Patents Represented by Attorney Jordan B. Bierman, Muserlian and Lucas Bierman
  • Patent number: 5944186
    Abstract: In a roll photosensitive material package composed of a roll photosensitive material scroll and a light shielding side member provided to each side of the roll photosensitive material scroll, the light shielding side member has a surplus portion projecting from the outer circumferential surface of the roll photosensitive material scroll, and the surplus portion is bent at the edge of the outer circumferential surface, folded at plural points and superimposed on the outer circumferential surface. The folded superimposed sections 0 of the surplus portion are composed of peak creases and bottom creases, the peak creases are superimposed around the bottom creases and the folded superimposed sections are provided with a substantially equal pitch, and a direction of each bottom crease has an inclination angle .alpha. to the axis of the core, when the peak creases are superimposed around the bottom creases, a direction of each peak crease has an inclination angle .beta.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1999
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Shigekazu Sakai, Manabu Watanabe, Manabu Toyonaga
  • Patent number: 5945268
    Abstract: Disclosed is a silver halide color photographic light sensitive material comprising a coupler represented by the following formula (I):formula (I) ##STR1## wherein Cp represents a coupler moiety; L represents a divalent linkage group; J represents --CO-- or --SO.sub.2 --; R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an aryl group, provided that one of R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 is a hydrogen atom; R.sub.5 represents a substituent; and n represents 0 or 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1999
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Daifuku, Hiroyuki Yasukawa, Kohichi Takabe, Ryohei Iwamoto, Satoru Ikesu
  • Patent number: 5941730
    Abstract: An installation structure can carry out a work of attaching a connector (1) to a fuel tank with one touch without using a particular equipment or requiring a great space. A holding sleeve (24) is secured to a lid plate (22) of the fuel tank with the sleeve projecting into an interior of the tank. The holding sleeve (24) is provided in its opposite outer peripheral positions with each of a pair of windows (30). An elastic clip (29) having a substantially U-shaped configuration is mounted on the holding sleeve (24) with each leg (33) of the clip (29) projecting into an interior of the sleeve (24) through each window (30). An inner connection portion (5) of the connector (1) is provided in its opposite outer peripheral position with each of a pair of engaging grooves (36). The portion (5) is also provided in its outer surface below each engaging groove (36) with an inclined guide face (38).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1999
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Uchiyama, Shinji Ogawa
  • Patent number: 5940115
    Abstract: Forming dots on a photosensitive material by irradiating the photosensitive material with a laser beam having a pulse width S (sec) and energy density E (w/cm.sup.2), wherein the pulse width S and the energy density E are within the region bounded by the following formulas:log E=-0.46 log S+3.68log E=-0.46 log S+2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1999
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Masao Nakamura, Masahiro Hamasaki
  • Patent number: 5932388
    Abstract: A carrier for a developer developing an electrostatic image is disclosed. The carrier contains magnesium from 2.0 to 25.0 by means of number of atoms by percent in surface portion. According to the invention excellent charge rising properties may be consistently exhibited for extended time periods, and neither toner scattering nor background deposits on images are caused.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoyasu Umeno, Meizo Shirose, Tatsuya Nagase, Ryuji Kitani
  • Patent number: 5931455
    Abstract: A sheet feeder for feeding a sheet from a sheet stacker. The sheet feeder includes: a main body of the sheet stacker for holding plural stacked sheets; a movable bottom plate, provided on the bottom portion of the main body and supported bivotally on an axis, for supporting the plural stacked sheets; a lifting lever for lifting the movable bottom plate; and plural pickup rollers, aligned on an axis in a direction perpendicular to a sheet feeding direction, for having a pressure contact with a sheet of the plural stacked sheets on the movable bottom plate, and for feeding the sheet from the main body in the sheet feeding direction. In the sheet feeder, a protruded portion is formed either on the movable bottom plate or on the lifting lever so that a contact portion where the movable bottom plate comes in contact with the lifting lever is of a point contact, and the contact portion is provided at the center of the closest two of the pickup rollers in the direction of their axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Susumu Okui, Makoto Tamura
  • Patent number: 5933214
    Abstract: An exposure apparatus in which a photographic light-sensitive material is exposed to a light image of an original, includes: a light illuminating member for illuminating a light to the original; an optical member for projecting a light transmitted through or reflected on the illuminated original onto an exposure position as a line image of the original; a material conveyor for conveying the material at a constant speed while the line image of the original is projected onto the material; a moving member for moving the original at a definite speed while the line image of the original is projected onto the material; and a start position determining member for determining a start position of the original at which the moving member starts moving according to magnification of the projected image of the original or image density of the original.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuaki Satoh, Nobu Nakane, Akira Kida, Taku Saito, Katsutoshi Iwai
  • Patent number: 5929599
    Abstract: An inductive coupling apparatus charges a storage device in an electric car by means of an external power source apparatus. The inductive coupling apparatus includes a coil unit assembly comprising a primary coil unit (10) and a secondary coil unit (20). The primary and secondary coil units (10, 20) comprise primary and secondary coils (12, 22) and primary and secondary cores (11, 21) for supporting the respective coils (12, 22). Spacers (13, 23) are mounted on arms (11A, 21A) of the cores (11, 21) of the units (10, 20) so that the coils (12, 22) are spaced apart from the peripheral surfaces of the arms (11A, 21A), thereby forming gaps (11D, 21D) between the arms (11A, 21A) and the coils (12, 22) to flow a cooling medium such as air therebetween. When the coils (12, 22) radiate a heat upon charging, the cooling media which flow in the gaps (11D, 21D) absorb the heat from the cores (11, 21).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1999
    Assignees: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunihiko Watanabe, Toshiro Shimada
  • Patent number: 5927725
    Abstract: A sealing device for a cavity into which a wire is inserted, the sealing device including an elastic sealing member which sealingly engages the inner surface of the cavity and the outer surface of the wire so as to prevent entrance of water into the cavity, and a rigid retainer associated with the sealing member and engaging the cavity so that, when the wire is bent transversely, deformation of the sealing member is substantially prevented and the integrity of the seal is maintained. This sealing device reliably prevents entrance of water, even if water is sprayed thereon at high pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1999
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki Tabata, Shigekazu Wakata
  • Patent number: 5930002
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus comprises a photoreceptor drum, a supporting member provided inside the photoreceptor drum and supporting plural exposure devices; and a signal passage to transmit an image signal to the plural exposure devices. The signal passage connects the outside and the inside of the photoreceptor drum by passing a part of the supporting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1999
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Haneda, Hisayoshi Nagase, Hiroyuki Tokimatsu, Masahiro Onodera, Shuta Hamada, Toshihide Miura
  • Patent number: 5928853
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a silver halide emulsion, the method comprising the step of ultrafiltrating and electrodialyzing a silver halide emulsion containing silver halide grains and gelatin having an average molecular weight of 500 to 70,000, by means of an ultrafiltration unit having an ultrafiltration membrane, whereby the emulsion is desalted and concentrated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1999
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventor: Shinichi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 5928846
    Abstract: A method for processing a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed. The processing method comprises the step of (1) developing a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material which comprises a support having thereon a silver halide emulsion layer and a hydrophilic colloid layer adjoining with the silver halide emulsion layer, and at least one of the silver halide emulsion layer and the hydrophilic colloid layer contains a phosphazene compound and a compound represented by the following Formula 1 or 2 by a developing solution and (2) fixing the silver halide photographic light-sensitive material by a fixing solution, ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are each independently a hydroxyl group, a mercapto group, an amino group, an acylamino group, an alkylsulfonylamino group, an arylsulfonylamino group, an alkoxycarbonyl group or an alkylthio group, and Z is a group of atoms necessary to form a 5- or 6-member ring, ##STR2## wherein R is an aryl group, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1999
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Hirobumi Yamashita, Naoko Fukuwatari, Toshiyuki Marui
  • Patent number: 5925506
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed. The light-sensitive material comprises a support having on one surface thereof photographic layers including a silver halide emulsion layer, at least one of the photographic layers contains a fluorescent whitening agent, and satisfies the following equation 1:(A/B)<0.03 Equation 1wherein A is an intensity of fluorescent light at the maximum fluorescent wavelength generated from the light-sensitive material before processing when the light-sensitive material is irradiated by exciting light of wavelength of 360 nm and B is an intensity of fluorescent light at the maximum fluorescent wavelength thereof generated from the area not exposed to light of the light-sensitive material after processing when the processed light-sensitive material is irradiated by exciting light of wavelength of 400 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1999
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Hirokazu Sato, Shigeo Chino, Masahiro Shibuya
  • Patent number: 5920982
    Abstract: A crimp terminal is supplied to a predetermined crimping position. Into the barrel of the supplied terminal, the wire end of an insulated conductor is inserted. At that time, the cable conductor end is aligned in the desired proper position for crimping. Even when the cable conductor end is deformed or broken in the stripping or supply processes, all the cable conductor ends can be reliably accommodated in the barrel of the terminal. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent crimping defects caused by exclusion from the terminal of one or more wire ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1999
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Eiji Fudoo
  • Patent number: 5920759
    Abstract: An electrophotographic image forming apparatus having a sheet curl correcting mechanism includes: a rotary body including either an endless annular belt or a roller; and a pressing roller for pressing the rotary body, wherein the curled recording sheet on which a toner image is formed is inserted between the rotary body and the pressing roller thereby bending force is applied to the curled recording sheet in a direction opposite to a curl of the curled recording sheet so that the curl is corrected. The apparatus further includes an air flow generator for applying an air flow to a curled recording sheet and the sheet curl correcting mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1999
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiko Ushiroji, Ritsuo Fujii
  • Patent number: 5916739
    Abstract: An image forming method of a silver halide light sensitive photographic material having at least one color image forming layer containing a silver halide emulsion and a dye forming coupler, the image forming method comprising the steps of exposing the photographic material to light and subjecting the exposed photographic material to amplification development to form a dye image, wherein the color image forming layer contains a coupler capable of forming a dye, upon development, having a molar extinction coefficient at a wavelength of an absorption maximum of 60,000 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1999
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Miyazawa, Shigeo Tanaka
  • Patent number: 5914073
    Abstract: A protective film for a polarizing plate comprises a resin film, and provided thereon, a layer comprising a polyol acrylate resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1999
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Kobayashi, Naoko Morita, Koichi Nagayasu, Isamu Michihata, Masaji Nara
  • Patent number: 5914161
    Abstract: Disclosed is a packaging material for a light-sensitive material, said packaging material comprising a multi-layered structure, wherein said multi-layered structure comprising a layer, said layer containing a polyethylene having a molecular weight distribution of 1.5 to 2.4 in an amount of 20 to 90% by weight of said layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1999
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Naohito Naraoka, Yasuhisa Kanezashi
  • Patent number: 5914224
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material is disclosed. It comprising at least one light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and at least one non-light-sensitive layer on a support and the non-light-sensitive layer contains porous fine particles of 400 mg per 1 m.sup.2 or more and the material is hardened utilizing at least one of vinyl sulfone hardener, carboxyl-activating hardener or polymeric hardener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1999
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventors: Katsumasa Yamazaki, Takesi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 5913689
    Abstract: The male connector used in an electrical junction box employs a guide rib which is disposed perpendicular to the long side of an enclosing rib which encircles the male tab opening. The guide rib, positioned on both long sides of the enclosing rib, guides the tab into the male tab opening in order to prevent damage which occurs when there is misalignment of the tab with the male tab opening. In order to further assist in the realignment of the tab with the male tab opening, the surfaces of the enclosing rib and the guiding rib are sloped towards the male tab opening to allow the tab to be guided into the male tab opening during assembly of the junction box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1999
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Shinshu Kato