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Supplying power to, and clocking, clocked loads

US Patent Publication No. US 7772909

A supply power can be fed in at a circuit arrangement for supplying power to, and clocking, clocked loads. The circuit arrangement provides a clock signal at a frequency and a supply voltage, the frequency and/or the supply voltage being able to be controlled by the circuit arrangement in such a manner that a power tapped off at the output and the supply power fed in are in a predefined relationship.

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Ceramic Crack Detection Using UV Light And Citrus Oil

IP.com Prior Art Database Disclosure Number IPCOM000059383D
Dated 01-Sep-1988
Added to Prior Art Database on 16-Feb-2005

Citrus oils are very fluorescent under black, i.e. ultraviolet (UV), light and produce non-toxic and safe waste byproducts. As such, they are useful for the inspection/detection of cracks in parts such as ceramic substrates and the like.

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Image forming apparatus with flying toner detecting device

US Patent No. 5923922

An image forming apparatus has a developer container, a development device for developing a latent image formed on a surface of a photoreceptor drum by supplying toner to the latent image, and an agitation roller for supplying toner to the development device and agitating the toner in the developer container. The development device and the agitation roller are installed in the developer container. Moreover, the image forming apparatus includes a flying toner detecting device for detecting an amount of toner flying from the development device, and a control unit for controlling various developer operations such as the toner related agitating operation of the agitation roller, toner supply amount, etc. in response to a result of a detection performed by the flying toner detecting device. This structure prevents the toner from flying from the development device.

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Recent HSA related patents

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