Author: claimsbot

1. A developer supplier for supplying a developer to an image forming mechanism, comprising:
a developer container configured to contain the developer;
a conveyer configured to convey the developer from the developer container to the image forming mechanism;
a sensor disposed at a predefined position on an interior wall of the developer container and configured to detect the developer at the predefined position in the developer container;
an agitator configured to rotate and to agitate the developer, and including a paddle formed in a plate-like shape and including an opening through which a part of the developer slips and avoids being paddled by the paddle; and
a driver configured to drive the conveyer and the agitator at a variable speed.
2. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
an image forming mechanism configured to contain a developer and to form an image with the developer; and
a developer supplier configured to supply the developer to the image forming mechanism, and including
a developer container configured to contain the developer,
a conveyer configured to convey the developer from the developer container to the image forming mechanism,
a sensor disposed at a predefined position on an interior wall of the developer container and configured to detect the developer at the predefined position in the developer container,
an agitator configured to rotate to agitate the developer, and including a paddle formed with a plate-like shape and including an opening through which a part of the developer slips and avoids being paddled by the paddle, and
a driver configured to drive the conveyer and the agitator at a variable speed.
3. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
an image forming mechanism configured to contain a developer and to form an image with the developer; and
a developer supplier configured to supply the developer to the image forming mechanism, and including
a developer container configured to contain the developer,
a conveyer configured to convey the developer from the developer container to the image forming mechanism,
a sensor disposed at a predefined position on an interior wall of the developer container and configured to detect the developer at the predefined position in the developer container,
an agitator configured to rotate and to agitate the developer,
a driver configured to drive the conveyer and the agitator at a variable speed, and
an agitation adjuster configured to suppress an increase in flowability of the developer increased by agitation thereof by the agitator.
4. The image forming apparatus according to claim 3,
wherein the agitation adjuster includes a driving control mechanism configured to alternately drive and stop the driver in accordance with rotational speed of the agitator.
5. The image forming apparatus according to claim 3,
wherein the agitator includes a paddle formed in a plate-like shape, said paddle including an opening through which a part of the developer slips and avoids being paddled by the paddle.
6. The image forming apparatus according to claim 4,
wherein the driving control mechanism alternately drives and stops the driver at a specific duty ratio of not greater than about 75 percent, the specific duty ratio being of a time period of the drive to a total time period of the drive and the stop.
7. The image forming apparatus according to claim 2,
wherein the agitator includes a flexible material.
8. The image forming apparatus according to claim 7,
wherein the sensor includes a detecting surface and the agitator scrapes the detecting surface.
9. The image forming apparatus according to claim 8,
wherein the developer supplier further includes a first rotating shaft for supporting and rotating the agitator, and
wherein the agitator has a length greater than a distance from the first rotating shaft to the detecting surface of the sensor and a width greater than the detecting surface of the sensor.
10. The image forming apparatus according to claim 9,
wherein the agitator scrapes the detecting surface of the sensor upward.
11. The image forming apparatus according to claim 9,
wherein the first rotating shaft extends in a direction perpendicular to a direction in which the developer moves in the developer container.
12. The image forming apparatus according to claim 2,
wherein an accelerated agglomeration of the developer is not greater than about 15 percent.
13. The image forming apparatus according to claim 9,
wherein the developer supplier further includes a second rotating shaft for supporting and rotating the conveyer, and
wherein the conveyer is formed in a coil-like shape and rotates to convey the developer in a direction in which the second rotating shaft extends.
14. The image forming apparatus according to claim 2,
wherein the conveyer is disposed in a lower portion of the developer container and the developer is supplied from an upper portion of the developer container.
15. The image forming apparatus according to claim 13,
wherein the developer supplier further includes a first gear disposed on the first rotating shaft and a second gear disposed on the second rotating shaft and the first and second gears are engaged with each other to transmit a driving force, and
wherein the second rotating shaft is nonconcurrently disposed with respect to the first rotating shaft.
16. The image forming apparatus according to claim 15,
wherein the first and second gears have a common number of gear teeth.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. An automatic tappet clearance adjusting apparatus for adjusting a clearance between a valve and an adjustment screw in an engine, in which the valve that is closed by a spring is opened by being pressed by an adjustment screw on a distal end of a rocker arm, comprising:
an adjustment unit for advancing and retracting said adjustment screw from a distal end of said rocker arm to adjust a projection of the adjustment screw;
a torque detector for detecting a torque to rotate said adjustment screw; and
a control mechanism for controlling said adjustment unit based on a torque value measured by said torque detector,
wherein said control mechanism successively detects said torque value applied to retract said adjustment screw to close said valve from a state in which said valve is open, and detects, as a reference point, a point of intersection of a first straight line, which corresponds to a time zone immediately before an inflection point at which a differential value of said torque value changes, with a second straight line which corresponds to a time zone immediately after the inflection point, and then retracts said adjustment screw by a set quantity based on said clearance from said reference point.
2. An automatic tappet clearance adjusting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said control mechanism detects, as the reference point, a location in which a valve head of said valve first contacts a valve seat of said engine to begin reducing said torque value.
3. An automatic tappet clearance adjusting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said control mechanism detects, as the reference point, a location in which after a valve head of said valve contacts a valve seat of said engine, said adjustment screw is spaced from an end of said valve to hold said torque value at a constant value.
4. An automatic tappet clearance adjusting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said torque detector comprises:
a drive unit connected to a rotary drive source;
a driven unit coupled to a tool for rotating said adjustment screw, said driven unit being coaxial with said drive unit;
a drive force transmitting engagement unit for transmitting rotation in both directions of said drive unit to said driven unit; and
a load cell disposed in said drive force transmitting engagement unit, for detecting a force in one circumferential direction,
wherein said load cell is preloaded in said one circumferential direction by a resilient body.
5. An automatic tappet clearance adjusting apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
a rocker arm measuring unit for detecting a displacement of said rocker arm; and
a moving mechanism programmed for setting a position and direction of said adjustment unit,
wherein said moving mechanism sets the position and direction of said adjustment unit based on the displacement of the rocker arm measured by said rocker arm measuring unit, and brings said adjustment unit into engagement with said adjustment screw.
6. An automatic tappet clearance adjusting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said adjustment unit is moved by a programmable multiaxis robot.
7. An automatic tappet clearance adjusting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the tappet clearance adjusting apparatus is installed in a station on a production line.
8. An automatic tappet clearance adjusting method, for adjusting a clearance between a valve and an adjustment screw in an engine in which the valve that is closed by a spring is opened by being pressed by an adjustment screw on a distal end of a rocker arm comprising the step of employing:
an adjustment unit for advancing and retracting said adjustment screw from the distal end of said rocker arm in order to adjust the projection of the adjustment screw;
a torque detector for detecting a torque value to rotate said adjustment screw; and
a control mechanism for controlling said adjustment unit based on the torque value as measured by said torque detector,
wherein said control mechanism successively detects said torque value applied to retract said adjustment screw to close said valve from a state in which said valve is open, and detects, as a reference point, a point of intersection of a first straight line, which corresponds to a time zone immediately before an inflection point at which a differential value of said torque value changes, with a second straight line which corresponds to a time zone immediately after the inflection point, and then retracts said adjustment screw by a set quantity based on said clearance from said reference point.
9. An automatic tappet clearance adjusting method according to claim 8, wherein said control mechanism detects, as the reference point, a location at which a valve head of said valve first contacts a valve seat of said engine to begin reducing said torque value.
10. An automatic tappet clearance adjusting method according to claim 8, wherein said control mechanism detects, as the reference point, a location in which, after a valve head of said valve contacts a valve seat of said engine, said adjustment screw is spaced from an end of said valve in order to hold said torque value at a constant value.
11. An automatic tappet clearance adjusting method according to claim 8, wherein said torque detector comprises:
a drive unit connected to a rotary drive source;
a driven unit coupled to a tool) for rotating said adjustment screw, said driven unit being coaxial with said drive unit;
a drive force transmitting engagement unit for transmitting rotation in both directions of said drive unit to said driven unit; and
a load cell disposed in said drive force transmitting engagement unit, for detecting a force in one circumferential direction,
wherein said load cell is preloaded in said one circumferential direction by a resilient body.
12. An automatic tappet clearance adjusting method according to claim 8, further comprising the step of employing:
a rocker arm measuring unit for detecting a displacement of said rocker arm; and
a moving mechanism programmed for setting a position and direction of said adjustment unit,
wherein said moving mechanism sets the position and direction of said adjustment unit based on the displacement of the rocker arm measured by said rocker arm measuring unit, and brings said adjustment unit into engagement with said adjustment screw.
13. An automatic tappet clearance adjusting method according to claim 8, wherein said adjustment unit is moved by a programmable multiaxis robot.
14. An automatic tappet clearance adjusting method according to claim 8, wherein the tappet clearance adjusting method is carried out in a station on a production line.

1. An information handling system providing remotely accessible in-system debugging functionality, comprising:
a first logic device;
a remote access card distinct from the first logic device, the remote access card including a network interface port, a processor, and a second logic device;
the network interface port communicatively coupled to the second logic device and configured to receive a communications link for communications with a remote device remote from the information handling system;
the second logic device including debugging logic configured to be executed by the processor;
a communication link allowing communication between the first logic device and the second logic device; and
the processor configured to receive debugging instructions from the remote device via the network interface port and, based at least on the received debugging instructions, execute the debugging logic to communicate with the first logic device via the communication link to facilitate remote debugging of the information handling system.
2. The information handling system of claim 1, wherein:
the first logic device includes one or more registers; and
facilitating remote debugging of the information handling system comprises retrieving data from the one or more registers based on the debugging instructions received from the remote device.
3. The information handling system of claim 1, wherein facilitating remote debugging of the information handling system comprises executing instructions on the first logic device based on the debugging instructions received from the remote device.
4. The information handling system of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to receive debugging instructions from the remote device via the network interface port and, based at least on the received debugging instructions, execute the debugging logic to facilitate emulation of the first logic device.
5. The information handling system of claim 1, wherein:
the first logic device comprises a chip or chipset; and
the second logic device comprises a field programmable gate array (FPGA).
6. The information handling system of claim 1, wherein the processor includes firmware configured to execute the debugging logic associated with the second logic device.
7. The information handling system of claim 6, wherein:
the first logic device includes one or more registers; and
the firmware is configured to:
receive an interrupt notification from the first logic device; and
in response to receiving the interrupt notification, instruct the second logic device to retrieve data from the one or more registers.
8. The information handling system of claim 7, wherein the firmware is configured to, in response to receiving the interrupt notification, instruct the second logic device to retrieve a register dump defining the status of the information handling system.
9. The information handling system of claim 1, wherein:
the first logic device is located on a motherboard;
the remote access card is plugged into the motherboard by a plurality of pin connections; and
the communication link allowing communication between the first logic device and the second logic device is routed through a subset of one or more of the plurality of pin connections.
10. The information handling system of claim 1, further comprising access management logic operable to define multiple levels of access for various users of the information handling system for utilizing the debugging logic.
11. A remote access card for facilitating remotely accessible in-system debugging of an information handling system having a first logic device distinct from the remote access card, the remote access card comprising:
a processor;
a network interface port configured to receive a communications link for communications with a remote device;
a second logic device including debugging logic configured to be executed by the processor;
one or more connectors configured to provide a communication link between the second logic device and the first logic device distinct from the remote access card; and
the processor configured to remotely receive debugging instructions via the network interface port and, based at least on the received debugging instructions, execute the debugging logic on the second logic device to communicate with the first logic device via the communication link to facilitate remote debugging of the information handling system.
12. The remote access card of claim 11, wherein:
the first logic device includes one or more registers; and
facilitating remote debugging of the information handling system comprises retrieving data from the one or more registers based on the remotely received debugging instructions.
13. The remote access card of claim 11, wherein facilitating remote debugging of the information handling system comprises executing instructions on the first logic device based on the remotely received debugging instructions.
14. The remote access card of claim 11, wherein:
the first logic device comprises a chip or chipset; and
the second logic device comprises a field programmable gate array (FPGA).
15. The remote access card of claim 11, wherein the processor includes firmware configured to execute the debugging logic on the second logic device.
16. The remote access card of claim 15, wherein:
the first logic device includes one or more registers; and
the firmware is configured to:
receive an interrupt notification from the first logic device; and
in response to receiving the interrupt notification, instruct the second logic device to retrieve data from the one or more registers.
17. The remote access card of claim 16, wherein the firmware is configured to, in response to receiving the interrupt notification, instruct the second logic device to retrieve a register dump defining the status of the information handling system.
18. The remote access card of claim 11, wherein:
the first logic device is located on a motherboard;
the one or more connectors for providing a communication link between the second logic device and the first logic device comprise one or more pin connectors
19. The remote access card of claim 11, further comprising access management logic operable to define multiple levels of access for various users for utilizing the debugging logic.
20. A method for facilitating remotely accessible in-system debugging of an information handling system, comprising:
receiving at a processor associated with a remote access card an interrupt notification from a first logic device distinct from the remote access card and including one or more registers;
in response to receiving the interrupt notification, automatically instructing a second logic device of the remote access card to retrieve data from the one or more registers of the first logic device via a communications link between the second logic device and the first logic device;
receiving the data from the one or more registers of the first logic device; and
providing remote access to the data via a communications network.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

What is claimed is:

1. A driving device for a display apparatus, comprising:
display driving circuit element regions, which are physically separated for a plurality of display data, respectively; and, in each of the display driving circuit element regions, at least:
a display data capturing portion for capturing display data corresponding to the region;
a holding portion for latching the captured display data for a predetermined period of time;
a reference voltage generating portion for generating a predetermined number of reference voltages for gray-scale display; and
a selecting portion for selecting a reference voltage corresponding to the latched display data from the generated reference voltages for gray-scale display,
wherein the reference voltage selected for each of the plurality of display data is output to the display apparatus as a display driving signal.
2. A driving device for a display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display data capturing portion, the holding portion, the reference voltage generating portion and the selecting portion are physically separated in each of the display driving circuit element regions.
3. A driving device for a display apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the driving device for the divided display apparatus is formed of a rectangular semiconductor device, and wherein the display driving circuit element regions are aligned in parallel in a direction of a short side of the rectangular semiconductor device.
4. A driving device for a display apparatus according to claim 3, wherein, in each of the display driving circuit element regions, the display data capturing portion, the holding portion, the reference voltage generating portion and the selecting portion are aligned in parallel in the direction of the short side of the rectangular semiconductor device.
5. A driving device for a display apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the plurality of display data are classified according to color components, and the display driving circuit element regions are separated for each of the color components, respectively.
6. A driving device for a display apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the reference voltage generating portion includes three voltage correcting portions physically separated for three primary color components, respectively, and each of the voltage correcting portions generates a plurality of reference voltages for gray-scale display which are -corrected for the color component corresponding to the voltage correcting portion by using input halftone reference voltages.
7. A driving device for a display apparatus according to claim 6, wherein each of the voltage correcting portions includes a plurality of resistance elements which have predetermined resistance ratios for -correcting the input halftone reference voltages and which are connected in series.
8. A driving device for a display apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising, in each of the separate display driving circuit element regions separated for the color components, respectively:
data input terminals each for inputting display data corresponding to the color component corresponding to the region;
reference power supply terminals each for inputting a halftone reference voltage; and
output terminals each for outputting an analog value of a -corrected reference voltage for gray-scale display.
9. A display apparatus comprising a driving device for a display apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4.
10. A display apparatus comprising a driving device for a display apparatus according to claims 5.
11. A display apparatus comprising a driving device for a display apparatus according to claims 6.
12. A display apparatus comprising a driving device for a display apparatus according to claims 7.
13. A display apparatus comprising a driving device for a display apparatus according to claims 8.