Author: claimsbot

1. A press for forming bales of textile material comprising:
a pre-pressing station and a final pressing station;
the final pressing station including a standing press comprising one upper plate and one lower plate, wherein said plates are fitted on coaxial coupling attachments;
means for rotating said plates and bale after final pressing;
a fixed vertical axis roll of wound lateral sheet material adapted to be laterally wrapped around the bale, at least partially, through rotation of said plates and pressed bale by said means for rotating and by effect of the coupling attachments;
a means for cutting the lateral sheet; and
a means for temporarily fastening the end of a portion of the lateral sheet to the plates of the press.
2. The press according to claim 1, further comprising a strap binding device for strapping the bale, and wherein said strap binding device is adapted to be operated after wrapping of the bale.
3. The press according to claim 2, wherein said press is capable of forming a bale whose horizontal cross-section is essentially rectangular, and wherein said plates and said pressed bale are turned by 360\xb0 by said means for rotating to wrap three lateral surfaces of the bale with said lateral sheet.
4. The press according to claim 2, wherein said press is capable of forming a bale whose horizontal cross-section is essentially rectangular, and wherein said plates and said pressed bale are turned by said means for rotating to wrap the four lateral surfaces of the bale with said lateral sheet.
5. The press according to claim 2, further comprising a system for wrapping the surfaces in contact with the plates of the press and an unwrapped lateral surface.
6. The press according to claim 2, further comprising a horizontal axis roll which supplies a sheet vertically between the pre-pressing station and the final pressing station, said sheet being drawn by the pre-pressed bale and resting on three surfaces of the bale.
7. The press according to claim 1, wherein said press is capable of forming a bale whose horizontal cross-section is essentially rectangular, and wherein said plates and said pressed bale are turned by 360\xb0 by said means for rotating to wrap three lateral surfaces of the bale with said lateral sheet.
8. The press according to claim 7, wherein said press is capable of forming a bale whose horizontal cross-section is essentially rectangular, and wherein said plates and said pressed bale are turned by said means for rotating to wrap the four lateral surfaces of the bale with said lateral sheet.
9. The press according to claim 7, further comprising a system for wrapping the surfaces in contact with the plates of the press and an unwrapped lateral surface.
10. The press according to claim 7, further comprising a horizontal axis roll which supplies a sheet vertically between the pre-pressing station and the final pressing station, said sheet being drawn by the pre-pressed bale and resting on three surfaces of the bale.
11. The press according to claim 1, wherein said press is capable of forming a bale whose horizontal cross-section is essentially rectangular, and wherein said plates and said pressed bale are turned by said means for rotating to wrap the four lateral surfaces of the bale with said lateral sheet.
12. The press according to claim 1, further comprising a system for wrapping the surfaces in contact with the plates of the press and an unwrapped lateral surface.
13. The press according to claim 1, further comprising a horizontal axis roll which supplies a sheet vertically between the pre-pressing station and the final pressing station, said sheet being drawn by the pre-pressed bale and resting on three surfaces of the bale.
14. The press according to claim 1, wherein said means for temporarily fastening comprises oscillating tips which project from the press plates, said tips positioned radially by elastic means to engage the ends of a portion of the lateral sheet, and wherein said tips are adapted to bend towards the bale to release the portion of the lateral sheet by action of the elastic means.

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 image printing apparatus, comprising:
a communications device which communicates data with a service server for providing a chargeable service over a network;
a print device which prints an image on a predetermined print medium;
a request input device through which a user input a request;
a request execution device which uses a chargeable service by communicating data with the service server through the communications device in accordance with a request input through the request input device, obtains an image to be printed, and prints the image on a predetermined print medium by the print device; and
a payment device which performs a paying process on separate payees between a printing rate for the image and a use rate for the chargeable service in a charge on the user,
wherein the printing rate is paid to a manager of a printing apparatus printing the image and the use rate of the chargeable service is paid to a manager of the service server,
wherein the paying process does not require registration by the user.
2. The image printing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a card interface which reads necessary information in paying a charge using a card, wherein
the payment device performs a paying process according to the information read from the card through the card interface.
3. The image printing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein:
the request execution device prints a chargeable image provided by the service server or a superimposed image obtained by superimposing the chargeable image with a user image in the print device; and
the payment device performs a paying process on separate payees between a rate for a chargeable image and a printing rate in a charge on the user.
4. The image printing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein
an image of the user is an image obtained from a user terminal over a network, an image recorded on a user terminal and obtained from a predetermined recording medium, or an image obtained through immediate communications with the user terminal.
5. The image printing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein
the user terminal is a mobile telephone with a camera.
6. The image printing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein
the payment device performs a paying process in cooperation with a payment proxy server connected to a network, and the payment proxy server designates a manager of a service server which provides the chargeable service, and pays a use rate of the chargeable service in a charge on a user to a manager of a service server which provides the chargeable service.
7. The image printing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein
the payment device performs a paying process in cooperation with a payment proxy server connected to a network, and the payment proxy server designates a manager of a service server which provides the chargeable service, and pays a use rate of the chargeable service in a charge on a user to a manager of a service server which provides the chargeable service.
8. The image printing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein
the payment device performs a paying process in cooperation with a payment proxy server connected to a network, and the payment proxy server designates a manager of a service server which provides the chargeable service, and pays a use rate of the chargeable service in a charge on a user to a manager of a service server which provides the chargeable service.
9. The image printing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein
the chargeable service includes distribution of an image, distribution of a ticket, or map information.
10. The image printing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein
the payment device performs a paying process in cooperation with a payment proxy server connected to a network, and the payment proxy server designates a manager of a service server which provides the chargeable service, and pays a use rate of the chargeable service in a charge on a user to a manager of a service server which provides the chargeable service.
11. The image printing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein
the payment device performs a paying process in cooperation with a payment proxy server connected to a network, and the payment proxy server designates a manager of a service server which provides the chargeable service, and pays a use rate of the chargeable service in a charge on a user to a manager of a service server which provides the chargeable service.
12. The image printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein:
the request execution device prints a chargeable image provided by the service server or a superimposed image obtained by superimposing the chargeable image with a user image in the print device; and
the payment device performs a paying process on separate payees between a rate for a chargeable image and a printing rate in a charge on the user.
13. The image printing apparatus according to claim 12, wherein
an image of the user is an image obtained from a user terminal over a network, an image recorded on a user terminal and obtained from a predetermined recording medium, or an image obtained through immediate communications with the user terminal.
14. The image printing apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the user terminal is a mobile telephone with a camera.
15. The image printing apparatus according to claim 14, wherein
the payment device performs a paying process in cooperation with a payment proxy server connected to a network, and the payment proxy server designates a manager of a service server which provides the chargeable service, and pays a use rate of the chargeable service in a charge on a user to a manager of a service server which provides the chargeable service.
16. The image printing apparatus according to claim 13, wherein
the payment device performs a paying process in cooperation with a payment proxy server connected to a network, and the payment proxy server designates a manager of a service server which provides the chargeable service, and pays a use rate of the chargeable service in a charge on a user to a manager of a service server which provides the chargeable service.
17. The image printing apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the payment device performs a paying process in cooperation with a payment proxy server connected to a network, and the payment proxy server designates a manager of a service server which provides the chargeable service, and pays a use rate of the chargeable service in a charge on a user to a manager of a service server which provides the chargeable service.
18. The image printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
the chargeable service includes distribution of an image, distribution of a ticket, or map information.
19. The image printing apparatus according to claim 18, wherein
the payment device performs a paying process in cooperation with a payment proxy server connected to a network, and the payment proxy server designates a manager of a service server which provides the chargeable service, and pays a use rate of the chargeable service in a charge on a user to a manager of a service server which provides the chargeable service.
20. The image printing apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the use rate corresponds to at least one of the cost to use the distributed data, the cost of a ticket or the cost associated with the right to reproduce a map.
21. The image printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
the payment device performs a paying process in cooperation with a payment proxy server connected to a network, and the payment proxy server designates a manager of a service server which provides the chargeable service, and pays a use rate of the chargeable service in a charge on a user to a manager of a service server which provides the chargeable service.
22. The image printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the payment device determines the charge for the user based on at least two separate payees, wherein the charge comprises the use rate for one payee and a printing rate for a payee different than the one payee.
23. The image printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the use rate corresponds to charges for obtaining the image to be printed.
24. A payment method, comprising:
receiving a chargeable service use request from a user;
using the chargeable service by communicating data with a service server which provides a chargeable service in accordance with the use request over a network;
receiving a print request for an image from a user;
printing an image in accordance with the print request on a predetermined print medium; and
performing a paying process on separate payees between a printing rate of the image and a use rate of the chargeable service in a charge on the user,
wherein the printing rate is paid to a manager of a printing apparatus printing the image and the use rate of the chargeable service is paid to a manager of the service server,
wherein the paying process does not require registration by the user.
25. An image printing apparatus, comprising:
a communications device which communicates data with a service server for providing a chargeable service over a network;
a print device which prints an image on a predetermined print medium; a request input device through which a user input a request;
a request execution device which uses a chargeable service by communicating data with the service server through the communications device in accordance with a request input through the request input device, obtains an image to be printed, and prints the image on a predetermined print medium by the print device; and
a payment device which performs a paying process on separate payees between a printing rate for the image and a use rate for the chargeable service in a charge on the user,
wherein the printing rate is paid to a manager of a printing apparatus printing the image and the use rate of the chargeable service is paid to a manager of the service server,
wherein the paying process is simultaneous with the printing of the image.
26. The image printing apparatus according to claim 25, wherein the paying process does not require registration by the user.

1. A fixing apparatus for fixing a toner image formed on a recording material, comprising:
a fixing rotatable member;
a cleaning unit configured to clean said fixing rotatable member, said cleaning unit including a first shaft, a second shaft, and cleaning fabric extended between said first shaft and said second shaft and fed out from one of said first shaft and said second shaft and wound up on the other of said first shaft and said second shaft,
wherein the outer diameter of said cleaning fabric wound on said first shaft and the outer diameter of said cleaning fabric wound on said second shaft change in accordance with the amount of winding of said cleaning fabric,
wherein at the time of cleaning said fixing rotatable member, an outer surface of said cleaning fabric wound on said first shaft contacts said fixing rotatable member, and
wherein the outer diameter of said cleaning fabric wound on said first shaft is larger than that wound on said second shaft irrespective of the amount of said cleaning fabric on said first shaft.
2. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said first shaft is movable so that the outer surface of said cleaning fabric is away from said fixing rotatable member, and the distance between a center point of said first shaft and a center point of said second shaft is shorter when the outer surface of said cleaning fabric is away from said fixing rotatable member than when the outer surface of said cleaning fabric contacts said fixing rotatable member.
3. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said second shaft winds up a used part of said cleaning fabric.
4. An apparatus according to claim 3, wherein an outer surface of said cleaning fabric wound on said second shaft is a surface having contacted said fixing rotatable member.
5. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the diameter of said first shaft is larger than that of said second shaft.
6. An apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an endless film cooperating with said fixing rotatable member to form the fixing nip.
7. A fixing apparatus for fixing a toner image formed on a recording material, comprising:
a fixing rotatable member;
a cleaning unit configured to clean said fixing rotatable member, said cleaning unit including a first shaft, a second shaft, and cleaning fabric extended between said first shaft and said second shaft and fed out from one of said first shaft and said second shaft and wound up on the other of said first shaft and said second shaft,
wherein the outer diameter of said cleaning fabric wound on said first shaft and the outer diameter of said cleaning fabric wound on said second shaft change in accordance with the amount of winding of said cleaning fabric,
wherein said first shaft is movable between a first position for contacting an outer surface of said cleaning fabric to said fixing rotatable member and a second position for spacing the outer surface of said cleaning fabric from said fixing rotatable member,
wherein the distance between a center point of said first shaft and a center point of said second shaft is shorter when the first shaft is positioned at the second position than when the first shaft is positioned at the first position, and
wherein the outer diameter of said cleaning fabric wound on said first shaft is larger than that wound on said second shaft irrespective of the amount of said cleaning fabric on said first shaft.
8. An apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said second shaft winds up a used part of said cleaning fabric.
9. An apparatus according to claim 8, wherein an outer surface of said cleaning fabric wound on said second shaft is a surface having contacted said fixing rotatable member.
10. An apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the diameter of said first shaft is larger than that of said second shaft.
11. An apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising an endless film cooperating with said fixing rotatable member to form the fixing nip.

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. A method of fabricating a memory device, the method comprising:
forming a stack of horizontal layers comprising alternating sacrificial layers of a first type and sacrificial layers of a second type;
forming a vertical opening through the horizontal stack of layers, wherein the vertical opening comprises a sidewall surface;
forming a first vertical dielectric layer on the sidewall surface;
forming a vertical floating gate layer on the first vertical dielectric layer;
forming a second vertical dielectric layer on the vertical floating gate layer;
filling the vertical opening with a channel material;
forming cavities of a first type by removing sacrificial layers of the second type to expose the first vertical dielectric layer;
removing portions of the first vertical dielectric layer and portions of the vertical floating gate layer at locations adjacent to the cavities of the first type, thereby laterally extending the cavities of the first type to expose portions of the second vertical dielectric layer;
filling the extended cavities of the first type with an isolating material;
forming cavities of a second type by removing the sacrificial layers of the first type to expose portions of the first vertical dielectric layer;
forming a third dielectric layer in the cavities of the second type and on the first vertical dielectric layer; and
forming a conductive material in the cavities of the second type and in contact with the third dielectric layer.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein removing the portions of the first vertical dielectric layer and the portions of the vertical floating gate layer comprises isotropically etching.
3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first vertical dielectric layer and the third dielectric layer are formed with a total thickness (ttot), and wherein a thickness of the first vertical layer (t1) is in the range of 20%-60% of the total thickness (ttot).
4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising, after forming the cavities of the second type, and prior to forming the third dielectric layer, removing the exposed first vertical dielectric layer, wherein the third dielectric layer has a total thickness (ttot).
5. The method according to claim 3, wherein the total thickness (ttot) is between 10 nm and 20 nm.
6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the vertical floating gate layer has a thickness between 1 nm and 5 nm.
7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the second vertical dielectric layer has a thickness between 6 nm and 10 nm.
8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the conductive material comprises a metal.
9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the forming the third dielectric layer comprises forming a plurality of dielectric layers.
10. The method according to claim 1, wherein forming the vertical floating gate layer comprises forming a semiconductor layer and a metal-comprising layer.
11. The method according to claim 1, wherein the channel material comprises an amorphous semiconductor material.
12. The method according to claim 11, further comprising transforming the amorphous semiconductor material to a poly-crystalline semiconductor material or a single-crystalline semiconductor material.