Electrophotography inventions 04/07

20070092267 - Method and apparatus for selecting image forming apparatus having enough toner: An image forming apparatus network system having a first image forming apparatus connected with a plurality of second image forming apparatuses over a network, wherein the first image forming apparatus includes an image creating unit that creates an image with at least one toner based on an image data to... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070092269 - Destination dedicating apparatus, printing apparatus, print kiosk apparatus, destination dedicating method, and program: The present invention provides a destination dedicating apparatus including a destination information reading section and a destination information recording section. The destination information reading section is configured to read destination information from a storage area mounted on a consumable good when the consumable good is first mounted into a printing... Agent: Robert J. Depke Lewis T. Steadman

20070092268 - Image forming device, control method thereof, and computer readable medium recording a control program: It is an object of the present invention to provide an image forming device to which a cartridge containing image forming material is removably installed, and with which, if a non-guaranteed cartridge is installed which is not the object of a product quality guarantee by the maker, the task of... Agent: Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

20070092270 - Image forming apparatus and image forming cartridge: In the image forming apparatus, a developing bias in a developing unit is supplied from a drive electrode on the main body side of the apparatus to an electrode member as a DEV output. A detect electrode is also in contact with the electrode member from the apparatus main body... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20070092271 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a feeding portion, an image forming portion, a discharge portion, a paper transport path, a plurality of detection members, and a control portion. The image forming portion forms images on sheets of paper fed from the feeding portion. The path transports paper from the feeding... Agent: Mark D. Saralino (general) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070092273 - Image forming apparatus and toner consumption amount calculating method: An image forming apparatus which forms an image using toner includes: a data processor which performs data processing of input image data corresponding to a toner color and accordingly generates output image data needed to obtain a predetermined tone reproduction characteristic; an image forming unit which forms an image corresponding... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070092272 - Method and device for determining an amount of material in a container: An amount of material in a container is determined by measuring a time it takes for an object to move through the material, and determining the amount of material based on the measured time.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070092275 - Image forming apparatus using detection of toner image on image bearing member: In an image forming apparatus provided with an image forming portion for forming a toner image on a rotatable image bearing member, and a detecting portion for detecting a toner image for detection formed on the image bearing member, wherein the state of the image forming portion is controlled on... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070092274 - Image-based compensation and control of photoreceptor ghosting defect: A system and method for correcting a defect in an image, such as a ghost defect or a reload defect, by compensating for the defect. Various exemplary embodiments include creating a defect model with a source target function that represents a source level with respect to a target level; inputting... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC.

20070092276 - Image forming device: An image forming device comprises: charging means for uniformly charging the surface of a photosensitive member; charging control means for controlling the charging output of the charging means; and table storing means for storing a plurality of control tables stipulating controlled variables for controlling the charging output in relation to... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070092277 - Fixing device and image forming apparatus: A fixing device includes: a fixing roll member; a support roll member; a fixing belt member rotated while being mounted on and tensioned by the fixing roll member and the support roll member; a roll heating unit that heats the fixing roll member; a belt heating unit that heats the... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070092278 - Image forming apparatus, fixation device and heat control method for a fixation device: An image forming apparatus comprising a fixation device having a heating part for heating and fixing a toner image formed on a recording medium is provided, which comprises a rotational velocity detecting part for detecting a rotational velocity of a conveyance roller for conveying the recording medium and a control... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070092279 - Multifunction apparatus: A multifunction apparatus according to the present invention transmits an electromagnetic wave signal to a memory card carried by a user who enters a detection area, scans identification information of the user for user authentication, and starts a warm-up operation immediately after the authentication. Accordingly, the time period spent by... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070092280 - Image forming apparatus and control method of that apparatus: Unless a new image signal is applied after completion of an image forming operation, the apparatus starts a clocking operation by an internal timer (Step S101). If the apparatus is left standstill for a predetermined length of time (Step S102), a sleep process (Step S103) is executed to shift the... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070092281 - Image forming device: The device of the invention comprises an advertisement image storage unit 32 for storing a plurality of advertisement images (add-on images) and the discount rate predefined for each of the advertisement images, a display control unit 22 for generating a list image listing the discount rate for each advertisement image... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070092282 - Image forming device: An image forming device of the invention is provided with a user setting storage portion for storing a user settings relating to the execution of an image formation job, a temporary save key for making a command to the user setting storage portion to store the user settings, a user... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070092283 - Image forming device: The device is constituted so that, when a non-processing period continues for more than a predetermined time in a normal mode, in which an image forming process is possible, the image forming device switches to a power saving mode, in which power consumption is reduced, two types of LEDs 8a... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070092284 - High voltage power supply and a high voltage power control method thereof: A high voltage power supply and a high voltage power control method thereof. The high voltage power supply includes a high voltage generation part to generate a high voltage, and a pulse width modulation (PWM) generation part to generate a pulse width modulation signal according to an output control value... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070092285 - Process cartridge and electrophotographic image forming apparatus: A process cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, the main assembly including an output contact movable between an electrical connecting position and a retracted position retracted from the electrical connecting position. The process cartridge includes a movable operation member movable relative to a... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070092286 - Process cartridge and electrophotographic image forming apparatus: A process cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an apparatus, includes a drum, a developing member, a cartridge frame including a developer accommodating portion, a first light guide adjacent one end of the cartridge frame and a leading end with respect to a cartridge mounting direction and including... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070092287 - Image forming apparatus and attaching method of charger unit in image forming apparatus: In this invention, the charging units are in the separate construction for the main chargers and for the ozone ducts. When installing the process units, the ozone ducts are placed on the elastic sheets of the duct cases that are fixed to the main frame. The process units are slid... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070092288 - Electrophotographic image forming apparatus and developing method thereof: An electrophotographic image forming apparatus and a developing method thereof are provided. The electrophotographic image forming apparatus includes an image carrier body on which an electrostatic latent image is formed, a developing roller which faces the image carrier body and supplies toner to the electrostatic latent image formed on the... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070092289 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a charge roll which charges a body to be charged by contact charge, and a roll-like sponge member which is supported such that it comes into contact with a surface of the charge roll and which is rotated together with the charge roll. The roll-like... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070092290 - Image forming apparatus, process cartridge, and waste toner recovery device: An image forming apparatus includes a frame body, a frame cover supported by the frame body so as to be capable of opening and closing, an image forming unit that forms a toner image on an image carrier, a cleaning unit that removes and collects residual toner from the image... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070092291 - Cartridge and a process for manufacturing a cartridge: To provide a cartridge and a toner container each of which does not increase a material cost and is excellent in impact resistance against, for example, a vibration or a fall, the impact resistance being a needed function. The cartridge and the toner container each include a first part molded... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070092293 - Cover members for an image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus is provided that easily allows for removal of paper jams, reduces space for disposing a locking means of a cover, and saves production costs relative to the locking means of a cover. The image forming apparatus forms an image on a printing medium and has a... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070092292 - Image forming device: A toner image formed on a photosensitive drum 12a in an image forming unit 12 is transferred to an intermediate transfer belt 11. The toner image of the intermediate transfer belt is transferred onto recording paper by a transfer roller 15, and a paper transport path 18 is defined by... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070092294 - Paper jam removing structure for image forming apparatus: A paper jam removing structure for an image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes at least one roller located in the image forming apparatus on a paper feeding path that feeds paper, A reflection mirror is located such that the roller and the portion around the roller... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070092295 - Multi-color laser-etched images: A color image is fused on a hard surface by a laser beam. A first color layer of toner particles is fused in accordance with a first color separation of a color image at a first screen angle. A second color layer of toner particles is fused in accordance with... Agent: Kenehan & Lambertsen, Ltd John C Lambert

20070092296 - Image forming method and image forming device: In electrophotographic image formation, a contact charging member, to which a square AC superimposed voltage is applied, is contacted with a positive-charged organic photosensitive member comprising a single photoconductive layer comprising charge generating material, hole transporting material, electron transporting material, and organic binders, so as to contact charge the positive-charged... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070092297 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus has plural image forming stations along a travel direction of a transfer medium. Each image forming station has a latent image carrier that rotates in a sub scanning direction, an image writer that forms a latent image on the latent image carrier and a developer that... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070092298 - Charge roller, method for producing the same, and image-forming apparatus including the same: A charge roller includes a core, a resistive layer disposed on a circumferential surface of the core to charge an image-bearing member without contact, and gap members formed of tape-shaped films. These films are fixed to both ends of the charge roller by winding each of the films in a... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070092299 - Image recording apparatus: An image recording apparatus, which sets a space on a sheet that permits recording of images, for recording an image based on externally received image data within the space on a sheet, includes receiving means for receiving settings about information to be recorded together with the image, space securing means... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20070092300 - Developing device and image forming apparatus using the same: The invention provides a developing device employing a liquid developer which is capable of effectively cleaning a development roller or the like having an elastic outer layer. The developing device of the invention is provided with an elastic roller such as a development roller for developing a latent image formed... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070092301 - Timing wheel for toner cartridge with dual springs: This invention provides a timing wheel assembly for controlling the timing of toner cartridge operation that is fixedly attached to a shaft of a toner tank agitator and that is operatively connected to a drive gear of a toner cartridge mounted coaxially on the shaft with the timing wheel movable... Agent: Hinckley, Allen & Snyder, LLP

20070092302 - Developer supplying apparatus: A developer supplying apparatus of the present invention includes a toner bottle, a bottle supporting member that is in the shape of substantially a cylinder, and a shutter mechanism for opening and closing a toner discharging opening formed on the bottle supporting member. The shutter mechanism includes (i) a shutter... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070092303 - Image forming apparatus, powder supplying unit, toner container, powder container, and method of recycling the powder container: A part of a toner supply path is formed in a setting unit (100), and a nozzle (110) coupled to a toner container (20) is provided, wherein the fitting direction of the toner container (20) to the setting unit (100) and the coupling direction of the nozzle (110) to the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070092304 - Sealing member, toner accommodating container and image forming apparatus: A sealing member for sealing a toner discharge opening of a toner accommodating container detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus, the sealing member includes a locking portion for being locked with a portion to be locked provided in the image forming apparatus, the locking portion being adapted to displace... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070092305 - Rotary mounting structure for toner cartridge: A toner cartridge comprising a rotary 2 provided with an agitator 3 that agitates a toner, and a bearing that rotatably supports a shaft tip 6 of the rotary 2, comprises a retainer 10 at the shaft tip 6 of the rotary 2 and at the bearing 7 that inhibits... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070092306 - Development apparatus, image-forming apparatus and developing method: A development apparatus and an image forming apparatus capable of minimizing deterioration of the carrier for a long time, even in the case of continuous formation of images of smaller image area ratio. The charging of toner is assisted by using the developer composed of a mixture of toner and... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070092307 - Developer holding member, method of producing a developer holding member, developing apparatus and image-forming apparatus: The present invention provides a developer holding member having a surface layer composed of metal on or above a roughened hollow cylindrical substrate, wherein the specular gloss at 60°, Gs (60°), of the surface layer is in the range of approximately 10 to 40 gloss units, a developing apparatus and... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070092308 - Belt rotation device for image forming device: As a portion to be detected of a belt 51, a protrusion 60 is provided on the width direction edge of the endless belt 51, and the tensile elastic modulus of the member forming the protrusion 60 is smaller than the tensile elastic modulus of the member forming the endless... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070092309 - Electrostatographic single-pass mutiple station printer with improved colour registration: The present invention provides improved electrostatographic single-pass multiple station printers as well as methods of operating the same being able to avoid displacement of different colour images by effects of the toner coverage of the printed pages. To obtain this, a main encoder means (50) and a printing medium advancement... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070092310 - Image forming device: Separation means 16, which are located downstream from a transfer roller in the sheet transport direction, apply a separation voltage to a plurality of separation needles 17 disposed in an alignment orthogonal to the direction of transport of the sheet, so as to produce a discharge between a photosensitive drum... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070092311 - Fixing device: A fixing roller 30, which has an internal heating means and is supported so as to be able to rotate around a cylindrical shaft 40 in unison therewith, and a pressure roller 81 which has a circumferential face that presses against the fixing roller 30 along substantially the entire length... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070092312 - Image forming apparatus: The image forming apparatus comprises: fixing means for heat fixing an unfixed image formed on a recording material at a nip, with the fixing means having a rotary fixing member disposed for contacting with the recording material; heating means for externally heating the rotary fixing member; and means for stopping... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070092313 - Fixing device and an image forming apparatus using the same: An image fixing unit includes a heating roller, a pressing roller forming a first fixing nip by contact with an outer surface of the heating roller, and a fixing nip expansion unit forming a second fixing nip by contact with the heating roller. The fixing nip expansion unit includes an... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070092314 - Fixing device and image forming device equipped with the same: A fixing device is provided with a heat roller (18) and a pressure roller (19) having a shaft (24) and an elastic layer (25) formed on a periphery thereof and being in pressurized contact with the heat roller (18). A concave region (25b), formed in an approximate arc shape in... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070092315 - Image forming apparatus: A cleaning apparatus is used for cleaning the surface of a photoconductive body. Residual toner on a rotating photoconductive body is collected after transferring a toner image from the photoconductive body onto a print medium, the apparatus includes a first cleaning member, a second cleaning member, and a toner transporting... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070092316 - Cleaning unit and image forming apparatus using the same: c

20070092317 - Original document reading device: When an original document is placed on the lift tray, a timer is reset and starts counting a predetermined time (S12). Whether an alignment device is moved to adjust the original documents loaded on the lift tray in, for example, the widthwise direction transverse to the transportation direction is then... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070092318 - Original document supply device for image forming device, and image forming device equipped with same: This ADF 11 comprises an original document holding unit 31, a paper supply roller 51, and a lift plate drive unit 35. The original document holding unit 31 is capable of holding original documents and has a lift plate 41 capable of moving original documents to the loading direction. The... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070092319 - Original document supply device for image forming device, and image forming device equipped with the same: The ADF 11 is a device for feeding an original document toward an original document scanning position R, comprising an original document loading unit 31, paper feeding roller 51, pressure sensor 33 and lift plate drive unit 35. The original document loading unit 31 comprises a lift plate 41 allowing... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070092320 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus including: a paper feed cassette; a paper pickup roller; an image forming portion; a fixing unit; a paper discharge portion for discharging paper P with a developer image fused and fixed thereon; and an inversion roller and a paper discharge drive roller for conveying paper P... Agent: Mark D. Saralino (general) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070092321 - Unit drawing mechanism and image recording apparatus: A unit drawing mechanism according to the invention is adapted for installation in a main unit. The mechanism includes a first and a second units, a plurality of supports, and a load-applying member. The first unit is movable along a first direction toward front of the main unit, to be... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070092322 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus which forms an image electrophotographically, comprises an image transfer unit which transfers a toner image to a recording medium, a fixing unit comprising a heat roller and a pressure roller, a conveying direction change unit which changes a conveying direction of the recording medium discharged from... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20070086793 - Image forming apparatus and control method thereof: An image forming apparatus that includes: an image forming apparatus main body; a replaceable unit which is attached to the image forming apparatus main body in a detachable manner; a storage unit provided in the replaceable unit, the storage unit storing information with respect to the replaceable unit; a first... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070086795 - Image forming apparatus which can expand space of discharging unit: An image forming apparatus which can expand the space of a discharging unit includes a scanner rotating unit provided below a scanner unit to rotate the scanner unit, to open the top of a discharging unit, and to expand a space of the discharging unit if the collective height of... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070086794 - Image forming system: An image forming system executes image forming with pages kept continuous by controlling supplying of sheets corresponding to pages for which sheets have not fed in consideration of pages for which sheets have already been fed, even if image forming processing is temporally suspended.... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20070086797 - Method and apparatus for image forming capable of effectively correcting output from toner density sensor: An image forming apparatus using a two-component developer includes a sensor mechanism, an image forming mechanism, a toner supply controller, a memory, an estimation mechanism, and a correction mechanism. The sensor mechanism detects a toner density of the developer. The image forming mechanism produces a toner image at one of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070086796 - Printing apparatus: A plurality of chambers are adapted to accommodate a plurality of cartridges each containing toner to be used for printing. A mode changer is operable to change an operation mode of the printing apparatus in accordance with a combination of respective colors of toner in the cartridges accommodated in the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070086798 - Energy conserving fuser and method for image forming: Apparatus and methods for fusing developer are disclosed. A developer fuser may comprise a first heating element for transferring energy for fusing developer to a media. The developer fuser may have a controller for controlling the power applied to the first heating element. Upon initiation of a copy process, the... Agent: SocalIPLaw Group LLP

20070086800 - Image forming apparatus and a method for improving developing performance thereof: An image forming apparatus includes at least one photoconductive medium on which an electrostatic latent image is formed; at least one developing device for developing the electrostatic latent image formed on the photoconductive medium with a developer to form a visible developer image, and a developing performance improving unit for... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070086799 - Method and apparatus for sensing and controlling residual mass on customer images: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for sensing residual toner mass after transfer of a xerographic image, to facilitate the identification and characterization of different types of transfer defects. The technique employed utilizes a nominal residual mass signature, measured at the start of a job, in conjunction with subsequent residual... Agent: Basch & Nickerson LLP

20070086801 - Image forming apparatus: In an image forming apparatus, a control section 41 adjusts the surface potential of a photoconductor or the developing potential of a developer carrying member based on the detection result of a surface potential sensor 44, and performs first correction whereby, relative to the reference value of the applied bias... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20070086802 - Method and apparatus for applying developing bias voltage in image forming apparatus: A method and apparatus for applying a developing bias voltage of an image forming apparatus are provided. When an image is formed on paper, an AC bias voltage and a DC bias voltage are applied in an overlapping manner to the developing roller, and when an image is not formed... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070086804 - Fusing device of electro-photographic image forming apparatus having temperature sensor protecting structure: A fusing device of an electro-photographic image forming apparatus is provided having a temperature sensor protecting structure. The fusing device includes a heat roller having a heater and a pressure roller rotating opposed to the heat roller. A temperature sensor housing accommodates a contact-type temperature sensor. A coil spring elastically... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070086803 - Image-heating device with a first heating member and an adjustable second heating member: An image-heating device has a detector for detecting the state of a recording medium at a position between a first fixing unit and a second fixing unit along a conveying path of the recording medium and a controller for controlling a fixing condition of the second fixing unit on the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070086805 - Developing device, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus: An arrangement of sealing members seals developer in a developer device. The sealing members minimize or eliminate developer from leaking around the sides of a developer carrier.... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20070086806 - Systems and methods for remanufacturing imaging components: Techniques for modifying an imaging cartridge includes providing the imaging cartridge comprising a body including a circuit holding structure sized to hold an electronic circuit and forming a modified circuit holding structure, with the modified circuit holding structure sized to hold a replacement electronic circuit. At least one dimension of... Agent: William L. London

20070086807 - Image forming apparatus with detachable power-requiring unit: Methods and apparatus are disclosed for protecting circuits from damages caused by elevated temperatures. Presented embodiments illustrate IC thermal protection circuits that shut down power delivery circuits when the circuit temperature reaches a predefined upper threshold and restart the circuit when the circuit cools down to a predefined lower threshold.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070086808 - Full-color image forming apparatus: In a full-color image forming apparatus including a light source for monochrome image formation that outputs light corresponding to monochrome image information and exposes a monochrome image forming photoreceptor and light sources for color image formation that output lights corresponding to color image information and expose photoreceptors for forming images... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070086810 - Sealing member, toner accommodating container and image forming apparatus: A sealing member for sealing a toner discharge opening of a toner accommodating container detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus, the sealing member includes a locking portion for being locked with a portion to be locked provided in the image forming apparatus, the locking portion being adapted to displace... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070086809 - Toner container, and image forming apparatus: A toner container includes a container member with a spiral member therein that contains toner and conveys the toner toward an opening in conjunction with a rotation of the spiral member. A toner supply device includes a conveyor tube through which the toner discharged from the toner container is conveyed... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070086811 - Development apparatus and image forming apparatus: An apparatus for developing a latent image on a latent image carrier includes a toner carrier and multiple electrodes arranged at intervals on a surface of the toner carrier. A potential difference is formed between even-numbered electrodes and odd-numbered electrodes of the electrodes by applying a first pulse voltage to... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070086812 - Developing device using one-component toner for an image forming apparatus, and a process cartridge including the developing device: A developing device includes a toner supplying roller, a developing roller for transferring the one-component toner to a developing position by performing a developing rotation in an image forming operation and moving away from the developing position, a sealing member arranged in a vicinity of the developing roller, and a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070086813 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus of the present invention includes a plurality of belt position sensors adapted to sense the position of an intermediate image transfer belt in a direction perpendicular to the direction of movement of the belt each. The belt position sensors are located between rollers over which the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070086814 - Fixing device: A fixing device comprising a thermally fixing roller, a pressing belt mechanism and a separation member. An upper coupling member arranged between the side plates is provided with a side frame. The separation member includes a flat support plate, a first tilted flat plate and a second tilted flat plate.... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20070086815 - Cleaning device and image printing apparatus installing the cleaning device: The present invention provides a cleaning device which has an elastic cleaning blade coming into pressure-contact with a surface of an image carrier at a edge on one surface side thereof in a counter state to remove toner remaining on the image carrier, comprises a regulating member being arranged so... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070086816 - Document or sheet material feeder: A document feeder including a document feed unit that feeds a document along a document feed path extending from a document loading section to a document output section via a scanning position. The document feed unit includes a first feed roller pair nipping and feed a document opposed to the... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20070086817 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus prevents defective fixing of a toner image from occurring and shortens a printout time for a first sheet by determining a start timing for conveying the recording medium to a transferring position of the toner image in accordance with a warm-up state of a fixing unit,... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20070086818 - Paper arranging apparatus and electrophotographic image forming apparatus including the same: Provided are a paper arranging apparatus and an electrophotographic image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus including: a paper arranging apparatus including: two rollers forming a nip; and a shutter arranging a sheet of paper by contacting a front edge portion of the paper that is being conveyed, and including... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070086819 - Adjustable paper cassette: An adjustable paper cassette is provided that may be expanded and contracted by sliding movable frames relative to a base frame and then coupling fixing protrusions to desired fixing holes. Therefore, paper sheets having various sizes may be loaded in the paper cassette, and the size of an image forming... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070081829 - Image forming apparatus and output image density correction method: An image forming apparatus including: an outputted image density control portion that forms a patch image and determines an outputted image density control condition based on a comparison result of the density of the patch image with a preliminarily set target value; a pixel count portion capable of counting the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070081828 - Printing system with balanced consumable usage: A printing system includes a plurality of marking engines. The marking engines selectively receive at least one replacement module, such as a toner or ink cartridge. The replacement module includes a consumable such as toner or ink, which is consumed during rendering of images by the respective marking engine. A... Agent: Ann M. Skerry, Esq. Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20070081830 - Aromatic disiloxane compositions: Processes for preparing aromatic matrix materials by metal hydrosilylation followed by alcholysis are provided. Silicon-containing layers that contain such aromatic matrix materials are also provided, as well as electrophotographic photoreceptors and electrophotographic imaging apparatuses containing such silicon-containing layers.... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC.

20070081831 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a plurality of developing units. A cam shaft includes a plurality of cams having different rotation phases respectively corresponding to the plurality of developing units. A regulation means controls a rotational force of a driving force source that is... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070081832 - Image forming apparatus having a developer conveying system and associated methodology: An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier configured to form a latent image and a development unit including a development member configured to develop the latent image forming on the image carrier with a developer, and a plurality of conveying members each including at least one spiral vane and... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070081833 - Developer supplying apparatus: A developer supplying apparatus of the present invention includes a toner bottle and a bottle supporting member that is in the shape of substantially a cylinder. A slip ring is attached to an inner peripheral surface of the bottle supporting member so as to be slidable on one end portion,... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070081834 - Developer supplying apparatus: A developer supplying apparatus of the present invention includes a toner bottle and a bottle supporting member which supports the toner bottle so that the toner bottle can rotate in a peripheral surface direction. The toner bottle has a bottle-side toner discharging opening for discharging a developer stored therein, and... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070081835 - Method and apparatus of image forming and process cartridge included in the apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a process cartridge, a toner storage, and a toner supplying unit. The process cartridge includes an image bearing member, a developer container, a developer bearing member, and a pair of side plates. The developer container includes a toner inlet mounted at a predetermined position on... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070081836 - Transfer station for an electrographic printer or copier: A transfer printing station is provided comprising a transfer roller for transfer of a toner image generated on an intermediate carrier onto at least one recording medium in a transfer printing region of the transfer printing station. A drive unit causes the transfer roller to move towards the intermediate carrier... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20070081837 - Image forming apparatus having pressing roller apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a heating roller to apply heat to a printing medium, a hollow pressing roller to rotate in an opposite direction with respect to the heating roller with the printing paper located therebetween, and to press the printing paper, and a supporting member disposed in the... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20070081838 - System, apparatus, and method for the permanent transfer of images onto glossy surfaces: The present invention relates to a method for permanently affixing high-quality images onto glossy substrates. Using off-the-shelf supplies and equipment, a user may print or copy any image to an imaging device utilizing toner with iron oxide to imprint the image onto a film covered transfer agent. The transfer agent... Agent: Terrie Banhazl

20070081839 - Toner conveying unit and electrophotographic image forming apparatus using the conveying unit: A toner conveying unit and an electrophotographic image forming apparatus having the toner conveying unit are provided. The electrophotographic image forming apparatus temporarily stores a toner image on a photoreceptor in an image forming process and forms an image by transferring the toner image of an image receptor onto a... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070081840 - Image formation apparatus and image formation method: A multi-functional copying machine according to the invention has a scanner for reading the image of a document and image information appended to the document and a printer for forming the image on a medium. It compares the image read by the scanner and the image information, determines according to... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070077074 - Apparatuses and methods for identifying a consumable for use with an imaging apparatus: Apparatuses and methods for identifying consumables intended for use in an imaging apparatus, such as consumables having a memory storing at least first data and second data. One such method involves incrementing the first data during printing operations using the imaging apparatus; the imaging apparatus determining when the first data... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20070077076 - Image forming apparatus and method of determining degradation of charging property of developer: A photosensitive layer of a photosensitive drum is charged and a surface of the photosensitive layer is exposed at a specified density and then a development bias is applied to a development roller. An absolute value of a detection voltage is obtained from a development current sensor. It is determined... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20070077075 - Systems and methods for monitoring toner usage: Systems and methods for estimating the amount of imaging material, such as toner, used in a printing device. In one example, a system estimates toner usage from imaging data and accounts for a “diffusion effect” caused by non-adjacent pixel groups. In certain embodiments, the system examines sets of pixel locations... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070077077 - Fixing device and image forming apparatus and temperature controlling method thereof: A fixing device and image forming apparatus, and a method thereof are provided. The fixing device and image forming apparatus include a heat roller heated by a heat source; a pressure roller disposed opposite to the heat roller; a temperature cutoff device spaced apart from the heat roller to cut... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070077078 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit that forms an image by forming an electrostatic latent image on an image carrying body, developing the electrostatic latent image by sticking a developer on the image carrying body, and transferring the developer to a recording subject medium; a suspension time... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20070077079 - Electro-photographic image forming apparatus and method for determining a charging voltage: Provided is an electro-photographic image forming apparatus and a method of determining a charging voltage thereof. The electro-photographic image forming apparatus includes: a charge roller for supplying a voltage of a predetermined level to a photoconductor; a transfer roller for transferring a developed image to a printing media by using... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070077080 - Image recording apparatus that supports conveying roller via rolling bearing: An image recording apparatus includes a casing, an image recording unit, a first conveying unit, a second conveying unit, a first support member, and a second support member. The first support member is supported by the casing. The second support member rotatably supports the follow roller and has an urging... Agent: Eugene Ledonne Reed Smith LLP

20070077081 - Optimization of operating parameters, including imaging power, in an electrophotographic device: Control circuitry associated with an electrophotographic imaging device is adapted to operate in conjunction with a sensor to adjust operating parameters, including an imaging power. The sensor detects a reflectivity of a developed image and the control circuitry uses this detected information and information related to reflectivity of the underlying... Agent: John J. Mcardle, Jr. Lexmark International, Inc.

20070077082 - System and methods for enabling geographically specific fuser control process: An image forming system (210) includes an engine controller (60) and memory device (152) with a power supply (162) supporting a 220 volt, 120 volt or 100 volt level. A fuser control capability indicator (164) is read by the engine controller (60) in order to determine the fuse control capabilities... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20070077083 - Developing cartridge detachable from image forming device: A toner cartridge for use in a printer includes a developing roller and an electrode. The toner cartridge is mountable in the printer by moving in a mounting direction and removable from the printer by moving in a removal direction. The developer roller supplies toner to a photosensitive member of... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070077084 - Developing device and image forming apparatus: A developing device includes an image supporting member; a developer supporting member for attaching developer to a latent image formed on a surface of the image supporting member for developing; a supply member for supplying developer to the developer supporting member; a first sealing member arranged to contact with both... Agent: Takeuchi & Kubotera, LLP

20070077085 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus employs a device that detects the opening and closing of covers. Two covers are pivotally mounted to a body of the image forming apparatus, each of the two covers being movable either to its opening position to open with respect to the image forming apparatus or... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070077086 - Image forming apparatus, process unit and developing cartridge: An image forming apparatus includes a main body; a process unit configured to be attached to and removed from the main body, the process unit being configured to integrally hold a plurality of image carriers arranged in a first direction; a plurality of developing cartridges provided in corresponding association with... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20070077087 - Image forming apparatus, process unit and developing cartridge: An image forming unit includes a process unit including image carrier holder units arranged in one direction and held in the process unit and developing cartridges provided in correspondence with the image carrier holder units and configured to be removably mounted in the image carrier holder units. Each image carrier... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20070077088 - Image recording apparatus: An image recording apparatus includes a sheet transport path, a first unit, and a second unit. The sheet transport path guides a sheet from a sheet feeding section, through an image recording section, to a sheet output section. The sheet transport path includes a first path and a second path.... Agent: Mark D. Saralino (general) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070077089 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: The present invention provides an image forming apparatus which can exhibit an excellent charge eliminating effect by erasing a transfer memory using a precharging means with optimized conditions even when a positively-charged single-layer-type electrophotographic photoconductor is used as a photoconductor. In the image forming apparatus which sequentially arranges a charging... Agent: Arthur G. Schaier Carmody & Torrance LLP

20070077090 - Color image forming apparatus with color registration compensation unit: A tandem color image forming apparatus includes a plurality of photosensitive bodies driven by one driving source and having a shaft gear, and power transmission members engaged with the shaft gears of the plurality of the photosensitive bodies to transmit a driving force generated from the driving source to each... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070077091 - Driving apparatus, process cartridge and image forming device having the same: A driving apparatus includes a driving gear connected to a driving motor, a driven gear engaged with the driving gear, and a driving force coupling part coupling the driving gear and the driven gear to not move with respect to each other. The driving force coupling part includes an axle... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070077092 - Image forming apparatus: In an image forming apparatus wherein developer images formed by an electrostatic image on an image bearing member being developed by the use of a developing apparatus which has a moving member holding a plurality of developing devices having developers of different colors therein and capable of selectively moving the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070077093 - Image-forming device having mechanism for separating developing rollers from photosensitive drums: A laser printer includes a contact/separation mechanism that linearly moves developing cartridges between contact positions where the developing cartridges contact corresponding photosensitive drums and separating positions where the developing cartridges separate from the photosensitive drums. The contact/separation mechanism includes a pair of contact/separation members and a synchronous moving mechanism. The... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20070077094 - Developing unit and image forming device: The present invention discloses a developing unit that can block unnecessary supply of liquid developer to an image support member and can prevent waste of liquid developer, and an image forming device comprising the same. The developing unit includes a developing member that is in contact with an image support... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070077095 - Wet image forming device: A wet image forming device includes a plurality of developer support members that support a developer including a toner and a carrier functioning as a toner transfer agent, a plurality of image support members, the outer peripheral surfaces of each contacting the plurality of developer support members, and which support... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070077099 - Developer cartridge, image forming unit and image forming apparatus: A developer cartridge includes a developer storing portion in which a developer is stored, a developer supplying portion for supplying the developer to a main body of an image forming unit, an opening-and-closing member that opens and closes the developer supplying portion, an operating member for operating the opening-and-closing member,... Agent: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld L.L.P.

20070077096 - Developing device and image forming apparatus: A developing device includes a developer container having a developer supply opening and a developer storage section, so that developer is supplied from the developer container to the developer storage section through the developer supply opening. The developing device further includes a developer guide member disposed below the developer supply... Agent: Takeuchi & Kubotera, LLP Suite 202

20070077097 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus is provided with an apparatus main body including a developing device, a toner container detachably mountable into the apparatus main body and adapted to replenish the developing device with toner particles, and a lever member settable to a locking position by a biasing force of a... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20070077098 - Image forming method and apparatus including an easy-to-handle large capacity toner container: An image forming apparatus including a development mechanism for developing an electrostatic latent image formed on an image carrying member into a visual image, a toner storage detachably installed and provided for storing toner therein, a toner transporting mechanism for transporting the toner from the toner storage to the development... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070077100 - Toner bottle, process for producing the same, toner container, and toner cartridge, and, image forming apparatus and image forming process: The object of the present invention is to provide toner bottles and the like in which the possibility to damage the ring gear, in particular the teeth of the ring gear, is remarkably suppressed at processing the toner bottle such as handling, packaging, and transporting, thus packaging and transporting are... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070077101 - Toner container and image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus is provided with an apparatus main body including a developing device, and a toner container detachably mountable into the apparatus main body and adapted to replenish the developing device with toner particles. The toner container has grippable recesses, into which fingers are insertable, formed at the... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20070077102 - Developing unit, image forming apparatus and image forming method: An image forming apparatus of the invention holds a first developing agent of a first color and inverse transfer preventing agent, supplies the first developing agent with predetermined potential, supplies the first developing agent to an image portion of an image carrier, supplies the inverse transfer preventing agent with the... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070077103 - Fuser smart cleaning and oiling assembly: A smart and virgin contact fuser service assembly is disclosed for servicing a toner fuser assembly and includes (a) a cleaning device including a cleaning member having virgin cleaning portions on a cleaning surface, the virgin cleaning portions being feedable in a single pass into cleaning contact with a fuser... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20070077104 - Sheet conveying apparatus and image forming apparatus: A pressure lever includes an oscillating edge that is capable of contacting a supporting shaft of a pressure roller. An oscillating lever includes a plurality of oscillating edges around a fixed edge. An elastic unit is latched between the fixed edge of the oscillating lever and an immovable portion, and... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070077105 - Electronic rubbed copy imaging system: An electronic rubbed copy imaging system is provided and includes: a flat substrate; an imaging sheet; and a controlling portion that receives image data of the object read from the imaging sheet and applies a signal processing to the image data. The imaging sheet has: a plurality of light emitting... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC