Electrophotography inventions 01/08

20080025734 - Automated detection and notification of the need for service and/or supplies replenishment in a machine: A system for automatically detecting the need to service a machine. The system includes a processor and at least one of a device component and a supply component. The processor determines a time at which the device component will require repair or replacement and when the supply component will need... Agent: John R. Doherty Wiggin And Dana

20080025735 - Toner cartridge and image forming apparatus: The invention relates to a toner cartridge attachable/detachable to/from a main body of an image forming apparatus, which includes a toner container that is inserted in a housing unit of the image forming apparatus and can be mounted, and a code pattern that is provided on an outer peripheral surface... Agent: SocalIPLaw Group LLP

20080025736 - Image processing device, image processing and forming system, computer readable medium, computer data signal, and image processing method: Provided is an image processing device that: adds an identification image forming instruction, to form an identification image for identifying a recording medium on which an image is formed by an image forming device, to a user image forming instruction from a user to the image forming device; holds information... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080025738 - Toner density estimating method and apparatus useing toner image and toner supplying method and apparatus: A toner density estimating method for a two-component developer is provided. The toner density estimating method includes: sensing photo-reflectance of a test pattern having a plurality of grayscales formed by using toner; calculating a rate of change of the photo-reflectance according to the grayscales of the test pattern; and estimating... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20080025739 - Environmental controls for operation of an electrostatographic developer unit having multiple magnetic brush rolls: A development station in an electrostatographic imaging machine may be controlled to improve toner halftone dot development over a wide range of environmental conditions. The development station includes a developer housing for retaining a quantity of developer having semi-conductive carrier particles and toner particles, a first magnetic roll having a... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck, LLP Chase Tower

20080025741 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: An image forming apparatus of the invention includes a photoconductor, an exposure unit to expose the photoconductor, a developing unit to develop the photoconductor to form a developed image, a transfer unit to transfer the developed image onto a transfer-receiving member, an image patch creation unit to create an image... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080025742 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: In an image forming apparatus, a toner image formed on a photosensitive drum is primarily transferred onto an intermediate transfer belt. The toner image on the intermediate transfer belt is secondarily transferred onto a transfer material by a secondary transfer roller in contact with the intermediate transfer belt. A relation... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080025743 - Powder conveying device, developing device, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus: A powder conveying device includes a powder container, a powder conveying tube, a powder conveying member, and a detecting unit. The powder container is configured to contain powder. The powder conveying tube guides the powder from the powder container to a conveyance destination located downward from the powder container. The... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080025744 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: The present invention provides an image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus includes plural image carriers, an endless intermediate transfer belt, plural first transfer members and a second transfer member. The image forming apparatus starts application of the transfer bias sequentially from the first transfer members disposed upstream and continues... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080025746 - Image heating apparatus: An image heating apparatus includes a heating rotatable member for heating an image on the recording material in a nip; and a first fan and a second fan for cooling one and the other and portions of said the heating rotatable member with respect to a rotational axis of said... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080025745 - Phase controlling device, fuser controlling device having the same, and phase controlling method: A phase controlling device of reduced cost, a fuser controlling device including the phase controlling device, and a phase controlling method. The phase controlling device includes: a first signal generating unit generating an error signal that corresponds to a difference between the reference temperature of the fuser and the actual... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080025747 - Laser scanning apparatus and image forming device having the same: A laser scanning apparatus capable of preventing a secondary contamination of light transmitting windows and an image forming device having the same include a light emitting unit to emit light, a cover connected to a laser scanning apparatus body, and having at least one light transmitting window through which light... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080025748 - Image forming apparatus, image forming method and image forming system: An image forming apparatus of an example of the invention includes first connecting means for receiving image data, second connecting means for receiving control information for subjecting the image data to output control, the control information corresponding to the image data, third connecting means for communicating first print job information... Agent: SocalIPLaw Group LLP

20080025750 - Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus: An optical scanning device includes a polygon scanner that deflects and scans light beams, a body on which the polygon scanner directly mounted, and a heat dissipating unit that dissipates heat of the deflection scanning unit. The heat dissipating unit is located at a position on an outer surface of... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080025752 - Exposure device and image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes: an image carrier that carries a latent image; an exposure device, which includes a light source and an optical member, for focusing, on the image carrier, light emitted by the light source that is used to form a latent image on the image carrier; and... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080025737 - Image forming apparatus: After the start of an image formation operation, feeding of a sheet on which an image is to be formed is started, and an image formed on an image carrier is transferred onto the fed sheet. On the other hand, after the start of the image formation operation, in a... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080025740 - Image forming apparatus, program for image forming apparatus, and driver program for image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a single-sided image forming unit that forms an image on a first side of a sheet and discharges the sheet in a predetermined discharge state, a first double-sided image forming unit that forms an image of an even page on a first side of the... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080025749 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a main body casing, a device that is positioned within a main body casing and having a function, a displacement member positioned in a main body casing and capable of displacement between an initial position and a stop position which causes the device to perform... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080025751 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes an imaging unit for black and imaging units for other colors, a writing unit for black and a writing unit for other colors, a first heater corresponding to the imaging unit and the writing unit for black color, and a second heater corresponding to the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080025753 - Roll, replacement unit, and image forming apparatus: A roll includes a shaft, and a foamed material coating the shaft that includes a first section that extends from the shaft to a surface of the foamed material and has electrical resistance, a value of which is within a first range, and a second section that extends from the... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080025754 - Toner for developing electrostatic latent image and method of manufacturing same, electrostatic latent image developer, cartridge, and image forming apparatus: A toner for developing an electrostatic latent image that includes a crystalline polyester resin and a release agent, wherein structures in which the crystalline polyester resin contacts the release agent exist in a ruthenium-stained cross section of the toner, and if the cross-sectional area of these structures is labeled A,... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080025755 - Mobile image forming apparatus: A mobile image forming apparatus forming an image on a media including a main body, a folding part, which is provided to be folded and unfolded via a predetermined rotating shaft, rotating between a closed configuration coupled to the main body and an opened configuration opened from the main body... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080025756 - Developing unit having foldable handle and image forming apparatus having the same: An image forming apparatus is provided having a developing unit including a handle. The developing unit of the image forming apparatus includes at least one of a photosensitive body and a developing roller developing a developer on the photosensitive body. A case protects the image forming unit and a handle... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20080025757 - Developer feeding member, developing apparatus, process cartridge and developer feeding member mounting method: A developer feeding member for use with an electrophotographic image forming apparatus to feed a developer accommodated in a developer accommodating portion, includes a shaft for receiving a driving force to rotate when the shaft is mounted in the developer accommodating portion; a flexible sheet for feeding the developer accommodated... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080025758 - Image forming apparatus and developing agent cartridge: An image forming apparatus is described. The image forming apparatus may include: a casing; a plurality of image carriers parallelly arranged along one direction in the casing, and formed with an electrostatic latent image; a plurality of developing agent carriers opposed to the image carriers, for visualizing the electrostatic latent... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080025759 - Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus: where A is the maximum distance between the light emitting points and an optical axis of the coupling optical element, θ is a divergence angle (full-width half-maximum) of the light beams, F is a focal length of the coupling optical element, and D is an effective radius of the coupling... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080025760 - Image forming apparatus and photo sensor: A photo sensor of the invention includes a photo coupler having a light emitting element and a light receiving element arranged and disposed to be spaced from each other by a specified interval, and a prism capable of being coupled to the photo coupler, having an optical path to guide... Agent: SocalIPLaw Group LLP

20080025762 - Developing apparatus and image forming apparatus including same: In the developing apparatus of the present invention, a first agitating and carrying screw has in its vicinity a toner supply opening, through which toner is supplied, on an upstream side in a direction to which developer is carried, the first agitating and carrying member being provided farther from the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080025761 - Developing device used in image forming apparatus, and process cartridge with the developing device: A developing device that has a reduced size and prevents a low-concentration developer to be drawn up to the developer carrier again, and further prevents the occurrence of irregularity of image density, and also a process cartridge and an image forming apparatus. A central axis of a developer supply device,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080025763 - Powder conveying apparatus: A powder conveying apparatus, comprising a powder container for storing powder and a powder agitating/conveying member provided in the powder container, wherein the powder agitating/conveying member includes: a shaft revolving around the axis; a primary conveying blade provided on the external surface of the shaft in such a manner that... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080025764 - Toner container: A toner container installed in an image forming apparatus includes a toner container main body having a predetermined length and in which toner is accommodated, a discharge port through which the toner is discharged from the toner container main body, a shutter which opens and closes the discharge port, a... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080025765 - Toner-regulating roller having specific surface elastic force, developing apparatus and developing method using the same: t

20080025766 - Developing apparatus and assembly method of developing apparatus: The blade back seal, which integrally comprises the side portions extending in the vertical direction at the longitudinal end portions of the leaf spring member and the connecting portion for connecting the side portions at the longitudinal center portion of the leaf spring member, is interposed between the leaf spring... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080025767 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus comprises: a revolving image bearing member on which a toner image is formed; a transfer member that is provided at a position facing the surface of the image bearing member and transferring the toner image electrostatically on a transfer sheet traveling between the image bearing member... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080025768 - Image formation device and paper feed mechanism: An image formation device includes an image formation unit and a paper feed mechanism. The image formation unit is configured to print an image on a recording paper. The paper feed mechanism includes a feed roller, a press roller, cylindrical press rings and press roller bearings. The feed roller is... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20080025769 - Fixing device, image forming apparatus and sheet conveying device: A fixing device includes a pair of rotating bodies forming a nip portion, for fixing an image formed on the surface of a sheet to the sheet; and a separating pawl having a leading end portion and a tailing end portion, a tip part of the leading end portion being... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080025770 - Planetary dual stepper drives: An electrostatic marking system is provided having a power source(s) in each of its processing stations. A specialized power source is made up of two stepper motors in operative connection to a planetary gearset. This gearset is comprised of a sun gear, a set of planet gears supported by a... Agent: James J. Ralabate

20080025771 - Image heating apparatus: An image heating apparatus for heating a toner image formed on a recording material is constituted by a roller contactable with a toner image carrying surface of the recording material; a heating member for heating the roller, the hating member contacting a surface of the roller, wherein the toner image... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080025773 - Fixing unit having enhanced temperature control and image forming apparatus using the same: A fixing unit includes a rotatable fixing member and a rotatable pressure applying member. The rotatable fixing member has a heat generating layer to generate heat when subject to a magnetic flux. The rotatable pressure applying member contacts the rotatable fixing member and applies pressure to the fixing member. The... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080025772 - Fixing unit having enhanced heating efficiency and image forming apparatus using the same: A fixing unit includes: a shaft; a heatable rotating member, mounted for rotation on the shaft, for fixing an image on a recording medium, the heatable rotating member having a heat generating layer heatable via a magnetic flux; a magnetic flux generator configured to generate the magnetic flux, the magnetic... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080025774 - Image forming method and apparatus: An image forming method includes steps of electrophotographic image formation and liquid material application. The electrophotographic image forming step electrophotographically forms an image on a recording medium having at least one transparent portion. The transparent portion has a surface to receive the image thereon. The applying step applies a coating... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080025775 - Carbon nanotube composites for blade cleaning in electrophotographic marking systems: A cleaning blade is used to clean a photoreceptor surface in an electrophotographic marking system. The elastomeric blade contains an amount of carbon nanotubes that improves the mechanical, electrical and thermal properties for cleaning the photoreceptor surface. The nanotubes can be disposed throughout the elastomer in the blade or can... Agent: James J. Ralabate

20080025776 - Sheet feeder, image forming apparatus and sheet feeder control method: A sheet feeder includes a sheet feed roller provided at a position of the upstream side of an aligning roller along the sheet conveying direction, a clutch to transmit and cut off the driving force from a driving source to rotate the feed roller, a rotary shaft connected to the... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080025777 - Apparatus and method for detecting sheet to image registration: A method and apparatus for detecting sheet to image registration of images being transferred from an intermediate image carrier to the sheet.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080019707 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: An image forming apparatus is installed in a digital multifunction peripheral (MFP) having a copying function of recording images continuously and a function of transmitting and receiving information to and from an external apparatus. The image forming apparatus includes a first storing section which stores recording media before recording, a... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080019709 - Power control apparatus and method of using a power control apparatus in an image forming device: A method and apparatus to control power supplied to a paper transfer belt (PTB) unit and a laser scanning unit (LSU) included in an image forming device includes the PTB unit to transfer a developed latent image onto a printing medium, the LSU to scan light onto a photosensitive medium,... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080019712 - Toner replenishing method, toner replenishing apparatus, and computer readable recording medium: A pixel count section calculates a coverage rate corresponding to toner consumption. A control coefficient value setting section determines, based on the coverage rate, a stop threshold value representing reference concentration for toner replenishment and replenishment extension time. A magnetic permeability sensor measures permeability representing toner concentration in a housing... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080019713 - Image forming apparatus: A printer as an image forming apparatus controls to discharge the tab sheets that became no longer necessary when the type of tab sheets supplied is changed. Thus, the printer controls to discharge the tab sheets that became no longer necessary while printing a unit number of copies for a... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080019714 - Image forming apparatus and print head: An image forming apparatus includes: a photosensitive body; a print head for exposing the photosensitive body; a synchronous pattern detection unit which is disposed so as to be integrated into the print head, the synchronous pattern detection unit detecting a synchronous pattern which is previously formed on an unexposed part... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080019715 - Image forming apparatus: Provided is an image forming apparatus including an image forming section forming images on image forming faces of a recording medium, a condition setting section individually setting an operating condition of the image forming section for forming the image on a first image forming face of a recording medium and... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080019717 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes: a primary transfer section which transfers a toner image formed in an image forming section onto an intermediate transfer belt; a back-up roller arranged on an inner periphery side of the intermediate transfer belt; a secondary transfer roller that is in pressure contact with the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080019718 - Image formation apparatus: An image formation apparatus is disclosed. The image formation apparatus includes a transfer effectiveness detector that further includes a computing unit for converting a sensor output voltage into a toner adhesion amount, and a transfer effectiveness detecting unit for obtaining transfer effectiveness by comparing a toner adhesion amount Td on... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080019720 - Charging-roller bearing member, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus: A first bearing member and a second bearing member fit in a first side and a second side of a rotating shaft in the axial direction, respectively. The first bearing member is held by a supporting portion provided in a casing on a side corresponding to an emplacing member of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080019719 - Imaging method for universal printers using an image-on-image process: A method of printing using an image-on-image device that includes a photoreceptor, including monochrome exposing the photoreceptor or monochrome charging the photoreceptor, wherein monochrome exposing the photoreceptor includes charging the photoreceptor, successively exposing the photoreceptor in a monochrome mode using a plurality of exposing devices during a single revolution of... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC.

20080019721 - Image forming apparatus: One embodiment of the present invention can include an image forming apparatus having an image carrier, a light emitting portion capable of emitting a light towards a predetermined position, a light receiving portion capable of detecting a light amount of incident light from the predetermined position, a light emission control... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080019723 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes an object to be cleaned, a cleaning device, a generation device, a control device, a voltage detection device and a load resistance detection device. The cleaning device cleans the object to be cleaned. The generation device generates a cleaning voltage in the cleaning device. The... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080019726 - Computer readable recording medium stored with control program for controlling image forming apparatus: A warning is issued to the user when the tab sheet type selected at the first tab sheet type setup section for setting up the insertion of the first tab sheet is identical to the tab sheet type selected at the second tab sheet type setup section for setting up... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080019727 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus that forms an image on a front side of a sheet then reverses the sheet front and back sides and forms an image on the backside, including: a sheet conveying path; a sheet edge portion detection sensor; a sheet reference mark detection sensor; a first determination... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080019728 - Charging device and image forming apparatus: A charging device includes a rotatable screw gear, a motor, a support, and a protruding member. The screw gear is positioned along length of a linear electrode. The motor rotates the screw gear in forward and reverse directions. The support holds the cleaning member mounted so as to be in... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080019708 - Image recording medium and method and apparatus for producing the same: An image recording medium includes a first sheet and a second sheet. The first sheet further includes a transparent portion having a transparent adhesive layer on which a mirror image of an original image is formed. The second sheet is formed of non-transparent material having a color distinguishable from a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080019710 - Image-forming apparatus: An image-forming apparatus, which is capable of reducing the vast amounts of input lines to the image-forming apparatus, possesses versatility so as to be able to deal with changes in the image-forming system configuration without increasing the number of signal lines, and can hold down costs. The image-forming apparatus has... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080019711 - Image forming apparatus that judges lifetime of photosensitive unit: The residual potential and charging potential of the surface of a photosensitive drum 20, or the charging potential and exposure potential of the surface of the photosensitive drum 20 are detected by an exposure sensor 28. The lifetime of the photosensitive drum 20 is judged in accordance with the difference... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080019716 - Fixing apparatus: A fixing unit adapted to fix a developing agent onto an image forming medium by way of a heat roller containing a heater and a press roller conducts a warming up operation for the optimum warming up time as determined based on the temperature and the humidity of ambient air... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080019722 - Image forming apparatus, fixing device and fixing device control method: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit to form a developer image on a medium, a heating body to heat the developer image formed on the medium, a heat source provided in the heating body to heat the heating body, and a pressing body arranged opposite to the... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080019724 - Image forming apparatus and test pattern: An image forming apparatus includes a conveying unit that conveys a transferred medium in a first direction, an image forming unit, a controller that controls the image forming unit to form a test pattern including first and second line segments slanting toward directions opposite to each other, wherein the first... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080019725 - Peripheral unit, image forming apparatus and image forming system using the same: A peripheral unit is disclosed including a pre-processing device for performing a pre-processing process, or a post-processing device for performing a post-processing process, wherein the peripheral unit is connectable to an image forming apparatus and has multiple preparatory operation patterns in relation to power and time.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080019729 - Charging member cleaning roller, charging device, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus: There is provided a charging member cleaning roller including: a core body; and an elastic layer that is provided on a peripheral surface of the core body and includes a polyurethane foam obtained from at least a polyester polyol, a foam stabilizer, and a catalyst. Moreover, there is provided a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080019730 - Slide shutter and toner supplying apparatus having the same: A toner supplying apparatus having a sealing member. The toner supplying apparatus includes a toner tank to hold toner, the toner tank having a toner supplying hole to discharge the toner, a slide shutter disposed inside the toner tank so as to close the toner supplying hole, the slide shutter... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080019731 - Image formation apparatus and photoreceptor cartridge: An image forming apparatus, includes: a mainframe; a photoreceptor; an exposing unit that exposes a surface of the photoreceptor to form an electrostatic latent image; and a developing unit that develops the electrostatic latent image by supplying a charged developer on the surface of the photoreceptor having the electrostatic latent... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080019732 - Image formation apparatus and photoreceptor cartridge: An image forming apparatus, includes: a mainframe; a photoreceptor; an exposing unit that exposes a surface of the photoreceptor to form an electrostatic latent image; and a developing unit that develops the electrostatic latent image by supplying a charged developer on the surface of the photoreceptor having the electrostatic latent... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080019733 - Charging device and image forming apparatus: A charging device switching and executing a first mode which brings a magnetic brush including magnetic particles into contact with a photosensitive member to charge a surface of the photosensitive member and a second mode which collects, using the magnetic brush, a two-component developing agent including a toner and a... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080019734 - Imaging member having antistatic anticurl back coating: The presently disclosed embodiments relate in general to electrophotographic imaging members, such as layered photoreceptor structures, and processes for making and using the same. More particularly, the embodiments pertain to the incorporation of polyol esters and/or amides in the anticurl back coating to reduce or eliminate static charge buildup in... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

20080019735 - Electrophotographic photosensitive member, process cartridge, and electrophotographic apparatus: An electrophotographic photosensitive member has, on the surface of its photosensitive layer, has a plurality of depressed portions which are independent from one another, and, where the major-axis diameter of each depressed portion is represented by Rpc and the depth that shows the distance between the deepest part of each... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080019736 - Image forming apparatus including belt traveling unit which detects drifiting of belt postion: A belt traveling unit includes an endless belt, a drive roller and a correction roller, a driving unit, a correction unit, a contact member, a position detector and a regulating member. The endless belt is spanned between a plurality of rollers. The driving unit rotates the drive roller to drive... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080019737 - Image forming apparatus and process cartridge: In an image forming apparatus, a photoconductor and a charge roller are in contact with each other and configured to rotate together at linear velocity v (millimeters/second). In this structure, a DC voltage is applied to the photoconductor and the charge roller while they are not rotating. In this state,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080019738 - Toner supplying apparatus and method of supplying toner: A toner supplying apparatus includes a toner tank to hold toner, a supplying part projecting inside the toner tank to discharge the toner from the toner tank, and a toner agitating member rotatably disposed inside the toner tank to agitate the toner in almost an entire inner space of the... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080019739 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: Disclosed is an image forming apparatus including: a setting section to set an operation mode; a conveying section to successively convey recording media at an interval based on the set operation mode; an image forming section to form color images by forming toner images in which color toners are adhered... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080019740 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: Disclosed is an image forming apparatus includes a conveying section to convey recording media on which color images are to be formed; an image forming section to form first toner images by adhering color toners to an intermediate transfer belt and to transfer the first toner images onto the recording... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080019741 - Image forming apparatus having movable belt: An image forming apparatus includes at least one supporting roller, a movable belt supported by the supporting roller, and a shifting restricting unit to prevent the movable belt from shifting to any one side along an axial direction of the supporting roller. The shifting restricting unit includes a guide rail... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080019742 - Fixing device: In a fixing device, a magnetic flux generated by a coil passes through a magnetic circuit made of a heat generating layer of a fixing member and a magnetic substance core. The magnetic substance core includes a plurality of main cores each having an elongated form along a circumferential direction... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080019743 - Fuser member comprising deflocculated material: A fuser component useful in electrostatographic machines is provided, having a substrate, and thereover a coating composition comprising a haloelastomer, such as, for example, a fluoroelastomer, and a deflocculating agent. A fuser component comprising a deflocculating agent exhibits improved properties including, but not limited to, increased gloss and a smoother... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20080019744 - Image formation apparatus, an image formation method, an image formation program, and a recording medium: An image formation apparatus, an image formation method, an image formation program, and a recording medium are disclosed. The image formation apparatus includes a first driving source for driving a feed roller and a fixing unit, a second driving source for driving at least one of plural photo conductors and... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080019745 - Flash fixing device, image forming device using the same, and flash lamp light emission control method: A flash fixing device comprises a first and second flash lamps that emit flashes of light that fix a toner image transferred onto a recording medium and a light emission control unit that controls the light emissions of the first and second flash lamps so that the light flashes emitted... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080019746 - Image processing apparatus and control method thereof: One or more character strings are extracted from within an inputted image. The extracted character strings are retrieved to find one or more identical character strings. A determination is then made as to whether or not the identical character strings are laid out regularly, with processing performed on the inputted... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080019747 - Auto document feeder and image forming apparatus including the same: An image forming apparatus includes a roller shaft, a paper-transporting which is coupled to the roller shaft and transports a document, a driving part to supply a rotational driving force to the paper-transporting roller, a driving wheel which is coupled to the roller shaft and rotates along with the roller... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080019748 - Image forming apparatus: The number of tab sheets supplied is counted per each sheet supply tray or type of tab sheets, the number of tab sheets that became no longer necessary is calculated based on the count of the number of tab sheets supplied, and the calculated number of tab sheets that became... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080019749 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus has a printer engine which forms an image on a medium; a unit which supplies the medium to the engine through a path; an element which emits light onto the medium at a position on the path; a receiving element which receives transmitted light of the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080019750 - Fixing device and temperature control method: A fixing device includes: at least one first heating unit that heats portions near ends in a rotation axis direction of the heating roller; a second heating unit that heats the center in the rotation axis direction of the heating roller; a temperature difference judging unit that judges whether a... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080019751 - System and method for lead edge and trail edge sheet constraint and curl sensing: A lead edge and/or trail edge sheet curl sensing and constraint method and system. First and second light emitters and detector pairs are aligned such that the light beams from the first light emitter and second light emitter cross at the transport media sheet substrate path, which constitutes the path... Agent: Ortiz & Lopez, PLLC

20080019752 - Image processing apparatus: A document is made which consists of a large number of recording sheets whose originality can be certified with reliability. Different specific images are respectively formed on a plurality of recording sheets of recording sheets outputted in constant order. Confirmation holes are formed on recording sheets at higher levels than... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080013967 - Image forming apparatus, cartridge of image forming apparatus, cartridge mounting method: A cartridge storing a recording agent includes an opening through which the stored recording agent is discharged, and a cover member closing the opening. Further, a non-contact IC tag that stores information concerning the cartridge is attached to the cartridge. An image forming apparatus includes a communication unit that communicates... Agent: Gauthier & Connors, LLP

20080013966 - Image-forming apparatus, control method thereof, and control program storing medium for image-forming apparatus: An image-forming apparatus in which a replacement part is loaded includes a discrimination unit that discriminates whether or not identification data registered in the loaded replacement part correspond to either inherent data or group data registered in the image-forming apparatus; a determination unit that, when no correspondence is found in... Agent: Gauthier & Connors, LLP

20080013965 - Universal housing for microchips used in printer cartridges: The invention discloses a universal housing (413) for microchips used in imaging cartridges of printer machines with radially extended breakable part(s) (414, 415, 416) molded with said housing that breaks at one or more breakable joints, wherein said housing is sized to fit into the slot of a first imaging... Agent: William L. London

20080013968 - Image forming apparatus and control method for image forming apparatus: In an image forming apparatus capable of automatically detecting an abnormality therein, thus interrupting the operation and executing a recovery operation after the abnormal state is released, a starting position of a recovery image formation desired by a user within an object page of recovery is inputted; an address of... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080013971 - Image forming apparatus: In one embodiment of the invention, in an image forming apparatus that reverses the front and back of recording paper by performing switchback transport of the recording paper to perform duplex printing of the recording paper, the image forming apparatus is provided with a control means that, when performing duplex... Agent: Mark D. Saralino, Esq. Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP.

20080013972 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: An image forming apparatus including an image bearing member, an image forming device forming a latent image on the image bearing member and visualizing the latent image; a transfer device transferring the visual image onto a receiving material, using a moving member; a drive controller controlling driving of the image... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080013970 - Image forming apparatus and image forming process controlling method: An image forming apparatus to form an image on a sheet by permanent color toner and decolorizing toner to be decolorized includes a detector unit to detect whether a predetermined identification image to indicate execution of a image forming process by decolorizing toner is formed or not at least on... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080013975 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: An image forming apparatus is disclosed, including a fixing device and a sheet storing member. The fixing device performs both tentative fixing and regular fixing. In at least one embodiment, the fixing device performs tentative fixing for tentatively fixing a toner image on a recording sheet. Further, the fixing device... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080013974 - Image forming apparatus and method thereof: An image forming apparatus and method thereof. The image forming apparatus includes a print head having the same size as an image to be printed, a plurality of heating elements that form the image and are arranged in the form of a matrix on the print head, and a plurality... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080013978 - Lubrication-stripe system for a xerographic printer using an electrostatic cleaning brush and spots blade: A xerographic printer includes a cleaning system having an electrically biased brush and a spots blade downstream of the brush. At various times a “lubrication stripe” of dense toner is placed on the photoreceptor to lubricate the spots blade. In order for the lubrication stripe to reach the spots brush,... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20080013980 - Voltage supplying unit of developing device and image forming apparatus having the same, and a method thereof: An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of developing devices, a voltage generating part to generate a developing voltage, first switching parts to supply the voltage generated in the voltage generating part to a predetermined developing device out of the plurality of developing devices, a second switching part to selectively... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080013981 - Image forming apparatus: The image forming apparatus includes a heating means to heat a recording material to be conveyed, a cooling fan which blows air from an air blowing port facing a part of the heating means, a shutter which moves such that an opening width of the air blowing ports is regulated... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080013969 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes an intermediary transfer member for primary-transferring the toner at a primary transfer position so that a second color toner image is primary-transferred from an image carrying member onto a first color toner image which has been transferred, in an image area at the primary transfer... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080013973 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: An image forming apparatus having: image forming means for visualizing image data read out by image reading means and forming it onto transfer materials; post-processing means for executing a post-process including a stapling process, a folding process, and/or a sorting process in order to execute a book-binding process to the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080013976 - Apparatus and method for producing member having hidden information, image formation apparatus, print control apparatus, service method, and program: An apparatus produces a member having hidden information in which a sheet of conceal paper for hiding the information and a sheet of recording paper having an image recorded thereon are bonded releasably. The apparatus includes a recording paper supply section, a conceal paper supply section, and a fixing section.... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080013977 - Image forming apparatus with fixing control based on recording material type: An image forming apparatus has an image forming device for forming an image on a recording material; a heating member heating the image formed on the recording material in a nip portion; an endless belt conveying the recording material toward the nip portion formed between itself and the heating member;... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080013979 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus having an image bearing member rotatable and bearing a toner image thereon, a transferring apparatus for electrostatically transferring the toner image borne on the image bearing member to a recording material, a cleaning apparatus for electrostatically removing any toner not transferred to the recording material by... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080013982 - Developing unit and process cartridge for reducing toner scattering, and image forming apparatus using the same: A developing unit for developing a latent image formed on an image carrier includes a developer carrier, a developer regulator, and a sealing member. The developer carrier bears a developer, and is disposed facing the image carrier at a first position. The developer regulator regulates an amount of the developer,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080013983 - Toner container, toner feed device and image forming apparatus: A toner container that is removably attached to a toner feed device for feeding toner to a developing unit provided for an image forming apparatus, includes: a container body filled with toner; a supporting structure which supports the container body in a rotatable manner and has a toner feed aperture... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080013984 - Toner container, toner feed device and image forming apparatus: A toner container that is removably attached to a toner feed device for feeding toner to a developing unit provided for an image forming apparatus, includes: a container body filled with toner; and a supporting structure, which supports the container body in a rotatable manner by enclosing the outer peripheral... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080013985 - Developing roller and method of producing the same, and inspection process for developing roller product: A developing roller having a properly adjusted toner feed quantity comprises a shaft, an elastic layer and a surface covering layer, in which a JIS 10-point average roughness (Rz) of the surface is 4-7 μm and a specular gloss at 85° according to JIS Z8741 of the surface is 14-55.... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080013986 - Image forming apparatus having a detachable process cartridge and a lubricant: An image forming apparatus including at least one image bearing member; at least one charging device configured to charge a surface of the at least one image bearing member; and at least one developing device configured to develop an electrostatic latent image on the surface of the at least one... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080013987 - Toner for electrostatic image development, manufacturing method thereof, electrostatic image developer and image forming method: A toner for electrostatic image development comprising a binder resin and a colorant, the toner having a content of an aluminum element with respect to carbon of approximately 0.005 atm % to approximately 0.02 atm % as measured by X-ray photo-electron spectroscopy.... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080013988 - Developer supply container: A developer supply container detachably mountable to a developer receiving device having a receiving opening for receiving a developer, an apparatus shutter for opening and closing the receiving opening, the developer supply container including a container body for containing the developer, the container body including a discharge opening for discharging... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080013989 - Toner container in image forming apparatus: A toner container for use in an image forming apparatus to discharge toner from the toner container upon rotation of the toner container in the image forming apparatus along a direction of a rotation axis of the toner container has a cylindrical body unit for containing a toner; a cylindrical... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080013990 - Electrographic printing or copying device, and method for operating one such printing or copying device: In a method or device for operation of an electrographic printing or copying device, at least toner particles are accumulated on a surface of a first carrier element. After a transfer of toner particles onto a further carrier element, toner particles still remaining on the first carrier element are removed... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20080013991 - Fuser arranged for reduced pressure member speed, and an image forming device including the same: A fuser assembly comprises a fusing member and a pressure member, where the fusing member and the pressure member cooperatively rotate to form a fuser nip. The fuser is arranged so that the pressure member speed is reduced with respect to the fusing member speed, thus forming a reduced pressure... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20080013992 - Fixing device and image forming apparatus: A pressurizing unit includes an elastic member that has an entering portion on a side from where a recording medium enters a nip portion, an exit portion on a side from where the recording medium exits the nip portion, and a center portion between the entering portion and the exit... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080013993 - Fixing device and image forming apparatus: A pressurizing member includes an elastic member having a uniform elastic modulus of K=EA/t, where E is a Young's modulus, A is an area of the nip portion, and t is a thickness of the elastic member in the direction of application of load. A supporting member that supports the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080013995 - Fixing device and image forming apparatus: A fixing device, which fixes an unfixed toner image on a recording medium, includes a heating roller, a fixing roller, a pressurizing roller, and an endless belt that stretches over the heating roller and the fixing roller. A heat source and a heat pipe are arranged in a heating roller.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080013994 - Fuser roller, fusing unit, image-forming apparatus, and method thereof: A fuser roller and a fusing unit including the fuser roller are to be used in an image-forming apparatus. The fuser roller includes a tubular fusing portion, an inner tube, and a heating portion. The inner tube is inserted into the fusing portion. The heating portion is installed to enclose... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080013996 - Image forming apparatus including fixer having fixing roller and mehtods of manufacturing the same: A fixing roller and method of manufacturing the same. The fixing roller includes a fixing sleeve configured to fuse and fix a toner image on a recording medium and a fixing assist roller configured to be inserted into the fixing sleeve. The fixing sleeve includes a first heating layer having... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080013997 - Heating apparatus, heating apparatus control method and noncontact thermal sensing device: A fixing apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention includes a non-contact temperature detecting element 81 allocated in non-contact with a heat roller, the sensing element detecting a temperature of the heat roller. The non-contact temperature sensing section 81 includes a thermopile P which detects a target temperature... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080013998 - Powder transport unit having enhanced transportability and operability, process cartridge and image forming apparatus using the same: A powder transport unit for transporting powders includes a transport pipe, a powder transport member, and a regulating member. The transport pipe is curvingly extended. The powder transport member is disposed in an entire length of the transport pipe and rotates in the transport pipe to transport the powders. The... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080013999 - Image recording apparatus: An image recording apparatus including: a body; a supply tray attached to the body for putting a recording sheet thereon; a recording mechanism provided in a middle of a feed path defined in the body for recording an image on the recording sheet; a feeding mechanism which has an arm... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080014000 - Image processing apparatus: An image processing apparatus ejects the sheet to witch image processing unit perform to an ejection tray or a staple stacker by a pair of ejection rollers and the like. A sheet path for guiding the sheet to the ejection rollers is opened and closed in conjunction with slide movement... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080008480 - Image forming apparatus: In an image forming apparatus that uses an intermediate transfer system are provided a paper supply portion that stores a sheet of paper on which image forming is carried out, an image forming system that carries out image forming on the sheet of paper transported from the paper supply portion,... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080008481 - Image forming apparatus, and toner recycle method: There is provided a technique in which when an image forming processing with toners of plural colors is performed, a residual toner on a transfer-receiving member to which toner images are transferred by plural image forming units is not discarded, but is reused as a black toner, and a deterioration... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080008482 - Image forming apparatus, method of recommending replacement of rotatable member, method of cleaning rotatable member and method of controlling image formation: An image forming apparatus includes: an imaging device that forms a toner image based on image data and transfers the toner image to a recording medium; a fixing device including a pair of rotatable members that defines a contact pressing portion that allows the recording medium with the toner image... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080008483 - Image-forming device: An image-forming device has a housing, a cleaning unit, a toner detection unit, and a control unit. The cleaning target member is provided in the housing. The cleaning unit applies a predetermined voltage to the cleaning target member to remove toner from the cleaning target member through an electrostatic force.... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080008484 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus is operable in a speed priority mode in which a temperature range that permits a fixing operation via a pressure belt is wide and an image-quality priority mode in which a temperature range that permits a fixing operation via the pressure belt is narrow. A user... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080008485 - Image formation apparatus and an image formation method:

20080008486 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus that can provide a quality image in a stable manner without lowering the productivity. A reference image forming unit forms reference images on a transfer member. A plurality of sensing units detect densities of the formed reference images. A control unit adjusts respective output values from... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080008487 - Image-forming apparatus and image-forming process: An image-forming apparatus comprises: an image carrier; a charging unit; a latent image forming unit; a developing unit that uses a toner maintaining a non-color-developing state when provided with coloring information through exposure to light; a coloring information providing unit that provides the toner image with coloring information by exposing... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080008490 - Image forming apparatus and control method for the same: An image forming apparatus includes an image carrying member to carry a toner image, a drive device to drive the image carrying member, a cleaning member to slide in contact with the image carrying member so as to remove toner remaining on the image carrying member after transferring the toner... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080008489 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: An image forming apparatus according to the invention includes an image bearing member on which a toner image is formed, a cleaner that transfers a toner image formed on the surface of the image bearing member and, then, removes a part of a toner remaining on the image bearing member... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080008491 - Image forming system including finisher applying punching processing and staple processing to printed papers, and image forming apparatus having mechanism for printing on both surfaces of paper: An image forming system is given, in advance, unique setting as a behavior to be performed when an error occurs regarding postprocessing. In a case where the postprocessing becomes inexecutable during the operation of the system, the system either cancels the postprocessing to continue printing (Steps S20, S22) or stops... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080008492 - Power regulator of multiple integrated marking engines: A printing device is provided comprising multiple marking engines including at least one marking engine and at least another marking engine that during operation place marks on output media. A power supply is further provided that selectively supplies selected levels of power from the at least one marking engine to... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20080008488 - Fixing apparatus with current control to heater: A fixing apparatus has a first heating member and a second heating member provided in a heating portion, and a current control unit which controls an AC current to be supplied to the heating portion. The current control unit executes a wave number control, on the AC current supplied to... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080008493 - Removable lid for use with a toner container: A lid to selectively plug or unplug a discharge mouth of a toner container mountable to an image forming apparatus for replenishing a toner. In one embodiment, a lid has a body member having a bottom portion with an opening, a lug member having a body portion having a first... Agent: Morris Manning Martin LLP

20080008494 - Methods for imaging cartridge conversion: Techniques are provided for modifying a printer cartridge intended for installation in one type of printer to be installed in another type of printer or a plurality of printers. In one aspect, a method of modifying a toner cartridge may include modifying one or more end portion of the toner... Agent: William L. London

20080008495 - Methods for imaging cartridge conversion: Techniques are provided for modifying a printer cartridge intended for installation in one type of printer to be installed in another type of printer or a plurality of printers. In one aspect, a method of modifying a toner cartridge may include modifying a gear side end portion of a waste... Agent: William L. London

20080008496 - Cartridge for use in an image forming apparatus having an electronic element: A cartridge for use in an image forming apparatus comprises a charge roller to which a predetermined voltage is applied; a photosensitive drum charged by the charge roller by rotating in contact with the charge roller; an electronic element for wireless communication which is positioned at a predetermined distance from... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080008497 - Replaceable process cartridge and image forming apparatus using the same: A process cartridge for use in an image forming apparatus includes a first unit, a second unit, and a coupling shaft. The first unit includes an image carrier, while the second unit includes a developer carrier. The coupling shaft is configured to couple the first unit and the second unit... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080008498 - Image forming apparatus and its cleaner unit, and cleaner unit replacement method of the image forming apparatus: There is provided an image forming apparatus in which occurrence of defective cleaning is prevented, replacement is easy, and occurrence of toner spillage can also be prevented. A cleaner unit of an image forming apparatus of the invention includes a cleaning member that is brought into contact with a toner... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080008499 - Charging member, process cartridge including the same, and image forming apparatus including the same: A charging member, which can be provided in a process cartridge and/or in an image forming apparatus, includes a conductive supporting member, an electrical resistance control layer formed on an outer circumferential surface of the conductive supporting member, and a nonconductive gap retaining member configured to retain a gap between... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080008500 - Image forming apparatus: By using an embodiment of the invention, an image forming apparatus capable of reducing time required until an image output of a single color frequently used for image formation is outputted and capable of increasing a toner volume used for the image output of the single color frequently used for... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080008501 - Wet image forming apparatus: Of carrier liquids extracted by an carrier liquid extracting device from a liquid developer obtained by mixing together yellow, cyan, magenta, and black liquid developers, the carrier liquid of particularly high purity is recycled for concentration control of the yellow liquid developer and the carrier liquid of purity a little... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20080008502 - Developing unit and developer stirring and transporting method: There are provided a developing unit and a developer stirring and transporting method in which the amount of developer in the developing unit can always be kept at a specified amount without being influenced by a use environment. A developing unit 10 includes a developing roller 12, a containing unit... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080008503 - Developer holding member, development device, process cartridge, image forming apparatus and method of manufacturing hollow body: A developer holding member includes a magnetic field generating device and a hollow body including the magnetic field generating device thereinside, and attracting a developer to an external surface thereof with magnetic force of the magnetic field generating device. The external surface of the hollow body is randomly provided with... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080008504 - Apparatus and method for transfer of image forming substances: The present invention relates to a device or method which may reduce starvation in the transfer of an image forming substance to a developing location within an image forming apparatus. The device may include a first roller having a surface which is capable of supplying an image forming substance to... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080008505 - Image forming apparatus equipping improved transfer fixing apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, a latent electrostatic image forming unit, a developing unit, an intermediate transferring unit which has an intermediate transfer belt and a plurality of rollers supporting the intermediate transfer belt, and a transfer fixing unit. The transfer fixing unit has a transfer... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080008508 - Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and program: An image forming apparatus is provided that can improve the interest of the user in the ecology. The apparatus includes an image input portion that inputs image data, a printing portion that prints onto a recording sheet an image indicated by the image data inputted by the image input portion,... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080008506 - Sheet feeder and copying machine including the same: A sheet feeder includes: a sheet-length detection member for detecting a length of a sheet; a transfer-length detection member for detecting a transfer length of the sheet; a double-feed detection member for detecting double feed of the sheets when the sheets are transferred while being overlapped with one another; and... Agent: Mark D. Saralino (general) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080008507 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus comprising: a main body having an image forming section; a sheet feed section having a sheet cassette that accommodates a recording sheet and can be drawn out and loaded to the main body; and a sheet misalignment preventing mechanism that intermittently comes into contact with an... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080008509 - Receiving module intended for a document processing line, a stacker intended for a document processing line provided with such a receiving module and a method for stacking document products utilizing such a receiving module: A receiving module intended for a document processing line, which comprises a frame and at least one pair of supports which are bringable into a receiving position, wherein one or more document products can rest on the supports, and a releasing position, wherein document products are released by the supports... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080008510 - Low duty cycle network controller: Operating at least one low duty cycle (LDC) controller to maintain synchronization between the LDC controller and a plurality of LDC terminals operating over a communication network using only overhead channels of the network and conforming to the protocol and timing of said network, wherein synchronization between the LDC controller... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated