Abstract: The driving force from a drive source is transmitted from a main input shaft to a continuously variable transmission mechanism through an input switching mechanism and a first input path in which a first speed-reducing gear is disposed, and is further transmitted to a first output path in which a second speed-reducing gear is disposed, thus establishing a LOW mode. And the driving force is transmitted from the main input shaft to the continuously variable transmission mechanism through the input switching mechanism and a second input path in which a speed-increasing gear, and is further transmitted to a second output path in which a third speed-reducing gear, thus establishing a HI mode. The_first speed-reducing gear on the input side, the speed-increasing gear on the input side and the second and third speed-reducing gears on the output side are independent from each other.

Abstract: According to one implementation, a two-component developer for developing an electrostatic latent image includes a toner particle and a carrier particle. The toner particle includes an external additive on a surface of a toner mother particle including at least a binding resin. The carrier particle includes a resin covering layer on a surface of a carrier core material particle. The resin covering layer includes a covering resin obtained by polymerizing at least an isobutyl methacrylate monomer and includes a nitrogen atom as an atom composing the covering resin.

Abstract: A two-component developing agent for developing an electrostatic latent image includes toner particles composed of toner base particles and an exterior additive attached on the toner base particles, and carrier particles composed of carrier core particles and a coating resin provided on the carrier core particles. The coating resin includes a sulfur atom and a resin obtained by polymerizing an isobutyl methacrylate monomer, and the toner base particles include a sulfur atom.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a status display device includes an input module and a display module. The input module is configured to input a measurement file includes file information indicating a file in a measurement target, access information indicating access to the file, and time information. The display module is configured to display a status of the measurement target based on the measurement file input to the input module.

Abstract: Disclosed is a toner for electrostatic image development that satisfies both low-temperature fixing ability and excellent high-temperature storage stability, achieves excellent charge property and shatter resistance, and consequently can form a high-quality image even by a high-performance machine such as a high-speed machine. The toner is composed of toner particles obtained by forming a shell layer containing a styrene-acryl-modified polyester resin on the surface of each of core particles comprising a binder resin containing at least a styrene-acrylic resin. The styrene-acryl-modified polyester resin is obtained bonding a styrene-acrylic polymer segment to a terminal of a polyester segment, and the content of the styrene-acrylic polymer segment in the styrene-acryl-modified polyester resin is 5% by mass or more and 30% by mass or less.

Abstract: The image forming apparatus includes an operation input unit having a first touch screen, a reception unit configured to receive information regarding an operation target file from a mobile terminal in accordance with a drag-and-drop operation across the first touch screen and a second touch screen provided in the mobile terminal, and an operation control unit configured to execute an action regarding the operation target file, based on the information regarding the operation target file received by the reception unit.

Abstract: Disclosed is a toner for electrostatic image development that satisfies both low-temperature fixing ability and excellent high-temperature storage stability, achieves excellent charge property and shatter resistance, and consequently can form a high-quality image even by a high-performance machine such as a high-speed machine. The toner is composed of toner particles obtained by forming a shell layer containing a styrene-acryl-modified polyester resin on the surface of each of core particles comprising a binder resin containing at least a styrene-acrylic resin. The styrene-acryl-modified polyester resin is obtained bonding a styrene-acrylic polymer segment to a terminal of a polyester segment, and the content of the styrene-acrylic polymer segment in the styrene-acryl-modified polyester resin is 5% by mass or more and 30% by mass or less.

Abstract: Display particles having metal oxide layers formed on the surfaces of base particles containing at least a resin and a colorant, wherein the metal oxide layers comprise a polycondensation product formed by using a compound A represented by the following formula (A) and a compound B indicated by the following formula (B) as materials, and an image display apparatus loaded with the display particles: M1(OR1)4??(A) (wherein M1 represents a silicon atom or a titanium atom; and R1 represent an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms respectively independently): M2(R2)4-n(OR3)n??(B) (wherein M2 represents a silicon atom or a titanium atom; R2 represent an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a phenyl group, an acryloyloxy group, a methacryloyloxy group or an epoxy group, independently; R3 represent an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms independently; and n represents an integer of 2 or 3).

Abstract: Data transfer is enabled according to the reception capability of each of peripherals when a plurality of peripherals is connected to a host device via common lanes. A data processing device 1 includes a host device 10 provided with an interface, a first device 12 connected to the interface via a plurality of data lanes, and a second device 13 connected to the interface via some of the data lanes. The interface adds dummy data to actual data and then assigns and transmits the resultant data to the data lanes. When the actual data is taken in one of the first device and the second device, the interface causes the other one to recognize that the actual data is meaningless. Therefore, data can be transferred to the first device 12 and the second device 13 in accordance with reception capabilities.

Abstract: A reactive sputtering apparatus includes a chamber, a substrate holder provided in the chamber, a target holder which is provided in the chamber and configured to hold a target, a deposition shield plate which is provided in the chamber so as to form a sputtering space between the target holder and the substrate holder, and prevents a sputter particle from adhering to an inner wall of the chamber, a reactive gas introduction pipe configured to introduce a reactive gas into the sputtering space, an inert gas introduction port which introduces an inert gas into a space that falls outside the sputtering space and within the chamber, and a shielding member which prevents a sputter particle from the target mounted on the target holder from adhering to an introduction port of the reactive gas introduction pipe upon sputtering.

Abstract: A toner for developing an electrostatic latent image is disclosed, the toner being composed of toner particles which comprises toner mother particles containing a binding resin having a hydrophilic polar group, a coloring agent and a releasing agent, and an external additive, wherein a mass of Na atoms in a neighborhood of surface of the toner particles measured by the measuring method described below is 50 to 750?g in 1 g of toner particles. Measuring Method (a) Extracting Na atoms in the neighborhood of surface of the toner particles by stirring the toner particles and dilute hydrochloric acid, (b) Preparing sample for measurement by filtering the liquid extracting Na atoms, and (c) Measuring the mass of Na atoms in the sample via Induction Coupling Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometer.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a state display apparatus comprises a receiving module configured to receive measurement files includes item data representing items executed by an object device to be measured, state-change data representing changes in the state of the items and time data, a storage module configured to store the states of the items of the object device in a form of a stack structure for each items, based on the measurement files received by the receiving module, a display module configured to display the states of the items, which are stored in the storage module, and a display controller configured to erase the state of at least one of the states of the items, stored in the form of the stack structure by the storage module, when the measurement files received by the receiving module comprise error data.

Abstract: An objective is to provide a developing roller possessing a surface layer capable of suppressing the residual potential during repetitive use with no damage of interlayer adhesiveness, preventing toner leakage and contaminations caused by adhesion matter on the surface, and preventing developing unevenness because of even toner electrification; and also to provide an image forming method employing the developing roller. Also disclose is a developing roller possessing a conductive shaft, and a resin layer provided around an outer circumferential surface of the conductive shaft, wherein the resin layer possesses a surface layer containing a silicone copolymer resin as a principal component and a layer containing a polyamide resin as a principal component, that is provided immediately below the surface layer.

Abstract: A developing roller that can form a toner image with high quality includes: a supporting shaft, and at least one resin layer formed on a peripheral face of the supporting shaft, the resin layer containing carbon black in which a number average Feret's diameter is in a range from 5 to 300 nm and primary particles account for 5% or more on a number basis, and the carbon black being dispersed in a base resin material thereof.

Abstract: An electrophotographic image forming method is disclosed. The method includes steps of conveying a developer comprising a toner to a developing zone by a developing roller, and developing an electrostatic latent image formed on an electrostatic latent image carrying member by the developer, and the developing roller has an electroconductive shaft and a resin layer provided around the shaft, the resin layer comprises a surface layer containing silicone copolymer resin as the principal component and a layer containing resin-silica hybrid composite as a principal component provided directly under the surface layer.

Abstract: Display particles for an image display apparatus, wherein the image display apparatus comprises two substrates at least one of which is transparent, with the display particles being sealed between the substrates in a powder state, so that by generating an electric field between the substrates, the display particles are moved to display an image, wherein the display particles are formed through processes in which at least a binder resin and a colorant are kneaded and pulverized to give core particles, resin fine particles are fixed and fused on surfaces of the core particles, and then the core particles on which the resin fine particles are fixed and fused are sphered to give an average degree of roundness of 0.960 or more, and wherein a ratio of use of the resin fine particles is set in the range from 100 to 300% in the rate of the total projection area of the resin fine particles relative to the total surface area of the core particles, as well as an image display apparatus loaded with the display particles.

Abstract: A toner for electrostatic latent image development is disclosed, comprising colored particles containing a binder resin and a colorant, and an external-additive, wherein the external additive comprises boron nitride particles exhibiting a number average primary particle size of 10 to 500 nm. The production method of the toner is also disclosed.

Abstract: An image display apparatus including: two substrates at least one of which is transparent; and display particles that are sealed between the substrates in a powder state so that by generating an electric field between the substrates, the display particles are moved to display an image; wherein, of contact surfaces with the display particles in a gap between the substrates, both of the surfaces on the substrate sides have oxide layers of the same metal, and the display particles include positively chargeable display particles and negatively chargeable display particles, and both of the positively chargeable display particles and the negatively chargeable display particles have structures obtained by successively forming oxide layers of the same metal as that of the metal oxide layers possessed by the surfaces on the substrate sides and organic layers on the surfaces of base particles that contain at least a resin and a colorant.

Abstract: An image display apparatus comprising two substrates at least one of which is transparent, ribs for maintaining a distance between the substrates and display particles that are sealed between the substrates in a powder state, and displaying an image by generating an electric field between the substrates so that the display particles are moved, wherein of contact faces to the display particles in the gap between the substrates, at least the contact faces of ribs to the display particles have an arithmetic average roughness Ra in a range from 0.01 to 0.20 ?m and an average interval Sm of irregularities in a range from 0.5 to 2.5 ?m.

Abstract: An objective is to provide a developing roller in which increase of residual potential is inhibited during repetitive operation without deteriorating adhesion to an elastic layer, scattering and leakage of toner are prevented, appropriate elasticity is exhibited and a resin layer capable of preventing uneven charging of toner and image unevenness is prepared, and also to provide a image forming method employing the developing roller. Disclosed is a developing roller possessing an elastic layer made of silicone rubber provided around a conductive shaft, and a resin layer further provided on the elastic layer, wherein the resin layer contains polyurethane resin-silica hybrid as a principal component.