Electrophotography inventions 07/07

20070172243 - Image forming apparatus and maintenance method thereof: An image forming apparatus and a maintenance method thereof are provided to enable rotation and replacement of a peeling claw at a suitable timing before the peeling claw is deformed or damaged. Several peeling members are disposed in a width direction of a drum-shaped photoreceptor. Each peeling member is disposed... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070172244 - Electrophotographic image forming apparatus and method for improving transferring properties: An image forming apparatus capable of improving transfer properties, and a method for improving the transfer properties are provided by the invention. According to the method of the present invention, a surface of a photoconductive medium is electrified by applying a voltage to the photoconductive medium. An electrostatic latent image... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070172246 - Image forming apparatus and image forming system: An image forming apparatus includes an intermediate transfer belt having a coated layer as a surface layer that carries an developer image on the surface layer, a light-emitting member that emits light rays having a predetermined wavelength toward the surface layer of the intermediate transfer belt, and a sensing member... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070172247 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus has an image former to form a toner image on an image bearer. A primary transferer transfers the toner image from the image bearer to the outer surface of an intermediate transferer as primary transfer by applying a primary transfer bias. A secondary transferer transfers the... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20070172248 - Charging voltage supply and method for supplying charging voltage: A charging voltage supply and a method for supplying a charging voltage are provided. The charging voltage supply generates a voltage and branches the generated voltage to at least one charging roller according to voltage applied to a transfer roller. Accordingly, the charging voltage supply can compensate for the charging... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070172245 - Image forming device: An image forming device includes an image forming section that forms an image in accordance with predetermined image formation conditions; a storage section that stores a target darkness of a standard image; a measurement section that measures a physical quantity for specifying the darkness of the image formed by the... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070172249 - Cleaning patch for an image forming apparatus: The present invention discloses a cleaning patch and method thereof for cleaning a residual toner in a developing unit. The cleaning patch is composed of a plurality of cleaning regions. Each cleaning region includes a plurality of cleaning toner point alternately arranged in a row, which may reduce the absorbed... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070172250 - Cleaning device and image forming apparatus: A cleaning device includes a cleaning roll and an intervening member. The cleaning roll contacts the surface of a charge roll that charges a photoconductor, rotates, and cleans the surface of the charge roll. The intervening member is intervened between the charge roll and the cleaning roll and causes the... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070172251 - Cleaning device and image forming apparatus: A cleaning device includes a cleaning component that cleans the surface of a charging component that charges an image carrier that has a surface on which an electrostatic latent image is to be formed. The cleaning component is a hollow body that cleans the surface of the charging component while... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070172252 - Toner container and toner supply device unit using the same: A toner bottle that is composed of a main body filled with toner and a bottle-side toner discharges port for discharging toner from the main body is adapted to discharge the toner in the main body out of the container whilst the toner bottle is being rotated in the toner... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070172253 - Flange, flange processing device, and method of processing flange: To provide a flange to be attached to an end of a photoconductor drum, the flange including: a drum engagement part capable of being engaged with an inner surface of the photoconductor drum; and a center hole, wherein the flange is prepared by cutting at least one of a surface... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070172254 - Device holder with supporting member: A device holder includes a housing (10) and a supporting member (20), the supporting member includes a main portion (200) and at least one fixing member (212) disposed on the main portion (200). The fixing member further includes a control portion (2124), a latch (2126) extending up from the control... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070172255 - Conveying device and image forming apparatus: A conveying device conveys a sheet of non-blank recording medium recorded with an image formed in an image forming unit, and includes a container that is detachable and contains a sheet of blank recording medium, a feeding unit that feeds the blank recording medium from the container, and a recirculating... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070172256 - Information processing method, falsification verification method and device, storage medium, and program: The secret data is acquired externally by making an arithmetic operation between unique information of an apparatus and the first information managed secretly, and secretly held as key data in a key holding part. A MAC generation part generates the authentication data based on a hash value obtained from the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070172258 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section for forming a plurality of toner images on a plurality of image bearing members respectively by an electrographic system; an endless belt to which the plurality of toner images are to be superimposedly transferred from the plurality of image bearing members,... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20070172257 - Image forming apparatus capable of effectively forming a quality color image: An image forming apparatus includes a latent image carrier having a moving surface on which a latent image is formed, a drive control mechanism to control a drive of the latent image carrier so as to match a rotation angular speed of the latent image carrier with a target rotation... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070172259 - Image forming apparatus that effectively charges a latent image carrier: A charging device for applying a voltage to a latent image carrier of an image forming apparatus includes a brush roller, a voltage applying mechanism, and a driving mechanism. The brush roller includes a shaft and a brush. The brush has an oblique brush amount, and is disposed on an... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070172260 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes first developing means for developing an electrostatic image with a first developer including non-transparent toner and carrier; second developing means for developing an electrostatic image with a second developer including transparent toner and carrier; first supplying means for supplying a first supply developer including non-transparent... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070172261 - Apparatus for orienting magnetic flakes: A printing apparatus includes a magnetic rotatable roller with a smooth even outer surface for aligning magnetic flakes in a carrier, such as an ink vehicle or a paint vehicle to create optically variable images in a high-speed, linear printing operation. Images can provide security features on high-value documents, such... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20070172262 - Developing device and electrophotographic apparatus using the same: An electrophotographic apparatus includes: a photoconductor; and two developing rollers facing the photoconductor. A developer fed out from between the two developing rollers is supplied to the photoconductor by the two developing rollers to form a toner image on the photoconductor. The developer includes a carrier having a volume-average particle... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070172263 - Transfer device: A transfer device is provided including an intermediate transfer belt and transfer rollers associated with respective of photosensitive drums. Each of the transfer rollers and the intermediate transfer belt define therebetween a contact range of which center lies downstream of the center of a contact range (transfer nip region) defined... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070172264 - Printer including unit for detecting color registration error and method of detecting color registration error: A printing apparatus and method of detecting a color registration error are provided. A detecting unit detects registration marks comprising a plurality of toner marks. The registration marks are formed on a transfer medium to detect color registration errors of color images. Each toner mark of the registration marks includes... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070172266 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes: an image carrier an outer face on which a plurality of color images are formed; a plurality of roll portions; a belt member including an inner side, an outer side, and a predetermined non-image forming area. The inner side is stretched around the plurality of... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070172267 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus including a first transfer section for transferring a toner image, formed on an image carrier by utilizing a charging section, an exposing section and a developing section, onto a belt shaped intermediate transfer member; and a second transfer section for transferring the toner image on the... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070172265 - Image forming device: An intermediate transfer belt 24 includes an elastic layer 242 on a resin layer 241. The material of the secondary transfer roller 31 has a hardness of 65° which is higher than a hardness of 60° of the material of the drive roller 25a. As a result, when the secondary... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070172268 - Printing device: A printing device having an electrophotographic printing group, to which a transfer medium for transferring a toner powder onto a substrate in a transfer zone is allocated. The substrate can be conducted through the transfer zone by a transport system and thermal energy can be introduced into the substrate by... Agent: Pauley Petersen & Erickson

20070172269 - Image forming apparatus: An object of the present invention is to provide an image forming apparatus including a belt-shaped image bearing member; a first transfer member which abuts on the outer peripheral surface of the image bearing member; a second transfer member which abuts on an inner peripheral surface of the image bearing... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070172270 - Method and device for correcting paper shrinkage during generation of a bitmap: In a method for printing a recording medium, an object type of image elements to be printed is determined for a corresponding print page using digital data. In generation of a bitmap for generation of a latent image for a first print process or a second print process, dependent on... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20070172271 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes: a paper conveying portion for conveying a paper; an image forming portion for forming a visible toner image on the paper P being conveyed, with a toner in accordance with input image information; and a fixing unit for fusing and fixing the unfixed toner image... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070172272 - Fixing device, image forming apparatus and method for controlling fixing device: A fixing device fixes a toner image carried on a recording medium. The fixing device includes a rotatable fixing roll member, a fixing belt member and a walk adjustment mechanism. The fixing belt member is wound on the fixing roll member so as to be rotatable. The walk adjustment mechanism... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070172273 - Lubricant applying unit, a process cartridge including the same, and an image forming apparatus provided with the process cartridge including the same: A lubricant applying unit, included in a process cartridge provided in an image forming apparatus, includes a solid lubricant, a lubricant supporting unit to support the solid lubricant, a lubricant holder to accommodate the solid lubricant supported by the lubricant supporting unit, a pressing mechanism located between the lubricant supporting... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070172275 - Blade brush cleaner: There is disclosed a system for cleaning marking material from a surface portion of a movable photoconductive member. The system includes a first rotatable brush, a blade and a second rotatable brush arranged in sequential order along the movable photoconductive member. The first rotatable brush is for removing a first... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20070172274 - Blade brush cleaner: A photoconductor belt cleaning system is described. This system can utilize in one embodiment one cleaning brush and a cleaning blade, and in a second embodiment, two cleaning brushes, brush 1 and brush 2, with a cleaning blade. In the second embodiment, the cleaning blade is located in the system... Agent: James J. Ralabate

20070172276 - Image scanner having pivotal illuminantor plate: An image scanner has a pivotal illuminator plate. The illuminator plate is pivotally coupled to the main housing of the image scanner and storable within the automatic paper feeder when the illuminator plate is not used. For scanning a transparent object, the illuminator plate is rotated in the direction toward... Agent: Madson & Austin Gateway Tower West

20070172277 - Image forming apparatus including sheet container with handle: An image forming apparatus may include an image forming mechanism to form an image and to transfer the image onto a recording sheet and a container configured to contain the recording sheet. The container may include a container part, a handle attachment part, and/or a handle. The handle may be... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070172278 - Image forming apparatus which corrects the curl of a discharge sheet: An image forming apparatus which uses toner to form an image on a sheet may cause the sheet to experience curl after passing through a fixing device which uses heat and pressure to fix the toner image on the sheet. A pair of discharge rollers and/or a sheet separating board... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070172279 - Image forming system:

20070166058 - Image forming apparatus and layer thickness calculating method: An image forming apparatus includes: an image carrier that rotates and carries a toner image by a surface layer disposed on a surface thereof; a charging roll that charges the surface layer while the image carrier completes one or more rotations; a power supply unit that supplies a current to... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070166057 - Image forming apparatus and layer thickness measuring method: An image forming apparatus includes: a photoconductor having a photoconductive layer on an outer surface thereof; a charging portion that charges the photoconductor; a developing portion that develops a latent image formed on the photoconductor; a transfer portion that transfers a developed image; current detectors respectively provided to the charging... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070166060 - Image forming apparatus: A toner-cartridge-side wireless communication device is attached to a bottom wall of a toner cartridge. A developing-unit-side wireless communication device is attached to an inner position of a toner cartridge mounting portion of a developing unit. The toner-cartridge-side wireless communication device and the developing-unit-side wireless communication device are arranged as... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20070166062 - Fixing device and fixing method: A fixing device includes a first heater provided at a central part of a roller body in a longitudinal direction thereof and a second heater provided at the end of the roller body in the longitudinal direction thereof. A single thermostat is provided at a position where the difference between... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20070166063 - Image formation apparatus: An image formation apparatus is provided and includes: a photoconductor; a charging section that applies a bias voltage having an AC voltage superposed on a DC voltage to the photoconductor so as to charge the photoconductor; a controller that controls at least one of the AC voltage and an AC... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070166064 - Image output apparatus, output image control method and output image control program: An image output apparatus capable of controlling the image density for a specific level in a short time and with accuracy and no control failure. When the values of manipulated variables that are control parameters of the output image quality or a controlled variable are calculated and the parameter values... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070166066 - Image formation apparatus: An image formation apparatus includes: a photoconductor; a charging section that applies a bias voltage having an AC voltage superposed on a DC voltage and charges the photoconductor; a controller that controls at least one of the AC voltage and an AC current applied by the charging section; and a... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070166070 - Cartridge and image forming apparatus: A cartridge set in a main body of an image forming apparatus including a developer roller positioned opposite a photosensitive member and a frame including the developer roller and in contact with an urging unit, wherein the urging unit is structured to urged the developer roller towards the photosensitive member,... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20070166071 - Belt member driving mechanism, belt member driving method and image forming apparatus: A belt member driving mechanism includes a first roller having a rotation shaft and configured to be rotated in a first direction, a belt member including a belt surface having a predetermined width in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and configured to be rotated by a driving... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070166055 - Image forming apparatus for communicating with sheet processing apparatus for executing post-process to sheet: In an image forming system having an image forming apparatus which forms an image onto a sheet and a sheet processing apparatus which is connected to the image forming apparatus and executes a post-process to the sheet, an abnormality in communication between the image forming apparatus and the sheet processing... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20070166056 - Image forming apparatus and output setting method of consumed status of consumable items of the image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus which uses a consumable item is disclosed. The image forming apparatus includes a consumed status detecting unit which detects a value of the consumed status of the consumable item, a determining unit which determines whether to output an exchange message of the consumable item by comparing... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070166061 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: An image forming apparatus includes a toner bottle, a supply unit that supplies toner from the toner bottle to a downstream side, a door that is openably provided to execute toner replenishment, an opening/closing sensor that senses opening/closing of the door, and a unit that renders the supply unit inoperable... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070166059 - Image forming apparatus, toner counter and method of calculating toner consumption amount: The toner consumption amount in the image forming apparatus is calculated accurately. The printing dot subject to process (mark of a circle with hatching) is divided into classes depending upon the number of adjacent dot (mark of a white circle) present around the dot subject to process, and the number... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070166065 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method using decolorizing toner: An amount of toner adhered to a toner image formed on the photosensitive drum using decolorizing toner when forming an image is controlled to 0.75 (mg/cm2) or below. As a result, a toner image formed on a paper is erased satisfactorily for the purpose of reusing the paper and the... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070166067 - Fixing device: A fixing device for infallibly reduce the heating output without using a control circuit if an excessive temperature rise of a rotary heating member is predicted even if the control circuit fails or runs away. In the fixing device (200), heating of a fixing belt (230) for heat-fixing an unfixed... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070166068 - Image forming apparatus, subunit replacing method, and maintenance method of an image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus that includes: a movable unit that can move between a first position that is for when image formation is being performed and a second position that is retreated from the first position; a first display that is used when the movable unit is in the first... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070166069 - Heat roller of image forming apparatus: A heat roller of an image forming apparatus is capable of preventing a terminal from being broken and improving contact performance of the terminal. The heat roller includes a heat transfer pipe, a heat generating body disposed at the heat transfer pipe and generating heat, a terminal to apply power... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070166072 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a belt unit detachably installed in a main body, a first positioning mechanism provided in the main body to rotatably support a first support roller, a second positioning mechanism provided in the main body to rotatably support a second support roller, an urging mechanism that... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20070166073 - Image forming unit and moving unit: An image forming apparatus includes a cover frame that holds a held shaft of an optical writing unit to allow a free movement thereof and urges the optical writing unit in a predetermined direction by using an urging coil spring to bring the held portion shaft of the optical writing... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070166074 - Image forming apparatus and process cartridge removably mounted thereto: An image forming apparatus of the present invention includes an apparatus body, an image carrier for carrying a latent image on its surface, and a developing device for developing the latent image to thereby produce a corresponding toner image. A removable member is removably mounted to the apparatus body and... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070166075 - method and apparatus for image forming capable of effectively eliminating color displacement by recognizing a rotational position of a rotating member with a mechanism using detection marks: An image forming apparatus includes a rotating member, a motor configured to rotate the rotating member, and a marking member having primary and secondary portions. The image forming apparatus also includes a mark sensor configured to detect the primary and secondary portions, and output a primary signal and a secondary... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070166076 - Conductive member, process cartridge using conductive member and image formation apparatus using process cartridge: The present invention provides a conductive member 10 with a superior durability by controlling an electric resistance value of an electric resistance adjusting layer 2 within a semi conductive range, preventing an ion conductive material from bleeding out of the electric resistance adjusting layer 2 to avoid improper charging and... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070166078 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: An image forming apparatus includes: a positioning unit which is structured so as to mount plural developers holding toner of the same color and which selectively moves and positions one of the mounted developers to a predetermined development position; an image carrier which carries toner images on its surface and... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070166077 - Line head and image forming apparatus using the same: A line head includes light-emitting element lines formed by arranging a plurality of light sources in a line shape in a main scanning direction. Each of the light sources is turned on/off corresponding to image data. Light beams emitted from the light sources pass through a lens array to form... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070166079 - Developing apparatus and image forming apparatus using same: A developing apparatus using a two-component developer constituted by a magnetic carrier and a toner, and an image forming apparatus comprising the developing apparatus. A developing unit and a stirring unit are provided, and in order to suppress toner scattering that may occur after a development operation has been halted... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070166080 - Image forming apparatus and control method for driving the same: An image forming apparatus and control method, the image forming apparatus including: a first image bearing body and a second image bearing body aligned to form predetermined color images; a transfer belt supported by a driving roller and a driven roller, to transfer images onto a printing medium; a first... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070166081 - Image forming apparatus operable in a duplex print mode: An image forming apparatus capable of forming images on both sides of a recording medium of the present invention includes a first image carrier on which a toner image to be formed, and a second image carrier to which the toner image is transferred from the first image carrier. The... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070166082 - Transfer position controlling apparatus, image forming device having the same and transfer position controlling method thereof: A transfer position controlling apparatus of an image forming device includes an encoding part having a plurality of first encoding elements formed in a longitudinally spaced apart relation on a transfer belt, a sensing part having a first detecting sensor to detect the plurality of first encoding elements, the sensing... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070166083 - Fixing device and image forming apparatus using the same: A fixing device includes i) two surface moving bodies, at least one of which is driven so that the surface moving bodies come in contact with each other, a nip is formed, and surfaces of the surface moving bodies in contact move in the same direction, and ii) a heat... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070166084 - Fixing device and image forming apparatus: A fixing device for fixing a toner image onto a recording medium, includes: a belt member rotatably provided; a heating section that heats the belt member; a pressurization member, placed so as to be pressed against the belt member, that forms a nip portion to allow the recording medium to... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070166085 - Image forming apparatus including a fixing apparatus capable of effectively maintaining fixability for an extended period of use: An image forming apparatus includes a toner image forming mechanism that forms a toner image on a recording medium and a fixing mechanism that fixes the toner image on the recording medium. The fixing mechanism includes a fixing apparatus. The fixing apparatus includes: an elastic roller having a stiffness greater... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070166086 - Image forming apparatus: In an image forming apparatus, an image forming condition is changed depending on whether or not a recording material on which a toner image is formed is ordinary high gloss paper or thermoplastic resin coated paper. More specifically, in the case where a high gloss mode is selected during image... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070166087 - Lubricant applying unit, process cartridge, image forming apparatus, and image forming method: A lubricant applying unit includes a lubricant composed of metal salt of fatty acid; an applying member that applies the lubricant on a subject under lubricant application; and a spreading member that forms a thin layer of the lubricant applied on the subject. The spreading member spreads the lubricant in... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070166088 - Image forming apparatus, image forming system and program for image forming: An image forming apparatus comprises a conveyance section which conveys at least one sheet of a second special sheet group so as to be inserted between two special sheets of a first special sheet group on a stacking section. A rest of special sheets which belong to the same set... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070166089 - paper discharging system for use with an image forming apparatus and a discharging method using the paper discharging system: A system of an image forming apparatus having a fixing unit at which toner is fixed to a recording medium, including a discharging roller, which conveys the recording medium along a conveying path and which discharges the recording medium from the image forming apparatus after the recording medium passes the... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070160377 - Charging applied voltage control in an image forming apparatus: When image forming is performed by the photosensitive drum according to operating conditions corresponding to an image forming mode selected out of a predetermined plurality of candidates, the actual cumulative number of printed sheets Pi is corrected and recorded based on the image forming mode (monochrome mode or color mode;... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070160376 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus is provided in which on-surface potential unevenness of an image carrier can be suppressed, and with which an output image having excellent on-surface uniformity of color or the like can be obtained. The image forming apparatus includes: a photoconductive image carrier; charger which charges the image... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070160375 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus (1) comprises a positioning mechanism (53) which displaces a first bearing (63) bearing a first end (62a) of a rotation shaft (62) of a backup roller (52) so that a rotation axis of the backup roller (52) takes a predetermined angle with respect to a rotation... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070160378 - Image forming apparatus, charging process apparatus, and image forming system: This invention enables users of image forming apparatuses to be charged fairly by preventing the users from being charged for consumable supply usage consumed because of a reason that the user is not responsible for such as paper jamming. The image forming system according to this invention includes an image... Agent: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld L.L.P.

20070160379 - Electronic device and image forming apparatus: An electronic device includes: a first electrical component; a second electrical component; a drive control unit that controls a driving of the second electrical component; and a power supply unit that supplies power to the first electrical component, wherein the drive control unit is connected via the first electrical component... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070160380 - Electrophotographic color image forming apparatus: A color electrophotographic image forming apparatus usable with process cartridges detachably mountable to a main assembly of the apparatus, the cartridges each including an electrophotographic photosensitive drum and means actable on the drum, includes a movable member which is movable between an inside of the main assembly of the apparatus... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070160381 - Image forming apparatus: When a guide lever is in a toner open position, a space is formed between an upper surface of the guide lever and a lower surface of a flat bed unit as a part of a transport path of a paper. Therefore, the paper is turned forward around in a... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20070160382 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a process unit which has an image carrier and a scanner unit which exposes the image carrier to light, a pair of sheet metal frames which support and position the process unit and the scanner unit, and a pair of resin frames which support at... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20070160383 - Image forming apparatus: An operation lever is configured to swing about a rotation axis. Regulating members that regulate the movement of the operation lever along the rotation axis thereof are integrally formed with a cover.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070160384 - Electrophotographic image forming apparatus: An electrophotographic image forming apparatus with which a process cartridge having an electrophotographic photosensitive member is usable, the apparatus includes a transfer member contactable to the photosensitive member to transfer a toner image from the photosensitive member thereonto; a tray for carrying the cartridge, the tray being movable between a... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070160385 - Electrophotographic image forming apparatus: An electrophotographic image forming apparatus to which a process cartridge including an electrophotographic photosensitive drum is detachably mountable, the electrophotographic image forming apparatus includes a main assembly frame having an opening; a main assembly door movable between a closing position for closing the opening and an opening position for opening... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070160386 - Electrophotographic image forming apparatus: An electrophotographic image forming apparatus to which a plurality of process cartridge are detachably mountable, the cartridge including an electrophotographic photosensitive drum, a developing roller for developing, with a developer, an electrostatic latent image formed on the drum, a first frame supporting the drum, and a second frame supporting the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070160387 - Image formation apparatus: An image formation apparatus comprises: an image formation apparatus main body; plural image formation units being provided detachably in the image formation apparatus main body, each of the image formation units including an image carrier and an exposure device that applies light to the image carrier for writing a latent... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070160388 - Process cartridge and image forming apparatus: A process cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, the main assembly including an opening, a door movable between a close position for closing the opening and an open position for opening the opening, a first force application member movable with movement of the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070160389 - Pin array scorotron charging system for small diameter printer photoreceptors: Non-contact corona charging of a small radius moving surface to a desired surface voltage with a single corona charging system with a first corona generator applying a first charge through a screen grid having a first bias voltage to initially charge the surface to more than half of the desired... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20070160390 - Developing device driver and an image forming apparatus using the same: A developing device driver according to the present invention includes a developing roller gear connected to each developing roller to develop an electrostatic latent image formed on a photoconductive medium with developer having predetermined color, a driving source for generating power for rotating the developing roller gear, a driving gear... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070160391 - Development apparatus and image forming apparatus using the same: A development apparatus includes a development roller for developing a latent image formed on an image bearing member by means of a liquid developer, an anilox roller for supplying the liquid developer to the development roller and a supply roller arranged in a developer container for containing the liquid developer... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070160392 - Image forming apparatus capable of reducing an occurrence of developer depletion in a development unit: An image forming apparatus includes an electrostatic latent image carrier carrying an electrostatic latent image and a development unit that develops the electrostatic latent image. The development unit includes a developer carrier, first, second, and third developer conveyers, and an opening area. The developer carrier is disposed opposing to the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070160393 - Toner container and image forming apparatus: A toner container detachably attached to a toner-container holder of a main body of an image forming apparatus includes a container body that includes an opening, and discharges toner contained in the container body, from the opening; and a held portion that is held by the toner-container holder in a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070160394 - Toner container and image forming apparatus: A toner container includes a longitudinal container body and a held portion. The longitudinal container body has a first end and second end distal to the first end in a length direction of the container body and a gripper attached to the second end. The held portion is attached to... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070160395 - Developing device and an image forming apparatus: A developing device configured to form toner cloud without making toner particles adhere to the electrostatic transport substrate having electrodes. By applying periodical voltages to electrodes, electrically charged toner particles float on the electrostatic transport substrate. Also, a rotatable toner transporter designed to carry toner particles floating on the electrostatic... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070160396 - Transfer unit and image forming apparatus: Latent images of different colors are superimposed on an intermediate transfer belt of an endless type from image carriers, to form a full color toner image. A tension roller maintains a tension of the intermediate transfer belt. A driving roller drives the intermediate transfer belt. A biasing unit applies the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070160397 - Fixing unit, electro-photographic image forming apparatus having the same, and printing method thereof: A fixing unit, an electro-photographic image forming apparatus having the same, and a printing method thereof are provided. The electro-photographic image forming apparatus includes a printing unit that forms a toner image on a recording medium by an electro-photographic method, a heat roller, a first pressure roller that faces the... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070160398 - Fixing unit for electrophotographic image forming apparatus: A fixing unit for fixing a toner image on a paper sheet is provided with a heat roller which heats a paper sheet on which a toner image is transferred; a pressure roller which forms a contact nip with the heat roller and presses the paper sheet passing through the... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070160399 - Automatic document feeder having a document control roller: An automatic document feeder includes a front feeding roller set, a rear feeding roller set, a document control roller and a movement-driving mechanism. The document control roller is disposed between the front feeding roller set and the rear feeding roller set and is located above a scan platen with a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070160400 - Sheet post-processing apparatus: A sheet post-processing apparatus to eject a recorded sheet, conveyed from an image forming apparatus, into a designated mailing bin, including an intermediate stacking section, arranged inside a housing of the post-processing apparatus, having a stacker to stack the plural recorded sheets conveyed from the image forming apparatus, an alignment... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070154230 - Method and apparatus for controlling fixing temperature of image forming device: A method and apparatus are provided for controlling a fixing temperature of an image forming device. The method includes measuring a temperature of a heat roller and a temperature of a pressure roller, which are included in a fixing unit, calculating a temperature difference between the temperature of the heat... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070154227 - Storing printer density control parameters in cartridge memory: Data may be obtained in the form of a printer control density table from a memory within a replacement toner cartridge. The cartridge may include parity bits to ensure the accuracy of the data.... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20070154228 - Universal smart chip cartridge for multiple printing apparatus: A marking material cartridge for use with associated marking devices is provided. A universal electronic system is provided on a housing holding marking material. The universal electronic system stores first and second sets of configuration data for configuring the cartridge for operation with marking devices of first and second types.... Agent: Timothy E. Nauman, Esq. Fay, Sharpe, Fagan, Minnich & Mckee, LLP

20070154229 - Universal developer for color and black printing systems: A method of supplying toner to a printing device includes providing a universal developer for at least two colors. A developer system includes a universal developer unit and a developing station that develops an image using the toner and the universal developer. The universal developer may be provided to each... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC.

20070154231 - Electric potential measuring device using oscillating device, image forming apparatus, and electric potential measuring method: To provide an electric potential measuring device which is useful in realizing size reduction, high sensitivity, and high reliability. The electric potential measuring device includes: an oscillating device which includes torsion springs, and an oscillating body axially supported by the springs to oscillate; and signal detecting unit which is located... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20070154232 - Contacting removable printer cartridges: Resilient wire contacts may be utilized to make electrical contact from printer housings to replaceable printer cartridges such as toner cartridges. As a result, power may be supplied from the printer housing to the printer cartridge in a way that the printer cartridge may be removed and replaced and the... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20070154233 - Image forming device capable of preventing wear to electrodes: An image forming device includes an image-bearing unit and a unit accommodating section. The image-bearing unit includes a plurality of image forming unit each having an image bearing member on which an electrostatic latent image is formed. The image-bearing unit is detachably accommodated in the unit accommodating section by being... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20070154234 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, a pair of first foot portions which is disposed close to one side of a bottom surface of the apparatus body and has a first distance therebetween, and a pair of second foot portions which is disposed close to another side of... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20070154235 - Image carrier toner unit and image forming apparatus: A disclosed image carrier toner unit includes: an image carrier; a supporting member configured to be integrated with the image carrier, the supporting member supporting the image carrier; and a toner storage unit configured to be integrated with the supporting member, the toner storage unit storing toner for developing a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070154236 - Developing cartridge for electrophotographic image forming apparatus and cover for protecting photosensitive medium: A developing cartridge of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus includes a housing, a photosensitive medium disposed in the housing, a developing unit which mixes a bi-component developing agent including carrier and toner and supplies the bi-component developing agent to form a toner image onto a surface of the photosensitive medium,... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20070154237 - Apparatus for preventing a developer cartridge of an image forming apparatus from being mistakenly installed or removed: A developer cartridge is constituted to be mounted attachably and detachably in a direction orthogonal to a rotating shaft of a developing unit main body and the image forming apparatus main body is constituted to provide an operation hampering member for hampering at least a portion of a developer cartridge... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070154238 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus, includes: a mainframe having an opening portion; an electrostatic latent image carrier being loadable in and unloadable from the mainframe through the opening portion; a transport path; a first opening and closing member provided openably and closably on the mainframe so as to open and close... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070154239 - Electrophotographic photosensitive member and image forming apparatus provided with the same: The present invention relates to an electrophotographic photosensitive member and an image forming apparatus provided with the same. The electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a substantially cylindrical body and a photosensitive layer having a latent image forming area formed on the body. In the photosensitive layer incorporated in the image forming... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070154240 - Conductive roller for an image forming apparatus: The present invention relates to conductive adhesives that may be used within an image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus may include printing devices such as inkjet printers, electrophotographic printers, copiers, faxes, all-in-on devices or multi-functional devices. The conductive resins may be applied to the shaft of foam rolls suitable... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20070154241 - Image scanner: An image scanner is provided and includes a case having a document placement surface, two carriages which are mounted with optical components and move by running on rails, a wire drive mechanism for reciprocating the two carriages which are coupled to wires, and a movement restricting member for restricting a... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070154242 - Developing device for developing latent images to toner images: A developing device including a development part for developing latent images to toner images. The developing device also includes an agitation part that agitates developer, and a controller, which controls an agitation strength of an agitator in the agitation part. The developer circulates between the development part and the agitation... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070154243 - Toner container and image forming apparatus: A toner container detachably attached to a toner-container holder of a main body of an image forming apparatus includes a container body that includes an opening, and discharges toner contained in the container body, from the opening; and a held portion that is held by the toner-container holder in a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070154244 - Toner container and image forming apparatus: A toner container includes a longitudinal container body and a held portion. The longitudinal container body has a first end and a second end distal to the first end in a length direction of the container body. The container body includes a gear configured to engage with a drive gear... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070154245 - System and method for minimizing residual charge effects in a printing device: A development unit for a printing device is described. An equalizing element is provided to minimize residual charges which cause ghosting. The equalizing element can, for example, be a roller or a blade positioned downstream of a cleaning nip between the cleaning roller and the development roller and charged to... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070154246 - Cleaning device, process cartridge, image forming apparatus and toner: A cleaning device, a process cartridge, an image forming apparatus and toner are disclosed to maintain improved cleaning performance for a long time. The cleaning device includes a cleaning blade, an antifriction agent coating part and a toner removing part. The cleaning blade is disposed in contact with a surface... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070154247 - Position clutch device and image forming apparatus using the same: An improved position clutch includes a motor, a worm gear shaft, a cam gear, a cam shaft, and a cam. The worm gear shaft is rotated by the motor and has a worm gear portion on a predetermined section of the end of the shaft. The cam gear has at... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070154248 - Duplex scanning device having a rotatable scanning unit and duplex scanning method thereof: A duplex scanning device includes a casing, a transporting mechanism, a scanning unit and a scanning unit rotating mechanism. The transporting mechanism transports a sheet along a transporting passageway, which includes a front passageway, a middle passageway and a rear passageway. The scanning unit rotatably mounted on the casing scans... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070154249 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus including a medium storage portion, a supply roller, a conveyance roller, a drive device and a transmission device is provided. The supply roller is rotary driven in a forward direction as a rotating direction to convey the recording mediums to a position for image formation, thereby... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department