Electrophotography inventions 08/08

20080205908 - Terminal apparatus, a consumables residual quantity display program, and a recording medium: A terminal apparatus, a consumables residual quantity display program, and a recording medium are disclosed. The terminal apparatus, which is connected to a printing apparatus through a network, includes an acquisition unit for acquiring information about consumables of the printing apparatus from the printing apparatus; and a display controller for... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080205909 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method and computer readable medium: The image processing apparatus includes an acquiring unit that acquires information on disaster; and a switching unit that switches an operational mode of the image processing apparatus from a first operational mode in which image processing is not performed when there is lack of a part of consumables or failure... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080205910 - Component identification system and method: A component identification system and method, including an identifier associated with a replacement component, a memory to store one or more identifiers for each previously used component corresponding to the replacement component, and a processor to compare the identifier of the replacement component with the one or more stored identifiers... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20080205911 - Methods and systems relating to image forming apparatuses: The invention describes an image forming apparatus having a cartridge configured to be removably attached to a main body. The cartridge has a rotational body positioned within the cartridge and an extension portion protruding outward from the rotational body in an axial direction. The device body has a main body,... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080205913 - Image forming apparatus and control method therefor: An image forming apparatus that is capable of normally performing second side printing on a transfer material, even if the transfer material put on standby after completion of first side printing is pulled out by a user. A transfer material having image formed on its first side is fed until... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080205912 - Image forming apparatus and control method thereof: In an image forming apparatus, papers are taken in one by one using an auto document feeder (ADF) provided with a media sensor to determine the type of papers and successively carried to the reading position while the type of the papers are determined and displayed on the control panel.... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080205914 - Image forming apparatus and jam-removal method thereof: An image forming apparatus including an image forming apparatus body having an aperture for the removal of a jammed printing medium, a printing engine installed in the image forming apparatus body to print an image on a printing medium supplied thereto, and a jam-removal device installed to the image forming... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080205915 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a first cabinet, a toner carrier, an image carrier, a second cabinet disposed adjacent to the first cabinet, a toner amount detector and an empty decision unit. An inside of the first cabinet is communicated to an inside of the second cabinet through a plurality... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080205916 - Image forming apparatus and image control method: An image forming apparatus 100 includes detection means 116 which detects an image characteristic of an image formed on an image bearing member 103; a first control means which controls a toner concentration in the developer, based on a detection result by the detection means, of an image characteristic of... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080205917 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit having an image carrier, a developing agent container for holding a developing agent, and a developing agent supplier for supplying the developing agent from the developing agent container to the image carrier. A controller determines the amount of use of the... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, Pc

20080205918 - Image forming apparatus: With respect to principal papers distributed in the market and used in an image forming apparatus, a boundary between grammage ranges is set at the center of a section where neighboring grammage values of paper has a large difference, and an image is formed under optimum image forming conditions in... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080205919 - Non-contact charger and non-contact charging system: A non-contact charger includes: a casing having a recessed portion in which a cordless handset is placeable; a primary coil which is provided in the casing to be opposed to the cordless handset upon placement of the cordless handset in the recessed portion of the casing; an oscillating portion which... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc

20080205920 - Device and method for printing on both faces of a recording medium, comprising a charge shifting and recharging device: In a method or device for simultaneous double-sided printing of a recording medium, the first toner image comprising toner charged with a first polarity is generated on a first transfer belt and a second toner image comprising toner also charged with the first polarity is generated on a second transfer... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20080205921 - Apparatus and method for measuring or controlling concentration of liquid developer: Provided are an apparatus and method for measuring the concentration of liquid developer, and an apparatus and method for controlling the concentration of liquid developer in which the concentration of a highly concentrated developer is easily and accurately measured or controlled without controlling the liquid amount. An opening is provided... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080205922 - Image forming apparatus having a toner concentration sensor: An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier on which an electrostatic latent image is formed, a rotary developing device having N developer carriers on a rotation orbit and moving the N developer carriers to a development position opposite to the image carrier, and a toner concentration sensor that measures... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080205923 - Image forming apparatus and image density control method: An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier configured to carry an electrostatic latent image, a developing device configured to develop the electrostatic latent image with a two-component developer including toner and magnetic carrier, a toner supplier configured to supply the toner to the developing device, a toner concentration detector... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080205924 - Fixing device: A fixing device has a heating rotor, a pressure belt, a sheet member, first and second pressurizing members, a motor and a control unit. The control unit controls the motor to rotate the heating rotor and the pressure belt in a direction opposite to a conveyance direction of a recording... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080205925 - Duct for image forming apparatus: A duct for an image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material, the duct includes a discharge opening for discharging air; a fan, mounted to a neighborhood of the discharge opening, for discharging the air; first and second openings for suction of air; a first guiding portion,... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080205926 - Developing device and image forming apparatus including the same: A developing device includes a cabinet, a developing roller that carries developer, a supply roller for supplying the developer, a developer cartridge that accommodates the developer, a first sealing member that is provided at both ends of the developing roller, a developer passage opening provided in at least one of... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080205928 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus according to one aspect of the invention comprises: a main unit; and a developer cartridge detachably attached to the main unit. The developing cartridge comprises: a rotation body having a rotational axis and rotatable in a rotation direction; and one rotational arm of a first rotational... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080205929 - Image forming apparatus: A support member for supporting a cleaning blade of an upstream side is arranged between a charging roller of an image forming unit of the upstream side and a developing sleeve of an image forming unit of a downstream side. The support member is formed using a conductive member (metallic... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080205927 - Xerographic customer replacement unit kit: A customer replaceable unit kit contains a customer replaceable unit having a xerographic component customer replaceable unit already loaded with toner and/or waste bottles and one or more additional toner bottles to extend the life of the xerographic component customer replaceable unit. The customer replaceable unit kit allows the removal... Agent: Basch & Nickerson LLP

20080205930 - Process cartridge and image forming apparatus: A process cartridge includes a photosensitive drum, a charging unit, an exposing unit, a developing unit, an intermediate transfer unit, and a cleaning unit, arranged opposite to each other along a rotating direction of the photosensitive drum in an enclosure that has an opening opposite to a developing roller of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080205932 - Developing device and image forming apparatus: A developing device is detachably attached to an image forming apparatus. The developing device includes a first frame member; a second frame member disposed to face the first frame member; a shaft member for connecting the first frame member and the second frame member; a first engagement member disposed at... Agent: Kubotera & Associates, Llc

20080205931 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus comprises: a main unit; and a developer cartridge detachably attached to the main unit. The developer cartridge comprises: a rotational body having a rotational axis and rotatable in a rotation direction; and an extended portion formed on the rotational body to extend along the rotational axis,... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080205933 - Image forming apparatus, image forming method and image forming system: An image forming apparatus includes a communicating unit (123) that performs communication with an-external apparatus (200), a recording unit (97) that stores image information, an image processing unit (96) that performs image processing, and a control unit (91) that performs control to secure the image processing unit from the external... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080205934 - Optical writing device and image forming apparatus: A rotating deflection unit deflects a laser light emitted from a light-emitting element and performs a scanning with the laser light. A light-intensity detecting unit detects a light intensity of the laser light. A current control unit controls a current to be supplied to the light-emitting element so that the... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080205935 - Liquid separator, liquid mixture supplying system adopting such liquid separator and image forming apparatus: A liquid separator is a device for separating and extracting a dispersoid and a dispersion medium from a liquid sample containing the dispersoid and the dispersion medium. The liquid separator is provided with a liquid storage container capable of storing the liquid sample; an electrode roller including a rotary shaft,... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080205936 - Apparatus and method for transporting powder to an image device of an electrostatographic printer: An apparatus and method for dispensing toner in an electrostatographic printer includes an apparatus for transporting powder into a developer station containing at least powder and magnetic carrier including a conveyance housing divided into a mixing space adjacent to a second separate transport space, the second transport space located adjacent... Agent: David A. Novais Patent Legal Staff

20080205939 - Developer cartridge, developing unit and image forming apparatus including the same: A developer cartridge, developing unit, and image forming apparatus are provided. The developer cartridge includes a cartridge cabinet including a developer accommodate chamber, a supply opening, and a return opening. The developer cartridge further includes a rotational shaft that is rotatably supported in the cartridge cabinet, a first agitating blade... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080205938 - Image developer and image forming apparatus: An image developer, including a developer bearer rotatable facing an electrostatic latent image bearer; a developer feeder feeding a developer including a toner to the developer bearer; a developer collector collecting the developer separated and left from the developer bearer after the developer is fed to the electrostatic latent image... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080205937 - Image developer, process cartridge and image forming apparatus: An image developer, including a rotatable developer bearer; a rotatable developer feeding member contacting the developer bearer; a developer container located above the developer feeding member, wherein the developer container includes a pressure reducing member configured to reduce a pressure applied to the developer feeding member; and a first stirring... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080205940 - Developer cartridge, developing unit and image forming apparatus including the same: A developer cartridge includes a cartridge cabinet including a developer accommodating chamber configured to accommodate developer, and a supply opening that is provided in one wall surface and is configured to supply the developer from an inside of the developer accommodating chamber to an outside of the developer accommodating chamber,... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080205941 - Development apparatus and image forming apparatus: A development apparatus that performs development by forming a magnetic brush using a two-component developer is provided with a developer tank that stores developer; a developer hearing member provided with a development sleeve that carries the developer stored in the developer tank on the outer circumferential face and transports the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080205942 - Developing roller, developing unit, and image forming apparatus: A developing roller includes a hollow cylindrical or solid cylindrical main body having a grooved portion that is formed in the outer circumferential surface of the main body and that supports toner. The grooved portion includes a plurality of first grooves parallel to each other and a plurality of second... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.l.p.

20080205943 - Developing device and image forming apparatus: A developing device is provided having a simple configuration by which a desired amount of developer can be delivered to an image bearing member, and there is provided an image forming apparatus having the developing device. A developing device includes a developing roller by which two-component developer is borne and... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080205944 - Belt meander preventing device, transfer unit and image forming apparatus having the same: A transfer unit of an image forming apparatus includes at least one support roller; a transfer belt driven and supported by the support roller; and a meander preventing unit to prevent the transfer belt from leaning to one side with respect to an axial direction of the support roller. The... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080205945 - Guide roller unit, guiding device, and image forming apparatus: A guiding roller unit has a holder to be mounted on a mount, and a guiding roller rotatably supported by the holder. The holder includes a base, two bearings and widening preventing plates attached respectively to the bearing. The base, the bearings and the widening preventing parts are integral to... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080205946 - Image forming apparatus and developing device thereof: An image forming apparatus having the improved construction and mounting structure of a device for charging paper to be attached to a paper feed body is disclosed. The image forming apparatus includes a plurality of developing devices and a paper feed body which is mounted opposite to the plurality of... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080205947 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: An image forming device includes an image support body on which an electrostatic latent image is formed. A developer develops the electrostatic latent image on the image support body with a toner to form a toner image. The toner image on the image support body is transferred to an intermediate... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080205948 - Heating device, fixing device, and image forming device: A heating device has a magnetic field generating unit generating a magnetic field, a heat generating layer, and a heating/rotating unit. The heat generating layer is disposed so as to oppose the magnetic field generating unit, and is at least electromagnetically induced by the magnetic field to generate heat. The... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080205949 - Fixing unit: A fixing unit includes: a heat roller that is rotatably supported and that supplies heat for fixing; and a first and a second tubular heaters that are disposed in parallel in the heat roller along an axis thereof and that each have on an outer circumferential surface thereof one protruding... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20080205950 - Silane functionalized fluoropolymers: A composition of matter includes a plurality of fluoropolymer chains. Each of the fluoropolymer chains is chemically bonded to at least one organic graft. The at least one organic graft includes a phenoxy group, a linking group, and at least one silane end group. The phenoxy group is chemically bonded... Agent: Pepper Hamilton LLP

20080205951 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive drum, an optical unit provided below the photosensitive drum and including a cover glass for transmitting light emitted toward the photosensitive drum, and a cleaning member configured to clean a surface of the cover glass. The cleaning member includes a cleaning sheet configured... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080205952 - Sheet feeding device and image reading device: A sheet feeding device, including: a first tray on which sheets to be fed are stacked; a second tray which is disposed above the first tray to provide a two-tier structure and on which the sheets after having fed from the first tray are stacked; a sheet-feed path extending from... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080205953 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus is provided with an apparatus main body, an image forming assembly arranged in the apparatus main body, a sheet tray on which a sheet is to be placed, a conveyance unit detachably insertable into the apparatus main body, provided between the sheet tray and the image... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080205954 - Image recording apparatus: In an image recording apparatus according to an aspect of the invention, a recording medium is allowed to be conveyed on a conveying path. An inversion guide portion connects a first portion of the conveying path positioned downstream of a recording unit to a second portion of the conveying path... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080205955 - Image forming system and pamphlet producing method: In an image forming system equipped with a small-sized post-processing apparatus capable of producing pamphlets without being limited in terms of the number of sets, a folding device, an interposing device and an ejecting device for ejecting a pamphlet formed by interposing a sheet into a sheet to be folded... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, Pc

20080199193 - Image forming apparatus and failure detection method therefor: An image forming apparatus includes toner image forming devices for forming toner images of a plurality of mutually different colors, a toner image carrying member for carrying thereon the toner images of the plurality of colors to be transferred onto a recording medium at one time, an adhesion amount detection... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080199194 - Method and apparatus for controlling an image density: An amount of toner transfer on a reference pattern is calculated by using an optical detecting unit that detects both regular reflection light and diffuse reflection light from a detection target simultaneously, based on a relative ratio between a value obtained by subtracting a result of multiplying a “diffuse reflection... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080199195 - Charger with a probe and controller: This is a charging assembly that is useful in marking processes with an electrostatically charged surface. The assembly includes, besides the charger, a controller and an electric field probe. Charge and current flows can be detected by the probe and corrected immediately after detection of flaws by the probe and... Agent: James J. Ralabate

20080199196 - Machine specific transfer bias timing adjustment: During a calibration procedure, a first duration between a leading edge trigger corresponding to a leading edge of the media sheet passing a known point in a media path and a feedback event indicating a media sheet in the transfer nip by changes in the transfer current caused by the... Agent: John J. Mcardle, Jr. Lexmark International, Inc.

20080199197 - Image forming apparatus having fixing device: An image forming apparatus which forms an image on a sheet, includes a controller which executes a cleaning mode in which the controller conveys the sheet from a sheet feed tray to a fixing device without forming a toner image on the sheet, removes toner that has been adhered to... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080199198 - Fixing device, heating control method: A technique is provided that enables extension of the life of an auxiliary power source by efficiently using the power of the auxiliary power source and thereby reducing the fixing temperature raising time and effectively restraining the lowering of the fixing temperature in an image forming apparatus having a fixing... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080199199 - Automatic job template generating apparatus and automatic job template generation method: In order to provide an automatic job template generating apparatus capable of making operations simpler by reducing the steps in the user interface operation to match a frequently used capability of an MFP, an automatic job template generating apparatus of the invention is formed of an operation history acquisition unit... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080199200 - Computer readable recording medium stored with control program for controlling tab sheet insertion apparatus and control method thereof: There is provided for a user a setting screen having a tab sheet insertion setting part for conducting insertion setting concerning insertion of tab sheets of a plurality of types, and a tab sheet discharge setting part for conducting discharge setting for discharging tab sheets that became no longer necessary... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080199201 - Image forming device and image input device: In an image forming device which acquires image information of a document and forms an image on a recording sheet, an image forming device body has a first reading unit and a processing unit, wherein the first reading unit acquires image information of a document and the processing unit forms... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080199202 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus is supplied which is able to eliminate redundant item in checking and adjusting print quality before executing print process and only perform item check being really necessary so as to reduce waiting time of user. In the image forming apparatus, a non-operation time calculating section 14... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20080199203 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus including: a main body; a cover rotatably connected to the main body; a power-supply unit to generate a first power-supply voltage and a second power-supply voltage; an image forming engine to receive the first power-supply voltage from the power-supply unit; a control unit to receive the... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080199204 - Image forming device and cartridge: An image forming device according to an aspect comprises: a photoconductive drum; a developing roller opposed to the photoconductive drum; a developer container; a cartridge; a second portion; and a second terminal. The cartridge comprises: a cartridge frame; a memory unit; a first portion disposed at an upstream portion in... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080199205 - Developing device, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus: A disclosed developing device is for accommodating a developer including carriers and a toner, and for developing a latent image formed on an image carrier. The developing device includes plural developer conveying units configured to convey the developer accommodated in the developing device and form circulating paths; and a ventilation... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080199207 - Cleaning device and charging device, image holding unit and image forming apparatus using same: A cleaning device is provided and includes: three or more cleaning members for cleaning a wire member, the three or more cleaning members being separately disposed along a longitudinal direction of the wire member and including a pair of side cleaning members and an intermediate cleaning member, the intermediate cleaning... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080199206 - Corona charging device cleaning apparatus and method of cleaning a corona charging device: A corona charging device cleaning apparatus and method of cleaning a corona charging device includes a support member that includes two side surfaces that face in opposite directions. A side shield cleaning member is attached to each side surface to clean an inner surface of a side shield of a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC.

20080199208 - Method and device to prevent dust agglomeration on corona electrodes: The present invention is related to preventing dust agglomeration on a sharp electrode which is used for generating corona. According to certain aspects, the invention includes a dust shroud which decreases or prevents dust accumulation on the sharp electrodes. The dust shroud changes the gas flow path so as to... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

20080199209 - Image forming apparatus and belt cleaning unit thereof: An image forming apparatus includes a first belt roller which has a first roller shaft, a second belt roller which is disposed parallel with the first roller shaft and slidingly approaches and departs from the first roller shaft, and has a second roller shaft, a belt which is driven in... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080199210 - Developing device: A developing device comprises: a housing that stores developer; a developing roll that is rotatably supported in the housing and has a developing region with a roughened surface that supplies developer to an image region of an image holding member; a step portion that is formed at both sides of... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080199211 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, an apparatus body, a door, a sheet conveyance unit, and a positioning device. The image forming unit forms an image on a sheet. The image forming unit is disposed in the apparatus body. The door is provided in the apparatus body... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080199212 - Removably mountable frame for an image processsing apparatus, a removably mountable adaptor for an image processing apparatus and cartridges for use with a removably frame and removably mountable adaptor: A removably mountable frame comprising a driving force receiving means adapted to engage a driving force transmitting means of an image processing apparatus when the removably mountable frame is received within the image processing apparatus; and at least one frame driving force transmitting means, each frame driving force transmitting means... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20080199213 - Electrophotographic printer: An electrophotographic printer capable of easily attaching and detaching a retaining means to retain the inside of a photoconductive drum to and from the photoconductive drum. A flange located on the extraction side of a photoconductive drum is provided with: a retaining means to support the photoconductive drum from the... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080199214 - Process cartridge with component geometry suitable for recycle of same: A process cartridge is disclosed which is detachably mounted on an apparatus for forming an image using toner, and which has a process cartridge housing. The process cartridge housing includes: a smoothed surface portion including an inner face and an outer face; at least one protruding portion formed on the... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080199215 - Aromatic polycarbonate, electrophotographic photoreceptor, and image forming apparatus: p

20080199216 - Acoustic dampening material for imaging drum: Method for acoustic dampening of photoreceptor and ionographic drums using an acoustic dampening applied to and cured on the interior of a drum. Embodiments provide excellent acoustic dampening of the resonance modes, and thus, substantially eliminates the problematic sounds that are often emitted from the xerographic printing machines.... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP Xerox Corporation

20080199217 - Electrophotographic photoconductor, electrophotographic process cartridge incorporating the same, and image forming apparatus incorporating the same: An object is to provide an electrophotographic photoconductor which prevents an increase in the friction coefficient of the photoconductor surface caused when printing takes place for a long period of time or in large amounts, which has sustainability of the low photoconductor surface friction coefficient, low wear properties and high... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080199218 - Electrophotographic photoreceptor and electrophotographic image forming method and apparatus using the photoreceptor: An electrophotographic photoreceptor including an electroconductive substrate, and a photosensitive layer formed overlying one side of the electroconductive substrate, wherein the photosensitive layer includes at least two charge generation materials which have spectral sensitivity in a different wavelength region, and wherein the photosensitive layer further includes an organic sulfur-containing compound.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080199219 - Writing device: A writing device to write an image onto a photoconductor, including a print head having plural LEDs, a first supporting member, having a position determining section to determine the position of the print head, and an adjustment screw, and a second supporting member, having a reference shaft which comes into... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080199220 - Developing device and image forming apparatus: A developing device includes a housing with an opening portion for supplying developer; a developer carrier rotatably placed within the housing so as to expose a portion of the developer carrier through the opening portion; and a developer agitating member rotatably placed within the housing in order to agitate and... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080199221 - Liquid developer and image forming apparatus: A liquid developer includes an insulation liquid containing a fatty acid monoester, and toner particles comprised of a polyester resin. By using the liquid developer, it is possible to provide superior fixing characteristic of toner particles to a recording medium. An image forming apparatus that can suitably use such a... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080199223 - Developing unit, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus: A developing unit containing developer including carrier and toner and developing a latent image formed on an image carrier is disclosed. The developing unit includes multiple conveyor members configured to convey the contained developer in respective longitudinal directions so as to form a circulation channel; a supply part configured to... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080199222 - Developing unit, process cartridge, and image forming device: A developing unit includes a developer agitating member having a plurality of vanes that are disposed in a developer containing chamber and that are rotatable about an axis parallel to an axis of a supply roller. Each of the vanes has an peripheral edge, and a trailing end of the... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080199224 - Developer supply case and image forming apparatus: d

20080199225 - Toner conveying apparatus: A toner conveying apparatus comprising: a toner conveying member which discharges toner outside a toner accommodating portion; toner conveying passage which receives toner discharged from the toner accommodating portion; and a screw constituted such that a pitch in its region downstream in the toner conveying direction is wider than a... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080199226 - Developer container, developer supply device, and image forming apparatus: A toner bottle stores toner in a cylindrical section having an inner circumferential surface provided with a plurality of protruding portions raised inward the cylindrical section. When the cylindrical section is driven to rotate on its central axis, the toner is discharged from the cylindrical section via an outlet. When... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080199227 - Toner cartridge: In a toner cartridge, a cover member is attached to an outer surface of a case main body so as to cover a filling hole through which a toner is filled in a toner chamber. The cover member is detachably attached to the case main body by a lock mechanism... Agent: Murata Machinery, Ltd. (muratec) C/o Keating & Bennett LLP

20080199228 - Color image forming apparatus and process cartridge attached thereto: In a color image forming apparatus comprising a plurality of developing devices each provided with a developing roller structured with a developing sleeve and a fixed magnetic pole member, an agitating member, a recovering and feeding member, a regulating member and a developing device casing member, at least one of... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080199229 - Transfer-fixing device, image forming apparatus, and transfer-fixing method: A transfer-fixing device includes a transfer-fixing member, a pressing member, a heating device, and a temperature equalizer. The transfer-fixing member carries the toner image. The pressing member presses against the transfer-fixing member to form a nip portion to which the recording medium is conveyed. The heating device heats the transfer-fixing... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080199230 - Apparatus and method for fixing photocurable inks and printing apparatus: An apparatus for fixing photocurable inks includes: a light source for irradiating light for fixation to a recording side of a recording medium printed with photocurable ink; a fixing member which is disposed in a conveyance path of the printed recording medium, is formed in a cylindrical shape, and can... Agent: Nath & Associates

20080199231 - Fusing unit and image forming apparatus using the same: A fusing unit is formed along a printing path in an image forming apparatus and fuses an image transferred to a printing medium. The fusing unit includes: a heat source; a nip plate which is heated by the heat source, and comprises a nip part to heat and press the... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080199232 - Image heating apparatus: where μ1 is a friction coefficient between a fusing roller (heating rotary member) and a pressing belt (endless belt), μ2 is a friction coefficient between the pressing belt and a driving roller, V1 is a peripheral speed of the fusing roller, and V2 is a peripheral speed of the driving... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080199233 - Electrophotographic fixing member and manufacturing method thereof, fixing apparatus, and electrophotographic image forming apparatus: e

20080199234 - Toner recovery apparatus, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus: To provide a toner recovery apparatus including: a toner transporting duct; and an endless toner transporting belt; wherein the toner transporting belt is rotated in a loop form in such a way that it descends in a region where the outer circumferential surface faces a ceiling surface of the toner... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080199235 - Method of producing a double-sided printed material and double-sided printing apparatus: When first print information is input, a print length thereof is calculated so as to calculate a length of a double-sided printed material 1 to be finally produced. Then, print information blocks 2 to be printed on a back surface of the recording medium is selected. The print information blocks... Agent: Bruce L. Adams, Esq Adams & Wilks

20080199236 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive drum for transferring an image onto a sheet and an image roller and a pressure roller for fixing the image transferred onto the sheet to the sheet. A conveying portion and a guide plate constitute a sheet conveyor portion positioned between the photosensitive... Agent: Bruce L. Adams, Esq Adams & Wilks

20080193146 - Monitoring apparatus and monitoring system for image forming apparatus and control method for monitoring apparatus and monitoring system: A monitoring apparatus and a monitoring system monitor a person who removed an output sheet for a print job or a copy job from an image forming apparatus that can be used by a plurality of users. With the use of a job-start notification, a job-end notification, and a sheet-removal... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080193147 - System for managing replaceable modules in a digital printing apparatus: An electrophotographic printing or copying machine includes a functional module which can be readily removed and replaced by service personnel. The module includes a monitor in the form of an electronically-readable memory, which includes information about how the particular module is to be operated. A distribution board electronically accesses the... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20080193149 - Image forming apparatus and method of controlling the same: An image forming apparatus to print at least one of a plurality of test images and texts at various print concentration levels such that confusion of a user due to a change of a print concentration level is prevented, and a method of controlling the same. The method of controlling... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080193148 - System and method for in-line sensing and measuring image on paper registration in a printing device: A printing system and method is provided for adjusting image on paper (IOP) misregistration in a printing device. The method includes initiating marking of a substrate with a test pattern, the test pattern having at least one feature, and the marked substrate including at least two features including the at... Agent: Xerox Corporation (cdfs)

20080193150 - Switching regulator and image forming apparatus and its control method: A switching regulator has an input voltage detection circuit which inputs a voltage applied to a rectifier diode 7 connected in series with the secondary side of a transformer and generates a voltage signal Vvp corresponding to the voltage, and a calculation unit which calculates a voltage value Vin inputted... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080193151 - Color registration apparatus and method, image forming apparatus employing the same apparatus, and image output method of the image forming apparatus: A color registration apparatus that independently forms images of predetermined respective colors and compensates a mis-registration between the overlapped images of respective colors employed in an image forming apparatus of forming a color image by overlapping the images of respective colors, includes a detecting unit to detect a contour form... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080193152 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus including a first developing device including a first developer carrying member for carrying a developer containing toner, wherein a developing voltage including an AC component is applicable to the first developer carrying member to develop an electrostatic image; a second developing device including a second developer... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080193153 - Image forming apparatus: A pulse-like DC voltage is applied from two power sources to transfer residual toner uniformizing means and toner charge amount control means, respectively, to expel transfer residual toner deposited on these means from these means onto a photosensitive drum. In a low humidity environment, the number of application of the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080193154 - Image forming apparatus capable of preventing waste of developer: A mode setting portion sets a mode to either one of a normal mode in which a developer amount set value T is set to a base developer amount Tbase and a developer-saving mode in which the value T is set to a value smaller than the base developer amount... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, Pc

20080193155 - Image forming apparatus and method of controlling a temperature of a fixing unit thereof: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit to form an image, a fixing unit to fix the image which is formed by the image forming unit onto a printing medium, a power supply unit to supply electric power to the fixing unit, a first fixing unit control part... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080193156 - Image forming apparatus having high voltage circuit board and driving unit: An image forming apparatus (1) according to the present invention includes a high voltage circuit board (14) and a driving unit (10). A frame (4B) is provided in the apparatus (1) to support an image forming unit (2). The frame (4B) has a partition face (5), which defines a boundary... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20080193158 - Image forming apparatus: Disclosed is an image forming apparatus to perform an image forming processing based on a print job including: a sheet feeding section to feed a stored printing sheet; a punching section to perform a punching processing in a printing sheet; and a control section to allow the punching section to... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20080193157 - Media determination: Embodiments of media determination are disclosed.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080193159 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes: an image bearing member, on which an electrostatic image is formed; a development unit which is provided with a developer bearing member for bearing and conveying a developer, so as to develop the electrostatic image; a storage place which can store therein the developer spattering... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080193160 - Developing cartridge having a plurality of developers with different material properties and image forming apparatus having the same: A developing cartridge includes an image receptor which spreads developer on a printing medium, a developer storing part which stores a plurality of developers having a different material property and a different supplying order according to the concerned material property, and a developer feeding unit which sequentially transfers each of... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080193161 - Power supplying device and image forming device: In a powder supplying device, a powder container contains powder therein and is provided at a bottom of the powder container with a gas blowout part for ejecting gas to the inside of the powder container. A powder transport unit attracts powder contained in the powder container from a suction... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080193162 - Image forming apparatus: An intermediate transfer unit can be detached from a device main body through an opening that is covered by an openable and closable front cover. A sheet path is provided between the intermediate transfer unit and the front cover. A portion of a convey-guiding unit of the sheet path falls... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080193163 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive body having surface capable of accepting an electric potential, a light scanning lamp which scans a lamp light toward the photosensitive body to change the electric potential of the photosensitive body, and a lamp controller which moves between a blocking position to block... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080193164 - Electrostatic latent image holder unit and image forming apparatus using the same: An electrostatic latent image holder unit includes: first and second electrostatic latent image holders that have first and second functional layers, respectively, the first functional layer being different from the second functional layer in component ratio, and holds an electrostatic latent image on a surface thereof; a contact type charging... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080193165 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a photoreceptor drum, a developing roller, a registration roller for positioning and conveying the paper and a drive controller for controlling the drive of the registration roller. The registration roller conveys the paper so that its leading end collides with the photoreceptor drum. The drive... Agent: Mark D. Saralino ( Sharp ) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080193166 - Method for controlling color-image forming apparatus: A method of controlling a color image forming apparatus, the method including: reducing the C, M, and Y channels from the boundary area of the composite black text, thereby allowing only the K channel to be left on the outermost boundary of the composite black text; and compensating for the... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080193168 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a developing unit which comprises a unit casing to form a developing chamber, and a rotating body which is rotatably provided in the developing chamber, a developer supplying unit to store a developer therein, and comprises a plurality of developer outlets which are overlapped or... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080193167 - Powder container and image forming apparatus: A powder conveying unit conveys powder input from a powder inlet of a powder containing chamber into the powder containing chamber. A powder detecting unit detects a full state of the powder conveyed by the powder conveying unit in the powder containing chamber. A sensor chamber is provided outside the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080193169 - Developer container and image forming apparatus that incorporates the developer container: A toner container holds toner and is detachably attached to an image forming apparatus. A housing holds the toner therein and includes a first engagement portion and an opening through which the toner is discharged into the image forming apparatus. The first engagement portion includes a first surface and either... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20080193170 - Developing unit having developer feeding plate and image forming apparatus having the same: A developing unit includes a developer feeding unit which feeds developer to an image receptor, a casing which supports the developer feeding unit and includes a developer storing part provided in an area to face the developer feeding unit and to store the developer, and a developer feeding plate which... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080193171 - Developing apparatus: A developing apparatus includes a developer carrying member for carrying a developer to develop an electrostatic image formed on an image bearing member with a developer; a developer feeding member, contactable to the carrying member, for supplying the developer to the carrying member, the developer feeding member is rotatable in... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080193172 - Developing roller, developing apparatus using the same, and image forming apparatus: A developing roller having an elastic layer on the outer periphery of a mandrel and having a surface layer containing a resin and resin particles on its outer periphery, wherein the surface layer has a convex portion attributable to the resin particles, and has a surface of roughness in which... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080193173 - Belt unit, transfer belt unit, and image forming apparatus: A belt unit includes a belt, a contact member, a movable member, an eccentric cam, a contact-separation mechanism, and a braking unit. The contact member is configured to come into contact with the belt. The contact-separation mechanism allows the movable member to move according to the rotation of the eccentric... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080193174 - Convective hot air impingement device with localized return paths: This is a pre-heater system especially useful in an electrostatic marking apparatus. It is used to heat the toner and paper (media) prior to the paper entering the conventional fuser station. Using this pre-heater increases fusing productivity (ppm), widens media latitude and/or extends fuser member life for a given fuser... Agent: James J. Ralabate

20080193175 - Fixing device for use in an image forming device: A fixing roller 30, which has an internal heating device and is supported to rotate around a cylindrical shaft 40, and a pressure roller 81 whose circumferential face presses against the fixing roller 30, and which is supported to rotate around the pressure roller axle 82, are mounted in a... Agent: Global Ip Counselors, LLP

20080193176 - Air knife system with pressure sensor: A fusing assembly includes a fuser member, such as a rotatable fuser roll which, during operation, contacts a sheet of print media to fuse a marking material to the sheet. A stripping apparatus applies gas to the sheet to assist in detaching the sheet from the fuser roll. The stripping... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20080193177 - Developing apparatus and image forming apparatus having the same: A developing apparatus and develops a developer with respect to a photosensitive medium, the and includes a developing cartridge which accommodates the developer therein; a cleaning blade which contacts the photosensitive medium by an end part thereof to clean the photosensitive medium, a guide member which guides the cleaning blade... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080193178 - Cleaning device, image forming apparatus, and process cartridge: A cleaning device including a cleaning brush to which a voltage is applied to remove residual toner particles from a cleaning target having a moving surface. The cleaning brush is configured to be triboelectrically charged to a polarity opposite to that of the voltage applied to the cleaning brush by... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080193179 - Cleaning unit, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus using the same: A cleaning apparatus for removing charged particles includes a cleaning brush and a recovery unit. The cleaning brush removes the charged particles from an object by attracting the charged particles having positive and negative polarity. The recovery unit for recovering the charged particles from the cleaning brush includes a recovery... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080193180 - Medium detecting device and method, image forming apparatus employing the medium detecting device, and image output method of the same: A medium detecting device to detect information corresponding to a printing medium fed through a medium transport path, includes a detecting unit to detect a contour form information of the printing medium; and a discriminating unit to determine a format of the printing medium and feeding information based on the... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080193181 - Image reading device and image forming apparatus having the same: An image reading device and an image forming apparatus having the same. The image reading device includes a scan path to scan and read image information by a scan unit, a duplex path to connect a downstream side of the scan path to an upstream side of the scan path... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080193182 - Image forming apparatus with printed-paper storing function and printed-paper storing method thereof: In a housing in which a printing unit is provided, a printed-paper storing unit that stores paper printed by the printing unit is provided to be removable to the outside. This printed-paper storing unit can be brought into a lock state in which removal to the outside of the housing... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080187326 - Image forming apparatus and image forming system comprising the same and printing method thereof: A network image forming apparatus and a printing method thereof in an image forming system automatically change print concentration according to a type of print data and printing the print data so as to provide convenience to a user. The printing method of the network image forming apparatus connected to... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080187327 - Function executing device: A function executing device for executing a function by utilizing a consumption article may be provided with a device main body, a sensor, an information output device, and a controller. A consumption article housing case for housing the consumption article may be mounted on the device main body. The sensor... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080187328 - Accordian jam detection of printed media: An apparatus, system and method of detecting paper jams in printer, such as in the fuser assembly of an electrophotographic device. A plurality of sensors may detect the leading edge of the sheet of paper as it exits the fuser hot roll nip. The sensors may include a media exit... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC

20080187329 - Image forming apparatus for counting images formed by the apparatus: An apparatus having an operative mode and a non-operative mode with a method for counting events with a volatile counter and a non-volatile electronic memory having a number N of memory areas, includes counting events with the volatile counter, when the count value has been incremented by a predetermined number... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080187332 - Developing device and image forming apparatus using same: A developing device capable of preventing scattered developer from being discharged and of stably supplying a developer to a latent image carrier by preventing the developer from being discharged despite that the amount of developer within the developing device is not increased, and an image forming apparatus including the developing... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080187330 - Image forming apparatus and toner sensor status sensing method thereof: An image forming apparatus which comprises a developing unit having a toner and a developer therein, the apparatus includes a toner sensor to receive a control voltage and to generate an output voltage corresponding to a remaining amount of the toner in the developing unit, a pulse width modulator to... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080187331 - Toner cartridge and developing device: According to a toner cartridge of this invention, a region (R3) extending along the outer circumferential direction of a toner cartridge (50) is not tapered, and a region (R1) on the inner wall of a developing device (10) which corresponds to the region (R3) is not tapered either. This prevents... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080187333 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus having a heating roller and a pressing roller includes a temperature sensing unit provided to be broken when the heating roller is overheated and a pressure releasing control unit provided to release the pressing roller from the heating roller when the temperature sensing unit is broken,... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080187334 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes image bearing member having a movable surface; charging means for charging the surface of the image bearing member; image exposure means for exposing the surface of the image bearing member charged by the charging means to light in accordance with image information, thus forming an... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080187335 - Printing apparatus and method: Disclosed is a printing apparatus and method to correct for image non-uniformities. The printing apparatus comprises a photoreceptor (P/R) belt charging device positioned to charge the P/R belt after an image is transferred to a media sheet. Subsequently, an image sensing device scans the P/R belt residual image or patches... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20080187336 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus which is capable of decreasing the failure rate by improving a photocatalytic material and utilization efficiency thereof, and by decomposing substances that cannot be completely removed with a cleaning member or by not causing the substances to adhere. A light emitting unit irradiates an object to... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080187337 - Image forming apparatus and electric discharge reduction method thereof: An image forming apparatus includes an image former which comprises a photosensitive body and a developing device to apply a developer to the photosensitive body, a power supply which supplies developing voltage to the developing device, a detector which detects a density of an image formed by the image former,... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080187338 - Image forming apparatus:

20080187339 - Image forming apparatus: A controller takes in a detection signal indicating the surface electrical potential of a photoconductive drum (7) from a surface electrical potential sensor (step #1), and determines whether the surface electrical potential is smaller than the predetermined threshold value (step #2). As a result, when the controller (6) determines that... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080187340 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus has a heating rotator 12 that is heated by a first heat source 18, a pressurizing rotator 24 that is heated by a second heat source 28, that is in pressure contact with the heating rotator 12, and that forms a fixing nip 26 between the... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080187341 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a fixing device for thermally fixing the image on the recording medium; a medium type detection unit for detecting a type of recording medium; a temperature adjusting unit for adjusting a temperature of the fixing device according to the type of recording medium; and a... Agent: Takuchi & Kubotera, LLP

20080187342 - Image forming apparatus having intermediate transfer member: An image forming apparatus includes: a primary transfer section which executes a first transfer by superimposing respective color toner images formed on a plurality of photoreceptors onto an intermediate transfer member; a secondary transfer section including a transfer roller, which concurrently transfers a plurality of toner images superimposed and formed... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080187343 - Image forming apparatus: An optical sensor detects at least one of a toner image and a toner adhesion amount per unit area based on a change of an optical characteristic on a surface of an endless belt member. A control unit performs a predetermined process based on a detection result obtained by the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080187344 - Image forming apparatus and method for controlling feeding of sheets: An image forming apparatus, to which a paper-output device for processing a sheet after image formation is attached, includes a paper-feed unit for feeding a sheet for image formation; a detection unit for detecting a type of the sheet fed from the paper-feed unit; an image forming section for forming... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080187345 - Image history storage method, image history storage system, image history storage program, and recording medium: In one embodiment of an image history storage system, an image history storage computer accesses an image forming apparatus based on image forming apparatus identification information, requests image data attribute information from the image forming apparatus, receives the attribute information from the image forming apparatus, judges, with filtering information, whether... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080187346 - Information processing apparatus and control method thereof, computer program and image forming system: Option unit configuration information indicating a mounting method of option units mounted to an image forming apparatus is acquired. An availability of use of an option unit mounted to the image forming apparatus is determined based on the mounting method of option units indicated by the acquired option unit configuration... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080187347 - Fuser, image forming apparatus, and method to control the apparatus: A fuser, an image forming apparatus, and a method to control the apparatus includes a power supply unit to supply power to a plurality of heat sources provided in the fuser, and is controlled to gradually increase and change in a stepwise manner an amount of current supplied alternately to... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080187348 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method thereof: An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive body to be developed by a conductive toner, a charger which charges a surface of the photosensitive body with a surface potential, a power supply which supplies one of a normal charging power to perform a normal charging operation and a compensation charging... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080187349 - Exhaust system of image forming device: A low-voltage power source circuit board is provided downstream in relation to the flow of air introduced through an intake hole and exhausted by a power source fan. Heat sinks are provided on the low-voltage power source circuit board on electronic parts that generate a large amount of heat, the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080187350 - Light scanning module having cleaning shutter to clean laser scanning window and image forming apparatus having the same: A light scanning module mounted to a main body, the module including a light scanning unit including a light scanning window to scan a light onto a photosensitive body of the main body, a cleaning shutter part including a cleaning part to clean the light scanning window and is coupled... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080187351 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member bearing a normal toner image and a toner pattern; toner image forming means for forming the normal toner image in an image area of the image bearing member and for forming the toner pattern in a non-image-area of the image bearing... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080187352 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member bearing a normal toner image and a toner pattern; toner image forming means for forming the normal toner image in an image area of the image bearing member and for forming the toner pattern in a non-image-area of the image bearing... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080187353 - Image forming apparatus and developing unit thereof: An image forming apparatus capable of cleaning contact members by using developer leakage preventing components includes a photosensitive member, a developer feeding member which feeds a developer to supply the developer to the photosensitive member, contact members which keep a development gap or a development nip constant between the photosensitive... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080187354 - Fluid container, recycling method of fluid container, and sealing method of fluid container: A method for sealing an opening formed in a cover film welded to a fluid retainer at a position corresponding to a covered area of an ink inlet hole. A sealing member, which seals the opening, is a laminated film including a first film and a second film. The method... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080187355 - Fluid container, recycling method of fluid container, method for piercing cover film of fluid container, piercing jig, and method for manufacturing fluid container: A piercing method for forming an opening in a cover film welded to an ink cartridge in such a manner as to cover first and second ink inlet holes is provided. The method includes: forming a cut in the cover film in such a manner as to provide a cut... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080187356 - Guide bearing attachment for a rotatable element and a developer roller incorporating same: A guide bearing attachment 12 for a rotatable element 10 having at least one end 20, the rotatable element housed within a housing 46 having a substantially circular opening 48 therein, the guide bearing attachment 12 comprising a base portion 22; a projection 32 extending from the base portion 22... Agent: Berenato, White & Stavish, LLC

20080187358 - Developing device and image forming apparatus that uses this developing device: A developing device configured such that the developing device or the like can be easily inserted and removed without increasing the size of the apparatus, and an image forming apparatus that uses this developing device as well as a process cartridge. The developing device is provided with a first rib... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080187357 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member on which an electrostatic image is to be formed; a developing device for developing the electrostatic image with a developer; a developer container detachably mountable to a mounting portion provided in a main assembly of the apparatus, for accommodating a supply... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080187359 - Image forming apparatus: Provided is an image forming apparatus which includes a cylindrical image carrier, on which at least an electrostatic latent image is formed, and a charge roller for non-contact charging the image carrier with a predetermined charge gap, and applies at least an alternating current (AC) voltage to the charge roller... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080187360 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a charging device for charging a photosensitive element having a moving surface, by bringing a charging roller, to which voltage is applied, into pressure-contact with the photosensitive element, wherein to the charging member there is applied voltage for forming an electric field such that toner... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080187361 - Image forming method and apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes: an image carrying member having a movable surface; a charging device including a rotatable charging member which is supplied with a voltage including a direct voltage superimposed with an alternating voltage, and which contacts and charges the image carrying member; an electrostatic latent image forming... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080187362 - Line head, an exposure method using the line head, an image forming apparatus, an image forming method and a line head adjustment method: A line head, includes: an element substrate that includes luminous element groups as groups of a plurality of luminous elements; and a lens array that includes lenses which have an optical property of inverting or non-unity-magnification, focus light from the luminous element groups to form spot groups on an image... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080187363 - Toner cartridge having multiple drives: Provided is a toner cartridge equipped with multiple drives adapted to engage the printer-drive mechanisms of multiple printers. Each drive is associated with at least one of the cartridge-drive structures found on most toner cartridges. Each drive can be associated with one or more cartridge-drive structures such as the toner... Agent: Smith Hopen, Pa

20080187364 - Image forming apparatus including controller driving image carriers: An image forming apparatus of the present invention includes image carriers arranged side by side in a preselected direction, developing means each for forming a toner image on one of the image carriers, a drive mechanism for driving in the preselected direction a member to which toner images are to... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080187365 - Image forming apparatus and powder housing unit: A powder housing unit includes a plate-shaped agitating unit that is horizontally arranged inside of a casing to accommodate a powder, a rotating shaft that causes the agitating unit to slide back and forth, and a powder conveying unit that conveys the powder in a horizontal direction during the sliding.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080187366 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a developer storage tank which stores a developer therein and has a developer discharger to discharge the developer therethrough, a developer receiver which receives the developer, a delivery member which is connected with the developer discharger and delivers the developer to the developer receiver through... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080187367 - Toner cartridge and electrophotographic printer employing the same: A toner cartridge horizontally installed in an electrophotographic printer having a photoreceptor drum where an electrostatic latent image is formed by charging and exposure, and contributing to toner supply and development by being fixedly coupled to in the electrophotographic printer. The toner cartridge includes a housing filled with toner of... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080187368 - Drum unit and image forming apparatus equipped therewith: A drum unit (20) for forming a toner image includes a cylindrical-shaped metal tubular member (31), a flange member (40) attached to one end of the metal tubular member (31) and a ground plate (50) attached to the flange member (40) and having an outer peripheral edge formed with a... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080187369 - Image forming apparatus for transferring transfer residual toner onto image bearing member: There is a charge member which charges secondary transfer remaining toner on an intermediate transfer member to a polarity opposite to a normal charge polarity. The transfer remaining toner charged by the charge member is moved in the direction opposite to that of normal toner by a transfer bias and... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080187370 - Fuser assembly for an electrophotographic device: A fuser assembly for an electrophotographic device includes a tubular roller, a pressing member, a pressing roller, and a heater. The pressing member is disposed in the tubular roller, and includes a tubular part that has a flat surface. The pressing roller presses the tubular roller against the flat surface... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080187371 - Fuser assembly for an electrophotographic device: A fuser assembly for an electrophotographic device includes a tubular roller, a pressing member that is disposed in the tubular roller and that has a flat surface, a pressing roller that presses the tubular roller against the flat surface of the pressing member, and a heater that is disposed in... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080187372 - Heating device and image formation apparatus: On a sliding surface of a heating support body positioned in a downstream side in a film body moving direction wherein the heating temperature is comparatively high and the fluidity of a lubricant agent is good, fluid guiding grooves which uniformly disperse the lubricant agent are provided, thereby well dispersing... Agent: Reed Smith, LLP Attn: Patent Records Department

20080187373 - Fixing device for image forming apparatus: In a fixing device for an image forming apparatus of the invention, circumferences of both side parts of an elastic layer are made larger than a circumference of a central part, and the expansion of a foamed rubber layer is absorbed by space between the elastic layer and a metal... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080187374 - Fixing roller and image forming apparatus: A fixing roller includes: a core; an elastic layer made of an elastic material, formed around the core; and a resin layer made of fluorine resin, formed around the elastic layer. The fixing roller is designed such that the resin layer has a thickness of 40 μm or more, and... Agent: Mark D. Saralino ( Sharp ) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080187375 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member for carrying a toner image; transferring means for being supplied with a transfer voltage to transfer a toner image from the image bearing member onto a recording material in a transfer portion; a plurality of heating devices for heating the toner... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080187376 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a transportation member rotating to transport a medium or developer; a blade member disposed to abut against the transportation member for removing an object adhering to a surface of the transportation member; and a retaining member disposed on an upstream side of the blade member... Agent: Takuchi & Kubotera, LLP

20080187377 - Cleaning device for image forming apparatus: A cleaning device includes a cleaning unit configured to remove toner on an image bearing member, a container adapted to contain the removed toner that is recovered, a screw configured to convey the removed toner toward the container, a spherical moving member configured to be moved by the rotation of... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080187378 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus including a compact waste toner storage device in which waste toner can be evenly stored. The image forming apparatus includes a waste toner tank to store the waste toner that is collected from a cleaning member to remove the residual waste toner on an image carrying... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080187379 - Waste toner collecting device and image forming apparatus having the same: A waste toner collecting device and an image forming apparatus having the same include a photosensitive body on which an electrostatic latent image is formed, a developing unit which supplies a toner to the photosensitive body to form a visible image, a transfer unit which transfers the visible image formed... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080187380 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming apparatus main body; an image forming section that is arranged within the image forming apparatus main body, and that forms an image in a recording medium; a discharging member that discharges the recording medium on which the image is formed by the... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080187381 - Image forming apparatus and control method thereof: An image forming apparatus capable of increasing the speed of successively discharging printed printing media in order to increase the overall print speed and a control method thereof. The image forming apparatus includes a first discharge roller to feed printed printing medium rearward from a print unit disposed at an... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080187382 - Image forming apparatus and method thereof: An image forming apparatus having an improved structure to enable a user to conveniently operate the image forming apparatus at a front of the image forming apparatus, and a method thereof. The image forming apparatus includes a main body formed with a discharge port at a front portion, a printing... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080187383 - Sheet processing apparatus and sheet processing method: A sheet processing apparatus of the invention includes a post-processing unit that applies post-processing to sheets conveyed from an image forming apparatus, a vertical aligning unit that conveys the sheets to the post-processing unit and brings an edge of the sheets into contact with a movable stopper arranged in a... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP