Electrophotography inventions 03/06

20060067715 - Image forming apparatus, developer tank, and method of identifying developer tank: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming apparatus body, and developer tanks to be removably fitted to the body. The developer tanks each have a charging current inflow terminal which allows a charging current to flow in therefrom, and a capacitor which allows the charging current flowing in from...

20060067716 - Image forming apparatus and optional sheet feeding device: An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming apparatus main body including an image forming unit that forms an image on a sheet, a detachable main body sheet feeding tray that holds the sheet and a sheet feeding unit that feeds the sheet from the main body sheet feeding tray...

20060067717 - Image forming device: In an image forming device, when a replacement timing of a photoconductive drum unit has been reached, the image forming device determines whether or not a replacement timing of a developing unit is close, but not yet actually reached. When the replacement timing of the developing unit is close but...

20060067718 - Image forming apparatus and method of detecting amount of residual developer: An image forming apparatus having a developer container containing a developer and a developer carrying member for carrying the developer and adapted to switch an AC voltage to be applied to the developer carrying member, the apparatus comprising a detecting member for detecting the amount of developer in the developer...

20060067719 - Image-forming device: In an image-forming device, a controller controls the value of an effective developer bias that is established between the electric potential of a latent image formed on an image bearing body and the electric potential of a developer bearing body, to thereby develop the latent image with a non-magnetic, single-component...

20060067720 - Image forming apparatus and transferring method: An image forming apparatus according to the present invention is provided with a plurality of image bearing members, an intermediate transfer member, a plurality of first transfer devices, a second transfer device, and a charge amount adjustment section. The image bearing members carry images of respective colors. The intermediate transfer...

20060067721 - Fixing unit and image forming apparatus equipped with the fixing unit: A fixing unit for an image forming apparatus passes a recording medium with a unfixed toner image through between a pair of rotating bodies to fix the unfixed image to the recording medium. The fixing unit comprises a first heater for heating up one of the rotating bodies, a second...

20060067722 - Image forming device and its control method: An image forming device having an adjusting mode for making settings related to image formation, comprising a setting unit which sets whether change to the adjusting mode is inhibited or not; and a change inhibit unit which inhibits the change to the adjusting mode when it is set by the...

20060067723 - Operator module configured for detachable attachment to an imaging apparatus: An imaging system includes an imaging apparatus having a print engine and an interface port, and an operator module configured for detachable electrical and mechanical attachment to the interface port. The operator module includes a memory device for storing data, a user interface and a dedicated power source electrically coupled...

20060067724 - Image forming unit: An image forming unit performs an image forming process of forming images in sheets whose paper qualities are different from one another and a stapling process of stacking the plural sheets on which the images are formed and stapling them. The image forming unit includes a paper-quality obtaining section which...

20060067725 - Cartridge, process cartridge, and electrophotographic image forming apparatus: A cartridge detachably mountable to a mounting portion in a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, includes: a cartridge electrical contact supplying electric power to a process device and being electrically connectable to a main assembly electrical contact when the cartridge is mounted to the mounting portion; first...

20060067726 - Process cartridge and image-forming device: A process cartridge includes: an image bearing body; a brush member; a brush holder member; and a tension imparting portion. The image bearing body bears an image on its surface. The brush member removes deposits adhered to the surface of the image bearing body. The brush holder member extends along...

20060067727 - Charging device, and process cartridge and image forming apparatus using the charging device: A charging device including a charging member configured to charge an image bearing member while the charging member is contacted with or is located so as to be close to the image bearing member when the charging device is set in an image forming apparatus; and a cleaning member configured...

20060067729 - Image forming apparatus free of defect due to substances bleeding from transferring member: An image forming apparatus includes a rotatable image bearing member; a toner image formation means for forming a toner image on the image bearing member; a transfer member, contactable to the image bearing member, for transferring a toner image from the image bearing member onto a recording material in a...

20060067728 - Image recording device: An image recording device transfers an image, which is formed on a photoconductor, onto a continuous sheet which is pressed against the photoconductor by a transfer roller. Cleaning of the transfer roller is carried out by applying a bias voltage to the transfer roller to return toner on the transfer...

20060067730 - Developing device, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus: A developing device includes: a developing roller for developing an electrostatic latent image formed on an electrophotographic photosensitive member; a magnet provided in the roller and having a plurality of local maximum magnetic flux density positions on the peripheral surface of the magnet; a developing container supporting the roller; a...

20060067731 - Image forming apparatus and mounting member for the image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus having an image reading unit for reading optically an image on an original document and an image forming unit for forming the image on a recording medium based on image information read with the image reading section includes a mounting member composed of a first mounting...

20060067732 - Image forming apparatus, drawable cartridge, and recording medium accommodating cartridge: An image forming apparatus includes: a case having an opening at one face thereof; and a drawable cartridge drawable through the opening. The drawable cartridge may include a conveying belt configured to convey a recording medium from a side nearer to the opening toward a side away from the opening...

20060067733 - Image forming apparatus: The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus to which a process cartridge can be detachably attached, comprising: a housing body to which the process cartridge is attached; an opening and closing portion for detachably attaching the process cartridge; and securing means for securing the process cartridge to a...

20060067734 - Image forming apparatus and image forming unit: Image forming apparatuses include: a casing; an image forming unit removable from the casing in a first direction; and plural developer cartridges. The cartridges may be attached and detached with respect to the image forming unit in a second direction that is inclined toward the first direction. Other image forming...

20060067735 - Developer storing container and connecting member: In a developer-storing container of the present invention, an agitation blade used in a toner-storing section and an agitation blade used in a waste-toner-storing section are coupled by a rotor. The rotor is interdigitated to a bearing mounted on a partition wall. The partition wall is made to be a...

20060067736 - Driving apparatus with power disconnecting part, image forming apparatus having the same, and method of driving the image forming apparatus: A driving apparatus with a power disconnecting part for disconnecting power transmitted to an image fixing unit while an image formed on an image transfer belt is cleaned when a paper jam occurs, and an image forming apparatus and method for performing the same. The image forming apparatus comprises a...

20060067737 - Tripod type constant-velocity joint and image-forming device: A tripod type constant-velocity joint includes an outer ring formed with three axially extending track grooves circumferentially spaced apart from each other by 120 degrees. Each track groove has a pair of opposed, axially extending side faces. A tripod member is inserted in the outer ring. The tripod member includes...

20060067738 - Image forming apparatus capable of stable wireless communication: In an image forming operation, communication with a non-contact type data storage circuit is established by a communication signal of a first percentage modulation, and when not in an image forming operation, communication with a non-contact type data storage circuit is established by a communication signal of a second percentage...

20060067739 - Apparatus for uniformly supplying developer and image forming apparatus having the same: An apparatus for uniformly supplying the liquid developer and an image forming apparatus having the same are provided. The developer supplying apparatus includes a manifold connected to a connection tube for supplying a liquid developer from an outside and having a developer inlet through which the liquid developer flows into...

20060067740 - Method and apparatus for forming image: When superimposing toner images of a plurality of colors on an image supporting member to form a color image, a free phase ion in a precedent image is removed without distorting the toner image precedently formed on the image supporting member, thereby improving reproducibility of image dots of the toner...

20060067741 - Image forming apparatus and process cartridge: An image forming apparatus and process cartridge which uses a two-component developer comprising a toner and a carrier. By using toner and carrier having a small-particle size, deterioration of the toner fluidity over time can be avoided, and further by maintaining stable toner charge even in a low-humidity environment, stable...

20060067742 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes: a plurality of development units having developing-agent carriers which are provided in correspondence to three or more developing agents, and developing electrostatic latent images on surfaces of image carriers to form developing-agent images on the image carriers; and a recovery unit that recovers the developing...

20060067743 - Image forming apparatus: In an image forming apparatus such as a color laser printer wherein a toner image is transferred onto a continuous paper, one or more of a exposure timing of each exposure device, a rotation speed of each image carrier device, a transfer bias voltage applied to each transfer device, and...

20060067744 - Belt transfer device and image forming apparatus having the same: A belt transfer device prevents the dragging of an image during a transfer process that transfers an image from a photosensitive body onto a transfer belt. The belt transfer device includes a transfer belt that contacts the surface of a photosensitive body, and at least one belt pressing member installed...

20060067745 - Transfer belt device and image forming apparatus: A transfer belt device includes an endless transfer belt that is tightly stretched by a plurality of rollers and forms a transport path where a recording medium or a developer image is transported facing a monochrome image bearing member and a plurality of color image bearing members arranged in parallel...

20060067746 - Transfer belt device and image forming apparatus: A first transfer unit having a monochrome image frame in which a monochrome image primary transfer roller is supported, and a second transfer unit having a color image frame in which a plurality of color image primary transfer rollers are supported, are linked such that they can swing at a...

20060067747 - Electrophotographic endless belt, process for producing electrophotographic endless belt, and electrophotographic apparatus: An electrophotographic endless belt which contains a polyamide resin and an additive A comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of copper(I) iodide, potassium iodide, copper(I) chloride and potassium chloride, and has a volume resistivity of from 1×106 to 1×1014 Ωcm. Also disclosed are a process for producing...

20060067748 - Fixing unit and image forming apparatus equipped with the fixing unit: A fixing unit for fixing a toner image to a recording medium by passing the recording medium which carries an unfixed image between a pair of rollers which are rotated with being pressed to each other to apply heat and pressure to the recording medium thereby fixing the unfixed image...

20060067749 - Image fixing device of an image forming apparatus: A fixing device of an image forming apparatus includes a fixing roller rotatably mounted on a moving path of a printing medium having a toner image transferred thereon to fuse the toner image on the printing medium, a heater mounted in the fixing roller to generate a magnetic field by...

20060067750 - Image heating apparatus: The image heating apparatus for heating a toner image formed on a recording material, includes a rotatable member, a pressure roller which contacts with the rotatable member, wherein the recording material is heated while being conveyed by a nip portion between the rotatable member and the pressure roller, a charge...

20060067752 - Belt fuser assembly with heated backup roll in an electrophotographic imaging device: An electrophotographic imaging device includes a print media transport assembly, and a fuser positioned in association with the print media transport assembly. The fuser includes a first heater assembly; a belt positioned around and adjacent to the first heater assembly; a backup roll positioned in opposition to the first heater...

20060067751 - Heater assembly in a fuser with a raised resilient pad in an electrophotographic imaging device: An electrophotographic imaging device includes a print media transport assembly and a fuser positioned in association with the print media transport assembly. The fuser includes a heater assembly having a housing carrying a heater and a resilient pad. The resilient pad extends from the housing. A flexible belt is positioned...

20060067753 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes: a heating unit; a pressure roller; a separation roller whose diameter is smaller than the pressure roller's one; a belt which connects the pressure roller and the separation roller to form a pressure unit, wherein the pressure roller presses the heating unit through the belt...

20060067754 - Fuser assembly with six layer endless belt in an electrophotographic imaging device: An electrophotographic imaging device includes a print media transport assembly and a fuser positioned in association with the print media transport assembly. The fuser includes a heater assembly having a ceramic substrate and an endless flexible belt positioned around the heater assembly. The flexible belt includes an inner base layer...

20060067755 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus having a visible image forming device for forming a visible image on a recording material in a visible image forming area, a supplying device provided with a containing portion for containing the recording material therein, and for supplying the recording material from the containing portion to...

20060067756 - Printing system: A printing system includes first and second marking devices for applying images to print media. A primary fusing device is associated with each of the first and second marking devices for applying a primary fusing treatment to the images applied to print media by the first and second marking devices....

20060067757 - Printing system: A printing system includes first and second marking devices for applying images to print media. A first primary fusing device is associated with the first marking device for applying a primary fusing treatment to the images applied to print media by the first marking device. A second primary fusing device...

20060067758 - Image copying apparatus and image copying method: The image copying apparatus of the present invention comprises a document drawing-in port for drawing an original document before reading operation in and a document discharging port for discharging the original document after reading operation, and copies images of the original document on a medium. The image copying apparatus further...

20060067759 - Data-processing apparatus and data-processing method for generating copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image, and control program: A data-processing apparatus for generating a copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image including a plurality of individual character strings includes an accepting unit that accepts specifications for the plurality of character strings, a drawing-attribute accepting unit that accepts specifications for drawing attributes for the individual character strings, a calculating unit that calculates lengths...

20060067760 - Image forming apparatus, printing system, and image forming device: An image forming apparatus including: an image reading unit that reads a document and includes: a document table on which the document is placed; a document table cover having one end capable of swinging about the other end thereof, the document table cover rotating in a first direction away from...

20060067761 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion that superposes images on an intermediate transfer member by rotations of the intermediate transfer member to form a color image on the intermediate transfer member, a transfer portion that transfers the image formed on the intermediate transfer member in the image...

20060067768 - Sheet post-process apparatus: A sheet post-process apparatus includes a waiting tray and a processing tray. The waiting tray is provided in the middle of a conveying path so that a downstream side end in a conveying direction of sheets is oriented upwardly. In the case where a post-process is required, sheets are made...

20060067762 - Sheet post-process apparatus and waiting tray: A rotary shaft is allocated in association with a distal end face in a transport direction of a sheet retained on a waiting tray in a waiting mode. On this rotary shaft, a distal end lower face support member, an upper face slash member, and a sheet alignment paddle member...

20060067763 - Sheet post-process apparatus and waiting tray: A rotary shaft is provided in association with a distal end face in a transport direction of a sheet held on a waiting tray, the sheet being retained in a waiting mode. Then, a distal end lower end support member and a paddle member are mounted coaxially, and the rotary...

20060067764 - Sheet post-process apparatus and waiting tray: A waiting tray comprises left and right lower face support members for supporting a sheet. These support members are formed so that a width of an opening portion formed therebetween is wide at a distal end side as compared with a proximal end side in a transport direction of a...

20060067765 - Sheet post-process apparatus and waiting tray: A waiting tray comprises a waiting tray roller which ejects a transported sheet to a storage tray, a waiting tray roller drive source which drives the waiting tray roller so as to come into contact with the sheet or so as to be spaced from the sheet, and a waiting...

20060067766 - Sheet post-process apparatus and waiting tray: A waiting tray comprises left and right lower face support members for supporting both sides of a sheet and a distal end lower face support member for supporting a distal end lower face, wherein, even if a sheet is easily bent, the sheet is reliably retained on the waiting tray,...

20060067767 - Sheet post-process apparatus and waiting tray: A waiting tray is featured in that left and right lower face support members and for supporting left and right lower faces of a sheet transport direction are rotatably mounted on both of side frames and via rotary shafts and, and the left and right lower face support members are...

20060067769 - Sheet post-process apparatus and waiting tray: A sheet post-process apparatus comprises left and right lower face support members which support left and right lower faces in a transport direction of a sheet retained by a waiting tray in a waiting mode, distal end lower face support members which support a distal end lower face of the...

20060067770 - Sheet post-process apparatus and waiting tray: A sheet processing apparatus is featured in that a waiting tray comprises an extensible tray set to enable projection of a transported sheet in a distal end direction and retraction into a distal end direction, wherein, in the case where a size of a sheet transported to the waiting tray...

20060067771 - Sheet post-process apparatus and waiting tray: A waiting tray has left and right lower face support members releasably provided in left and right directions, the support members supporting left and right lower faces in a transport direction of a sheet transported to a waiting tray, and an upper face slash member which slashes an upper face...

20060067772 - Sheet post-process apparatus: A sheet post-process apparatus includes a waiting tray and a processing tray. The waiting tray is provided in the middle of a conveying path and makes standby sheets in the case where a post-process is required. The processing tray has a function which causes the sheets made standby on the...

20060067773 - Sheet post-process apparatus: A waiting tray is provided in a sheet-conveying path and holds sheets if the sheets need to be post-processed. A processing tray receives sheets conveyed from the waiting tray. It may receive sheets conveyed through the sheet-conveying path and coming not via the waiting tray, before the sheets are post-processed....

20060056856 - Method and system for providing technical support relating to an imaging cartridge: A method for providing technical support to a customer relating to an imaging cartridge used in an imaging apparatus includes receiving a request from the customer for assistance relating to the imaging cartridge; executing diagnostic software associated with a type of the imaging apparatus based on the request to generate...

20060056857 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: A cleanerless cartridge in which a photoconductor body and a charger are integrated, and a cleaner-equipped cartridge in which a photoconductor body, a charger and a cleaner are integrated are prepared. An image forming apparatus body is configured such that the cartridges are attachable to first- to fourth-stage image forming...

20060056858 - Image forming apparatus, cartridge, and storage medium: An image forming apparatus allows mounting thereon and dismounting therefrom a plurality of types of cartridges, each of the cartridges including a plurality of process members used for image formation and a storage medium for storing information. The image forming apparatus includes a storage unit that stores a plurality of...

20060056862 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a sheet feeding cassette, transport rollers, a pick-up roller, a sheet detector, and a control section. The sheet feeding cassette stores sheets for developer images to be transferred thereonto at a secondary transfer position. The transport rollers transport a sheet at variable speeds along a...

20060056859 - Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and computer product: An image forming apparatus performs image formation based on a first parameter concerning the image forming apparatus itself. When a parameter extracted from data received from an information processing apparatus corresponds to a second parameter concerning another image forming apparatus, the image forming apparatus converts the extracted parameter to the...

20060056861 - Sheet transport apparatus and image forming apparatus: A sheet transport apparatus includes a fixed driving roller and a driven roller capable of coming into contact with or being separated from the driving roller, the driving roller and driven roller being capable of rotating and transporting a sheet interposed therebetween; a rotating-body acceleration sensor moving together with the...

20060056860 - Sheet transport apparatus and image forming apparatus including the same: A sheet transport apparatus includes a pair of rollers for transporting a sheet and a sheet detection device for detecting the sheet transported by the pair of rollers. The sheet detection device includes a flag that is displaceable when urged by the sheet transported by the pair of rollers and...

20060056863 - Developing apparatus, developing method, and developing agent therefor: A developing apparatus is provided in which a replenishment developer when replenished has been electrified to a sufficient extent and can immediately produce an effect of replenishment, with a small consumption of a carrier. In an developing apparatus 100 of the present invention, by means of a first and a...

20060056865 - Developing device, process cartridge and image forming apparatus: In accordance with the present invention, a transparent or semitransparent window is formed in a developing device or a process cartridge to allow one to see the inside of the developing device via the window from the outside. The window may preferably be formed in the top wall of the...

20060056864 - Image forming apparatus and image control method: An image forming apparatus 100 includes detection means 116 which detects an image characteristic of an image formed on an image bearing member 103; a first control means which controls a toner concentration in the developer, based on a detection result by the detection means, of an image characteristic of...

20060056866 - Fixing device: A fixing device includes a heater; a fixing rotary body having a circumferential surface which paper carrying an unfixed image makes contacts with and passes on, and heated to a predetermined temperature by a heating operation of the heater; a temperature detecting unit which detects the temperature of a portion...

20060056867 - Image forming apparatus and adjustment method for image forming apparatus: Of developers 4a, 4b and 4d which are adjacent to each other on a rotary developing unit 4, the downstream-most developer 4d along the direction D4 of rotations of the rotary developing unit 4 is positioned first at a developing position and a patch image is formed. The rotary developing...

20060056868 - Method of detecting a phase difference of image bearing members and an image forming apparatus using the method: An image forming apparatus uses a method of detecting a phase difference of the image bearing members such that an image transferring member receives a reference toner mark and a reference image pattern carried by and a reference image bearing member and corresponding image patterns carried by respective corresponding image...

20060056869 - Image forming apparatus: Disclosed is an image forming apparatus that comprises: an image bearing member; an image forming unit for forming a toner image on the image bearing member; an intermediate transfer member; a first transfer device for transferring the toner image on the image bearing member onto the intermediate transfer member; a...

20060056870 - Image forming apparatus and temperature control method for fixing device: At a time of start of a heater alternate turn-on control, if a main heater detection temperature by a main thermistor is higher than a MAIN target temperature tmh and a sub-heater detection temperature by a sub-thermistor is lower than a SUB target temperature tsh, an engine control unit switches...

20060056871 - Image forming apparatus and method of controlling the image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus and a method of controlling the same. The method includes creating menu screens corresponding to one or more the image formation-related functions using a web browser provided to the image forming apparatus, and displaying each of the created menu screens by the web browser. Accordingly, it...

20060056873 - Image forming apparatus and print control method: This invention relates to an image forming apparatus which can prevent the user from repetitively pressing a print button or repeating a print instruction for respective pages, and can save output sheets as much as possible upon printing Web contents over a plurality of pages. An image forming apparatus according...

20060056872 - Image forming system, image forming apparatus, and image processing apparatus: To provide an image forming system capable of displaying appropriately a plurality of apparatus statuses at low cost, the image forming system is structured upon connection of an independently operable printing apparatus with an independently operable scanning apparatus. The scanning apparatus stores in an NVRAM a status message of the...

20060056874 - Liquid-type image forming apparatus and a method for controlling the same: A liquid-type image forming apparatus has a printing engine including a developing unit and a transferring unit and a fixing member. The apparatus includes a carrier vapor-processing device having an oxidation catalyst carrier that accelerates oxidation of carrier vapors occurring in the fixing member. A temperature sensor detects a temperature...

20060056875 - Image forming apparatus: A prop is extending from the printer unit upwards. A rear end portion of an upper casing is coupled with an upper portion of the prop pivotably in a vertical direction. A transparent platen is provided on a top face of the upper casing. An image capturer is provided in...

20060056876 - Photosensitive member cartridge: The invention provides a photosensitive member cartridge, that has, for example, a case including a bottom wall, an upper wall, and side walls. A photosensitive drum and a transfer roller are rotatably disposed in a space surrounded by the bottom wall, the upper wall, and the side walls. The bottom...

20060056877 - Photosensitive member cartridge: The invention provides a photosensitive member cartridge, that has, for example, a case including a bottom wall, an upper wall, and side walls. A photosensitive drum and a transfer roller are rotatably disposed in a space surrounded by the bottom wall, the upper wall, and the side walls. The bottom...

20060056878 - Photosensitive member cartridge: The invention provides a photosensitive member cartridge, that has, for example, a case including a bottom wall, an upper wall, and side walls. A photosensitive drum and a transfer roller are rotatably disposed in a space surrounded by the bottom wall, the upper wall, and the side walls. The bottom...

20060056879 - Development roller of electro-photographic machine: A development roller which supplies toner to a photoconductive drum of an electrophotographic machine includes: a base material made of at least one of an NBR rubber and an HYDRIN rubber; and a peroxide as a cross-link agent cross linking the base material in a three-dimensional reticular structure....

20060056880 - Developing device, image forming apparatus, image forming system, charging member, and method for manufacturing developing device: A developing device that can suppress occurrence of fogging is achieved. The developing device is provided with: a developer bearing member for bearing a developer; and a charging member for charging the developer borne by the developer bearing member. The charging member has: a first layer that is placed in...

20060056881 - Developing roller: A developing roller includes a central shaft and a body. The body of the roller contains a urethane modified polyester resin. The developing roller of an embodiment of the present invention features substantial durability, and stable toner chargeability, despite changes in the surroundings....

20060056882 - Color registration control method and image forming apparatus using the same: A color registration control method and an image forming apparatus using the same are provided, wherein the color registration control method includes the steps of developing a registration pattern by overlapping a first pattern and a second pattern each of which having a length in a sub-scanning direction, detecting the...

20060056883 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus has an image forming carrier, an image forming portion that forms an image on the image forming carrier, an intermediate transfer medium to which the image on the image forming carrier is primarily transferred, and a transfer portion that secondarily transfers to a recording medium the...

20060056884 - Transfer device and image forming apparatus: A transfer device includes an endless belt, an external roller, and an internal roller. The external roller is arranged outside of the loop of the endless belt and the inner roller is arranged inside of the loop of the endless belt. The endless belt is sandwiched between the external roller...

20060056885 - Image forming apparatus and transfer apparatus employing endless belt: Transfer roller(s) is/are such that either end thereof is formed from fibrous electrically conductive component(s) and such that cylindrical portion(s) in central region(s) is/are, for example, formed from metal roller-like structure(s), either fibrous electrically conductive component outer end being arranged so as to extend somewhat beyond either transfer/transport belt side....

20060056886 - Image fixing device, image recording apparatus equipped with the same, and image fixing method: The image fixing device includes a fixing roller pair by which a recording medium having an image formed thereon is nipped and conveyed to fix the image, and a gripping/conveying unit which includes a gripping portion for gripping a leading edge of the recording medium and which conveys the recording...

20060056887 - Image forming method: An image forming method, including forming an unfixed toner image on the surface of paper by an electrophotographic process using a developer containing a toner, and fixing the toner image on the paper, wherein a toner amount of the unfixed toner image is in the range of about 2.0 to...

20060056888 - Image-fixing method and image-fixing device, and, image-forming method and image-forming apparatus: An image-fixing method contains: passing a recording medium bearing an image through a nip between two or more fixing members to fix the image onto the recording medium; and ejecting the recording medium along with the fixing member contacting with a non-image-bearing surface of the recording medium, wherein the fixing...

20060056889 - Method and apparatus for image forming capable of effective image fixing using induction heating: An image forming apparatus includes a fixing unit for fixing a toner image on a recording sheet. In the fixing unit, a magnetic flux generator generates magnetic flux to induce heat in a fixing roller. The recording sheet having the toner image is inserted between the fixing roller and a...

20060056890 - Image forming method and apparatus, image fixing unit, and induction heater used therein: An image forming apparatus includes a fixing unit for fixing a toner image on a recording sheet. In the fixing unit, a magnetic flux generator generates a magnetic flux to induce heat in a support roller. The heat is transferred to a fixing belt contacting the support roller. The recording...

20060056891 - Image heating apparatus including flexible metallic sleeve, and heater used for this apparatus: The present invention relates to an image thermal apparatus including a flexible metallic sleeve, the inner peripheral surface of which contacts a heater. In order to provide increased durability for the sliding face of the heater, an imide resin that contains silicon nitride elementary particles is used to coat the...

20060056892 - Cleaning device, method for preparing the cleaning device, and image forming apparatus and process cartridge using the cleaning device: A cleaning device including a cleaning brush configured to clean a surface of a moving member while contacting and facing the surface; and a cleaning blade which is located on a downstream side from the cleaning brush relative to a moving direction of the moving member while being substantially opposed...

20060056893 - Image forming apparatus and copier: An image forming apparatus including a photoreceptor having an electroconductive substrate, a photosensitive layer overlying the electroconductive substrate, and a protection layer including an inorganic filler in an amount of from 3 to 25% by weight based on total weight of the protection layer and a binder resin, and overlying...

20060056894 - Continuous feed printer: A continuous feed printer prints images on a continuous paper sheet with conveyance holes perforated at regular intervals along the edges thereof and conveyed by a pinless transportation mechanism. The continuous feed printer includes: a conveyance hole detecting device that detects the conveyance holes on the sheet; a comparison device...

20060056895 - Image forming apparatus and a sheet conveying method of the image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus having: an image forming portion to form an image on a sheet; a fixing device to fix the image to the sheet by heating; a conveying path switching member to switch a conveying direction of the sheet, which is provided on downstream of the fixing device...

20060051105 - Image forming apparatus including function for providing status information by electronic mail: An image forming apparatus communicating with an outside system via a communication part for providing image forming apparatus information to the outside system is disclosed. The image forming apparatus includes a memory part including the image forming apparatus information and a command data table indicating command data in correspondence with...

20060051107 - Developer supplying apparatus: A developer supply apparatus includes a container receiving portion for receiving a developer supply container, the container receiving portion being movable between a container mounting and demounting position and a developer supply position while carrying a developer supply container containing a developer to be supplied; a moving mechanism for moving...

20060051108 - Image forming apparatus: A cartridge information managing unit reads a kind of toner cartridge which is detachable to an image forming apparatus main body and ID information stored in a toner cartridge identification information storing unit and manages them. A process switching unit of a image forming unit switches a processing method of...

20060051106 - Image forming apparatus mounted with replaceable unit, image forming system, and method of controlling image forming apparatus: When a CPU receives an input signal that selects an operation mode through an operation mode selecting screen, the CPU determines whether or not the selected operation mode coincides with an operation mode stored in individual operation mode histories of an main body NVM. If both the operation modes do...

20060051109 - Method and apparatus for manufacturing 3d image display: An adhesive is applied to a side of a 3D image forming device of a lenticular lens, parallax barrier, etc., and the 3D image forming device is adhered to an image panel. The image panel and the 3D image forming device are aligned whiling observing a 3D image of the...

20060051110 - Image recording apparatus: This invention aims to provide an image recording apparatus capable of preventing deterioration in remaining toner detection accuracy and further to prevent toner from getting damages. To achieve the above described objects, the image recording apparatus according to this invention comprises a developer supplying mechanism for supplying the developer from...

20060051111 - Condenser type fixing and image forming apparatuses: A fixing apparatus includes an electrical condenser charged by a commercial power source, a heat generating member that generates heat when the electrical condenser supplies power, and a fixing device that is heated by the heat generating member and fixes an image onto a recording medium. A temperature switch is...

20060051112 - Fixing device, image forming apparatus including the fixing device, and fixing method: A fixing device for fixing an image formed on a recording material includes a fixing member disposed on a recording material conveyance path, a heating part configured to heat the fixing member to fix the image formed on the recording material by heat, and a storage unit configured to be...

20060051113 - Fixing device, image forming apparatus including the fixing device, and fixing method: A fixing device for fixing an image formed on a recording material includes a fixing member and a pressing member which are rotatable to pass the recording material having an image through their nip part, a heating part that heats the fixing member, a storage unit that is charged by...

20060051114 - Back-transfer reduction in a tandem electrostatographic printer: In a color electrostatographic printer apparatus having a plurality of tandem stations for applying respective color separation toner images to a receiver member, and a clear toner station for providing a clear toner overcoat to a multicolor toner image formed by the respective color separation toner images on the receiver...

20060051115 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus having an image bearing member on which an electrostatic image is formed, a first developer carrying member carrying a developer thereon, and a second developer carrying member disposed downstream of the first developer carrying member with respect to the direction of movement of the image bearing...

20060051116 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus provided with a pair of transfer rollers for transferring an unfixed image borne on an image bearing member, a pair of fixing rollers changeable in the recording material conveying speed thereof and for fixing the transferred unfixed image on the recording material, a pair of discharging...

20060051120 - Fixing device, image forming apparatus including the fixing device, and fixing method: A fixing device for fixing an image formed on a recording material includes first and second rotary members having a nip part therebetween, a heating part that heats the first rotary member, a center portion temperature detecting unit that detects a temperature of a center portion of the first rotary...

20060051117 - Heating apparatus and image forming apparatus: The heating apparatus has a heating member and a pressure member which are mutually pressure-welded to hold and convey and heat a heated member to be heated by a nip portion formed between the heating member and the pressure member, includes a temperature detector, power control means, and a curl...

20060051118 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: The invention provides a fixing apparatus fixing apparatus having a heating portion for heat fixing an unfixed developer borne on a recording material, including: a first heating member and a second heating member provided in the heating portion; and a current control unit which controls an AC current to be...

20060051119 - Method for supplying power, and fixing and image forming apparatuses: A fixing apparatus includes a first heat generating member that generates heat upon receiving power from a commercial power source, an electrical condenser that stores charge when charged by the commercial power source, and a second heat generating member that generates heat upon receiving power from the electrical condenser. A...

20060051121 - Fixing device, image forming apparatus including the fixing device, and fixing method: A fixing device for fixing an image formed on a recording material in an image forming apparatus includes a fixing member, a heating part that heats the fixing member to fix an image formed on the recording material by heat, a storage unit that is charged by an external power...

20060051122 - Image forming apparatus: This invention is intended to control the amount of power to be supplied to a fusing heater below a maximum applicable current value. The engine controller supplies electricity to both of two heating bodies at the same fixed duty D1. At a phase angle α1 corresponding to the fixed duty...

20060051123 - Image forming apparatus with heat exhausting means for exhausting air from around a fixing unit and a delivery tray: A copying machine 100 is provided with an image forming portion 115 for forming a toner image on a sheet, a fixing device 122 for applying heat to the sheet to fix the toner image on the sheet, a delivery portion 125 on which the sheet is delivered and stacked,...

20060051124 - Image forming apparatus: A full-color image forming apparatus has a cooling fan switchable between rotating speeds of “full speed” and “half speed.” A transfer portion thermistor is installed near a photosensitive drum and an intermediate transfer member, and a printer control portion controls the rotating-speed switching of a cooling fan based on the...

20060051125 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus has an apparatus main body provided with an image forming portion for forming an image, an opening formed in the apparatus main body, an openable and closable cover for opening and closing the opening, and provided with a first cover pivotably provided in the apparatus main...

20060051126 - Process cartridge and an image forming apparatus having the same: An image forming apparatus comprises a photoconductive unit having a waste toner outlet and a shutter for closing the waste toner outlet, a developing unit removably mounted to the photoconductive unit and having a waste toner storage for storing a waste toner discharged through the waste toner outlet, a main...

20060051127 - Unit for screening photosensitive medium and electrophotographic image forming apparatus having the same: A unit is provided to screen a photosensitive medium and an electrophotographic image forming apparatus having the same. The unit for screening a photosensitive medium includes a shutter elastically biased in a direction in which the photosensitive medium is screened. A first link, which is capable of making a straight...

20060051128 - Image formation device, developing unit, and computer system: An image forming apparatus and a computer system having an efficient communication system are achieved. The image forming apparatus etc. is provided with an antenna that is capable of wirelessly communicating both with the developing-unit element of the developing unit attached to the developing unit attach/detach section and with the...

20060051129 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus including a photosensitive drum unit (photosensitive unit) including a photosensitive body, a fixing unit for fixing a toner image transferred from the photosensitive body onto a recording material, and a vertical conveying path for conveying the recording material between the photosensitive drum unit and the fixing...

20060051130 - Image forming apparatus: There are provided an image bearing member on which an electrostatic image is formed, a development unit that is detachably attachable relative to a main body of the apparatus and that develops the electrostatic image formed on the image bearing member, using developer, a positioning unit that positions the development...

20060051131 - Process cartridge and image forming apparatus: A process cartridge is detachably provided in an image forming apparatus having a main gear. The process cartridge includes a photoconductive unit and a rotatable unit, and a positioning member. The rotatable unit includes an unit body, an idler shaft, an idler gear attached to the idler shaft, a rotating...

20060051132 - Roller for supporting an imaging belt in a printing apparatus: A belt photoreceptor in a xerographic printer is entrained on a roller formed from a set of discs. Each disc defines an outer circumference and a flexible main portion. The outer circumferences of a set of discs effectively form a single outer surface of the roller. The discs are flexible...

20060051133 - Electrophotographic photosensitive drum, process cartridge, and electrophotographic image forming apparatus: An electrophotographic photosensitive drum usable with an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, includes a non-circular twisted projection having a cross-section with a plurality of corner portions, a non-circular twisted projection being provided at one longitudinal end of the drum, and being engageable with a non-circular twisted hole having a section with...

20060051134 - Method of driving device for driving developers and image forming apparatus having the device for driving developers: A method of driving a device for driving developers and an image forming apparatus having the device for driving developers are provided. In a two-pass image forming apparatus having two photosensitive media, one or two driving sources are driven by forward and backward rotation to drive two developers disposed around...

20060051136 - Apparatus, method, and program for image forming: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention, includes an image forming apparatus comprising a toner storage device storing a toner, an image forming device including a developer, and a toner transfer device provided between the toner storage device and the image forming device. The toner transfer device has a transfer...

20060051135 - Developer feeding member, developing apparatus, process cartridge and developer feeding member mounting method: A developer feeding member for use with an electrophotographic image forming apparatus to feed a developer accommodated in a developer accommodating portion, includes a shaft for receiving a driving force to rotate when the shaft is mounted in the developer accommodating portion; a flexible sheet for feeding the developer accommodated...

20060051137 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes plural toner image forming devices. Each of which has a rotating photoconductor, a charging device that uniformly charges a surface of the photoconductor, a latent image forming device that forms an electrostatic latent image on the surface of the charged photoconductor, a developing device that...

20060051138 - Color image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus including: an image forming section for forming a toner image with toner particles having a first electric polarity; an intermediate transfer body; a first transfer section for transferring the toner image to the intermediate transfer body; a second transfer section for transferring to a recording medium;...

20060051139 - Belt clutch apparatus and image forming apparatus having the same: A belt clutch apparatus for an image forming apparatus is is provided and includes a belt that rotates in contact with at least one unit, at least one movable roller for supporting the rotation of the belt, and a variable unit for changing position of the movable roller in order...

20060051140 - Conductive endless belt and image forming apparatus using the same: A high performance conductive endless belt and an image forming apparatus using the same are provided, the conductive endless belt having superior strength, in particular, superior folding endurance, stable and appropriate electrical resistance even in high voltage application, less voltage dependence of electrical resistance, and superior durability in image output...

20060051142 - Fixing device and image forming apparatus: There are provided a fixing device which includes a first transport path for transporting a recording medium with an image formed thereon and a fixing roll pair having at least one heating roll; and an image forming apparatus including the fixing device. The recording medium transported from the first transport...

20060051141 - Xerographic printer split drive system to reduce image smear: A split drives system for a printer in which a single drive motor drives a first belt drive system for the image fusing system and a second and separate belt drive system driving the sheet registration system. This split drives system mechanically isolates the second and separate belt drive system...

20060051143 - Cleaning apparatus and image forming apparatus using the same: A cleaning apparatus and an image forming apparatus including the same. The cleaning apparatus includes: a developing unit to supply toner to an electrostatic latent image formed on a photosensitive body, a cleaning blade installed above the photosensitive body and the developing unit to contact a circumference of the photosensitive...

20060051144 - Scanner equipped printer and scanner: A scanner equipped printer includes the scanner's main body and the printer's main body. The scanner's main body has an upper portion provided with a cover having a side attached to a sheet feed tray and thus serving as an axis of pivotation to be capable of being opened and...

20060051146 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes: a sheet tray; an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording sheet; a sheet transporting path that allows a transportation of the recording sheet fed from the sheet tray to the image forming unit; and a sheet detecting unit that detects a...

20060051145 - Sheet transport apparatus and image forming apparatus: The present invention relates to a sheet transport apparatus comprising; sheet transport means capable of conveying sheets at a transfer speed that is the same as a transfer speed α of sheet in an image forming position where an image is formed on the sheet, and at a transfer speed...

20060051147 - Sheet treating apparatus, method of mounting sheet treating apparatus, and image forming apparatus: A sheet treating apparatus is mountable in a space portion of an image forming apparatus including an image-forming portion for forming an image on a sheet and an image-reading portion for reading an image of an original. The image-reading portion is disposed above the image-forming portion. The sheet is delivered...

20060045543 - Electromagnetism suppressing material, electromagnetism suppressing device, and electronic appliance: An electromagnetism suppressing material has an increased electromagnetism suppressing effect, can be flexibly formed in various shapes, and is inexpensive. An electromagnetism suppressing device uses the electromagnetism suppressing material, and an electronic appliance uses the electromagnetism suppressing material or the electromagnetism suppressing device. The electromagnetism suppressing material is a liquid...

20060045544 - Method for requesting service by use of two-way real-time communication with service center server: A system and method is provided for requesting service for an image formation apparatus using two-way real-time communication with a service center server. The method for requesting the service from the service center server providing services relating to an image formation apparatus by using a terminal apparatus connected to the...

20060045545 - Systems and methods for imaging components: A cartridge chip for use with a first type of imaging cartridge and a second type of imaging cartridge comprises a controller and a resistive element connected between the controller and a reference potential, the cartridge chip adapted for operation in a first mode of operation compatible with the first...

20060045546 - Printing control device and method and program for efficient utilization of consumable products mounted thereon: A printing control device having a consumable product detachably mounted thereon, comprises state storing unit that stores a usage state of the consumable product; detachment detecting unit that detects that the consumable product has been detached; usage state checking unit that checks the usage state of the consumable product whose...

20060045547 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: An image forming apparatus determining a paper feed source having a possibility of feeding paper sheets in executing a printing job in accordance with contents of the printing job and detecting characteristics of a paper sheet fed from the paper feed source for executes printing processing of a printing job,...

20060045548 - Image forming apparatus: A sheet P on which an image of a developer is unfixed is recovered from a transfer unit 6 to a sheet recovery portion 64, the sheet P is bent with the surface of the sheet P on which the image of the developer has been transferred facing inward and,...

20060045549 - Image forming apparatus and storage thereof: An image forming apparatus manages information regarding the lifetimes of a plurality of photosensitive media or developing units using a single storage. The image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive unit comprising a photosensitive medium, a developing unit comprising a developing roller that applies developer to the photosensitive medium and a...

20060045550 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus, is provided with a fixing device including a heat source to receive power supply and to generate heat, and a temperature sensor to detect a temperature of the heat source; a control section to conduct a heat source temperature control and an abnormal temperature detecting control...

20060045551 - Image forming apparatus: Disclosed in an image forming apparatus in which an electrostatic potential and/or frequency of AC voltage of development bias is controlled according to information on recording material. The information is preferably glossiness information of the recording material....

20060045552 - Toner temperature adjustment method and device for liquid-development electrophotographic device: Liquid toner which remains on the surface of a photosensitive drum 2 after transfer of a toner image to an intermediate transfer member 1 is collected in a collection pot 6a. The collected liquid toner is led to a carrier pot 20, and is stored there. In response to an...

20060045553 - Wet-type electrophotographic image forming apparatus and method for controlling collection of developer: A wet-type electrophotographic image forming apparatus includes a development unit for developing an image on a photosensitive medium, a developer cartridge for supplying a developer to the development unit, a developer collection unit disposed between the development unit and the developer cartridge for collecting developer remaining within the development unit...

20060045554 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus forms a multiple-color image with at least two process speeds. A secondary-transfer-bias applying unit applies a bias to a secondary transfer unit at a non-image-formation time. A secondary-transfer-output detecting unit detects an output value with respect to each of the at least two process speeds. A...

20060045555 - Image forming apparatus and control method: The image forming apparatus detects a predetermined image data included in image data and transmits an electromagnetic signal to a memory card within a predetermined vicinity of the image forming apparatus. The memory card is configured to carried by a user of the image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus...

20060045556 - System and method for transfer of an electrical voltage to/from a rotating roller: In order to be able to supply a rotating transfer roller in a transfer printing station of an electrophotographic printing device with a high voltage, a system and method is proposed that comprises a voltage transfer device with an elastically borne brush, a compensation device with a bushing standing under...

20060045557 - Carrier vapor cleaner, a wet type electrophotographic image forming apparatus having the same, and a carrier vapor cleaning method: A cleaning apparatus for use in a wet type electrophotographic image forming apparatus has a duct which guides a fluid to the outside, the fluid containing an ozone and a carrier vapor which are respectively generated from a fusing part and a printing engine having a developing unit and a...

20060045558 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus, comprises an image carrier for carrying a toner image, a charging device for charging the carrier, wherein the charging device includes a discharge member and a grid which is arranged between this discharge member and the image carrier and has at least a surface made of...

20060045559 - Method of actuating a cleaning system and a printing machine including the same: A printing machine comprises a charging device. The charging device comprises a coronode and a control grid. An included power supply supplies a coronode voltage to the coronode. Under control of the grid, the coronode generates ions which flow towards an included photosensitive surface. The printing machine includes a cleaning...

20060045561 - Image forming apparatus having a cleaning mechanism: An image forming apparatus having a cleaning mechanism for cleaning paper powder or toner pressed and remaining on the surface of the circumference of an endless belt is provided. The cleaning mechanism includes a rotational shaft part that is detachably and rotatably attached to a supporting frame. The supporting frame...

20060045560 - Image transfer device and method for cleaning a part thereof: An image transfer device for a sheet-fed image reproduction system is disclosed in which an improved removal of contaminants from the surface of an image transfer member is possible by using a tacky surface cleaning member contacting the image transfer member surface. The tacky surface of the cleaning member is...

20060045563 - Developing device and image forming apparatus having the same: A developing device and an image forming apparatus having the same are provided. The developing device includes: a housing, which is formed by coupling an upper case and a lower case and in which a developing roller and a regulating blade are installed; sealing elements, which are respectively formed at...

20060045562 - Shock absorbing apparatus for packaging toner cartridge: A shock absorbing apparatus for packaging a toner cartridge includes first shock absorbing members inserted onto both ends of the toner cartridge and having a groove at least partially in contact with lower and upper surfaces of the toner cartridge, a second shock absorbing member located under a center portion...

20060045564 - Color image forming apparatus: A color image forming apparatus is provided capable of easily assembling and controlling the elements relating to color registration and image quality. The apparatus includes an image forming module having a plurality of image forming units, exposure units, a transfer unit and an integrally formed image forming frame, and a...

20060045567 - Developing unit having foldable handle and image forming apparatus having the same: An image forming apparatus is provided having a developing unit including a handle. The developing unit of the image forming apparatus includes at least one of a photosensitive body and a developing roller developing a developer on the photosensitive body. A case protects the image forming unit and a handle...

20060045565 - Process cartridge and electrophotographic image forming apparatus: A process cartridge having an insertion construction for a connecting pin swingably supporting a developing unit where there are achieved an improvement in assembly property, a minimization of container deformation, and prevention of coming-off of the connecting pin due to a small press-fitting region. The connecting pin swingably supporting the...

20060045566 - Process cartridge and electrophotographic image forming apparatus: A process cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, the process cartridge including a cam member movable between a first position and a second position, the cartridge includes a photosensitive drum; a developing roller contactable to the drum at a development position to develop...

20060045568 - Process cartridge and image forming apparatus: A process cartridge includes a photosensitive drum, a gear attachable to an end of the photosensitive drum in a longitudinal direction of the photosensitive drum, a shaft member capable of passing through an inside of the photosensitive drum and the gear so as to extend in the longitudinal direction of...

20060045569 - Developing device, image forming apparatus, and image forming system: A developing device, an image forming apparatus, and an image forming system with which it is possible to appropriately perform developing operations are achieved. A developing device attachable to and detachable from a body of an image forming apparatus, is provided with: a developer bearing roller for bearing a developer;...

20060045570 - Belt unit, image forming apparatus using the belt unit: A belt unit attachable and detachable from an image forming apparatus and having stable belt running characteristics. The belt unit includes a belt, at least two support rollers and a front frame. The frame has at least one standard portion to position the unit with respect to the main body...

20060045571 - Image formation apparatus and process cartridge: An image formation apparatus and process cartridge exhibiting high durability, in which such disadvantages as irregular recovery of untransferred toner and the advance of carrier degradation are not produced even when jointly using a trickle development system and a cleanerless system, comprising an image support member on which a latent...

20060045572 - Liquid-developing electrophotographic apparatus: A liquid-development electrophotographic apparatus of the present invention uses a nonvolatile liquid developer. An electric field force causes toner to adhere to an electrostatic latent image formed on a photoconductive member 2 to thereby form a toner image on the photoconductive member 2. Viscoelasticity control means is provided for controlling...

20060045574 - Developing apparatus: A developing apparatus for developing an latent image formed on an electrophotographic photosensitive member with a developer in an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, the developing device includes a developer accommodating portion for accommodating the developer to be supplied to the developing member; a developer stirring member for stirring the developer...

20060045573 - Developing device, process cartridge, and electrophotographic image-forming apparatus: A developing device includes a developer container divided into a developing section and a mixing section in which developer is conveyed in the opposite directions. A conveying member which conveys the developer in the longitudinal direction is disposed only in the developing section, and a mixing member which does not...

20060045575 - Developing device and electrostatic recording device: A developing device is provided with a developer accommodating vessel accommodating developer having as primary components a nonmagnetic toner and magnetic particles referred to as a carrier. The carrier is composed of a magnetic material as a core material that is uniformly covered with an insulating synthetic resin. The toner...

20060045576 - Developing device and image forming device: d

20060045577 - Color image forming apparatus and method: A color image forming apparatus forming a full color image by superimposing images of individual colors includes a correction possibility determination device to determine whether or not deviations in position and errors in magnification ratio of images of individual colors that are superimposed on top of one another to form...

20060045579 - Image forming apparatus having a multi-layered intermediate transfer belt: An image forming apparatus having a belt supporting frame for supporting an intermediate transfer belt is provided. The intermediate transfer belt is a multi-layered structure composed of at least an elastic layer on a substrate layer. When a percentage difference of a stretched length of an outer circumference of the...

20060045578 - Intermediate transfer belt, production method for the same, and image forming device provided with the same: The present invention provides an intermediate transfer belt, wherein: the intermediate transfer belt is made from a resin material comprising a carbon black in a dispersed state; an absolute value of a difference between a common logarithm value of surface resistivity 10 seconds after voltage application and a common logarithm...

20060045580 - Image forming apparatus: e

20060045582 - Cleaning device and fuser assembly for a printer with multiple cleaning blades held by a common mount: The invention relates to cleaning deposits from a moving surface within a printer. According to just one aspect of the invention a cleaning device for cleaning a moving surface in a printer is provided. The cleaning device includes a blade defining at least one cleaning edge configured to engage the...

20060045583 - Cleaning device and process with multiple cleaning blades held by a common mount: The invention relates to cleaning deposits from rollers in a fusing apparatus for a printer. Cleaning devices and processes for cleaning a moving surface in a printer are provided. According to just one aspect of the invention, a common mount is provided. A first cleaning blade defines a first edge...

20060045585 - Fixing unit and image forming apparatus: The invention provides a fixing unit including a fixing roller and a pressure roller pressed against the fixing roller inside a housing, for holding and conveying a sheet carrying an image formed by a developer between the fixing roller and the pressure roller thus to fix the image onto the...

20060045581 - Print fuser and process with a reverse cleaning blade: The invention relates to cleaning deposits from rollers in a fusing apparatus for a printer. According to just one aspect of the invention, fuser assemblies and processes for a printer are provided comprising a first cleaning blade held by a support and defining a first edge in contact with a...

20060045584 - Print fuser and process with multiple cleaning blades: The invention relates to cleaning deposits from rollers in a fusing apparatus for a printer. Fuser assemblies and processes for a printer are provided. According to just one aspect of the invention a support is provided. A fusing nip including a plurality of rollers is held by the support. A...

20060045586 - Fusing roller and fusing apparatus having the same: A fusing roller and a fusing apparatus having the fusing roller are provided. The fusing roller includes a roller unit and an induced heat generation unit that is installed on an outer circumferential surface of the roller unit. Eddy currents are generated in the roller unit in response to an...

20060045588 - Fusing roller and fusing apparatus having the same: A fusing roller and a fusing apparatus having the fusing roller are provided, wherein the fusing roller includes a coil unit, which generates resistive heat and an alternating magnetic flux in response to an alternating current input thereto, a heating roller unit, which generates an eddy current in response to...

20060045587 - Fusing roller and fusing apparatus using the same: A fusing roller and a fusing apparatus having the same are provided. The fusing roller includes: an induced coil, which generates an alternating magnetic flux that varies depending on an input alternating current; a heating roller, which is heated by an eddy current that is generated by the alternating magnetic...

20060045589 - Image fixing apparatus: The image fixing apparatus includes a heater having a heat generating resistor on a substrate, a heater holder for holding said heater, and a backup roller for forming a nip portion in cooperation with said heater, wherein said heater holder has, in a direction along a short side of said...

20060045590 - Fixing device and an image forming apparatus including the fixing device: A fixing device for fixing a toner image on a recording medium includes first and second belts rotatably disposed opposite to each other such that the recording medium having the toner image thereon moves therebetween, a fixing roller disposed in contact with an inner surface of the first belt, a...

20060045591 - Device for fusing toner on print medium: A fusing device for fusing a predetermined toner image on paper, and which controls the heating range of a fusing unit by inputting an eddy current generated by a transformer to a terminal corresponding to the size of paper selected from a plurality of terminals of the fusing unit. The...

20060045592 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: An image forming apparatus of the present invention comprises an image carrier, a lubricant application device that applies a first lubricant to the image carrier surface, and a developing device that houses a developer to which a second lubricant is added and develops the electrostatic latent image formed on the...

20060045593 - Cleaning apparatus: The present invention provides a cleaning apparatus in which the contact point portion between the metal plate and rubber blade of a cleaning blade is made into a surface to thereby alleviate the concentration of stress in that portion and prevent the occurrence of the squat of the cleaning blade,...

20060045594 - Image forming apparatus, waste toner tank, and a method of moving waste toner: An image forming apparatus includes a waste toner collecting unit, a moving device, a sheet conveying roller, a driving unit, and a drive force transmitting unit. The waste toner collecting unit receives waste toner. The moving device moves the waste toner in the waste toner collecting unit. The sheet conveying...