Patents Assigned to Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 4670377
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support bearing thereon a photographic layer comprising a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and a non-light-sensitive hydrophilic colloidal layer; wherein at least one of the photographic layers is hardened by a vinylsulfone hardener, and at least one layer selected from the group consisting of the photographic layers each hardened by the vinylsulfone hardener and the other photographic layers is hardened by a triazo compound, and further at least one of the silver halide emulsion layers contains silver halide particles which are spectrally sensitized by one of certain sensitizing dyes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1987
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanobu Miyoshi, Shun Takada, Kaoru Onodera
  • Patent number: 4669847
    Abstract: An automatic photographic processor having a filter provided in a circulating flow path of the processing liquid used in a developing tank. A control device calculates the total quantity of light-sensitive material processed by the liquid since the filter was last changed. The control device generates a warning signal when the total quantity reaches a predetermined value. An accoustical or optical warning device responsive to the warning signal indicates that the filter should be changed. A flowrate meter or pressure detection system in the circulating flow path checks the effectiveness of the filter and can also generate a warning signal for the warning device to indicate that the filter should be changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1987
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinichi Taniguchi, Akiru Akashi, Yasuo Ujii
  • Patent number: 4670375
    Abstract: Disclosed is a light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material comprising a support and a plurality of silver halide emulsion layers on the support, the emulsion layers being substantially identical in color sensitivity but different in sensitivity and containing at least one of a dye image-forming coupler, characterized in that silver halide grains contained in at least one layer of the plurality of silver halide emulsion layers consist substantially of monodispersed silver halide grains, a color concentration of the emulsion layer comprising the monodispersed silver halide grains being within the range of 60 to 98% of the total color concentration of the plurality of silver halide emulsion layers.The employment of the monodispersed silver halide grains of this invention and the increase in a concentration of the grains in the emulsion layers permit the improvement of graininess, the enlargment of exposure range and better of stability to processing and stability with time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1987
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Michiue, Toshihiko Yagi, Katsumasa Yamazaki, Sohei Goto, Yoshiharu Mochizuki
  • Patent number: 4668472
    Abstract: A process for the continuous preparation of slides to be chemically analyzed comprises forming regularly a plurality of hollows on an advancing web material; putting a piece of film to be chemically analyzed in each of the hollows; sticking a long covering member having a plurality of apertures corresponding in their positions to the hollows on the web material onto the surface of the web material so that the apertures and the hollows on the web material are in registration; and cutting the circumference outside of each of the hollows. Also disclosed is a slide to be chemically analyzed which comprises a web material having a hollow in the central region thereof in which a film to be chemically analyzed is put, a covering member having an aperture on the surface thereof stuck to the web material; and downwardly extending flanges on a circumferential portion of the slide having heights substantially equal to that of the hollow to stabilize positioning of the slide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1987
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norio Sakamoto, Toshiyuki Ikariya, Kiyohiko Takahashi, Masao Nakamura, Akira Yanagisawa
  • Patent number: 4668084
    Abstract: A distance measuring equipment wherein two images of an object are received on photosensor arrays each, two image data rows indicating a luminous intensity distribution in the object are compared with each other, and a distance to the object is measured from a mutual shift rate of both the signal rows which is required for bringing both the signal rows into coincidence at high correlation. A presence of the shift rate whereat the both image data rows indicate a high correlation is detected when it is present plurally, a part of the plural shift rate including a shift rate corresponding to the highest correlation is stored and taken.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1987
    Assignees: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd., Fuji Electric Company, Ltd., Fuji Electric Corporate Research and Development Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiziro Suzuki, Takashi Tsutsumi, Shotaro Yokoyama, Takashi Nishibe
  • Patent number: 4668599
    Abstract: A process for producing a photoreceptor is disclosed. A gaseous compound of the constituent materials of the photoreceptor is decomposed by glow discharge in the presence of a metal, thereby forming a constituent layer containing atoms and or ions of the metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1987
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshinori Yamazaki, Eiichi Sakai, Hiroyuki Nomori
  • Patent number: 4666825
    Abstract: A method for processing silver halide photographic light-sensitive material which comprises color developing an imagewise-exposed silver halide photographic light-sensitive material and then bleach-fixing said color developed light-sensitive material, said light-sensitive material comprising support having thereon a silver halide emulsion layer containing monodispersed silver halide particles and a photographic cyan coupler having the Formula [I]: ##STR1## wherein X is a hydrogen atom or a radical that can be split off by the reaction of said coupler with the oxidized product of an aromatic primary amine color developing agent; R.sub.1 is an aryl or a heterocyclic radical; and R.sub.2 is a ballasting radical which provides non-diffusibility to said cyan coupler and a cyan dye formed therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1987
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoru Shimba, Masao Iwamuro, Kenji Ito, Katutoyo Suzuki, Fumio Hamada
  • Patent number: 4666826
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon at least one silver halide emulsion layer, which contains in combination at least one cyan coupler of Formula [I], at least one cyan coupler of Formula [II], and at least one compound of Formula [III], Formula [IV] or Formula [V].
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1987
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shun Takada, Takashi Kadowaki, Kaoru Onodera
  • Patent number: 4666261
    Abstract: A projection lens in which F is approximately 1.0 to 1.3 used for a 3-tube television projector. The projection lens comprises a first lens of extremely low refractive power, two positive lenses arranged spaced apart from the first lens through a large air space and a negative fourth lens arranged spaced apart therefrom through a large air space, the first lens L.sub.1 having at least one surface in the form of an aspherical surface.It is possible to arrange a reflecting mirror in the large air space to thereby form an optical system into a compact form. In addition, if the second lens L.sub.2 and the third lens L.sub.3 are made of glass, even if the first lens L.sub.1 and the fourth lens L.sub.4 are formed into plastic lenses, movement of focal point due to variation in temperature hardly occurs, and a lens of low cost may be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1987
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Norikazu Arai
  • Patent number: 4666804
    Abstract: A method for forming an image wherein a latent image is produced on an image retainer and the latent image is developed by a plurality of different color toners. The developing is carried out by non-contact manner while an a.c. electric field is being applied in and after at least the second color development. The developed images of different colors are transferred to a transfer medium at a time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1987
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Haneda, Hisashi Shoji, Seiichiro Hiratsuka
  • Patent number: 4665015
    Abstract: A silver halide color photographic material is disclosed which has at least one silver halide emulsion layer on a support, said silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one magenta coupler having the following formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is a tertiary alkyl group; R.sub.2 is a secondary or tertiary alkyl group; X is a leaving group other than a hydrogen atom that leaves upon reaction with the oxidation product of a color developing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1987
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshifumi Iijima, Kenji Kumashiro, Hiroshi Kashiwagi, Koichi Hatta, Noritaka Nakayama, Satoshi Kawakatsu, Katsunori Katoh, Kaoru Shinozaki
  • Patent number: 4664505
    Abstract: A cleaning device for removing residual toner from an image support member after transferring a developed image therefrom including a fur-brush moveable in contact with the image support, a toner separating projection for knocking toner free from the fur-brush, a cylindrical member having a toner receiving opening adjacent the fur-brush and a rotatable toner transporting member therein, and a magnetic field arranged from the outside of the cylindrical member, the toner transporting member preferably being in the form of a spiral wire rotated in contact with the inside wall of the cylindrical member for transporting toner collected thereon to a reservoir at one end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1987
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiko Itaya, Satoshi Haneda
  • Patent number: 4661441
    Abstract: Disclosed is a silver halide photographic material containing at least one layer of silver halide emulsion layers on a support characterized in that at least one layer of said silver halide emulsion layers contains mono-dispersed silver halide grains formed with (100) face and (111) face and said silver halide emulsion layer is hardened with at least one of the hardening agents represented by the formula [I] shown below and/or at least one of the hardening agents represented by the formula [II] shown below, ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents a chlorine atom, a hydroxy group, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an alkylthio group, --OM group (M is a monovalent metal atom), --NR'R" (R' and R" are a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an aryl group, respectively) or --NHCOR"' (R"' is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an aryl group) and R.sub.2 has the same meanings as R.sub.1 except for a chlorine atom, ##STR2## wherein R.sub.3, R.sub.3 ', R.sub.4 and R.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1985
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1987
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Kajiwara, Kaoru Onodera
  • Patent number: 4659208
    Abstract: A copying apparatus which performs either of two scanning functions depending on the size of original documents. In case of a large-size document, a scanning operation therefor is carried out by moving the document relative to the stationary fixed optical system responsive to selection of such scanning operation. The selection is effective only when the large-size document is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1985
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1987
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Miyazaki, Yoshihiko Kudo, Seizi Takahashi, Chiharu Kobayashi, Akira Sawaki
  • Patent number: 4660057
    Abstract: A heater power controller for an ink jet printer wherein the output of a comparator making a comparison between a detection signal of the temperature of an ink in a print head of the ink jet printer and a reference signal is chopped by a clock having a predetermined period so as to be converted into a chopper signal, by which the supply of the power to a heating means provided in the head is controlled. A regulating device for regulating the duty ratio of the chopper signal is provided. Each of pulses constituting the chopper signal is made out of phase with a pulse supplied to other pulse-driven load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1987
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato Watanabe, Yasuhiko Tanaka, Kiyotaka Murakami
  • Patent number: 4659207
    Abstract: A copying apparatus wherein a document consisting of a first half side and a second half side can be scanned by a scanning member independently corresponding to the area of the first and second half sides. These copies are formed on the both sides of a copy paper or on two different copy papers selectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1985
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1987
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshikazu Maekawa
  • Patent number: 4659654
    Abstract: A silver halide photographic light-sensitive emulsion contains silver halide particles, chemically sensitized, the average concentration of the silver iodide of which is from 0.5 to 10 mole % and which have inside part wherein not less than 20 mole percent silver iodide is present locally; and at least one cyanine dyes having the Formulas [I], [II] and [III] as herein described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1985
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1987
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Iku Metoki, Akio Suzuki, Eiji Yoshida, Kiyoshi Sato, Masumi Hosaka
  • Patent number: 4657837
    Abstract: The present invention relates to toners for developing electrostatically charged images which are comprised of a polyester binder resin condensed from diols of the formula ##STR1## with a polyhydric carboxylic acid or a derivative thereof wherein the polyhydric carboxylic acid is a mixture of dihyridic carboxylic acid or its alkylesters and about 30 mole % to about 80 mole % of the total acid content of more hydric carboxylic acids or therein hydrids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1985
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1987
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Morita, Takahira Kasuya, Goichi Yamakawa, Makoto Tomono, Shinichiro Yasuda
  • Patent number: 4656124
    Abstract: A heat-developable color photo-sensitive material having a support. A photographic component layer is on the support and contains at least a photo-sensitive silver halide, a reducing agent, a binder and a dye-providing material. At least one of the dye-providing materials is a polymer having a repetition unit being derived from a monomer represented by the Formula I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1985
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1987
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tawara Komamura
  • Patent number: 4654287
    Abstract: An insulated magnetic toner comprising a binder resin and a powdery magnetic material, said magnetic material being iron or an alloy thereof having a coercive force of not more than 600e.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1987
    Assignee: Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Okuyama, Kenichi Kishi, Kenzi Tuzita, Tsuyako Ban