Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes, an image forming portion configured to form a toner image on a sheet using printing toner and apply powder adhesive on the sheet, a fixing portion configured to heat the toner image formed on the sheet and the powder adhesive applied on the sheet by the image forming portion and fix the toner image and the powder adhesive to the sheet, and a bonding portion configured to bond the sheet with the powder adhesive by reheating the sheet having been heated by the fixing portion. The bonding portion is arranged above the image forming portion.

Abstract: Provided are a cleaning member that scrapes developer from a photosensitive drum attached to an opening of a cleaning frame, and a transport member that transports scraped developer from an opening side of the frame towards an opposing deep side. The transport member is driven such that an absolute value of maximum acceleration at the time of movement of the transport sheet in a direction from the opening side towards the deep side is smaller than an absolute value of maximum acceleration at the time of movement in a reverse direction of the former direction. In the longitudinal direction of the photosensitive drum, the width of the transport member is smaller than an abutting width of an abutting portion of the cleaning member with the photosensitive drum, and ends of the transport member in the longitudinal direction are positioned inward of ends of the abutting portion.

Abstract: Provided is a method for separating and detecting various hemoglobins including abnormal hemoglobins and thalassemia markers. A method for analyzing hemoglobins, comprising separating hemoglobins in a sample by cation exchange chromatography, wherein an eluent having a pH of 8.1 or more and an osmotic pressure of 40 mOsm/kg or less is used for separation of the hemoglobins.

Abstract: A cleaning unit includes a housing having an opening portion, a cleaning member configured to remove developer from the image bearing member, a conveying member configured such that the developer removed by the cleaning member is conveyed from the opening portion side to a deep side of the housing, and a driving unit connected to the conveying member and configured to cause the conveying member to reciprocate such that maximum acceleration of movement of the conveying member in a direction from the opening portion side to the deep side is smaller than that in a direction from the deep side to the opening portion side. The conveying member includes a separation portion that separates the developer and a foreign substance from each other.

Abstract: Provided are a cleaning member that removes a developer from the surface of an image bearing member that is attached to an opening of a frame; a transport member that transports developer removed from the surface of the photosensitive member drum by the cleaning member, from an opening side of the frame towards an opposing deep side; and a driving unit for driving the transport member such that the transport member moves relatively to the cleaning member. The transport member is driven by the driving unit such that an absolute value of maximum acceleration at the time of movement of the transport member in a direction from the opening side of the frame towards the deep side is smaller than an absolute value of maximum acceleration at the time of movement in a direction from the deep side towards the opening side.

Abstract: A cartridge includes a housing that has an opening and a conveyance member disposed near a bottom surface of the housing. The conveyance member is configured to convey developer along a first direction from a deep side to an opening side of the housing, or a second direction from the opening side to the deep side. The cartridge also includes a driving member connected to one end of the conveyance member, with the driving member being configured to reciprocate the conveyance member along a surface direction of the conveyance member in a manner such that a maximum acceleration of the conveyance member in the first direction and a maximum acceleration in the second direction are different from each other. The housing includes a regulation member that regulates movement of the conveyance member in a direction in which the conveyance member moves away from the bottom surface of the housing.

Abstract: A developing device includes a rotatable developer carrying member, a frame, a partition wall partitioning an inside of the frame into a developing chamber and a developer accommodating portion and provided with an opening, and a feeding member. The feeding member includes a flexible sheet member and a driving member. Maximum acceleration of the sheet member driven by the driving member in a first direction in which the developer in the developer accommodating chamber is moved toward the opening is smaller than maximum acceleration in a second direction opposite to the first direction. When the sheet member is reciprocated in a surface direction by the driving member, the sheet member is deformable so as to follow a shape of an inner wall surface of the developer accommodating chamber.

Abstract: Provided are a cleaning member that scrapes developer from a photosensitive drum attached to an opening of a cleaning frame, and a transport member that transports scraped developer from an opening side of the frame towards an opposing deep side. The transport member is driven such that an absolute value of maximum acceleration at the time of movement of the transport sheet in a direction from the opening side towards the deep side is smaller than an absolute value of maximum acceleration at the time of movement in a reverse direction of the former direction. In the longitudinal direction of the photosensitive drum, the width of the transport member is smaller than an abutting width of an abutting portion of the cleaning member with the photosensitive drum, and ends of the transport member in the longitudinal direction are positioned inward of ends of the abutting portion.

Abstract: Provided is a chromatography packing that can detect methylated DNA with high accuracy. An ion-exchange chromatography packing for separation and/or detection of methylated DNA, containing a base particle consisting of a hydrophobic crosslinked copolymer particle having a cationic functional group on a surface, wherein a hydrophobic crosslinked copolymer contains a divinyl aromatic monomer.

Abstract: Provided is a nitride phosphor having two or more maximum absorption points in a range of 3,200 to 3,300 cm?1 in an infrared absorption (FT-IR) spectrum. The nitride phosphor of the present invention has excellent emission characteristics and is highly reliable when used in devices.

Abstract: Provided is a remanufacturing method of a developer accommodating unit including a flexible container provided with an opening and configured to accommodate developer, and a frame member configured to accommodate the flexible container. The remanufacturing method includes refilling the developer into the flexible container.

Abstract: Provided is a remanufacturing method of a developer accommodating unit including a flexible container provided with an opening and configured to accommodate developer, and a frame member configured to accommodate the flexible container. The remanufacturing method includes refilling the developer into the flexible container.

Abstract: Provided is a remanufacturing method of a developer accommodating unit including a flexible container provided with an opening and configured to accommodate developer, and a frame member configured to accommodate the flexible container. The remanufacturing method includes refilling the developer into the flexible container.

Abstract: Provided is a remanufacturing method of a developer accommodating unit including a flexible container provided with an opening and configured to accommodate developer, and a frame member configured to accommodate the flexible container. The remanufacturing method includes refilling the developer into the flexible container.

Abstract: Provided is a remanufacturing method of a developer accommodating unit including a flexible container provided with an opening and configured to accommodate developer, and a frame member configured to accommodate the flexible container. The remanufacturing method includes refilling the developer into the flexible container.

Abstract: Provided is a remanufacturing method of a developer accommodating unit including a flexible container provided with an opening and configured to accommodate developer, and a frame member configured to accommodate the flexible container. The remanufacturing method includes refilling the developer into the flexible container.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive drum life estimation mechanism which estimates wear amounts of a charge transfer layer in both of a toner bearing area and an end portion of a toner non-bearing area of a developing roller and informs a user that the photosensitive drum has reached the end of its life if, out of total wear amounts of the areas corresponding to predetermined life threshold values of the toner bearing and non-bearing areas, either of the total wear amounts reaches the threshold value.

Abstract: Provided is a remanufacturing method of a developer accommodating unit including a flexible container provided with an opening and configured to accommodate developer, and a frame member configured to accommodate the flexible container. The remanufacturing method includes refilling the developer into the flexible container.

Abstract: A developing device includes: a flexible container, provide with an opening, for accommodating the developer; a frame for accommodating the container; an urging member, rotatably provided inside the frame, for urging the container by rotation thereof to deform the container; and a developer carrying member for carrying the developer on its surface to feed the developer. A distance X from a rotation center of the urging member to the surface of the developer carrying member and a length T from the rotation center of the urging member to a free end thereof for urging the container satisfy a relationship of X<T. A shielding member for preventing contact of the urging member with the developer carrying member is provided between the rotation center of the urging member and the surface of the developer carrying member or in a neighborhood thereof.

Abstract: Based on a photosensitive drum life threshold value when each of the plurality of image formation execution modes is independently used, and a photosensitive drum life threshold value according to a usage rate of each of the image formation execution modes, the image forming apparatus having a plurality of image formation execution modes calculates a photosensitive drum life threshold value according to the usage rate. Then, the image forming apparatus compares the calculated photosensitive drum life threshold value with a remaining CT film thickness prediction value for the photosensitive drum to determine the life of the photosensitive drum.