both opposing ends 15a, 15a are brought into press-contact to each other in the peripheral direction.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004221024-A (JP)
Title: Battery
Inventor: KAMATA TATSUYA
IPC: H01M10/058
Filed: 2003-01-17
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a battery allowing a circuit board to be properly installed in a unit cell, and capable of reducing the cost of a die used for coating the circuit board.  <P>SOLUTION: The opening of an armoring material 3 is closed by a sealing member 8 with an electrode body housed in the armoring material 3 of the unit cell 1. The circuit board 2 is installed in the unit cell 1. By disposing the sealing member 8 at a position of the armoring material 3 receding inward relative to the opening surface of the armoring material 3, a space 9 surrounded by the armoring material 3 with the front face opened is formed on the front side of the sealing member 8. A tip part of a negative electrode terminal 14 of the unit cell 1 pierces the sealing member 8. The space 9 is filled with a resin material 11 with the circuit board 2 housed in the space 9 by fitting the tip side of a lead body 18 of a negative electrode of the circuit board 2 to the terminal 14 of the unit cell 1.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004216348-A (JP)
Title: Supply method and apparatus for gel-like particle
Inventor: SUEHIRO MORIO
IPC: B01J4/00
Filed: 2003-01-17
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a supply method and apparatus for gel-like particles susceptible to crush of shape, e.g., gel-like pellets having immobilized microorganisms to a site requiring a long distance transportation where a boom of a transport vehicle such as a wrecker truck can not reach, an underground, or the like.  <P>SOLUTION: The supply method comprises the steps of dispersing the gel-like particles in a transportation liquid in a receiving tank installed above a supply target tank, allowing a mixed liquid in which the gel-like particles are dispersed to naturally flow down into the target tank, separating the transportation liquid from the mixed liquid flowing down into the target tank and returning the separated liquid to the receiving tank.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004228677-A (JP)
Title: Division transmission apparatus in layer 3 network
Inventor: KANEKO NOBUYUKI
IPC: H04L12/70
Filed: 2003-01-20
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a division transmission apparatus in a layer 3 network which can dividedly operate a physically connected layer 3 IP network at a logical level of a layer 3 and which is low-cost, easily maintained and user-friendly.  <P>SOLUTION: In the layer 3 network division transmission apparatus, network group information 1-1 for grouping networks in units of nodes and information 1-2 corresponding to a port VPN for grouping networks in units of LAN ports are set to a layer 2 packet header attached part 1-5, node group information and information corresponding to the port VPN are set to a layer 2 header of a packet, the a transmission section 1-5 transmits the resulting packet to the layer 3 network. The layer 2 header of the packet received by a reception section 1-8 from the layer 3 network is referenced, the network node group information and the information corresponding to the port VPN are recognized and its own node captures the received packet when the above information belongs to a group of its own node LAN port.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004227374-A (JP)
Title: Deposit refund system and method therefor
Inventor: FUJINO KANAME
IPC: G06Q50/26
Filed: 2003-01-24
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent illegal disposal such as throwing away.  <P>SOLUTION: This deposit refund system is composed so as to collect with adding a deposit amount to the price of merchandise at a vending machine or a POS terminal and to return the deposit amount when a vacant container of the merchandise is recovered to a recovery machine. This system comprises means for writing a vending machine number or a POS terminal number and a sales number onto an IC tag placed on the container of the merchandise by the vending machine or POS terminal and registering a set of the vending machine number or POS terminal number, the sales number and information of the purchaser of the merchandise into a database managed by a server via a network by the vending machine or POS terminal, and means for reading out the vending machine number or POS terminal number and the sales number from the IC tag placed on the vacant container and inquiring for the read out vending machine number or POS terminal number, the sales number and the information of the purchaser of the merchandise constituting the set at the database managed by the server via the network.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2004224963-A (JP)
Title: Rubber composition and pneumatic tire using the same
Inventor: MURAOKA KIYOSHIGE
IPC: C08L23/22
Filed: 2003-01-24
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a rubber composition which has a largely reduced air permeability and a good adhesiveness, and to provide a pneumatic tire which is made of the rubber composition and can reduce its weight.  <P>SOLUTION: The rubber composition contains at least one sort of a filler of 20-100 pts.wt., which is selected from the group consisting of carbon black, silica, clay, aluminium hydroxide, calcium carbonate, talc and mica, to a 100 pts.wt. rubber component containing at least one sort of a butyl based rubber of 60-95 wt%, which is selected from the group consisting of a butyl rubber, a halogenated butyl rubber and a rubber made by halogenating a copolymer of iso-mono-4-7C olefin and para-alkyl styrene and an epoxidized natural rubber of 5-40 wt% whose epoxidation ratio is at least 40%. The pneumatic tire has an inner liner layer comprised of the above-mentioned rubber composition.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2003283627-A (JP)
Title: Portable radio terminal device
Inventor: KOBAYASHI HIDEKATSU
IPC: H04B1/38
Filed: 2003-01-24
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To secure shielding properties to an internal electronic circuit, and at the same time to reduce manufacturing costs.  <P>SOLUTION: While an assembly body 22 of a portable radio terminal device body is incorporated into a case assembly body 26, a corner section on the lower surface of a rear-side printed circuit board 45<SB>-1</SB>is pressed to a shield case 40 by ribs 23<SB>-1-23</SB>to 23<SB>-1-25</SB>radially projecting from a boss 23<SB>-1-3</SB>inside a rear case body 23<SB>-1</SB>and ribs 23<SB>-1-20</SB>to 23<SB>-1-22</SB>radially projecting from another boss 23<SB>-1-4</SB>, and ground patterns 45<SB>-1-7-1c</SB>, 45<SB>-1-7-1d</SB>of the rear-side printed circuit board 45<SB>-1</SB>are clamped to a shield packing member 47 provided in the shield case 40. At the corner section of the rear-side printed circuit board 45<SB>-1</SB>, a hole where a set screw 51 passes through is not required. Therefore, an overhang for forming the hole for set screws is not required, and the rear- side printed circuit board 45<SB>-1</SB>is set to be a simple squire shape, thus easily arranging the rear-side printed circuit boards 45<SB>-1</SB>, and taking out a plurality of rear-side printed circuit boards 45<SB>-1</SB>.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Patent JP-2004222676-A (JP)
Title: Method for culturing bacillus natto and method for producing viscous material
Inventor: IWASAKI SUSUMU
IPC: A23L11/00
Filed: 2003-01-27
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for producing viscous material originating from Bacillus natto in a high efficiency by utilizing conventionally not existing Bacillus natto, since there was no effective method for obtaining the viscous material in a sufficiently high efficiency by the methods using conventional Bacillus natto.  <P>SOLUTION: This method for producing the viscous material is provided by inoculating Bacillus natto Iwasaki strain in a liquid medium using sucrose as a carbon source and soybean peptone or crushed soybean as a nitrogen source and supplied with buffer liquid of pH6-8, culturing and utilizing the cultured Bacillus natto.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI
Patent JP-2003228214-A (JP)
Title: Image forming apparatus
Inventor: IZUMI TAKAO
IPC: G03G21/00
Filed: 2003-01-29
Abstract: <P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To recover residual toner without making an apparatus larger and to recycle the recovered toner.  <P>SOLUTION: The image forming apparatus is equipped with developing units 4a to 4d of a plurality of colors successively supplying each color developer to each color electrostatic latent image formed by an exposure device 3 and developing the latent image at a developing position, a holding body 15 holding the units 4a to 4d in a rotating direction and successively moving them to the developing position by its rotation, an intermediate transfer belt 5 successively superposing and transferring a developer image formed on a photoreceptor drum 1 and collectively transferring the superposed and transferred developer image to paper, and a plurality of toner recovery mechanisms 20a to 20d held by the holding body 15 in a state where they are positioned between the units 4a to 4d, recovering the developer remaining on the drum 1 after transferring the developer image to the belt 5 and making the recovered developer return to the units 4a to 4d having the same colors as the colors of the developers.  <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO