Electrophotography inventions 09/08

20080232825 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus generates a color image on a transfer belt by superimposing toner images of respective colors generated by image forming units, and transfers the color image onto a transfer medium. The image forming apparatus includes a correction pattern forming unit configured to form a correction pattern for... Agent: Ipusa, P.l.l.c

20080232826 - Systems and methods for material authentication: Systems and methods for authentication of materials used in imaging members and assemblies. Authentication of imaging materials ensure that compatible components are being used with the imaging members and assemblies. Embodiments provide a system and method for efficiently detecting whether materials being used in the imaging members and assemblies are... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP Xerox Corporation

20080232827 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: An image forming apparatus and an image forming method in the invention include a scanner unit, an image forming unit, and a discarding unit. When time during which a recording medium having an image formed thereon is discharged to a paper discharge tray has exceeded a set time set in... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080232828 - Adaptive toner gas gauge: In accordance with certain aspects, an adaptive system and method are implemented to estimate the level of consumable such as toner on a gauge that accommodates machine-to-machine variances, individual machine degradation over time, and otherwise correct over time for various inaccuracies by applying an error compensation that can be used... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC.

20080232829 - Adaptive toner gas gauge: In accordance with certain aspects, an adaptive system and method are implemented to estimate the level of a consumable such as toner on a gauge that accommodates machine-to-machine variances, individual machine degradation over time, and otherwise correct over time of various inaccuracies by applying an error compensations can increase the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC.

20080232830 - Image formation apparatus, an image formation process control method, and a recording medium: An image formation apparatus including a toner cartridge for holding toner, an image supporting unit, on which an electrostatic latent image corresponding to a toner image is formed, a toner development unit for developing the latent image into the toner image with the toner, a detecting unit for detecting toner... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080232831 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes an overheat prevention device to control a heater based on a fusing temperature detected by a temperature sensor within a predetermined range when a controller generates an abnormal heater control signal.... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080232832 - Image forming apparatus and method of detecting contamination in the image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a transport belt, a carriage, a reflection sensor, and a control unit. The transport belt transports a recording sheet in a sub-scanning direction. The carriage, mounting a recording head, reciprocally moves in a main scanning direction to record an image on the recording sheet. The... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080232833 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: An image forming apparatus is disclosed that has an optical device including an optical source that is driven corresponding to image data, a deflection unit that deflects an optical beam output from the optical source in a main scanning direction, and an optical element that reflects the optical beam onto... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080232834 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus having a short warm-up time desired by a user, wherein a quick output section is provided, and when a quick output mode is set by the quick output section, warm-up completion temperature is set to be low, and thereby, warm-up time is made to be short.... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080232835 - Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and computer program product: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit that forms an image on a sheet of recording medium, a sheet feed tray selecting unit, a medium size selecting unit that selects a first medium size, a medium type selecting unit that selects a medium type. A determining unit determines... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080232836 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus including an exposure device, a development device, an image density detection device, a supply device for supplying a toner to the development device, a cleaning device for cleaning the surface of an image bearing member, a driving torque detection device for detecting a driving torque of... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080232837 - Image forming apparatus: A level determination circuit 60 determines whether a voltage level Vref of an output variable signal is a previously set reference level Vref−m or higher. According to this determination result, a constant voltage output circuit 70 and a constant current output circuit 80 selectively operate. The constant voltage output circuit... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080232838 - Image forming apparatus and method to control the same: An image forming apparatus and method includes a controller to set a reference fusing temperature according to the print pattern of an input image received from an image input unit. The input image is converted to bitmap data to recognize the print pattern. The reference fusing temperature is set higher... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080232839 - Image forming apparatus and method of controlling the apparatus: When a main switch 11 is off, an electricity storage device 93 is charged with electric power of a commercial AC power supply 80. When the main switch 11 is on and warming-up of a fixing unit 35 is necessary, a halogen heater 51 in a heating roller 41 is... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080232840 - Image forming apparatus and method of the same: The number of prints necessary for execution of a print job of a storage type, together with the surplus number of prints, is calculated. A difference B between an upper limit value A and the number C of prints is calculated during execution of a print job. When there is... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080232841 - Image forming apparatus and method of the same: When a USB memory 10 is attached to the USB port 8a and identification data of a user is inputted on a control panel 3, it is determined whether the identification data inputted coincides with identification data registered in advance. When a determination result of this determination is affirmative, a... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080232842 - Image forming apparatus, image forming system and control method of image forming apparatus: Disclosed an image forming apparatus which has a plurality of functions, including: a display section to display operation screens corresponding to the respective plurality of functions; an operation section; a function group storage section to store a function group consisting of a plurality of functions related to one another among... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080232843 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a cassette attaching section, a media cassette, a loading plate and a first and second ground conducting route. The cassette attaching section includes a media supplying roller for supplying media. The media cassette is attachably and removably installed in the cassette attaching section. The loading... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20080232844 - Image forming apparatus, exposure apparatus and image forming method: The image forming apparatus is provided with: plural image carriers; and plural exposure apparatuses that are arranged corresponding to the plural image carriers respectively. The exposure apparatus has a light emitting element member that exposes the image carrier and is arranged on a substrate. A predetermined exposure apparatus among the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080232845 - Cartridge drum roller: A tool for rotating a drum from a first cartridge drum axle end, the first cartridge drum axle end having a predetermined shape, the tool comprising a tool body configured to provide structure to the tool; a first end defined by the tool body; a second end defined by the... Agent: Roland Tong

20080232846 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a case comprising an opening for feeding a recording sheet into an interior of the case; a cover comprising an actuator unit, the cover capable of being moved between a closed state in which the cover closes the opening,... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080232847 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus has an image bearing member and a main body with an internal conveyance path for conveying a transfer material. An opening/closing member is attached to the main body and is displaceable between a closed position and an opened position where the conveyance path is exposed. A... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080232848 - process for producing dry ink colorants that will reduce metamerism: In accordance with the invention, there is a method of forming a toner. The method can include blending two or more colorants to form a sample toner and forming a sample color specimen including a printed image comprising the sample toner. The method can further include comparing spectral distribution curves... Agent: Mh2 Technology Law Group, LLP (cust. No. W/xerox)

20080232849 - Image forming method: To provide an image forming method for obtaining excellent image quality under high humidity. The image forming method including charging a surface of a latent electrostatic image bearing member, exposing the charged surface of the latent electrostatic image bearing member so as to form a latent electrostatic image, developing the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080232851 - Image developing apparatus and image forming apparatus using the apparatus: An image developing apparatus includes an upper case; a lower case disposed on a lower side of the upper case, and internally housing a developing agent, and having an opening. A photoconductive drum is disposed on the upper case for forming an electrostatic latent image on a surface thereof. A... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20080232852 - Image formation apparatus and photoreceptor cartridge: An image forming apparatus, includes: a mainframe; a photoreceptor; an exposing unit that exposes a surface of the photoreceptor to form an electrostatic latent image; and a developing unit that develops the electrostatic latent image by supplying a charged developer on the surface of the photoreceptor having the electrostatic latent... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080232850 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: An image forming apparatus comprises charging means, etc. sequentially arranged around a periphery of an electrophotographic photoconductor, wherein, when a projection area of the charging means per time relative to the photosensitive layer surface of the electrophotographic photoconductor is set to be S (cm2) and a current value applied to... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080232853 - Conformable, electrically relaxable rubbers using carbon nanotubes for bcr/btr applications: Exemplary embodiments provide bias-able devices for use in electrostato-graphic printing apparatuses using conformable and electrically relaxable rubber materials. The rubber material can include a plurality of nanotubes distributed uniformly and/or spatially-controlled throughout a rubber matrix for providing the rubber material with a uniform mechanical conformability and a uniform electrical resistivity.... Agent: Mh2 Technology Law Group, LLP (cust. No. W/xerox)

20080232854 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a rotatable image bearing member on which an electrostatic latent image is formed; a charging member for being supplied with a charging voltage which is a DC voltage not having an AC voltage component and for contacting the bearing member to electrically charge a surface... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080232855 - Exposure apparatus, image forming apparatus, exposure apparatus manufacturing method and image forming method: The exposure apparatus is provided with: an optical member; and a holding member that holds the optical member. Both end portions of the optical member are held by the holding member with a first adhering unit that is cured by light irradiation for first duration and a second adhering unit... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080232856 - Exposure apparatus, image forming apparatus and heat adjustment method: The exposure apparatus is provided with: plural light emitting elements that are arranged in a line; a substrate that the plural light emitting elements are arranged thereon; plural temperature measuring units that are arranged along the arrangement direction of the plural light emitting elements and measure temperatures of the substrate... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080232857 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus having at least a latent electrostatic image bearing member, and a recharging unit configured to recharge a residual toner remaining on the latent electrostatic image bearing member, wherein after transfer, the residual toner is passed through the recharging unit and is then recovered in a developing... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080232858 - Developing unit, visualized image formation unit and image forming apparatus: A developing unit includes a developer consumption calculator, a consumption shift unit, a supply amount setting unit and a developer supply controller. The developer consumption calculator calculates consumptions of developer in zones and stores the consumption in each zone into a corresponding storage region. The consumption shift unit shifts the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

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20080232861 - Development device and image forming apparatus: The development device of this invention includes a developer bearing member, a magnet, and a developer regulation member. The magnet is fixedly disposed within the interior of the developer bearing member. The developer regulation member includes at least a magnetic member. And the thickness of this magnetic member along the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

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20080232863 - Image forming apparatus: In an image forming apparatus 1 including a photoconductive drum 31 on which an electrostatic latent image is formed and a developer carrier that is allowed to carry a developer thereon by a developing bias voltage applied thereto composed of a DC component and an AC component and that is... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20080232864 - Developer supply roller and image forming apparatus: To provide a developer supply roller including:a shaft core; and an elastic layer over the shaft core, wherein the elastic layer is composed of at least a first elastic layer and a second elastic layer, the first elastic layer and second elastic layer made of elastic bodies with different moduli... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080232865 - Magnet roller, developing agent carrier, developing unit, process cartridge and image forming apparatus using same: A magnet roller for use with a hollow cylindrical structure made of a non-magnetic material includes a roller body and a reinforcing member. The roller body, encased in the hollow cylindrical structure, has at least one magnetic pole to form an agent releasing area on a skin of the cylindrical... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080232866 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a belt-shaped image carrier that carries an image, an image transfer unit that transfers the image onto a recording medium, and a conveying unit that conveys the recording medium to the image transfer unit. The image carrier has a sloping surface that slopes down from... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080232867 - Transfer nip roller, transfer device, and image forming apparatus: In a transfer nip roller operative to transfer an image from an image carrier to a recording medium, a ratio (We3/Wt3)/(We30/Wt30) is 0.47 or more, where We3 is an elastic workload and Wt3 is a total workload measured by applying a load on a covering portion under a load push-in... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080232869 - Image fixing apparatus and image forming apparatus: An image fixing apparatus includes a first conveying path on which a sheet is conveyed, a first fixing unit that fixes a toner image on a sheet conveyed on the first conveying path, a second conveying path on which a sheet is conveyed, wherein the second conveying path branches from... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080232868 - Image forming apparatus and fixing unit: An image forming apparatus includes: an apparatus body; an image forming unit; a first fixing device; and a second fixing device, the first and second fixing device being selectively attached, and the apparatus body including: a first attaching region that is formed by detaching the first fixing device; a sheet-discharging... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080232871 - Fixing device and image forming apparatus having the same: A fixing device includes a pressing roller, a fixing belt to receive a rotation force transferred from the pressing roller and to rotate thereby, a nip forming member which is mounted inside the fixing belt, the nip forming member including a heat transmission unit formed thereon, and a heat source,... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080232870 - Fuser assembly having compliant stopping flange: A fuser assembly configured to fix a toner image to a sheet of print media includes a fuser belt having a first side edge and a second side edge. A plurality of end cap assemblies is positioned to locate the fuser belt. The plurality of end cap assemblies include a... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080232872 - Image forming apparatus including a heat shielding device: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming device that forms a toner image on a recording medium, a heat fixing device provided adjacent to the image forming device to fix the toner image onto the recording medium by heat, and a heat shielding device that shields the image forming... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080232873 - Fixing device and image forming apparatus including same: An image forming apparatus includes a fixing device to fix a toner image on a recording medium by applying heat. Such a fixing device includes at least a magnetic flux generator, a heat generating roller, a magnetic shunt layer, and a protective layer. The magnetic flux generator is configured to... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080232874 - Cleaning blade edge stiffener to improve blade tucking robustness: This is a cleaning blade useful in an electrophotographic marking system. Under certain conditions, cleaning blades will tuck when the blade continuously contacts a photoconductive surface of this marking system. This tucking causes abrading and damage to the moving photoconductive surface. To prevent or minimize tucking, a blade stiffener is... Agent: James J. Ralabate

20080232875 - Image forming apparatus: A brush member includes plural raisings and contacts a surface of an image bearer downstream of a transfer station and temporary captures toner remaining on the surface of the image bearer into the brush member in a toner capturing process. The brush member returns the toner to the surface of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080232876 - Duplex automatic sheet feeder: In a duplex automatic sheet feeder, a passageway group, connected to a supply tray and a discharge tray, includes a plurality of passageways and an image processing region. A sheet detector disposed in the passageway group is for detecting each sheet and thus outputting a sheet detecting signal. A transporting... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20080232879 - Conveying device and image forming apparatus: A first longitudinal registration correcting unit corrects a misalignment of a recording medium in its conveying direction. A lateral registration correcting unit corrects a misalignment of the recording medium in its width direction after the misalignment in the conveying direction is corrected by the first longitudinal registration correcting unit. A... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080232877 - Image forming apparatus: In an image forming apparatus including an image forming section which forms an image on a sheet and a conveyance section which conveys the sheet to the image forming section, the conveyance section includes: a registration roller, a plurality of loop forming rollers which cause the sheet to form a... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080232878 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming section which forms an image on a sheet; a conveyance section which conveys the sheet to the image forming section, having a registration roller, a plurality of loop forming rollers which cause the sheet to form a loop, provided upstream of the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080232880 - Sheet conveying device and image forming apparatus: A sheet conveying device includes a pair of upstream rollers and a pair of downstream rollers each including a drive roller and a driven roller, a calculating unit, and a control unit. The upstream rollers include a measuring unit that obtains speed information of the upstream rollers. The calculating unit... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080232881 - Image forming apparatus and method of forming image: In an image forming apparatus, a recording medium is temporarily stopped at an upstream of a fixing unit when the recording medium needs to be stopped for a longer time between the fixing unit and a curved path.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080226309 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus is capable of reducing the vast amounts of image forming apparatus input lines by placing detection data from a plurality of detection means on a single signal line. An image forming apparatus may include an image forming controller configured to control a movement of the image... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080226308 - Web cartridge refurbishment verification: A method of verifying web cartridge refurbishment is disclosed. The method includes installing a refurbished web cartridge in a print apparatus, the print apparatus comprising an encoder and a web sensor and utilizing the encoder and the web sensor to verify refurbishment of the installed web cartridge.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080226311 - Development device, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus using the development device: A novel development device includes a developer roller, a developer reservoir, a rotatable conveyor, and a replenisher unit. The developer roller is configured to supply toner particles to the electrostatic latent image. The developer reservoir is configured to hold the developer therewithin for application to the developer roller. The rotatable... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080226310 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a data processor, a first calculating unit, a second calculating unit, an updating unit, and an instructing unit. The first calculating unit calculates estimated developer consumption necessary to form an image. The second calculating unit calculates developer consumption corresponding to a sum of density values... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080226312 - Actuator, optical scanner, and image forming apparatus: An actuator includes: a first vibration system including a driving member having a frame shape, and a pair of first axial members each one end of which supports the driving member so as to allow the driving member to rotate about an X-axis; a second vibration system including a movable... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080226313 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, an intermediate transferring body and a contact type secondary transferring member transferring an image from the intermediate transferring body to a recording medium. The apparatus forms an image with respective developers for multiple colors and uses a predefined adjustment pattern to make... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080226315 - Fuser unit and image forming apparatus equipped with the same: A fuser unit for an image forming apparatus including: a tape-like cleaning member that abuts on a fuser roller and cleans its peripheral surface; a press roller that presses the fuser roller via the cleaning member; a feed roller that feeds said cleaning member; a wind roller that winds the... Agent: Mark D. Saralino (general) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080226314 - Image forming apparatus and control method thereof: An image forming apparatus of the invention conveys paper fed by a paper feeding mechanism piece by piece to a paper discharging unit through a paper conveying path. An image forming unit is arranged in a midway portion of this paper conveying path and executes an image forming process for... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080226316 - Image forming apparatus: Toner images of reference patterns having different resolutions are formed on an image carrier, image densities of the toner images of reference patterns are detected by a density sensor, and an output of the density sensor, when the detected densities equate among the reference patterns having different resolutions formed with... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080226317 - Image forming apparatus and method: An image forming apparatus, includes: a plurality of image forming stations each of which includes a photosensitive member and a charger that charges a surface of the photosensitive member to a specified surface potential, and is adapted to execute an image forming operation of forming an electrostatic latent image on... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080226319 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus including a plurality of developing devices each having a plurality of guide parts on both lateral sides, a frame body having a plurality of guide members configured to receive the guide parts of the developing devices, a front door for receiving and removing the developing devices... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080226318 - Method of rotating revolver unit using a plurality of motors: According to an embodiment of the invention, a revolver unit is rotationally driven by using three stepping motors. The weight of developing cartridges loaded on the revolver unit is identified on the basis of the quantity of remaining toner in toner cartridges. At the time of rotationally driving the revolver... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080226320 - Developing unit and image forming apparatus: A developing unit has a voltage-applicator (80) to apply a developing bias voltage to a developing roller (72). The voltage-applicator (80) applies the developing bias voltage for a first duration to apply an AC voltage having a rectangular waveform, and a second duration to stop applying the AC voltage. The... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080226321 - Image forming apparatus and tandem image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus has a photoconductive drum or belt supporting a toner image, a transfer member transferring the toner image onto a recording medium, a transportation device transporting the recording medium to between the photoconductor and the transfer member, a charger charging a surface of the transfer member to... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080226322 - Method for printing of a recording: In a method or system for printing of a recording medium, potential images of images to be printed are generated on a potential image carrier. The potential images are developed into an image film comprising image regions and non-image regions on the potential image carrier via application of a liquid... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20080226323 - Image forming apparatus and control method thereof: A printing speed is adaptively set using Fuzzy inference, based on various printing environments including a printing medium width and the average amount of printing, so that the internal temperature of an apparatus can be stably maintained, and the use convenience can be enhanced.... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080226325 - Fixing apparatus and image forming apparatus: In one embodiment, a paper separation claw is separated from a surface of a pressure roller by a drive source being turned ON at a time t2 before commencement of rotation of the pressure roller, and the paper separation claw is made to contact the surface of the pressure roller... Agent: Mark D. Saralino ( Sharp ) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080226326 - Fixing device, image forming apparatus including the fixing device, and fixing method: A fixing device includes an excitation coil, a heat-generating layer, a magnetic shunt layer, and a degaussing member. The excitation coil generates a magnetic flux. The heat-generating layer generates heat using the magnetic flux generated by the excitation coil. The magnetic shunt layer transmits heat generated by the heat-generating layer.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080226324 - Heating device, fixing device, and image forming device: A heating device includes a magnetic field generating unit, and a heat generating body having a heat generating layer generating heat due to electromagnetic induction, and a temperature-sensitive layer. The heat generating layer is disposed opposing the magnetic field generating unit. The temperature-sensitive layer has a Curie temperature greater than... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080226327 - Image forming apparatus and authentication method: An image forming apparatus including applications and system side software for providing system side services to the applications is provided, in which the image forming apparatus includes: an authentication module for displaying an authentication screen on an operation panel of the image forming apparatus, wherein the authentication module allows the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080226328 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: An image forming apparatus for judging, on the basis of image information, whether an image to be printed is a monochromatic image or a full color image, deciding, at the beginning of a job, a separation mode for the monochromatic image and a contact mode for the full color image,... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080226329 - Image forming system and use status display program: An image forming system includes: a computer; an image forming apparatus configured to be coupled to the computer; an inquiry unit which inquires, to the image forming apparatus, about a use status thereof; an acquisition unit which acquires the use status from the image forming apparatus, to which the inquiry... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080226330 - Apparatus for image formation: An apparatus for image formation comprises a fixing unit, first to fourth switching units, a DC power supply unit, an accumulating unit, a charging unit, and a switching control unit. The first switching unit switches the state of connection between the fixing unit and a commercial power source. The DC... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080226331 - Imaging units and methods of insertion into an image forming device: The present application is directed to an imaging unit for an image forming device. In one embodiment, the imaging unit includes a frame that includes brace members that are connected together to form a central opening. The imaging unit may also include separate mounting locations positioned on the frame in... Agent: John J. Mcardle, Jr. Lexmark International, Inc.

20080226332 - Exposure apparatus and exposure method, and device manufacturing method: An exposure apparatus includes: a supply port through which a liquid is supplied to an optical path space of exposure light; and a supply passage in which the liquid flows and which is in fluid communication with the supply port. An amount of a predetermined substance mixed into the liquid... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20080226333 - Used toner collection device and image forming apparatus: A used toner conveyance device includes a lateral conveyance member for conveying used toner substantially in the horizontal direction, and a vertical conveyance member for upwardly conveying the used toner transferred from the lateral conveyance member. The vertical conveyance member transfers the used toner to either a collection space or... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080226334 - Discharger, image carrier unit, and image forming apparatus: A discharger includes: a discharge electrode member that is placed opposedly to a member to be charged; an opposed electrode member that is placed opposedly to the discharge electrode member; and a power source circuit that applies a discharge voltage for generating a discharge between the discharge electrode member and... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080226336 - Image forming apparatus: An intermediate transferring unit (120) is provided with a main cleaning member (29a) together with an auxiliary cleaning member (50). A main cleaning width (Wb1) of the main cleaning member (29a) is smaller than a width dimension (Wb) of an intermediate transferring belt (12). The auxiliary cleaning member (50) covers... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080226335 - Image transfer device and method for cleaning a part thereof: An image transfer device for a sheet-fed image reproduction system is disclosed in which an improved removal of contaminants from the surface of an image transfer member is possible by using a tacky surface cleaning member contacting the image transfer member surface. The tacky surface of the cleaning member is... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080226337 - Developing cartridge, image forming apparatus having the same, and method of detaching developing cartridge from image forming apparatus: A developing cartridge usable with an image forming apparatus includes a developing cartridge housing, and a handle disposed on one side of an upper surface of the developing cartridge housing, and having a gripping portion formed thereon to make an acute angle with the upper surface of the developing cartridge... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080226338 - Developing cartridge, image forming apparatus, and method of mounting/separating developing cartridge on/from image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus having a developing cartridge includes a lower main body, and a developing cartridge installed in the lower main body and including a photosensitive medium. An upper main body may be separably installed on an upper side of the lower main body and includes an upper pressing... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080226339 - Image forming apparatus and cartridge for the use therewith: An image forming apparatus and a cartridge for use therewith are provided. The image forming apparatus includes a main body; a cartridge that stores a developer; and a supporting member that receives the cartridge, the supporting member being rotatably supported by the main body. The supporting member pivots between a... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080226340 - Developing cartridge, image forming apparatus having the same, and maintenance method of developing cartridge: A developing cartridge includes a main frame including a photosensitive medium, and a charging member frame including a charging member to charge the photosensitive medium and detachably disposed at the main frame. The main frame includes a plurality of frame reference grooves, and the charging member frame includes a plurality... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080226341 - Developer cartridge: A developer cartridge has: a first body having an opening; a memory unit that has a contact terminal, the memory unit is provided at the first body; and a second body that covers the first body, the second body having a exposure hole; wherein the second body and the first... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080226342 - Developer cartridge: A developer cartridge that can be attached to and detached from an image forming apparatus and contains developer, the developer cartridge comprising: a first body that has an opening for supplying the developer; a second body that covers the first body, the second body having a conductive portion that can... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080226343 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus to remove a jammed printing medium and to prevent a transmission of fixing heat is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a fixing unit to fix a toner image into a printing medium when the toner image is transferred onto the printing medium, the fixing unit... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080226345 - Image forming apparatus and power transmission device thereof: An image forming apparatus and a power transmission device capable of intermittently transmitting power reliably to a plurality of driven bodies from a driving source with a small number of clutches. The power transmission device includes a cam part which rotates by receiving power of the driving source, a clutch... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080226344 - Power transmission device, drive transmitting apparatus of image forming apparatus using the same, and image forming apparatus using the same: A power transmitting device that allows a rotation driving unit to stably rotate at a constant angular velocity while overcoming an effect of backlash of a gear which is an element to transmitting power, a drive transmitting apparatus of an image forming apparatus that employs the power transmitting device, and... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080226347 - Electronic apparatus and image forming apparatus: An electronic apparatus includes a main body; a maintenance member operated by an operator for maintenance; and a hand touch member disposed on the maintenance member. The hand touch member is formed of a conductive material, and is connected to a ground portion disposed in the main body.... Agent: Kubotera & Associates, LLC

20080226346 - Inkjet solid imaging system and method for solid imaging: Solid imaging apparatus and methods for use are disclosed that reduce the amount of uncured solid imaging build material remaining on a completed build object following the completion of the solid imaging build process. The amount of uncured build material is reduced through the use of either an uncoating web... Agent: Summa, Allan & Additon

20080226348 - Multi-pass type image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive body, and a plurality of developing devices to develop a color image on the photosensitive body. The plurality of developing devices include fixing type developing devices, of which positions relative to the photosensitive body are fixed, and moving type developing devices, of which... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080226349 - Image forming apparatus, process cartridge, and development device: An image forming apparatus includes a development device for supplying a developer containing toner and carrier to an electrostatic latent image carrying member for carrying thereon an electrostatic latent image, or a process cartridge for integrally storing the development device and the electrostatic latent image carrying member. The development device... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080226350 - Developing device and image forming apparatus: To provide a developing device capable of preventing the hysteresis phenomenon. The developer of the developing device contains a toner and a carrier. The toner and the carrier are charged to a polarity different from each other by frictional contact thereof. The developing device has a first conveyance member and... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080226351 - Toner paddle for distributing toner within an image forming device: The present application is directed to devices for moving toner within an image forming device. In one embodiment, the device includes a reservoir with an inlet that leads into the reservoir through a first sidewall. New toner may be introduced through the inlet and into the reservoir. A paddle may... Agent: John J. Mcardle, Jr. Lexmark International, Inc.

20080226352 - Process cartridge and image forming apparatus: When starting driving of an agitating unit or a developing roller in an image forming apparatus, rotation speed of one or both of the agitating unit and the developing roller is raised in a stepwise manner until the agitating unit and the developing roller attain a steady rotation speed. When... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080226354 - Apparatus and methods for loading a donor roll: An apparatus for loading one or more donor rolls of a developer unit, comprising a developer housing having a reservoir for a developer material, a rotatable first donor roll that delivers the toner onto a moving photoconductive member, a rotatable first magnetic brush roll that receives the developer material from... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC.

20080226353 - Apparatus and methods for loading a donor roll utilizing a slow speed trim roll: An apparatus for loading one or more donor rolls of a developer unit, comprising a developer housing having a reservoir for a developer material, a rotatable first donor roll that delivers the toner onto a moving photoconductive member, a trim roll that receives developer material from the reservoir and delivers... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC.

20080226355 - Development device, process cartridge, and image formation apparatus: A development device includes a developer support body including a non-magnetic hollow body which contains a magnetic field generator and attracts a developer onto an outer surface by a magnetic force of the magnetic field generator, a magnetic member being disposed around the magnetic field generator and exerting a magnetic... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080226356 - Image developer using one-component developer: d

20080226357 - Developing roller having specific surface layer, developing device provided with the developing roller and image-forming apparatus provided with developing device equipped with the developing roller:

20080226358 - Image forming apparatus: A reciprocating-motion converting mechanism includes a cam that rotates around a rotation center; a reciprocating member that is reciprocated due to rotation of the cam; and a pressing unit that presses the reciprocating member to the cam. A first load torque is generated by a load applied at a point... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080226360 - Image forming apparatus and method for controlling the same: An image of a color misregistration detection pattern is formed, and the amount of color misregistration is detected by reading of the pattern image. The amount of color misregistration detected by a detecting unit and the delay time from the time when image data is requested to the time when... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080226361 - Image forming apparatus with image adjusting function, image adjusting method and image adjusting program: An image forming apparatus with an image adjusting function using a adjustment patterns transferred on an endless belt including; a calculation unit that obtains, based on the measured positions of the adjustment patterns, a deviation in a rotating direction and/or in a width direction, respectively; and an adjustment unit that... Agent: Edwards & Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080226359 - Image-forming device: The pattern data generating unit generates pattern data indicative of a pattern of a plurality of marks including a plurality of first marks each having a first color and a plurality of second marks each having a second color so that a first target-total is equal to a second target-total.... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080226362 - Image forming apparatus: In an image forming apparatus, a pre-transfer guide (50) is provided immediately before a transfer nip portion formed by an intermediate transferring belt (12) and a transferring roller (18b). The pre-transfer guide (50) extends in a width direction of a sheet conveying path, and projections (50b) are formed on opposite... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080226363 - Fixing apparatus and image forming apparatus: A fixing apparatus is provided with a fixing roller that fixes a toner image that has been transferred onto a paper, a cleaning member that cleans a circumferential surface of the fixing roller using a metal roller that is idly rotated by contacting the circumferential surface of the fixing roller,... Agent: Mark D. Saralino ( Sharp ) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080226364 - Image forming method: f

20080226365 - Protective-agent applying device, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus: A protective-agent applying device that applies a protective agent mainly containing paraffin to a photosensitive element. The protective-agent applying device applies a protective agent to a surface of the photosensitive element in such a manner that when applying the protective agent for 10 minutes, the protective agent equal to or... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080226366 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus of the present invention includes a guide member 140 positioned so as to be above a blade 60 in a casing 9 of a cleaning section 6. The guide member 140 guides the toner 8, which has been scraped from an image carrier 1 with the... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080226367 - Waste toner transfer device, waste toner cleaning device having the waste toner transfer device, developing unit having the waste toner cleaning device, and image forming apparatus: A waste toner transfer device of an image forming apparatus includes a waste toner transfer unit which is disposed in proximity to a cleaning member to transfer waste toner removed from a photoconductive medium by the cleaning member, and includes a plurality of protrusions at one end, a driving unit... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080226368 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer program: A disclosed image processing apparatus is capable of shifting an illegal copy preventing pattern so that an image reading device can recognize the pattern printed at the edge end of the printing range on a paper even when the printing range on the paper is changed by, for example, trimming... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080226369 - Apparatus for scanning duplex document and method of scanning duplex document using the same: A method and apparatus for efficiently scanning a duplex document in which a scan unit sequentially scans both sides of a sheet of a duplex document by moving the sheet across a reader, and a reverse output unit to output the sheet after turning over the sheet. Therefore, since the... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080226370 - Image-forming apparatus and control method thereof: In a case that it is determined that a first feeding unit is not ready to feed upon designation of a first print job that requires air feeding, start of the first print job is waited until the first feeding unit is ready to feed. In a case that a... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20080226371 - Image scanning apparatus and image scanner: In an image scanning apparatus, documents on a document tray are transferred one by one, and an upper surface height of the documents is lowered to turn off a height detection sensor. Different kinds of control modes are performed according to a document scanning mode. In an image-quality-priority scanning mode,... Agent: Murata Machinery, Ltd. (muratec) C/o Keating & Bennett LLP

20080219681 - Driver system of image forming apparatuses and method of controlling the same: A driver system of image forming apparatuses whose structure is improved to receive a necessary service without additional confirmation by automatically requesting a management service and to improve the efficiency of use of the image forming apparatuses and a method of controlling the same. The driver system of the image... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080219682 - Image forming apparatus, controller, computer readable medium and image forming condition adjustment method: An image forming apparatus is provided with: an image forming unit that forms an image on a medium according an image forming condition; a speed changing unit that changes an image forming speed of the image forming unit between a plurality of image forming speeds including a first image forming... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080219683 - Developer replenishing device for image forming apparatus: A toner replenishing device that provides a container and a device having a high toner volumetric efficiency and a low cost, suppresses vibration during replenishment to a minimum, and stores recovered toner without impairing the volumetric efficiency of unused toner is constituted by a developer replenishing device which is provided... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080219684 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus is provided which is capable of forming higher-quality images by detecting a toner concentration with higher accuracy to attain appropriate toner supply and image density. A value obtained by adding a correction value based on a temperature, humidity, a print coverage, or the like to a... Agent: Mark D. Saralino ( Sharp ) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080219685 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: An image forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention includes a storing unit configured to store an identification code of an image recording medium and an image forming condition in association with each other, a setting unit configured to set the identification code, and an image forming unit... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080219686 - Image forming apparatus: A product of a predetermined time interval and the number of periods is set to be an integer multiple of a time (or agitation period) required for one rotation of an agitation member and also a light receiving state is detected when an interval signal is Hi. Therefore, the number... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080219687 - Image forming apparatus and control method thereof: An image forming apparatus and a control method thereof. The image forming apparatus includes an image input part, a development unit which is supplied with a toner and forms a developer to develop an input image inputted from the image input part, a transfer member to form a patch image,... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080219688 - Image forming apparatus with reduced start-up time: A disclosed image forming apparatus forming a visible image on a recording medium includes: a functional element required for an image forming operation; a first control unit controlling the functional element; an input unit inputting an external instruction; and a second control unit communicating with the first control unit about... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080219689 - Selectable micr system and method: A method of generating a printed document from a marking device that includes two or more developer units, where at least one of the developer units contains a magnetic ink character recognition (MICR) toner and where at least one other of the developer units contains a non-MICR toner. The method... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc.

20080219691 - Image forming apparatus: In an image forming apparatus 1 capable of reserving a plurality of printing jobs, the suspended state retention time for retaining the suspended state is preset by the operation of an operation section 142. When a printing job during output operation has been suspended, a timing section 17 starts to... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.l.p.

20080219690 - Image forming method, image forming system, image forming apparatus, and computer readable storage medium for image forming program: The image forming method for executing the proof printing based on a printing job for printing images on recording sheets including a sheet has a step 1) of selecting an substitutive sheet to be used in place of a tab sheet specified in the printing job, and a step 2)... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20080219692 - Process cartridge for use in image forming apparatus and image forming apparatus: In an image forming apparatus employing a process cartridge for image forming apparatus which is equipped with a chip including a rewritable non-volatile memory, the non-volatile memory at least includes a read-only region and an arbitrarily rewritable region, a control program for writing data to the read-only region is installed... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20080219693 - Aerator and image forming apparatus: An aerator includes: a ventilating member that is disposed opposedly to a heat generating object, and that allows air to flow through an inside; and an inlet device that takes in air from an outside, and that sends the air to the ventilating member, the ventilating member including: a discharging... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080219694 - Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and process cartridge: An image forming apparatus and a process cartridge have high-durability and stably form high quality images under long-term use without reducing image density even when concentration of discharge products at the surface of an electrophotographic photoconductor becomes uneven in a discharge region of a charging unit. The apparatus employs an... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080219695 - Ozone removal device, image forming apparatus having the same, and method for removing ozone: A color laser printer is provided with a first exhaust duct for exhausting ozone generated by a charging unit etc. inside a housing to the outside of the housing. The first exhaust duct is therein provided with a catalytic honeycomb filter for ozone gas treatment and an ion emitting unit... Agent: Mark D. Saralino ( Sharp ) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080219696 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, a holding member and a supporting member coupled to the holding member. The holding member includes photosensitive drums and is configured to hold toner cartridges disposed in association with the photosensitive drums in a detachable manner and to move between a storage... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080219697 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus has a holding member having a plurality of photosensitive drums and configured to hold a plurality of toner cartridges in a detachable manner. The holding member is coupled to an apparatus body in a tiltable manner between a storage position where the holding member is disposed... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080219698 - Latent image carrier unit and image forming apparatus: There is disclosed an image forming apparatus including: a latent image carrier; a latent image writing unit; a development unit; a latent image carrier unit having the latent image carrier; a first positioning protrusion disposed on the latent image carrier unit, the first positioning protrusion being engaged with a groove... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080219699 - Development device and image forming apparatus comprising same: The development device of the present invention has a rotating shutter supported rotatably between a supply opening formed on a toner supply device and a receiving opening formed on a developing tank. The rotating shutter has an open section extending in the axial direction of the roller-shaped main section as... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080219700 - Unit and image forming apparatus including the same: A unit, which is configured to be attachable to and detachable from a body of an apparatus, includes: a holding portion for holding the unit to attach and detach the unit to and from the apparatus body, the holding portion being projected from a housing of the unit; and a... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080219703 - Conductive member, process cartridge using conductive member, and image forming apparatus using process cartridge: A conductive member includes a conductive supporter, an electric resistance adjusting layer formed on the conductive supporter and gap retaining members which are of a different material from that of the electric resistance adjusting layer and are disposed respectively at both ends of the electric resistance adjusting layer for contacting... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080219702 - Image forming apparatus, process cartridge, and image forming method: A disclosed image forming apparatus includes an image carrier; one or more charging units configured to charge the image carrier in preparation for formation of each of plural latent images corresponding to toner images of different colors; a latent image forming unit configured to expose non-image areas on the charged... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080219701 - Squarewave charging of a photoreceptor: Charging devices, electrostatic imaging devices, and methods generate a charging waveform having a DC bias component and an AC component for charging the imaging surface of a charge retentive member, the AC component having a substantially squarewave waveform.... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc.

20080219704 - Optical writing device and image forming apparatus: An electrophotographic optical writing device equipped with a semiconductor laser includes the semiconductor laser, a collimating lens, an aperture, a cylindrical lens, and a polygon scanner. An additional aperture, a second aperture, is provided in a light path between the semiconductor laser and the collimating lens.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080219705 - Image forming apparatus and light scanning unit thereof: An image forming apparatus including a photosensitive member on which an electrostatic latent image is formed, a light scanning unit to scan a light beam onto the photosensitive member so as to form an electrostatic latent image, a developing unit to apply developer onto the photosensitive member formed with the... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080219706 - Development apparatus and image forming apparatus: In one embodiment, in a development apparatus in which at least a first screw conveyor has been provided in a case, a developer affixing prevention member that prevents a developer from affixing to the first screw conveyor is disposed in the vicinity of a toner resupply port provided in the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080219707 - Electrophotographic apparatus using a developing solution containing a liquid carrier formed by dispersing toner particles in a solvent: According to an embodiment, an image shift can be decreased by a photoconductor belt which has a photosensitive layer formed on the surface of a cylindrically formed belt, a pair of rollers which is placed to apply tension to a photoconductor belt, and rotates the photoconductor belt in a specified... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080219708 - Electrophotographic apparatus using a developing solution containing a liquid carrier formed by dispersing toner particles in a solvent: According to an embodiment, an image shift can be decreased by a photoconductor belt which has a photosensitive layer formed on the surface of a cylindrically formed belt, a pair of rollers which is placed to apply tension to a photoconductor belt, and rotates the photoconductor belt in a specified... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080219709 - Toner metering apparatus: The present disclosure relates to a device and/or method for conveying a quantity of image forming material between selected regions in a printing device or printer cartridge. A roller is provided having a surface that may include a recess capable of transferring a quantity of image forming material. The recess... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080219710 - Developing cartridge and image forming apparatus having the same: A developing cartridge usable with an image forming apparatus, the developing cartridge includes a supporting frame, a developing member which is supported in the supporting frame, and to supply the developer to an electrostatic latent image of a photosensitive body of the image forming apparatus, a supplying member which is... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080219711 - Image forming apparatus and image forming unit thereof: An image forming apparatus including a photosensitive member on which an electrostatic latent image is formed, an image forming unit to form a visible image on the photosensitive member formed with the electrostatic latent image, and a transfer device to transfer the visible image formed on the photosensitive member onto... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080219712 - Developing device and image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus provided with an image carrying member to carry an electrostatic latent image, a toner carrying member to develop the electrostatic latent image on the image carrying member with toner; a first developer carrying member to carry developer containing toner, carrier, reverse polarity particles and to supply... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080219713 - Developer rolls having a tuned resistivity and methods for making the same: Developer roll having a conductive or semi-conductive soft rubber core and a coating deposited in the soft rubber core wherein the coating has a conductive agent. The outer surface of the soft rubber core is modified before the coating is deposited onto the outer surface of the soft rubber core.... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080219714 - System, method and apparatus for electrostatic image transfer: An imaging system, method and apparatus for producing an image by sensitizing a charge retentive surface of a photoreceptor, image-wise exposing the charge retentive surface to produce an electrostatic latent image, and then transferring the latent image away from the photoreceptor. An intermediate transfer belt carries the latent image to... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, Plc.

20080219715 - Transfer device and image forming apparatus having the transfer device: An image forming apparatus capable of preventing meandering of a transfer belt. The image forming apparatus includes a main body, including an image forming unit; and a transfer device to transfer an image formed by the image forming unit to a printing medium. The transfer device includes a transfer belt;... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080219716 - Fixing apparatus with a pressing member and transfer fixing member: For an image forming apparatus, a transfer fixing apparatus and a transfer fixing method fix a toner image onto a record medium. The fixing apparatus and the image forming apparatus have a structure to reduce adverse heat influences impacting on an intermediate transfer member, and can further reduce vibrations generated... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080219718 - Transfer-fixing device, image forming apparatus including the transfer-fixing device, and transfer-fixing method: A transfer-fixing device transfers and fixes a toner image onto a transfer-fixing surface of a recording medium, and includes a transfer-fixing member, a pressing member, a heating member, and a temperature equalization member. The transfer-fixing member carries the toner image. The pressing member pressingly contacts the transfer-fixing member to form... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080219717 - Transfer-fixing device, image forming apparatus, and transfer-fixing method: The transfer-fixing device includes an image carrier, a pressing member, a heater, and an electrical field generator. The image carrier carries a toner image. The pressing member presses against the image carrier to form a transfer-fixing nip between the pressing member and the image carrier. The heater heats the toner... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080219719 - Method of duplex printing on sheet media: A first and second printing engine are disposed with an intermediate transport belt in U-shaped arrangement. The method employs printing sheets serially on one side in the first engine inverting the sheet and transporting the sheets through about 180° change in direction without rotation. The commonality of the leading edge... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20080219720 - Image forming apparatus: A moving unit is made to perform a contacting operation at least two times. The contacting operation includes relatively moving an endless belt and an image carrier so that the endless belt and the image carrier to come in contact with each other.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080219721 - Fixing device, image forming apparatus including the fixing device, and fixing method: A fixing device includes a magnetic flux generator, a rotating heat generation member, a magnetic flux adjuster, and a driver. The magnetic flux generator generates a magnetic flux. The rotating heat generation member rotates and applies heat to a recording medium bearing an image, and includes a heat-generating layer to... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080219722 - Fixing device and fixing method of image forming apparatus: In a fixing device of an image forming apparatus of the present invention, inner surfaces of upper and lower frames for respectively supporting a heat roller and a pressure roller are formed as a mirror surface. Between the heat roller and an infrared temperature sensor, an infrared transmission filter for... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080219723 - Apparatus and method of heating image on recordable material: An image heating apparatus includes a pressure roller, a belting film to circulate while partially connecting with the pressure roller, a support member to be provided in the belting film and comprises a guide to guide the circulating of the belting film, a nip spring to comprise a nip portion... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080219724 - Apparatus and method of heating image on recordable material: An image heating apparatus including: a pressure member; a fixing roller to rotate on the pressure member; a heater to heat an external surface of the fixing roller; and a film to be heated by the heater. While passing through a gap between the pressure member and the fixing roller,... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080219726 - Fixing apparatus and image forming apparatus: A fixing apparatus for fixing an toner image transferred onto a paper sheet, including: a fixing roller having a heater and an elastic layer on an external circumference surface thereof; a fixing belt driven by the fixing roller; a pressuring member which forms a nip portion between the fixing roller... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080219725 - Fixing device and image forming apparatus using the same: A fixing device, includes: a heating member that rotates in a state heated by a heating unit; a driven member that is rotated by the heating member, and that conveys a sheet in cooperation with the heating member; a biasing unit that biases the heating member and the driven member... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080219729 - Heat fixing member and heat fixing assembly: In a heat fixing member which is a seamless type cylindrical heat fixing member having an elastic layer, the elastic layer is mixed with carbon fibers, and the elastic layer has a thermal conductivity of 1.0 W/(m·K) or more in the thickness direction thereof. A heat fixing member is provided... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080219727 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus to shorten a warm-up time required to fuse a visible image to a printing medium is provided. The image forming apparatus includes an indirect heating member to indirectly transfer radiant heat to the visible image formed on the printing medium passing through the fusing nip, and... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080219728 - Image forming apparatus and fixing unit thereof: An image forming apparatus and a fixing unit thereof are disclosed. The fixing unit includes a heating roller, a press roller mounted in close contact with the heating roller to apply heat and pressure to the printable medium with the heating roller, a press lever to press the press roller... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080219730 - Fixing device and image forming apparatus: A fixing device includes a flexible endless fixing member that travels in a prescribed direction and applies heat and melts a toner image, a pressure applying member that pressure contacts the fixing member and forms a nip for conveying a recording medium, and a resistance heat element secured inside an... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080219731 - Photocopier: A photocopier apparatus includes a scanning module configured to scan an original document; a printing module configured to print a copy of the original document using output from the scanning module; and a media feed path configured to transport the original document and the copy to a single output receptacle.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080219732 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus in accordance with the present invention can include a conveying device capable of conveying a recording medium, a support shaft which capable of being movably supported between a medium sensing position near a conveyance path along which the conveying device conveys the recording medium and a... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080219733 - Image forming device with interlocked mechanism: A toner image formed on a photosensitive drum 12a is transferred to an intermediate transfer belt 11. The toner image is transferred onto recording paper by a transfer roller 15, and a paper transport path 18 is defined by an image forming device main body and a lateral cover 20... Agent: Global Ip Counselors, LLP

20080219734 - Image-forming system, paper curl correction apparatus, image-forming apparatus, post-processing apparatus, and computer-readable medium for controlling paper curl correction: There is provided a paper curl correction apparatus including: an input curl determining unit that determines, on the basis of curl characteristic information of a first apparatus which processes a sheet, input curl information corresponding to an amount of curl of a sheet input from the first apparatus; a target... Agent: Gauthier & Connors, LLP

20080212983 - Image forming apparatus and control method thereof: In an image forming apparatus and a control method thereof, it is determined whether an error has occurred in an output signal of a sensor for detecting a paper transferred in order to print an image, and a state change permission interval with respect to the output signal is newly... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080212984 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes: a replaceable constituent element; an information storage unit that holds information indicating a type of the constituent element received by a user interface; and a life calculation controller that, when at least one piece of the information stored in the information storage unit indicates a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080212985 - Image formation apparatus and image formation system: The invention provides an image formation apparatus that includes: a containing section that contains a developer, the containing section having an opening; a developer carrier that is exposed at the opening and carries a developer, the developer carrier being capable of rotating, the developer carrier rotating on the basis of... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080212986 - Image forming method, image forming apparatus and toner image pattern: An image forming method exposes image bearing members by simultaneously reflecting light beams corresponding to different colors by different reflection surfaces of a polygon mirror, transforms electrostatic latent images formed on the image bearing members into toner images for correction, transfers the toner images in an overlapping manner onto a... Agent: Ipusa, P.l.l.c

20080212987 - Image forming apparatus and method of controlling the same: An image forming apparatus and a method of controlling the same. The contamination of a transfer roller is determined based on detection results of a peripheral environment using the measured resistance and the internal temperature of the transfer roller, the contaminated transfer roller is cleaned, and then an image corresponding... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080212988 - Image forming apparatus: The level of toner color mixture in a developing device is maintained within the range not affecting the color shade of a final color image. In an image forming apparatus including four imaging units and placed along a moving intermediate transfer body, the imaging units having developing devices for developing... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080212989 - Control method of driving toner containers and image forming apparatus: The purpose is to provide a control method of driving toner containers for use in an apparatus including a plurality of toner containers each filled with toner and detachably mounted thereinto from a toner container covering structure; and a toner supply device for supplying toner to a developing unit while... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080212990 - Energy conserving induction-heated fuser, method, and controller for image forming: A developer fuser, method, and controller are disclosed. The developer fuser may include a first coil for inductively transferring energy to a heating roller for fusing a developer to a media during a copy process. A controller may set the electrical power provided to the first coil to a first... Agent: SocalIPLaw Group LLP

20080212991 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus which causes a long recording medium carrying a toner image thereon to pass between a fixing roller and a pressure roller to fix the toner image onto the long recording medium by means of the action of heat and pressure. The temperature of the fixing roller... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080212992 - Process cartridge for image forming device: A process cartridge having a nonvolatile memory for storing prescribed information corresponding to addresses is detachably attached to a main body of an image forming device. The nonvolatile memory stores first destination information of “shipment destination” data to be used to control the printing operation by a control system of... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080212993 - Image forming device, process cartridge, and developer cartridge: A developer cartridge according to one aspect of the invention is attachable to a photoconductor unit that comprises a photoconductive drum. The developer cartridge comprises: a developing frame; a developing roller rotatably supported by the developing frame, and pressed to the photoconductive drum in a pressing direction when the developer... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080212994 - User-friendly imaging cartridge: An imaging cartridge, for use in an imaging machine, has a handle that centers a user's hand to the center of the cartridge when inserting or removing the cartridge from the imaging machine. Planar members on the cartridge are guided by slots in the imaging machine for smooth insertion of... Agent: Jesse Delcamp

20080212995 - Detachable developer capable of maintaining nip: A detachable developer in which a photosensitive unit and a development unit are separately and independently installed in a main body. The detachable developer includes a first axis connection member extending from one end portion of the photosensitive unit toward a rotation axis of a developing roller and having a... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080212997 - Developer cartridge and developing device: A developer cartridge includes a cartridge cabinet configured to accommodate developer. The cartridge cabinet includes a cartridge-side opening that allows communication between an inside of the cartridge cabinet and an outside of the cartridge cabinet, and a slope provided at a lower edge of the cartridge-side opening, the slope inclining... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080212996 - Developing cartridge detachable from image forming device: A toner cartridge for use in a printer includes a developing roller and an electrode. The toner cartridge is mountable in the printer by moving in a mounting direction and removable from the printer by moving in a removal direction. The developer roller supplies toner to a photosensitive member of... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080212998 - Tandem image forming device and image formingapparatus including the same: A method of arranging a plurality of image forming sections, each of which includes a developing device and a cleaning device. The method includes arranging the plurality of image forming sections side by side along an inclined image carrier; and positioning the cleaning device above the developing device of other... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080212999 - Light-amount detecting device, light source device, optical scanning unit and image forming apparatus: A light-amount detecting device includes: a light source which emits a light beam; a branching optical element which divides the light beam emitted from the light source into a first light beam traveling in a predetermined direction and a second light beam traveling in a direction different to the predetermined... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080213000 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus that includes a plurality of image bearing members, a plurality of drive sources each including a drive gear, a plurality of driven gears, a visible image forming unit, an endless traveling member, a transfer unit, an image detection unit, and a controller. The controller controls rotation... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080213001 - Image printing apparatus: An image printing apparatus includes a control unit which controls a rotational speed of an image carrier; a detecting unit which detects data of the rotational speed; a storage unit which stores the rotational speeds up to n past rotation cycle of said image carrier; and a determining unit which... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080213002 - Bubble creating method, bubble creating device, bubbly fixation fluid producing method, bubbly fixation fluid producing device, fixation fluid, image forming method, and image forming appaaratus: A bubbly fluid producing method configured to produce a bubbly fluid containing a bubble with a desired bubble diameter is disclosed, which comprises a step of applying a shear to a bubbly fluid containing a bubble with a bubble diameter larger than a desired bubble diameter so as to produce... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080213003 - Particle supply apparatus, imaging apparatus, and particle accommodating unit transporting method: A particle supply apparatus for supplying particles to a supply destination is disclosed that includes a particle supply apparatus main frame, a particle accommodating unit that accommodates the particles, a gas spouting unit that is arranged at a bottom portion of the particle accommodating unit and is configured to spout... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080213005 - Developer cartridge and image forming apparatus: A developer cartridge includes a developer storage portion for retaining developer. The developer storage portion includes an opening portion. The developer cartridge further includes a shutter member for opening and closing the opening portion; and a first protrusion portion disposed on at least one of end portions of the developer... Agent: Kubotera & Associates, LLC Suite 202

20080213004 - Developer supply container and image forming apparatus: A developer supply container detachably mountable to a main assembly of an image forming apparatus includes a developer discharge opening to be disposed opposite to a developer receiving opening of the apparatus main assembly; an operation member capable of performing a moving operation in a mounted state of the container;... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080213006 - Developing device, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus: A developing device is disclosed. The developing device includes a developing roller disposed to face an image carrier and a toner carrier capturing roller disposed to face the developing roller for capturing toner carriers adhered onto the image carrier. The developing roller generates a magnetic pole at a side facing... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080213007 - Magnet roller and method for the same, magnetic particle-support member, development device, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus: A magnet roller includes a cylindrical roller body including a side surface in which a groove is formed, a magnet body which is disposed in the groove, and a magnetic metal member which is attached to a surface of the magnet body, which is remote from an opening of the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080213008 - Developing device and image forming apparatus: A developing device and image forming apparatus are provided. The developing device includes a chassis; a developer carrying member; a thickness regulating member; a supply member; and a conveying member. In a state in which the developing device is attached to a main body an opening of the chassis faces... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080213009 - Belt moving device and image forming apparatus using same: In a belt moving device that is capable of reducing belt speed fluctuation and positional deviation from a target belt position in a sub-scanning direction and performing highly precise position control in a main scanning direction, and an image forming apparatus that uses this belt moving device to prevent color... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080213011 - Endless belt and image forming apparatus that uses the endless belt: A belt is entrained on a plurality of rollers and runs when the rollers are driven to rotate. A bead is attached to the belt and prevents the belt-like member from running crooked. The bead includes a first layer formed of a first material having a first hardness and a... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20080213010 - Image forming apparatus: An exit blade is arranged on a downstream side of a transfer nip formed between a photosensitive element and a primary transfer roller, with an intermediate transfer belt being put therebetween, and brought into contact with an internal surface of the intermediate transfer belt. A neutralizing bias of the same... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080213012 - Discharge guide and image forming apparatus having the same: A discharge guide of an image forming apparatus. The discharge guide includes: a guide body disposed between a fixing unit and a discharging unit of the image forming apparatus; and a guide member disposed on the guide body. The guide member includes a guide edge, which forms different amounts of... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080213013 - Image heating device: The present invention relates to an image heating device comprising, a first belt which heats an image on a recording material at a nip, a second belt which forms the nip with the first belt, a first pressure member and a first rotating member which press the first belt at... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080213014 - Method of printing with a duplexed printhead print assembly: A method of printing with a duplexed printhead print assembly having first and second print engines arranged in an opposing in-line sequential configuration along a paper path. The method includes the steps of pushing a top sheet of paper from a paper tray of the print assembly past a paper... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080213015 - Order separator for photographic order fulfillment: The present invention discloses an apparatus 100 that provides an order separator 330 for photographic order fulfillment. The present invention includes one or more output print devices 110 that print one or more photographic prints 320 of a photographic order 402/404/406 using photographic paper 300. Additionally included is a separator... Agent: Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, LLP Attn: Gregory M Stone

20080213016 - Image forming apparatus and medium conveying method: An image forming apparatus according to the present invention includes first and second conveying mechanisms disposed at a predetermined distance, a feeding roller for feeding an output medium for supporting a developer image to a predetermined position capable of holding the developer image, a separation roller, or a conveying roller,... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080213017 - Post-processing apparatus: A post-processing apparatus includes: a compile tray; a post-processing member; a stacker tray; a sheet conveying path including a discharging path, a waiting path and a discharging-path switching member; a sheet conveying member; an one-end alignment medium conveying member; a discharging member; and a discharging-member controlling section.... Agent: Sughrue-265550