Abstract: According to one embodiment, a rope cleaning device comprises a scraper ring which engages grooves between strands of a wire rope to scrape out foreign material from the grooves as the wire rope passes through the scraper ring, a wiper ring positioned in series with the scraper ring for wiping the surface of the wire rope as the wire rope passes through the wiper ring and a rotational mechanism which allows the scraper ring to rotate about the axis of the wire rope.

Abstract: A wired-rope measuring device, provided with two cameras 1, 2 that shoot one or no less than two wired ropes 8 from different directions and an analyzing device 5 that analyzes image data that is an image shot by the two cameras 1, 2, wherein the analyzing device 5 applies the principle of triangulation by a stereo method to the image data to seek a center coordinate P0 of the wired rope 8 relative to the cameras 1, 2 and volumetric anamorphosis is corrected when calculating a diameter D of the wired rope 8 based on the center coordinate P0 of the wired rope 8.

Abstract: A wired-rope measuring device, provided with two cameras 1, 2 that shoot one or no less than two wired ropes 8 from different directions and an analyzing device 5 that analyzes image data that is an image shot by the two cameras 1, 2, wherein the analyzing device 5 applies the principle of triangulation by a stereo method to the image data to seek a center coordinate P0 of the wired rope 8 relative to the cameras 1, 2 and volumetric anamorphosis is corrected when calculating a diameter D of the wired rope 8 based on the center coordinate P0 of the wired rope 8.

Abstract: During a maintenance inspection, an optical rope diameter measuring device is provided at a predetermined position along a path of a wire rope, rope diameter is measured at multiple measuring points while the elevator is driven in test mode, and diameter reduction at each measuring point is determined and stored as a first diameter reduction (S2_S6). During a subsequent maintenance inspection, rope diameter is similarly measured at each measuring point to determine diameter reduction constituting a second diameter reduction (S7_S11). Based on these two diameter reductions, the time at which diameter reduction will reach a predetermined threshold value is predicted for each measuring point, and the earliest time is displayed as a rope replacement time (S12_S14).

Abstract: An elevator rope monitoring device, provided with: line sensor cameras 1a, 1b for imaging the entire circumference of the traveling elevator rope 5; a speed/position detecting device 4 for detecting the traveling speed and traveling position of the elevator rope 5; an image recording part 3a for inputting the image acquired by the line sensor cameras 1a, 1b in association with the traveling position of the elevator rope 5 detected by the speed/position detecting means 4; an image creating part 3b for creating an entire circumferential image of the elevator rope 5 from the image imaged by the line sensor cameras 1a, 1b; and an image processing part 3c for detecting an abnormality in the elevator rope 5 by analyzing the entire circumferential image.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a rope cleaning device comprises a scraper ring which engages grooves between strands of a wire rope to scrape out foreign material from the grooves as the wire rope passes through the scraper ring, a wiper ring positioned in series with the scraper ring for wiping the surface of the wire rope as the wire rope passes through the wiper ring and a rotational mechanism which allows the scraper ring to rotate about the axis of the wire rope.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a container in which a sheet is contained, an image forming unit configured to form an image on the sheet, a reading unit configured to read a test image formed on the sheet, and a controller. The image forming apparatus forms the test image on the sheet, reads the test image by the reading unit, and generates, based on a reading result of the reading unit, an image forming condition for correcting a shift between a position of an image to be formed on a first surface of the sheet and a position of an image to be formed on a second surface different from the first surface of the sheet, and determines a timing for the image forming unit to subsequently form the test image based on a time period during which the sheet is contained in the container.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a container in which a sheet is contained, an image forming unit configured to form an image on the sheet, a reading unit configured to read a test image formed on the sheet, and a controller. The image forming apparatus forms the test image on the sheet, reads the test image by the reading unit, and generates, based on a reading result of the reading unit, an image forming condition for correcting a shift between a position of an image to be formed on a first surface of the sheet and a position of an image to be formed on a second surface different from the first surface of the sheet, and determines a timing for the image forming unit to subsequently form the test image based on a time period during which the sheet is contained in the container.

Abstract: An automatic marking system (8) is provided which comprises a rope inspecting device (10) including a camera (15) and an image processor (14) and a rope marking device (17) for providing a mark on the rope in response to the image processor (14) detecting a defect on the rope. The mark distinguishes the type or level of the defect. The rope may be a hoisting rope (3) of an elevator device. The defect may include at least one of reduced diameter, rust, wire brakeage and strand brakeage of the hoisting rope (3).

Abstract: An image forming apparatus with a detachable fixing device that is capable of printing with high quality without printing wastefully. A storage unit stores identification information about a fixing device in association with an attribute of a sheet that is printable with the fixing device concerned. A control unit executes printing when the storage unit does not store an attribute of a sheet corresponding to a fixing device that is currently attached to the image forming apparatus. The control unit determines whether to execute printing according to an attribute of a sheet used in printing and an attribute of a sheet stored in the storage unit when the storage unit stores the attribute of the sheet corresponding to the fixing device that is currently attached to the image forming apparatus.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus with a detachable fixing device that is capable of printing with high quality without printing wastefully. A storage unit stores identification information about a fixing device in association with an attribute of a sheet that is printable with the fixing device concerned. A control unit executes printing when the storage unit does not store an attribute of a sheet corresponding to a fixing device that is currently attached to the image forming apparatus. The control unit determines whether to execute printing according to an attribute of a sheet used in printing and an attribute of a sheet stored in the storage unit when the storage unit stores the attribute of the sheet corresponding to the fixing device that is currently attached to the image forming apparatus.

Abstract: Provided are a recording apparatus and a motion unit drive method that determines a stop rotation torque of a CR motor indicating stop of a carriage by a stopper and, within a predetermined period after the determination of the stop rotational torque, supplies to the CR motor the drive signal that causes a rotational torque of the drive motor to be a low rotational torque having a smaller torque value than the stop rotational torque.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus with a detachable fixing device that is capable of printing with high quality without printing wastefully. A storage unit stores identification information about a fixing device in association with an attribute of a sheet that is printable with the fixing device concerned. A control unit executes printing when the storage unit does not store an attribute of a sheet corresponding to a fixing device that is currently attached to the image forming apparatus. The control unit determines whether to execute printing according to an attribute of a sheet used in printing and an attribute of a sheet stored in the storage unit when the storage unit stores the attribute of the sheet corresponding to the fixing device that is currently attached to the image forming apparatus.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus with a detachable fixing device that is capable of printing with high quality without printing wastefully. A storage unit stores identification information about a fixing device in association with an attribute of a sheet that is printable with the fixing device concerned. A control unit executes printing when the storage unit does not store an attribute of a sheet corresponding to a fixing device that is currently attached to the image forming apparatus. The control unit determines whether to execute printing according to an attribute of a sheet used in printing and an attribute of a sheet stored in the storage unit when the storage unit stores the attribute of the sheet corresponding to the fixing device that is currently attached to the image forming apparatus.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus with a detachable fixing device that is capable of printing with high quality without printing wastefully. A storage unit stores identification information about a fixing device in association with an attribute of a sheet that is printable with the fixing device concerned. A control unit executes printing when the storage unit does not store an attribute of a sheet corresponding to a fixing device that is currently attached to the image forming apparatus. The control unit determines whether to execute printing according to an attribute of a sheet used in printing and an attribute of a sheet stored in the storage unit when the storage unit stores the attribute of the sheet corresponding to the fixing device that is currently attached to the image forming apparatus.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus with a detachable fixing device that is capable of printing with high quality without printing wastefully. A storage unit stores identification information about a fixing device in association with an attribute of a sheet that is printable with the fixing device concerned. A control unit executes printing when the storage unit does not store an attribute of a sheet corresponding to a fixing device that is currently attached to the image forming apparatus. The control unit determines whether to execute printing according to an attribute of a sheet used in printing and an attribute of a sheet stored in the storage unit when the storage unit stores the attribute of the sheet corresponding to the fixing device that is currently attached to the image forming apparatus.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus with a detachable fixing device that is capable of printing with high quality without printing wastefully. A storage unit stores identification information about a fixing device in association with an attribute of a sheet that is printable with the fixing device concerned. A control unit executes printing when the storage unit does not store an attribute of a sheet corresponding to a fixing device that is currently attached to the image forming apparatus. The control unit determines whether to execute printing according to an attribute of a sheet used in printing and an attribute of a sheet stored in the storage unit when the storage unit stores the attribute of the sheet corresponding to the fixing device that is currently attached to the image forming apparatus.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus with a detachable fixing device that is capable of printing with high quality without printing wastefully. A storage unit stores identification information about a fixing device in association with an attribute of a sheet that is printable with the fixing device concerned. A control unit executes printing when the storage unit does not store an attribute of a sheet corresponding to a fixing device that is currently attached to the image forming apparatus. The control unit determines whether to execute printing according to an attribute of a sheet used in printing and an attribute of a sheet stored in the storage unit when the storage unit stores the attribute of the sheet corresponding to the fixing device that is currently attached to the image forming apparatus.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus that generates image data from a print job and inputs the image data to an image forming apparatus includes a receiving unit that receives information indicating that the image forming apparatus interrupts printing based on the image data and a control unit that shifts a power state of the image processing apparatus from a first power state to a second power state, in which consumed power is less than that in the first power state, based on the received information.

Abstract: If the elapsed time since a sheet was stored in a sheet storage unit is less than or equal to a threshold value, control is performed such that the sheet is heated by a fixing unit before an image is transferred to the sheet, and if the elapsed time since the sheet was stored in the sheet storage unit exceeds the threshold value, control is performed such that processing for heating the sheet with the fixing unit before the image is transferred to the sheet is not performed.