Electrophotography inventions 05/08

20080124093 - Data processing apparatus and control method thereof: A data processing apparatus, connected to a printing apparatus, that transfers print data to the printing apparatus and performs a status display of the printing apparatus, the data processing apparatus comprising: a first determination unit adapted to determine a processing status of the print data; a second determination unit adapted... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20080124094 - Image forming apparatus and power control method thereof: An image forming apparatus including: a body; an electronic unit; a replaceable unit that is detachably installed within the body; a power supply that generates and outputs a predetermined operation voltage; a high voltage generating part that receives the operation voltage and generates and outputs a high voltage; an electronic... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080124095 - Image forming apparatus, method of acquiring toner-cartridge information and toner cartridge: An image forming apparatus of the invention permits a toner cartridge equipped with a non-volatile memory storing various information items to be mounted in a mounting portion of an apparatus main body through a toner-cartridge mounting panel capable of being opened and closed without suspending an image forming operation. In... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080124096 - Consumable management device, image forming apparatus, computer readable medium storing a program, and consumable management method: A consumable management device includes a life determining unit that determines whether a consumable reaching a life end exists in an object apparatus which operates with a plurality of consumables or not, a stop process unit that, when the life determining unit determines that a consumable reaching a life end... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080124097 - Image forming apparatus and method for controlling the same: An image forming apparatus and a method of controlling the image forming apparatus. When print data is printed, the remaining amount of toner of each of the CMYK colors is analyzed. When print data is printed, the apparatus analyzes an original color of the print data and analyzes respective remaining... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080124098 - Image heating apparatus: An image heating apparatus of the present invention comprises: a heating means having heater elements, arranged along a direction intersecting in an advancing direction of a recording material, for generate heat upon energization to heat a toner image on the recording material, and a detecting means for detecting an abnormal... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080124099 - Image forming apparatus capable of forming glossy color image: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit and a correction unit. The image forming unit superimposes toner images of a plurality of colors, one over the other, on a recording medium to form a composite color toner image thereon. The correction unit corrects an image condition of the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080124100 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus containing a fusing device, a commercial power source providing power to the fusing device, a triac, a thermistor detecting a temperature of the fusing device, a fusion control unit controlling the fusing device based on a detection result of the thermistor, and a cathode terminal outputting... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20080124101 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing body that bears a developer image, a transfer member for transferring the developer image to a recording medium, a storing section in which a stored temperature value and a stored electric resistance value of the transfer member are stored, a temperature detecting... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20080124102 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus, including an image forming section which forms a toner image on an image carrier, a primary transfer section which transfers the toner image formed by the image forming section on the image carrier from the image carrier to an intermediate transfer body, a secondary transfer section... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080124103 - Image forming apparatus capable of controlling application voltage to adhering member: The image forming apparatus, includes a conveyor belt for bearing a recording material, capable of suppressing an image blur caused by a separating discharge at the separation of the recording material from the conveyor belt. To fix record materials on a transportation belt, the recording material is charged by a... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080124104 - Image-forming system: An image-forming system determines a type of paper for each single sheet in a job to determine whether it is prohibited to discharge a sheet to a finisher (step S12) to respond to diversifying demands to perform processes after printing using a plurality of paper types. However, the system allows... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20080124105 - Developer cartridge, image forming apparatus, and shutter device: A developer cartridge, including: a container for containing developer; a shutter that is supported so that the shutter can linearly move relative to the container, and that opens and closes by moving linearly; a handle member that is supported so that the handle member can rotationally move relative to the... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080124106 - Optical bias control method of insulating toner and image forming apparatus: A bias voltage-applying unit applies a bias voltage to an insulating toner that includes an electric charge, by making a contact with the insulating toner. A light irradiating unit irradiates the insulating toner with a light. An electric-charge control unit controls an electric charge amount of the insulating toner by... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080124107 - Image forming apparatus and image density control method: In an image forming apparatus and an image density control method that are capable of suppressing the amount of toner consumed for a purpose other than image formation and responding to variation in the development ability of a development device due to environmental variation and the like such that a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080124108 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a toner image forming section including a developing device having a developer tank for storing a two-component developer, a transfer section, a fixing section, a recording medium feeding section, and a discharging section. The image forming apparatus further includes a toner concentration detecting section for... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080124109 - Fixing apparatus of image forming apparatus: A heat roller of a fixing apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention has a slidable metal belt on an outer side of an elastic roller. The width of the metal belt is made larger than that of the elastic roller. Flanges, each of which regulates a sliding movement... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080124111 - Fixing device and image forming device: The invention provides a fixing device having at least: a first rotary body, having a heat generating layer from which heat is generated by action of a magnetic field: a second rotary body contacting the first rotary body; a magnetic field generating unit arranged to have a predetermined separation from... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080124110 - Image forming device component: The present disclosure relates to a system including a component and a heating device. The component may include a compressible layer composed of elastomeric material having a thermal conductivity of ≦0.4 W m−1K−1. A processor in communication with the heating device, may he configured to select the heating device temperature... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080124112 - Image forming apparatus and control method thereof: An image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming section to form a toner image based on print data; a transfer section to transfer the toner image onto a transfer sheet; a fixing section to fix the toner image transferred onto the transfer sheet; a cleaning section for cleaning at least... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080124113 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method having a cleaner and a paper detection unit: An image forming apparatus that forms an image using a photoconductor body includes a switching unit which effects switching between a state in which a cleaner is operated for the photoconductor body, and a state in which the cleaner is not operated for the photoconductor body. A control unit is... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080124114 - Image forming apparatus: An image processing apparatus, according to the present invention can include a forming portion capable of forming a mark on a bearing member, a light projecting portion capable of irradiating a light onto the bearing member, a light receiving portion capable of receiving a reflection light from the bearing member... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080124115 - Image processing apparatus and control method therefor: An image processing apparatus which makes it possible to correct the image density of a target color in real time and maintain highly accurate image density characteristics over a long term. In a first control, the output of a laser driver is controlled such that the gradation of an image... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080124116 - Mode-switching device of control panel: A mode-switching device of a control panel is operated to control the operating status of the control panel to be switched between a first operating mode and a second operating mode. The mode-switching device includes a foldable plate, a triggering element and a switch device. The foldable plate includes a... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080124117 - Process cartridge and image forming apparatus for effectively cleaning a charging roller: An image forming apparatus includes a charging roller that continuously rotates and uniformly charges a photoconductor for forming an electrostatic latent image thereon, a cleaning roller that contacts a peripheral surface of the charging roller and cleans the charging roller while being driven by rotation of the charging roller, wherein... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080124118 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus, such as a printer, may have a horizontally-loaded drawer containing, for example, a toner cartridge or an image forming unit having toner. The apparatus may have an opening through which the drawer is inserted, and a cover over the opening. The cover may include two or... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080124119 - Powder material cartridge, image forming section, image forming apparatus: A powder material cartridge includes a waste toner chamber that prevents the waste toner from spilling. A receiving section is provided in the chamber and includes a first opening therein through which the powder material is received into the chamber. A first shutter is rotatably received in the receiving section... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20080124120 - Belt driving device, transfer unit using the same and image forming apparatus using the transfer unit: An image forming apparatus includes a developing unit which develops toner to form an image, a transfer unit which transfers the image onto a printing medium, and a fusing unit to fuse the image transferred onto the printing medium, wherein the transfer unit includes a belt, a plurality of rollers... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080124121 - Image recording apparatus: An image recording apparatus includes a first pullout unit, a second pullout unit, and a first lock mechanism. The first unit is movable along a first axis between a first retracted position where the first unit is fully retracted in the apparatus, and a first exposed position where at least... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080124122 - Resiliently biased developing cartridge: A resiliently biased developing cartridge 12 adapted to be received within a drum cartridge 10 having a photosensitive drum 16 and a rear wall 54, the resiliently biased developing cartridge 12 having at least one resilient means 22 and a developer roller 20, such that, when the developing cartridge 12... Agent: Berenato, White & Stavish, LLC

20080124123 - Image forming apparatus: Ions generated by the ion generating section are discharged from a paper sheet conveyer belt nozzle and an intermediate transfer belt nozzle, so that (i) a toner image transferred from a photosensitive drum onto an intermediate transfer belt and having yet to be transferred from the intermediate transfer belt onto... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080124124 - Image forming apparatus: In the case where image formation is performed by using a part of a plurality of image forming units, an associated image bearing member of a remaining part of the plurality of image forming units is rotated together with an intermediary transfer member or a recording material carrying member while... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080124125 - Image forming apparatus and method of controlling same: Data indicative of charge unevenness caused by the photosensitive body is stored in a first memory, and data indicative of non-uniformity in amount of laser light regarding each reflecting face of the polygon mirror is stored in a second memory. A correction data generator executes processing based upon both types... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080124126 - Electrophotographic photosensitive member, process cartridge, and electrophotographic apparatus: An electrophotographic photosensitive member has a surface having a plurality of depressed portions, having a major-axis diameter Rpc of 0.1 to 10 μm, a minor-axis diameter Lpc of 0.1 to 10 μm and a deepest-part to opening distance Rdv of 0.1 to 10 μm. Where the surface is equally divided... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080124127 - Image forming apparatus: Disclosed is an image forming apparatus, which comprises an intermediate transfer belt (15), and a plurality of image-forming units (11) to (14) disposed along the intermediate transfer belt (15) and adapted to form toner images of different colors and sequentially transfer the toner images onto the intermediate transfer belt (15)... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080124129 - Image forming apparatus and power transmission unit thereof: An image forming apparatus including: a driven rotational body that is detachable from the image forming apparatus and includes a driven connecting part; a transmission member that receives a rotational power and includes a driving connecting part provided along a direction of a rotational axial line of the driven rotational... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080124128 - Image forming apparatus utilizing technology of periodically varying rotational speed of motor: The image bearing member to improve transfer efficiency at an occasion of transferring a toner image from the image bearing member. A rotational speed of a motor rotating the image bearing member in a short period and thereby disorder in a toner image can be restrained to reach a low... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080124131 - Charging device and image forming apparatus: A charging device for charging an image supporting member includes a charging roller for charging the image supporting member; and a cleaning member for cleaning the surface of the charging roller. The charging roller has a surface, and the surface has irregularity oriented in a direction opposite to a direction... Agent: Takeuchi & Kubotera, LLP

20080124130 - Charging device, image forming apparatus and charging method: A charging technique in which the generation of ozone is suppressed and charging efficiency can be improved is provided. There are included an elastic body to come in contact with a body to be charged, the elastic body including a portion which comes in contact with the body to be... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080124132 - Developing device: A developing device includes a developing tank having a developing region tank and an agitating region tank, a partition wall member, a first agitating and conveying member, a second agitating and conveying member, a first intermediate wall member, a second intermediate wall member and a sensor, and an opening portion... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080124133 - Toner container and image forming apparatus: A toner container includes a container body that contains toner therein, and a cap portion that is held by a toner-container holding unit and includes a toner discharge opening to discharge the toner contained in the container body. A gear portion is detachably attached to the container body so that... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080124134 - Toner supplying device and method to use the same: A toner particles supplying device includes a pneumatic conveyor and a rotatable container or a container with a rotatable inner structure including machinery for tumbling the toner particles. The machinery for tumbling the toner particles is located on or near an inner surface of the container and serves for fluidising... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080124135 - Image forming apparatus and method for forming image: An object of the present invention is to provide an image forming apparatus and a method for forming an image that are capable of controlling the consumption of opposite polarity particles and suppressing the reduction of toner charge amount due to the carrier deterioration and can form high quality images... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080124137 - Developing unit and image forming apparatus including the same: A developing unit includes a development roller and a magnetic roller. Sleeves of the development roller and the magnetic roller are driven to rotate in the same circumferential direction. A first magnet is provided on the roller shaft in the sleeve of the development roller and a second magnet is... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080124136 - Toner drop suppressing developing apparatus: d

20080124138 - Developing unit and image forming apparatus: A developing unit for transferring toner onto a latent image on an image carrier to develop the latent image including a toner carrier, an electric field generator and a separating force applicator. The toner carrier includes a plurality of electrodes disposed along the surface thereof and insulated from each other.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080124139 - Transfer mechanism and image forming apparatus using the same: A transfer mechanism includes: a transfer unit having a transfer belt; and a belt contact and separation assembly for bringing the transfer belt into, and separating it away from, an electrostatic latent image support by shifting the position of the transfer unit. The belt contact and separation assembly includes:a multiple... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080124141 - Sheet processing apparatus, fixing unit and image forming apparatus provided with the fixing unit: t

20080124140 - Toner repelling stripper finger assembly: A toner repelling stripper finger assembly is provided for stripping toner image carrying copy sheets from an outer surface of a moving heated fusing member. The toner repelling stripper finger assembly includes (a) a finger shaft having a first end for attaching to a baffle, and a second distal end;... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20080124142 - Electophotographic marking systems with release agents: This is an electrophotographic marking system with the ability to minimize adherence of a marking composition to a fixing component in the system, such as a fuser roll. In this manner, offset is avoided and a better image results on the paper or receiving medium. This is accomplished by using... Agent: James J. Ralabate

20080124144 - Fixing apparatus and image forming apparatus: A fixing apparatus is provided that includes a fixing section, a pressure section, and an external heating section, the fixing apparatus being adaptable to an increase in image forming process speed, in which fixing apparatus, the fixing section, the external heating section, and the like section can be sufficiently cleaned... Agent: Mark D. Saralino (general) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080124143 - Roller drive control method for fixing apparatus: One embodiment of the present invention involves a roller drive control method for a fixing apparatus in which a separation claw for separating a recording paper and a cleaning unit for removing toner that has become residual on a surface of a heat roller are arranged near a surface of... Agent: Mark D. Saralino (general) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080124147 - Fixing device and image-forming apparatus: Fixing device includes a first cylindrical rotating member having an inner peripheral surface and an outer peripheral surface; a second rotating member which is brought into contact with the first rotating member; magnetic field generation units for generating a magnetic field, the magnetic field generation units being provided at a... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080124146 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a fixing belt which is rotatably mounted, a support roller which is in contact with an inner surface of the fixing belt to support the fixing belt, a press member which pressurizes a portion of the fixing belt toward a paper, and a press roller... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080124145 - Linear fusing nip zone: An image forming apparatus defined by two flat, linear surface plates and two belts independently routed outside one of the two flat linear surface plates using a combination of rollers providing a stiff, linear, no-friction plane scalable in dimension to form the linear nip zone. The linear nip zone is... Agent: Ortiz & Lopez, PLLC

20080124148 - Fusing unit and image forming apparatus including the same: A fusing unit of an image forming apparatus, includes: a heating lamp having a heating unit, and a tubular unit accommodating the heating unit; a heating roller accommodating the heating lamp; and a pressing roller to be pressed toward the heating roller; the tubular unit includes a reflecting film formed... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080124149 - Heat roller, fixing apparatus: A fixing apparatus according to the present invention comprises a heat roller 2 which comprises an elastic member 2b having an outer diameter which is different from another one in an axial direction, and an conductive layer 2c provided outside of the elastic member 2b, wherein a maximum outer diameter... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080124150 - Fuser roller: The invention provides a fuser apparatus including a fuser roller and a pressing roller. The fuser roller includes one or more heat pipes situated in longitudinal bores in the roller body. The heat pipes are coated with a thermal interface material for conducting heat between the roller body and the... Agent: Hiscock & Barclay, LLP

20080124151 - Fixing device and image forming apparatus: In an image forming apparatus having a fixing rotor (22) that is driven to rotate and fixes an image by heating a recording paper while conveying the paper pressurized against the rotor, an excitation coil (24) that is provided extending in an axial direction along the fixing rotor (22) and... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080124152 - Image fixing device and image formation apparatus using the same: An image fixing device for use in an image forming apparatus. The fixing device includes a fixing member which fixes a toner image on a recording medium at a nip area, a pressurizing member which pressures the recording medium toward the fixing member at the nip area, a carbon lamp... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080124153 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus, which forms an image on a recording material using a toner containing a crystalline substance, the image forming apparatus includes: a fusing unit that fuses a toner on the recording material; and a sheet transport device that transports downstream the recording material on which a toner... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080124154 - Image receiving sheet for electrophotography and image forming system using the same: An image receiving sheet for electrophotography includes a base material; a toner receiving resin material layers provided on the base material and having a glass transition temperature of not less than 40° C. and not more than 80° C., wherein said toner receiving layers of the base material are interspersed.... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080124155 - Transferring device having two devices for cleaning a transferring member, and image forming apparatus: A transferring device installed in an image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member configured to bear toner images on the surface. There is a transferring member configured to contact the image bearing member to form a transferring nip. A lubricant supplying member is configured to supply a lubricant to... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080124156 - Toner detection window cleaning apparatus: A toner detection window cleaning apparatus 100 comprising a cleaning arm 104 having a first protruding arm 118a and a second protruding arm 118b substantially opposite the first protruding arm 118a, the first protruding arm having a radial through slot 120 provided therein and the second protruding arm 118b having... Agent: Berenato, White & Stavish, LLC

20080124157 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus is configured to form an image on a recording sheet by transferring toner onto the recording sheet. The image forming apparatus may include a container having an inlet configured to receive waste toner, the container defining a storage area having a horizontal dimension greater than a... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080124158 - Double reflex printing: A registration system suited to use in an imaging system, such as an inkjet printer, includes a first measuring device, such as an encoder, which provides information for monitoring a speed of a moving image receiving surface of the imaging system, such as a paper web. A second measuring device,... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20080124159 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit for forming an image on a medium; a medium transportation unit for transporting the medium supplied from a medium supply unit to the image forming unit; a roller rotating after contacting with the medium transported from the medium transportation unit; a... Agent: Takeuchi & Kubotera, LLP Suite 202

20080124160 - Image forming device capable of preventing detection error of test pattern on conveyor belt: A color laser printer includes a belt conveying device having a conveyor belt for conveying a recording medium, an image forming unit that forms an image on the recording medium and a test pattern in a test-pattern area on a conveying surface of the conveyor belt, and a pressing member... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080118254 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus for recognizing compatibility of an image forming process unit to be removably mounted at a given position within a main body of the apparatus, includes an engaging member mounting portion arranged to mount a recognition engaging member thereon, and a projecting member mounting portion arranged to... Agent: Murata Machinery, Ltd. (muratec) C/o Keating & Bennett LLP

20080118253 - Image-forming apparatus: In an image-forming apparatus for forming an image using toner contained in a toner cartridge, genuineness of the toner cartridge with or without a memory device is verified. A counter counts a value concerning image formation. A cartridge detector determines the presence or absence of the toner cartridge. A reader... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080118256 - Developer cartridge replacement scheme for electrostatographic printing: An electrostatographic printer includes a development housing for supplying developer to an image receptor, and a replenisher in communication with the development housing. In a basic state, a regular supply of developer having a first predetermined TC is supplied. In a special state, a special supply of developer having a... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20080118257 - Image forming system: An image forming system includes an image forming unit, a measurement unit, a correction unit, and an inhibition unit. The image forming unit forms an image. The measurement unit measures densities of a plurality of density patches formed by the image forming unit. The correction unit performs a density correction... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080118258 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a movable image bearing member; charging means for electrically charging the image bearing member; voltage applying means for applying to the charging means an oscillating voltage including an oscillating component and a constant component in one cycle; discharging means for selectively discharging an electrically charged... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080118259 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member for carrying a toner image; a transfer member for cooperating with the image bearing member to form a nip to transfer a toner image from the image bearing member onto a transfer medium nipped by the nip; transfer voltage applying means... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080118260 - Image formation apparatus and heat roller adjustment support method: An image formation apparatus is provided for supporting adjustment of the distance between a heat roller and a heating unit for heating the heat roller, thereby supporting adjustment of supplied power to the heating unit. The image formation apparatus includes a heat roller for clamping paper with a toner image... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080118262 - Fixing apparatus of image forming apparatus: In a fixing apparatus of an embodiment of the invention, a heat roller forwardly and reversely rotated by a drive motor capable of forwardly and reversely rotating is heated by an induction heating coil also when it is reversely rotated. Further, the roller control temperature of the heat roller by... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080118263 - Fixing device for image forming apparatus: A fixing device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a microcomputer that exclusively performs temperature control for the fixing device. The microcomputer periodically calculates electric power that can be supplied to the fixing device. The microcomputer detects the temperature of the fixing device and the temperature in... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080118261 - Image forming apparatus: A fusing roller in an image forming apparatus heats and fuses a developed image transferred to a recording medium. A heat generator is controlled to maintain a detected temperature of the fusing roller at a reference fusing temperature until a predetermined time period is elapsed from when a trigger signal... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.l.p.

20080118265 - Fixing apparatus for image forming apparatus: A fixing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention controls, using a CPU and a temperature comparator, an inverter circuit that supplies electric power to an induction heating coil and performs temperature control for a heat roller. The CPU adjusts and controls a power value supplied by the... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080118266 - Fixing device for image forming apparatus: A fixing device according to an embodiment of the present invention heats a metal conductive layer of a heat roller using an induction current generating coil. In order to supplement a heat capacity of the heat roller, a press roller having a large heat capacity is heated by a halogen... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080118268 - Method of coarse calibration of the packer sensor using a zero % tc reading: A method for calibrating a toner concentration sensor may include obtaining a zero % TC reading from the toner concentration sensor using a carrier material, determining an estimated TC intercept, and adjusting the toner concentration sensor based on the estimated TC intercept. An apparatus for calibrating a toner concentration sensor... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc.

20080118255 - Apparatus including a selective interface system between two sub-components: A three-dimensional selectively actuating interface system includes mating complementary raised and recessed surfaces, which may be projected in the shape of an indicium, such as a trade logo or trade mark, to limit the number of spatial relationships at which two sub-parts of an assembly may be assembled. Additional complementary... Agent: S.c. Johnson & Son, Inc.

20080118264 - Image heating apparatus: In a construction wherein at the start of fixing, a pressure belt is brought into contact with a fixing roller at uniform timing, it has sometimes been the case that the temperature of the pressure belt at a point of time whereat the fixing is started does not become a... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080118267 - Image forming apparatus with setting of an operating condition of at least one image heating device: An image forming apparatus includes image forming means for forming an image on a recording material; a plurality of image heating means for sequentially heating an image on the recording material; and switching means for switching a number of the image heating means to be used for heating the image;... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080118269 - Film loader for an image forming apparatus: A film loading method of an image forming apparatus, includes: loading an endless film which was stored in a container box, using at least two support members, to a film frame of the image forming apparatus, wherein the film is supported by the support members in a different form with... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, Pllc

20080118270 - Image forming apparatus: In an image forming apparatus of the present invention, although an upper cover is rotated when a body frame is opened, a free end of a base for fixing a paper receiving tray makes contact with a side of the frame, thus an inclination angle of the paper receiving tray... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080118271 - Image forming apparatus and power transmission unit thereof: An image forming apparatus including: a main body including a manipulating unit which manipulates the power transmission unit, a driving component having a driving assembling member which is disposed in a direction of a rotational driving axial line; a developing device which has a driven assembling member capable of being... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080118272 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a rotatable brush in contact with an image bearing member at a position downstream of transfer means and upstream of charging means in a rotational direction of the image bearing member. The rotational brush is configured to supply electrical charge to residual toner that remains... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080118273 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus having a rotation body which is used for transferring an image, a drive section which rotates the rotation body, and a control section which sends a control signal to the drive section to control a speed of the rotation body, the image forming apparatus including: a... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080118274 - Image forming apparatus having controller to selectively control plurality of driving sources: An image forming apparatus includes a developing unit to form an image using a developing agent on one side of a printing medium transported along a simplex printing path, a fixing unit to fix the developing agent on the printing medium, a discharging roller to discharge the printing medium that... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080118275 - Corona charger and image forming apparatus using the same: A corona charger includes a case provided in the vicinity of a device to be charged. The case includes an opening facing the device, a discharge electrode, a first charging region, and a second charging region. The discharge electrode provided inside the case and supplied with a voltage so as... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080118276 - Carriage for image scanning unit, image scanning unit and multifunction peripheral: A carriage for an image scanning unit which scans an image on an object is provided with a light source, a reflecting member placed to face the light source and configured to reflect a light emitted from the light source toward the object to illuminate the image, a housing that... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080118277 - Toner transport device and image forming apparatus: The toner transport device of the present invention includes a toner transport pipe, internally having a toner transport path for allowing toner to pass therethrough, which is disposed so that the toner transport path extends in an up-and-down direction and which vibrates in upward and downward directions. Further, on an... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080118278 - Developer storage container and image forming apparatus: A toner cartridge is a developer storage container for storing toner (developer) in a hollow cylindrical section that is driven to rotate on its axis so that the stored toner is discharged from an outlet. The cylindrical section has an inner circumferential surface provided with a plurality of liner protruding... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080118279 - Developing apparatus, image forming apparatus and method for forming image: The present invention provides a developing apparatus using a two-component developer, an image forming apparatus, and a method of forming an image capable of forming a high quality image characterized by stable suppression of carrier deterioration and absence of a residual image (memory effect) for a long period of time.... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080118280 - Developing unit and image forming apparatus using the same: A developing unit to supply toner to a photosensitive medium of an image forming apparatus to form an image thereon, including a housing to hold a toner of a predetermined color, a developing roller which is coupled to the housing to be rotatable in a direction opposite to a moving... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080118281 - Transfer device and image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes an intermediate transfer belt, a photosensitive belt, a primary transfer roller, a secondary-transfer opposing roller, and a secondary transfer roller, The photosensitive belt comes into contact with a surface of the intermediate transfer belt to form a primary transfer nip. The secondary-transfer opposing roller comes... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080118282 - Fixing apparatus of image forming apparatus: A heat roller of a fixing apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention has a slidable metal belt on an outer side of an elastic roller. At the room temperature, the outer diameter of the elastic roller is smaller than the inner diameter of the metal belt. On the... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080118283 - Fixing apparatus for image forming apparatus: In a heat roller of a fixing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, a sleeve is slidable with respect to a supporting roller. Flanges that regulate the sleeve have smooth surfaces, are arranged at gaps apart from a foamed rubber layer of the supporting roller, and freely... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080118284 - Roller apparatus and fixing apparatus: There is provided a technique in which in a roller apparatus including a roller constructed by inserting a core member in a cylindrical elastic body, the occurrence of disadvantages due to the reduction in bonding strength between the elastic body and the core member is suppressed by a simple structure.... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080118285 - Lubricant application device, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus: A lubricant application device including a solid lubricant, a brush, and a first lubricant scattering prevention member. The solid lubricant is in a non-contact state with a rotating member and provided below a horizontal line of an axis of the rotating member. The brush rotates and contacts both the solid... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080118286 - Protective agent, image forming apparatus, and process cartridge: A protective agent for forming a protective layer on the surface of an image carrier includes at least a hydrophilic organic compound and an amphiphilic organic compound at a ratio of 1/99 to 20/80. Preferably, the hydrophilic organic compound contains at least one selected from a polysaccharide and a polyether... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080118287 - Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus having the same: An optical scanning device that permits the surface of an optically transparent member provided at an opening through which a light beam passes to be cleaned with an elastic cleaning member effectively without causing inconveniences such as noise and that offers high image quality has: a housing; an optical arrangement... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20080118288 - Cleaning blade for use in image-forming apparatus: A cleaning blade for use in an image-forming apparatus formed by molding a thermosetting elastomer composition containing a rubber component, a filler, a crosslinking agent, and a dispersion-improving agent. As the dispersion-improving agent, thiol or/and sulfide having a specific chemical structure are contained in the thermosetting elastomer composition at 0.05... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080118289 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus has a photosensitive drum (2), a transfer roller (5) above photosensitive drum (2), a transport line (14) that passes between photosensitive drum (2) and the transfer roller (5), a cleaning unit (6) below the transport line (14) and downstream of the photosensitive drum (2), and provided... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080118290 - Developer transporting apparatus, image forming apparatus, and image forming method: A developer transporting apparatus includes: a drop path; a developer transporting path; a developer transporting member; and an aggregation preventing member including: a contact portion that is in contact with the developer transporting member, and that moves in conjunction with the rotation of the developer transporting member; and a developer... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080118291 - Tandem type color image forming machine: A tandem type color image forming machine comprises a plurality of image forming units, a belt mechanism comprising an endless belt including a linear moving area, and a paper feed cassette in its image information machine body. The image forming units are arranged along the linear moving area of the... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20080118292 - Tandem type color image forming machine: A tandem type color image forming machine comprises a plurality of image forming units, a belt mechanism comprising an endless belt including a linear moving area, and a paper feed cassette in its image information machine body. The image forming units are arranged along the linear moving area of the... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20080118293 - Image forming apparatus capable of forming a duplex image on one sheet: An image forming apparatus, including an image forming part which forms an image on a printing medium, a main feeding part which accommodates the printing medium and supplies the printing medium to the image forming part, and a reversing part which transfers the printing medium, on which an image is... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080112714 - Meandering detection device, meandering detection method, meandering correction device, and image forming apparatus: A meandering detection device capable of detecting meandering of a subject with high accuracy includes: a contact which has an open end making contact with and following a subject body and which is supported by a support part; a reflection part integrally provided to the contact and reflecting light; an... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20080112715 - Image forming apparatus and method of determining life of toner cartridge: An image forming apparatus includes a toner cartridge that is configured to be detachably attachable to a main body of the image forming apparatus and stores toner, a cartridge memory unit that is provided in the toner cartridge and stores information on the toner cartridge, an image forming unit that... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.l.p.

20080112716 - Method for regulation of the optical density in an electrographic printing method as well as a toner layer thickness measurement system and electrographic printer or copier: In a method or system for regulation of optical density in an electrographic printing method, a toner layer thickness of a toner image developed with a developer station is scanned with a sensor. The resulting toner layer thickness signal is used for regulation of inking in the developer station. A... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20080112717 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: There is provided an image forming apparatus and method capable of reducing a measurement error in a measurement result of the surface potential of an electrostatic latent image formed on the surface of an image bearing member. The measurement error occurs under the influence of an electric field generated from... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080112718 - Image forming apparatus capable of forming high-quality image: A printer detects density of a toner pattern on an intermediate transfer belt, operates a differential value for the detection value, and compares the differential value with a threshold value. If fluctuation of detection values is great and there are detection values of which differential values exceed the threshold value,... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080112719 - Liquid volume detector, liquid mixture supplying system adopting such liquid volume detector and image forming apparatus: A liquid volume detector for detecting the volume of a liquid in a container is provided with a liquid level detecting member which is arranged at a specified height position in the container and on which a load acts by the liquid when the liquid level in the container is... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080112720 - Fixing device: There is provided a fixing device 6 including a heating body 22 which has a heating heat generation section 24 subjected to induction heating upon application of alternating magnetic fields generated by a exciting coil 27, a pressure roller 23 which has a pressing heat generation section 25 being higher... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20080112722 - Image forming apparatus for controlling fixing operation: In an embodiment of the invention, it is detected whether an auxiliary power source device is mounted in an apparatus main body or not. When the auxiliary power source device is mounted in the image forming apparatus, after a specified time has passed in a printable state, power supply to... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080112721 - Image-forming apparatus, control apparatus, control method, and computer-readable medium: An image-forming apparatus includes: a receiving unit that receives a request of a user; a fixing unit that heats an unfixed image on a recording medium to thereby fix the same to the recording medium; an executing unit that executes at least one function that consumes electric power other than... Agent: Gauthier & Connors, LLP

20080112723 - Developing apparatus, process cartridge and magnetic sealing member: A developing apparatus for an image forming apparatus includes a developing roller for carrying a magnetic developer; a developing device frame, having an opening for exposing a part of the developing roller, for rotatably supporting the developing roller; a magnetic sealing member, mounted to the developing device frame at a... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080112724 - Methods and apparatus for remanufacturing toner cartridges: A method of removing a drum from a printer toner cartridge, the drum comprising a cylindrical body, the drum further comprising a pair of drum gears attached to each end of the drum, each drum gear being configured to attach the drum to the printer, at least one drum gear... Agent: Roland Tong

20080112725 - Methods and apparatus for remanufacturing toner cartridges: A device for detaching a drum from a cartridge, the device comprising a means for supporting the printer cartridge; a means for preventing printer cartridge movement while the drum is being detached from the printer cartridge; and a cutting device comprising at least one adjustable cutting edge, wherein the adjustable... Agent: Roland Tong

20080112727 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus having removable/replaceable process cartridges is provided. One of the removable/replaceable process cartridges may be removed/replaced from a panel which is different than a panel from which the other removable/replaceable process cartridges may be removed/replaced. One of the removable/replaceable process cartridges may be associated with an exposure... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080112726 - Process cartridge and image forming device: A plurality of process cartridges are installed and removed in a lateral direction of an image forming device main body. A conveying belt unit in the device main body includes a conveying belt that upwardly conveys a sheet on which an image is to be formed and a frame that... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080112728 - Method for producing a metallic core for use in cylinder sleeves for an electrophotographic process: An improved method for producing a metallic core for use in the production of a blanket cylinder or an image cylinder sleeve for use in electophotographic processes. The sleeves includes aluminum or other suitable metal, which is rendered more suitable for use as a sleeve surface by oxidation.... Agent: David A. Novais, Patent Legal Staff Eastman Kodak Company

20080112729 - Semiconductor laser device, light scanner, and image forming apparatus:

20080112730 - System for measuring and controlling total color of a mixture of colorants such as toner: A development unit used in xerographic printing retains a mixture of at least a first colorant and a second colorant. An illuminator directs toward at least a portion of the mixture a first light of one color, a second light of a second color, and a third light substantially outside... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20080112731 - Developing device and image forming apparatus: In a developing device including a developer tank having a developing area tank and an agitating tank, a first agitating member, a second agitating member, a toner hopper, and a toner storing container, a toner replenishing port is formed in an agitating tank, and two flows of the developer are... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080112732 - Development station for a reproduction apparatus: A development station is disclosed for a reproduction apparatus such as an electrophotographic printing machine. The development station includes a housing that forms a reservoir and a developer roller such as a magnetic brush for delivering developer material to a development zone. A transport roller is provided for moving developer... Agent: David A. Novais Patent Legal Staff

20080112733 - Image forming apparatus: The present invention is intended to provide an image forming apparatus capable of producing high-quality images for a long period of time wherein the consumption of the opposite polarity particles is reduced, and a reduction in the amount of toner charge resulting from carrier deterioration is minimized, even if a... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080112734 - Belt device and image forming apparatus: A belt member faces a plurality of carrying bodies that respectively carry toner images or developers. A plurality of facing members respectively faces the carrying bodies via the belt member. A detaching unit brings at least one of the facing members to face a corresponding carrying body and detaches other... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080112735 - Separating agent for use in a fuser mechanism: A separating agent, in particular silicon oil, applied to the surface of a fuser mechanism, preferably in an electrophotographic printing machine. Contamination of the surfaces of the printing media is substantially prevented or reduced when the separating agent is diluted with at least one solvent with a boiling point equal... Agent: Andrew J. Anderson Patent Legal Staff

20080112736 - Fixing member, fixing device and image forming apparatus: A fixing member including: a substantially cylindrical support and one or more layers provided on or above the support, including a surface layer that constitutes the outermost surface, the fixing member having: a difference in the width direction of the support between the maximum value and minimum value of the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080112737 - Fusing unit and image forming apparatus including the same: A fusing unit of an image forming apparatus includes a first rotating member which heats toner applied to a printing medium, a heatable member to heat the first rotating member, which is disposed to be independent of rotation of the first rotating member and which is heatable by an induction... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080112739 - Fixing device and image forming apparatus using the same: A fixing device for use in an image forming apparatus, and an image forming apparatus are disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the fixing device includes a flexible fixing member, a pressure member, an abutting member, and an interior member. The flexible fixing member is formed in an endless shape... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080112738 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus, includes: a first fusing member provided rotatably; a second fusing member disposed rotatably in press contact with the first fusing member, so as to define, together with the first fusing member therebetween, a nip section through which a recording material which holds an image thereon is... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080112740 - Fusing unit and image forming apparatus using the same: A fusing unit which is provided on a printing path, and which fuses an image onto a printing medium, includes: a heating roller having a core member, a rubber layer which is formed to have a predetermined thickness on an outer circumference of the core member, a release layer which... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080112741 - Fixing device and image forming device equipped with the same: A fixing device is provided with a heat roller (18) and a pressure roller (19) having a shaft (24) and an elastic layer (25) formed on a periphery thereof and being in pressurized contact with the heat roller (18). A concave region (25b), formed in an approximate arc shape in... Agent: Global Ip Counselors, LLP

20080112742 - Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and process cartridge: The present invention provides an image forming apparatus which has high durability and allows for preventing occurrence of image blur and suppressing image degradation caused by a reduction in image density near a charging unit used under a high-humidity condition and stably forming high-quality images even when repetitively used for... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080112743 - Print media rotary transport apparatus and method: This disclosure provides a print media rotary transport apparatus and method of operation. The print media transport apparatus comprises a print media rotary path and a print media rotary bypass path, wherein the print media rotary path rotates a print media sheet about an axis orthogonal to the print media... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20080112744 - Sheet conveying apparatus and image forming apparatus: A sheet conveying apparatus according to the invention includes a first stator in which plural belt-like electrodes are arranged in a surface of an insulator at predetermined intervals in a sheet conveying direction; a second stator in which plural belt-like electrodes are arranged in a surface of an insulator at... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080112745 - Sheet conveying apparatus and image forming apparatus: A sheet conveying apparatus according to the invention includes a stator in which many electrode groups are provided in parallel in a direction orthogonal to a sheet conveying direction, plural belt-like electrodes being provided in parallel at predetermined intervals in the sheet conveying direction; a power supply which applies at... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080112746 - Printing system, image forming apparatus, image forming method, control apparatus, computer readable medium, and computer data signal: A printing system includes: plural image forming units that forms an image on a recording medium; and plural cutting units that are arranged at plural locations along a conveying path in which the images are formed on the recording medium, the conveying path conveying the recording medium to the plural... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080107433 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus for use with a transfer sheet includes: a sheet feeding unit structured to feed the transfer sheet; a color detection sensor structured to detect color information on the transfer sheet fed from the sheet feeding unit; a recognition section structured to recognize whether the transfer sheet... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080107434 - Image forming apparatus and control method thereof: An image forming apparatus is provided that forms an image using developers of different tone and the same hue. When forming images for measurement for density control, the apparatus performs density control by forming a greater number of density levels of an image for measurement developed using a light developer... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080107435 - Arrangement for driving a load element: In a method or system for driving a load element, a drive motor is provided on a drive shaft of the load element that establishes a drive rotation speed of the load element. A rotation torque sensor on the drive shaft emits a load torque signal proportional to a rotation... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20080107436 - Fixer, image forming apparatus, and image forming method: A fixer for an image forming apparatus includes a fixing member configured to fuse a toner image with heat, a pressure member configured to press against the fixing member to form a nip therebetween, and a control unit configured to control a relative pressure of the pressure member against the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080107439 - Asymmetric ac cleaner for improved toner charge distribution in scavenging development systems: This is a cleaning system useful in an electrophotographic marking system which takes up a small space in space important marking apparatus. It involves applying an asymmetric AC wave-form to a cleaning brush. Wrong sign or unwanted toner will be attracted to this cleaner brush and removed from the system.... Agent: James J. Ralabate

20080107440 - Image forming apparatus: There is provided an image forming apparatus in which when printing is performed based on an electrophotographic process, counting is performed by a counter for each print operation, and billing corresponding to the kind of the print operation is performed based on the count value of the counter, and which... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080107443 - Printer having user profiles for conserving power consumption: The system and process enable a printer to more realistically apprise whether internal components require additional power in order for them to be ready for use. The process includes detecting a user operating a device that is coupled to a printing device and setting a higher power consumption level for... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP

20080107444 - Imaging apparatus: An imaging apparatus configured to clean a surface of an optical member disposed in the vicinity of an image sensor that photoelectrically converts an object image. The imaging apparatus includes a foreign substance removal mechanism including a capturing portion configured to capture foreign substances by traveling while contacting a surface... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080107432 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: The invention provides an image forming apparatus and an image forming method, capable of providing an image with little deterioration, even in case the image contrast has to be adjusted not for the purpose of image adjustment, such as for reducing the toner consumption amount or for preventing the leak... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080107438 - Fixing device of image forming apparatus: A fixing apparatus of an image forming apparatus of the present invention, in arrival timing of a temperature falling area of a heat roller passing a nip at opposite position γ of an induction heating coil from temperature detection position β by an infrared temperature sensor around the heat roller,... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080107437 - Heating apparatus and image forming apparatus: The heating apparatus has a heating member and a pressure member which are mutually pressure-welded to hold and convey and heat a heated member to be heated by a nip portion formed between the heating member and the pressure member, includes a temperature detector, power control means, and a curl... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080107441 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: An image forming apparatus includes a development portion holder mounted with a plurality of development portions having a memory storing plural types of information on the corresponding development portion and that selectively portions one of the development portions in a predetermined development positions by holding and moving the mounted development... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.l.p.

20080107442 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: An image forming apparatus includes a development portion holder that is mounted with a plurality of development portions having a memory storing information on the corresponding development portion and that selectively positions the development portions at development positions by holding and moving the mounted development portions; a controller that controls... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.l.p.

20080107445 - Image forming apparatus:

20080107446 - Image forming apparatus: In an image forming apparatus, a jam access cover is mounted to an apparatus body so as to be rotatable with respect to the apparatus body. A manual feeding tray is mounted to the jam access cover in the vicinity of an upper end portion thereof so as to be... Agent: Murata Machinery, Ltd. (muratec) C/o Keating & Bennett LLP

20080107447 - Systems and methods for cycling light emitting devices in an image-forming device: Systems and methods for discharging an electrostatic charge of a surface of a photoreceptor unit including at least one photoreceptor unit with a photoconductive surface and a charging unit that may electrostatically charge the photoconductive surface. At least one light emitting device is directed to the photoconductive surface. Control circuitry... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc.

20080107448 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: An image forming apparatus of a cleanerless system having at least a charging unit, an exposing unit, a developing unit, and a transferring unit around a photoconductive drum includes brush assemblies 62 and 63 arranged to extend along a rotation axis direction of a photoconductive drum 3 between the transferring... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080107449 - Velocity correction device and velocity correction method in image forming apparatus: A velocity correction device of an image forming apparatus capable of obtaining a high-quality image. The image forming apparatus includes a rotor, a motor, a motor control unit, and a velocity command memory. The velocity correction device includes a velocity measuring unit, an arithmetic unit, and an interface unit. The... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080107450 - Charging device, image forming apparatus and charging method: There is provided a charging technique in which the generation of ozone is suppressed and charging efficiency can be improved. A charging device includes a contact unit configured to include a magnetic brush coming in contact with a body to be charged, the contact unit including, as a magnetic particle... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080107451 - Charging roller, electrophotographic process cartridge, and image forming apparatus: A charging roller including: a support; an elastic layer provided on the outer peripheral surface of the support, and having a ground-finished outer peripheral surface; and a surface layer formed to cover the outer peripheral surface of the elastic layer and that has a thickness of about 2 μm to... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080107452 - Charging unit and image forming apparatus incorporating the unit: A charging unit is disclosed capable of reducing undue variation and fluctuation margin of a charging gap, and controlling accurately the proper gap durably over the change of environmental conditions, which is suitably incorporated into an image forming apparatus. The charging unit is configured to charge an image bearing member... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080107453 - Shutter for a toner cartridge for use with an image forming device: The present application is directed to cartridges for use with an image forming device. The cartridge includes a body with an interior reservoir sized to contain toner, and an outlet to move the toner to the image forming device. A shutter is rotatably connected to the body and movable between... Agent: John J. Mcardle, Jr.

20080107454 - Method for manufacturing sheet-conveying roller: A method is provided for manufacturing a sheet-conveying roller, which includes a roller shaft having a pipe-shaped roller body on an outer circumference of which a resin layer is formed, and bearing members made of resin being attached to both end portions of the roller shaft and having press-fitted portion... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080107455 - Developing roller, manufacturing method thereof, developing apparatus and image forming apparatus: A developing roller on a circumferential surface of which toner is held includes a plurality of first grooves formed in parallel to each other at approximately equal intervals, each in a direction inclined to a circumferential direction of the circumferential surface of the developing roller; a plurality of second grooves... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080107456 - Semiconductive rubber roller: A semiconductive rubber roller comprising a toner-transporting portion whose outermost layer is formed essentially of vulcanized rubber containing 0.1 to 30 parts by mass of a phthalocyanine compound for 100 parts by mass of the vulcanized rubber. An electric resistance value of the semiconductive rubber roller which is measured at... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080107457 - Image-forming apparatus: An image-forming apparatus including: an image holding member; a charging device that charges the image holding member; an electrostatic latent image-forming device that exposes a surface of the charged image holding member to light to form an electrostatic latent image; a developing device that develops the electrostatic latent image formed... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080107458 - Fast decay ultrasonic driver: Acoustic Transfer Assist (ATA) systems are used in media printing devices to help transfer toner to paper by use of ultrasonic vibrations. The transducer is driven at its resonant frequency, though somewhat dampened. To shorten the decay time of the transducer when its vibration is not desired, a compensating signal... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20080107459 - Fusing device and image forming apparatus using the same: A fusing unit provided in a printing path of an image forming apparatus to fuse an image transferred onto a printable medium, the fusing unit including a heat source; a heating roller of which a surface is heated by heat generated by the heat source; a plurality of pressing rollers... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080107460 - Image forming device and method of initializing the same: An image forming device equipped with a heater for fusing toner on a recording medium. A first memory stores an initialization program and a control program. A second memory is provided for reading the control program. The initialization program stored in the first memory is configured to drive the heater... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.l.p.

20080107461 - Inkjet recording apparatus: An inkjet recording apparatus, including: a conveyance device including an endless belt which conveys a recording medium placed on an exterior surface of the endless belt; a recording device which jets ink onto the recording medium conveyed by the conveyance device; and a cleaning device to clean the surface, including,... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, Pc

20080107462 - soft contact portion flicker bar assembly and a toner image reproduction machine including same: In order to prevent built up crusts on the flicker assembly from being detrimentally dislodged due to the cleaning fibers impacting the flicker bar assembly, there is provided a soft contact portion flicker bar assembly for mounting in a machine to contact and flick the cleaning fibers moving along a... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20080107463 - Electrostatographic apparatus having improved transport member: The present invention is an electrostatographic reproduction apparatus which includes a primary imaging member for producing an electrostatic latent image on a receiver, a development station for applying toner particles to said latent image which forms a developed toner image on the receiver. A fuser assembly is included for fixing... Agent: Andrew J. Anderson Patent Legal Staff

20080101804 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus, including: a fixing device having: a first heat generator for generating heat for a fixing processing, the first heat generator using electric power supplied by a commercial power source; and a second heat generator for generating heat for the fixing processing, the second heat generator using... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080101805 - Image forming apparatus and control method thereof: An image forming apparatus includes a fixing unit having a fixing roller and a heating roller to fix a toner image on a printing medium and a heater to heat the heating roller, a power supply to supply power to the heater included in the fixing unit along a power... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080101806 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus including a toner charge amount control portion for controlling the toner charge amount based on the property of a recording material; a recording material charging section for charging the surface of the recording material based on the toner charge amount controlled by the aforementioned toner charge... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080101809 - Charging device, image forming apparatus, computer readable medium storing charging control program and method for charging control: A charging device includes a charging member that charges a body to be charged; a detector that detects an AC component of a current flowing through the charging member; an integration section that integrates the AC component of the current detected by the detector; a controller that controls the current... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080101808 - Image forming apparatus and method for controling developing bias voltage: c

20080101807 - Method and system for improving electrophotographic run cost through cyclic efficiency of the charging device: The life of the photoconductor in an image forming apparatus is typically limited by the eventual occurrence of some form of print quality defect related to the photoconductor. One of the typical failure mechanisms is the slow wearing away of the surface layer of the photoconductor. Photoconductor run life is... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC.

20080101810 - Image forming apparatus, fixing device, light blocking device, light blocking member and holding device for image carrier: An image forming apparatus includes: an image carrier; a fixing device disposed above the image carrier and fixing a transferred image on a recording medium to the recording medium, the transferred image being transferred from the image carrier; and a light blocking member disposed on the fixing device and blocking... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080101811 - Image forming apparatus: The controller controls the transfer power supply such that the transfer voltage applied to the second transfer member in the second image forming portion is not changed nor turned on and off in a period during which the toner image is transferred to the intermediate transfer member in the first... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080101813 - Media velocity, media present and bubble control in an electrophotographic process: In an image forming device, the actual speed of a media sheet through a fuser is detected and the fuser speed is controlled so as to maintain a bubble in the media sheet within predetermined limits. A media sheet speed sensor is disposed downstream of the fuser nip. The sensor... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080101814 - Fixer and image forming apparatus including same: A fixer includes a fixing member configured to fix a toner image on a recording medium by application of heat, a coil part configured to extend in a width direction to face the fixing member, a core part configured to face the coil part and generate heat by electromagnetic induction... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080101815 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus is described. The image forming apparatus may be for printing sheets on the basis of a print instruction input therein, including: a limit quantity storage unit storing a predetermined limit quantity; an accounting storage unit storing an accounting for printing one sheet; and a printing authorization... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080101816 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes: a photosensitive element; a charger for electrically charging the photosensitive element; an exposure device for scanning laser light across the photosensitive element that has been electrically charged by the charger; an exposure window positioned away from the exposure device for a predetermined distance and through... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080101812 - Image forming apparatus: A transfer roller drive unit sets an all-separate mode after setting a full-color mode, sets a monochrome mode after setting the all-separate mode, and sets a full-color mode after setting the monochrome mode. Namely, a transfer belt 25 comes into contact with the photosensitive drum 24 first, and then the... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080101817 - Leakage prevention member and cleaning device: A seal member 264 prevents the leakage of toner to the side of a photosensitive drum 10 when cleaning the surface of the photosensitive drum 10 of a color printer 1, and has a contact portion 264a and a movement control portion 264b. The contact portion 264a, through which developer... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20080101818 - Image forming apparatus: A bearing detachably and rotatably holds a photoconductor. A bearing holder firmly holds the bearing. A rotating lever is provided on a rotation axis of a photoconductor between the photoconductor and the bearing holder. The bearing holder and the rotating lever are provided with many protrusions at regular intervals. At... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080101819 - Charge assembly and image formation apparatus including the same: The charge assembly according to the present invention includes a charge member having a conductive support body on which a resistance adjusting layer and a surface layer covering the resistance adjusting layer are formed, to rotate a surface of the image support body to electrically charge the image support body,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080101820 - Conveying device for adjusting scanning resolution: A conveying device for adjusting scanning resolution includes a planetary gear transmission a belt and a scanning device. The planetary gear transmission has a base, a first stepping motor and a second stepping motor. A first motor gear drives a sun gear. A second motor gear drives a purl gear.... Agent: Wpat, PC Intellectual Property Attorneys

20080101821 - Dual sliding shutter system: An image forming device includes a removable cartridge holding toner, supplying toner to a developer. The cartridge and developer each include a shutter to retain toner when the cartridge is removed. Upon insertion, the developer abuts the cartridge shutter, and the cartridge abuts the developer shutter, such that movement of... Agent: John J. Mcardle, Jr. Lexmark International, Inc.

20080101822 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of containers, a container compartment, and a plurality of indicators. The plurality of containers contains developing agent, and may be arranged in parallel with each other in a first sequential order. The container compartment holds the plurality of containers at varied holding heights.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080101823 - Developing device, process cartridge and image forming apparatus: A developing device is provided including a developer bearing member configured in close proximity to or contacting the surface of the photosensitive member, a developer supplying member arranged in a developer supplying section and configured to supply the surface of the photosensitive member with developer, a developer storing section arranged... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080101824 - Roller member urging mechanism and image forming apparatus: A roller member urging mechanism includes: a roller member having a roller shaft and coming in contact with a predetermined member; a casing for holding the roller member, the casing being electrically insulative; a bearing for receiving the roller shaft, the bearing being provided in the casing slidably in a... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080101826 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus is provided with a main body, an image forming assembly accommodated in the main body, a withdrawable unit accommodated in the main body in such a manner as to be withdrawable to the outside, a fixing unit for fixing a toner image to a recording sheet... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080101825 - Fixing unit and image forming apparatus using the same: A fixing unit comprises: fixing means including a heating rotator having a heat generator and a pressure rotator which is so disposed opposite to the heating rotator as to form a nip portion, at least one of the heating rotator and pressure rotator having a reversed crown shape; and a... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080101827 - Image fixation apparatus, image formation apparatus having the image fixation apparatus, and image fixation method: The invention provides an image fixation apparatus that includes: an image fixation roller that is made up of a heating roller having a heating element and a pressure-applying roller that is opposed to the heating roller, the heating roller and the pressure-applying roller forming a nip portion; a separation member... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080101828 - Cleaning systems for fuser members and method of cleaning fuser members: Cleaning systems for cleaning fuser devices in electrostatographic printing apparatuses and methods of cleaning fuser devices using such cleaning systems are provided. The disclosed cleaning systems include flexible substrates having a surface coated with a high surface-energy film and optionally having an abrasive surface opposite the coated surface. The high... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC.

20080101829 - Image forming apparatus and method of manufacturing the same: An image forming apparatus capable of preventing sheets from being crumpled due to compressive deformation of a resilient layer thereof when the sheets pass through a fixing unit, and a method for manufacturing the same. The pressure roller may include a reinforcing member that reinforces a side of the resilient... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080101830 - Post-fixing support unit and image forming apparatus using the same: A post-fixing support unit which is disposed between a fixing roller including a heating roller having a heat generator and a pressure roller so disposed opposite to the heating roller as to form a nip portion and a plurality of sheet discharge rollers which are disposed on the downstream side... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080101831 - Fixing roller, and fixing device and image forming apparatus being provided therewith: A fixing roller is configured in a manner that a conductive primer layer, a conductive intermediate layer, and a non-conductive outermost layer (a release layer) are coated sequentially onto a surface of an outer circumference of a hollow cylindrical cored bar. The intermediate layer is composed of a non-conductive fluorine... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20080101832 - Image forming apparatus and fixing device: An image forming apparatus is provided and includes: an image forming section that forms an image on a recording material with an image forming material; a first irradiating section that irradiates the recording material with a first light; and a second irradiating section that irradiates the recording material with a... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080101833 - Cleaning device and image forming apparatus: A cleaning device includes: a housing; a cleaning roller provided in the housing and operable to come into contact with a photosensitive drum; a cleaning blade operable to come into contact with a surface of the photosensitive drum at a position lower than a nip position between the cleaning roller... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080101834 - Cleaning device, image carrier unit and image-foaming apparatus: A cleaning device includes a first cleaning member that includes a surface layer formed by a cloth made of conductive fibers, contacts an image carrier holding an image and cleans the image carrier with a predetermined voltage applied to the first cleaning member; a second cleaning member that contacts the... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080101835 - Image reading apparatus: An image reading apparatus, of which mounting plate is dust-proof, includes a casing, a mounting plate and a reading means. The mounting plate is disposed on the casing and composed of at least a nano-material. The reading means is disposed in the casing and located under the mounting plate.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080101836 - Book binding apparatus and image forming apparatus having this: There is provided a book binding apparatus including: a stacking portion that stacks sheets thereon; and a folding portion that folds the sheets stacked on the stacking portion; wherein there are provided a humidifying portion that humidifies the portion to be made into the folded portion of the sheet before... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080101837 - Printing medium feeding apparatus and image forming apparatus using the same: A feeding apparatus that feeds a printable medium from a cassette having a knock-up plate in which the printable medium is loaded and an elastic member that elastically biases the knock-up plate. The apparatus includes a pick-up roller that draws out one printable medium loaded in the knock-up plate while... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP