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Electrophotography inventions 10/08

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20080260395 - Image forming apparatus and misprint detection method: An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit for forming an image based on an input image data on a recording medium on which a first image is previously formed; a storage unit for storing an image data relating to the first image; a first reading unit for reading... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080260396 - Printing device: A printing device is provided with a printing module, an amount detecting module which detects a remaining amount of the printing material, a first value determining module configured to determine, if the remaining amount of the printing material is equal to or less than a predetermined amount, a maximum value... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080260397 - Image forming apparatus and image processing apparatus: An image forming apparatus forms an image for a latent image portion of which density is relatively higher with a dark color image forming portion, and forms an image for a background portion of which density is relatively decreased or of which image disappears, with a light color image forming... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080260399 - Heating apparatus, heating apparatus control method and noncontact thermal sensing device: A fixing apparatus according to one aspect of the present invention includes a non-contact temperature detecting element 81 allocated in non-contact with a heat roller, the sensing element detecting a temperature of the heat roller. The non-contact temperature sensing section 81 includes a thermopile P which detects a target temperature... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080260398 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes temperature sensors that measure temperatures at different locations in the longitudinal direction of a photosensitive drum. The image forming apparatus also includes an image processing circuit configured to change an exposure condition in the longitudinal direction of the photosensitive drum based on measured values obtained... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080260400 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive drum to which an electrostatic image is formed and a developing sleeve carrying a developer including toner carrier. An alternating voltage is applied to the sleeve to form an alternating electric field between the sleeve and the drum to develop the electrostatic image... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080260401 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus has a photo-conductor drum that bears a toner image, and a transfer roller that is rotated in contact with the photo-conductor drum. The transfer roller transfers the toner image borne on the photo-conductor drum onto a recording medium conveyed between the photo-conductor drum and the transfer... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080260403 - Method for adjusting transfer current in an image transfer machine: In a printing machine having at least one transfer device driven in response to an electrical signal and operable to transfer a medium onto a sheet, a method controls the magnitude of the electrical signal driving the transfer device. The method includes assigning a magnitude of the electrical signal for... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP

20080260402 - Power supply device and image forming apparatus: A power supply device is disclosed that outputs a voltage of a wider range with a single piezoelectric transformer. The power supply device includes a piezoelectric transformer 101 for applying an output voltage to a transfer member that transfers a toner image formed on an image bearing member onto a... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080260404 - Fixing device for image forming apparatus and control method thereof: A fixing device of this invention enables variable control of power to be supplied to a heat roller side or a press roller side in accordance with the temperature of the heat roller and the press roller while each mode is carried out. In a copy mode, the temperature of... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080260405 - Fuser system of a xerographic device and a method of fusing an image in a xerographic device including a closed loop control based on the torque of a drive system: A fuser system of a xerographic device has a fuser member and a pressure member in which the pressure member is made to exert pressure upon the fuser member so as to form a nip. A drive system drives the fusing member and/or pressure member. A sensor monitors torque of... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC.

20080260406 - Fixing apparatus and image processing apparatus: A fixing apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention comprises a heating roller for providing heat to a developer holding medium holding a developer image, a pressurizing roller which comes in contact with the heating roller, a heater having heating members for heating the heating roller, a non-contact temperature... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080260407 - Fixing device for image forming apparatus and control method thereof: A fixing device of this invention enables variable control of power to be supplied to a heat roller side or a press roller side in accordance with the temperature of the heat roller and the press roller while each mode is carried out. A secondary battery is used in addition... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080260408 - Fixing device for image forming apparatus and control method thereof: A fixing device of this invention enables variable control of power to be supplied to a heat roller side or a press roller side in accordance with the temperature of the heat roller and the press roller while each mode is carried out. The heating range of a first induction... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080260409 - Image forming apparatus: When the temperature of a fixing roller detected by a temperature detecting section is less than a predetermined fixing temperature, and a determining portion determines that an image forming unit forms a color image, a control portion stops electric power supply from an electric double layer capacitor to a second... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080260410 - Cleaning device, process cartridge and image forming apparatus: A cleaning device capable of inhibiting noise from being caused by stick-slip vibration between a blade member of the cleaning device and an image carrier, a process cartridge, and an image forming apparatus are provided. A vibration detecting device for detecting a vibration state is attached to a central part... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080260411 - Image forming apparatus and control method thereof: An image forming apparatus is provided with an image formation portion, a measuring portion and a determination portion. The image formation portion forms an image on an image carrier. The measuring portion measures image formation ability associated with resolution of the image formation portion. The determination portion determines operating condition... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080260412 - Computer readable recording medium stored with control program for controlling image forming apparatus, printing setting apparatus, and printing setting method: The invention provides a user with a first tab printing setting part for setting up an item concerning printing on a first tab sheet and a second tab printing setting part for setting up an item concerning printing on a second tab sheet; and setting up, when the value of... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080260413 - Image forming apparatus, image forming system, and recording medium: An image forming apparatus includes a discharge tray determination device and a print controller. The discharge tray determination device determines a discharge tray for sample print output from available discharge trays specifiable by the image forming apparatus. The print controller divides a print job into print processes and controls print... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080260414 - Image forming apparatus, computer program product, and image forming method: A sheet-size decision table indicative of a correspondence of a plurality of sheet sizes and an image size printable on each sheet size is prepared in advance. An acquiring unit acquires image data, and an extracting unit extracts an image size of the image data. A searching unit searches the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080260415 - Fixing apparatus and image processing apparatus: A fixing apparatus includes a heating roller which provides heat to a developer-holding medium holding a developer image, a pressurizing roller which is in contact with the heating roller, a heating device having a plurality of heating members which heat the heating roller, a first thermoelectric converting section having a... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080260416 - Image forming apparatus and operation system for image forming apparatus: The present invention includes a plurality of image forming apparatuses connected to a network, and a server which controls the operation state of the image forming apparatuses via the network. The image forming apparatuses are operable in a normal operation mode and in one of plural power-saving modes with different... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080260417 - Charging device and image forming apparatus having the same: A charging device (37) includes a discharge wire (85) to which a charging bias is applied, a box-like shield (84) surrounding the discharge wire (85) and having an opening (86) the body surface, a grid (87) mounted to the opening (86) and applied with a grid voltage, a moving base... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080260418 - System and method for remanufacturing imaging components: A method of remanufacturing a replaceable consumable unit includes providing the replaceable consumable unit including a first electronic circuit, with the first electronic circuit being at least partially inoperable; providing a second electronic circuit; communicatively connecting the second electronic circuit to the first electronic circuit; and intercepting, by the second... Agent: William L. London

20080260420 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus that includes at least one process cartridge having a photosensitive element, a development unit, a toner storage unit, a driven shaft and a driven gear mounted thereon and which is detachably attachable to the apparatus from a top front side thereof, a drive shaft, a drive... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080260419 - Unit drawing mechanism and image recorder: A unit drawing mechanism according to the present invention includes a drawing unit, a lever, a fixture, a preventer, a linkage, and a lever holder. The drawing unit can move along a movement path between a retracted position in an apparatus and an exposed position outside the apparatus. The lever... Agent: Mark D. Saralino ( Sharp ) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080260421 - Developer cartridge, developing device and image forming apparatus: A developer cartridge includes a cartridge cabinet that accommodates developer and includes an opening for enabling communication between an inside of the cartridge cabinet and an outside of the cartridge cabinet, a shutter that opens and closes the opening, and a cover that is arranged outside the cartridge cabinet and... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080260422 - 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 containing portion for containing a developer; a developer discharge opening disposed at the developer containing portion; a container-side engaging portion for fixing the developer containing portion by being engaged with a main... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080260423 - Intermediate transfer unit-mounting and dismounting mechanism and intermediate transfer unit-mounting and dismounting method: An intermediate transfer unit mounting and dismounting mechanism for an image forming apparatus including a transfer belt unit that is provided as a separate structure from the apparatus body and can be mounted to and dismounted from the apparatus body, includes: a coupling/decoupling manipulator disposed at the coupling portion between... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080260424 - Transfer belt unit for image forming apparatus: In the transfer belt unit according to an embodiment of the present invention, rotation of a rear-side detection roller or a front-side detection roller rotated in contact with ribs of a transfer belt is transmitted to a steering roller via a lead screw to tilt the steering roller and control... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20080260425 - Image heating apparatus: The image heating apparatus has a fixing apparatus frame 62 which rotatably supports a fixing roller 40, a unit including a pressure spring 35 which urges an external heating roller 53 toward the fixing roller 40, a pressure guide shaft 37 which holds the pressure spring 35, and a pressure... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080260426 - Unit, image forming apparatus, and method of manufacturing unit frame: To provide a unit that can increase positioning precision of a blade member to a rotating member, an image forming apparatus, and a method of manufacturing a unit frame. A first reference surface of a boss provided on a surface of a frame to which a blade is contacted is... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080260427 - Electrophotographic photoreceptor, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus: An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes an organic photosensitive layer and one or more inorganic thin film layers disposed in this order on a conductive substrate, wherein among the one or more inorganic thin film layers at least an inorganic protective layer disposed directly on the organic photosensitive layer has cracks scattered... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080260428 - Rotational force transmitting parts: A rotating force transmitting part for an electrophotographic photosensitive drum for a main assembly of the electrophotographic image forming apparatus, wherein the main assembly of the electrophotographic image forming apparatus includes a driving shaft, to be driven by a motor, having the rotating force applying portion, and wherein the electrophotographic... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080260429 - Liquid transfer apparatus: A liquid transfer apparatus includes a first cylinder, second cylinder, target liquid transfer body, guide device, and corona discharge processing device. The first cylinder is supported rotatably. The second cylinder is arranged to oppose the first cylinder and supported rotatably. Liquid is transferred to the target liquid transfer body when... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20080260430 - Developing device, image carrier unit and image forming apparatus: A developing device includes a first developer containing chamber, a second developer containing chamber, a first inflow section, a second inflow section, a first conveyance member and a second conveyance member. The first inflow section allows the developer to flow from the second developer containing chamber into the first developer... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080260431 - Powder delivery member, and powder delivery apparatus, frame apparatus and image forming apparatus using the same, and manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing powder delivery member: A powder delivery member includes: a flexible axial core portion; and a powder delivering flexible vane portion formed on an outer periphery of the axial core portion.... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080260432 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus is disclosed. The image forming apparatus includes a toner supplying device, a toner container, and a developing device. The toner supplying device supplies toners stored in the toner container to the developing device. The toner supplying device includes a toner tank which stores toners discharged from... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080260433 - Stabilizer for a toner cartridge and related method: A stabilizer for interconnecting two movable sections of a toner cartridge assembly. A toner cartridge assembly incorporating a stabilizer and a method of stabilizing movable sections of a toner cartridge assembly are also provided.... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080260434 - Arrangement and method for inking an applicator element of an electrophotographic printer or copier: In a method or system where inking in an electrophotographic printer or copier, a magnetic roller is provided having a rotatable magnetic roller sleeve having a circumferential surface to which a two-component mixture comprising toner particles and ferro-magnetic carrier particles adheres. An applicator element has a circumferential surface to be... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20080260435 - Image heating apparatus: An image heating apparatus includes a fixing roller 71 and a pressing belt 731, a pressing mechanism 75 which rotates a pressing belt unit 73 having a pressing belt 731 to retract the pressing belt 731 from a pressing contact position, a separation projection 800 which separates the sheet S... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080260437 - Heat fixing device: In an induction heat fixing device of the invention, a metal conductive layer of a heat roller is supported by a foamed rubber (sponge). A sheet paper is curled in a direction of separating from the heat roller by a nip shape between the heat roller and a press roller.... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080260436 - Induction heating device and induction heat fixing device: An induction heating device of the invention is made to have a two-layer structure in which at an end of a magnetic core of an induction current generating coil, a litz wire of outside three turns is stacked on a litz wire of inside three turns. The width of a... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080260438 - Image forming unit, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of toner-image forming units. Each toner-image forming unit includes a photosensitive drum and a charging unit that is arranged to abut against or remain detached from the photosensitive drum, and that electrically charges the photosensitive drum. Each of the toner-image forming units forms... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080260439 - Cleaning apparatus and image forming apparatus: A cleaning device includes a cleaning blade for contacting to a rotatable image bearing member and removing toner from the image bearing member; an auxiliary cleaning member, disposed upstream of the cleaning blade with respect to a rotational direction of the image bearing member, for assisting cleaning operation of the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080260440 - Cleaning blade: A cleaning blade is provided which does not cause contamination of other parts even when being stored for a long period of time in a high temperature and high humidity environment. The cleaning blade is set in an image forming apparatus employing an electrostatic transfer process, including a blade member... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080260441 - Toner cartridge: The toner cartridge is provided with: a toner storing container of a rectangular shape having a toner feeding opening in an angular portion of the toner storing container; a stirring conveying member that is disposed so as to rotate in a predetermined rotation direction in the toner storing container and... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080260442 - Original document reading device: When an original document is placed on the lift tray, a timer is reset and starts counting a predetermined time (S12). Whether an alignment device is moved to adjust the original documents loaded on the lift tray in, for example, the widthwise direction transverse to the transportation direction is then... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20080260443 - Drawer mechanism and image forming apparatus equipped with the same: A drawer mechanism includes a plate-shaped frame, a first roller and a second roller disposed in a rotatable manner on a surface of the frame at a specific interval, and a rail movable between a first state where the rail is mounted on the surface of the frame and a... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080260444 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus capable of setting a plurality of image forming speeds includes a transfer unit configured to transfer an image formed on an image carrier onto a sheet, a paper feed unit configured to feed the sheet, and a control unit configured to control the conveyance speed of... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080260445 - Method of controlling automatic electrostatic media sheet printing: The present disclosure describes a method of automatically controlling feeding and transporting print media sheets through plural electrostatic print engines having seamed photoreceptor belts for duplex printing. In one embodiment the second photoreceptor belt is driven at a variable speed to maintain a constant phase relationship between the respective seams... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20080260446 - Sheet folding apparatus and image forming apparatus: A sheet folding apparatus includes a fan folding unit that fan folds a folded-back sheet into a width or length of the regular size to file the sheet in the regular-size folder such that the sheet forms layers along a traveling direction of the sheet; first and second punching units... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

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20080253778 - Image forming apparatus into which replaceable units are detachably attached: A replaceable unit is detachably attached into an image forming apparatus. The replaceable unit includes: a first cover member provided with a through hole that indicates a direction of the attachment and the detachment of the replaceable unit with respect to the image forming apparatus; and a second cover member... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080253779 - Image forming apparatus, image processing apparatus, and control method therefor: In performing multi-pass printing by using a printhead having a plurality of nozzles, a scan duty setting unit sets a printing amount for each nozzle for each main scan of the printhead based on the scan duty setting LUT. A scan duty setting LUT changing unit updates an initial scan... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080253780 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus including: an image forming section for forming an image, the image forming section including a photoconductor, a charging unit, a developing unit, a toner supply unit which supplies a toner to said developing unit, and a developing bias power supply section which supplies a developing bias... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080253781 - Color image forming apparatus and control method therefor: A color image forming apparatus which is capable of performing color misregistration correction, and registration of images and a recording sheet while reducing the toner consumption amount. An image forming section is caused to form a first reference image having a first density for adjusting a density of an adjusting... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080253784 - Image forming apparatus for forming image on record medium: A record medium determining device 1, which determines a kind of a record medium 16 by irradiating a laser light 17 to a surface of the record medium 16, detecting a received light position and a received light intensity of a reflected light 18 by a line sensor 14, and... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080253782 - Paper type determination device: A paper type determination device of the invention drives plural light emitting points different from one another and having sequentially increasing distances from a reference point to emit light in such a manner that each is identified for irradiating one surface of a sheet of paper subjected to determination. A... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080253783 - Subjective and objective universal substrate printer icc profile selection: Forming a multicolor image on a receiver member wherein a database of custom color profiles based on substrate physical properties and printing process characteristics is established. A set of universal color profiles is determined based on physical properties of substrates from clustered custom profiles. One universal color profile is assigned... Agent: Mark G. Bocchetti Patent Legal Staff

20080253785 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: An image forming apparatus capable of reducing damage in a fixing section and printing a high-quality image on a sheet at low cost without reducing productivity. A sheet shifting mechanism is arranged upstream of a transfer roller and moves the sheet in a sheet lateral direction orthogonal to the sheet... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080253788 - Fixing device and image forming apparatus using the same: A fixing device including a fixing member to melt a toner so as to fix a toner image onto a recording medium, a temperature sensor to detect a temperature of the fixing member, and a heater to heat the fixing member based on the temperature detected by the temperature sensor.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080253786 - Image forming apparatus: In an image forming apparatus having a process correction mode wherein when a temperature of a fixing device in an image formation system in a power-on state is equal to or less than a predetermined value, the image forming apparatus makes the fixing temperature to increase to the predetermined value.... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080253787 - Image forming apparatus: A controller is operative to heat a first fixing heater by an electric power from a commercial power source, and to heat a second fixing heater by an electric power from an electric storage device in a state that driving of a voltage boosting device is suspended by a PWM... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080253789 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming part, a fixer including a heating member and a pressure member, a reverse transport part to forward a recording medium transported from the fixer to the image forming part, a toner image sensor to detect presence of a toner image on the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080253791 - Fixing device, image forming apparatus, and heating control method: A heating unit is heated by supply of an alternate-current power. A heating control unit executes a phase control to supply the alternate-current power to the heating unit for an ON-width in at least a half-wave period of the alternate-current power. A storing unit stores therein parameters for calculating the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080253790 - Roller drive control method of fixing apparatus and fixing apparatus: In one embodiment, a predetermined period different from a fixing process period in which fixing of toner to recording paper is carried out is set as a toner removal period, and during the toner removal period a hot roller and a pressure roller are intermittently rotated, and separation claws in... Agent: Mark D. Saralino (general) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080253792 - Method and device for measuring surface potential distribution, method and device for measuring insulation resistance, electrostatic latent image measurement device, and charging device: A surface potential distribution measurement method and device including setting a sample having a surface with a surface potential distribution in a sample installation unit wherein both an electric field intensity formed on the sample surface and a potential bias component of the sample are variable, and scanning the sample... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080253793 - Image forming apparatus capable of efficient toner concentration control: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form a plurality of toner images on an image carrier, an optical detector configured to detect reflection light from the toner image, and dedicated to detect infrared rays and near-infrared rays, and a controller configured to perform a predetermined... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080253794 - Method and control unit for controlling the power supplied to a plurality of heat sources in a printer: A control unit for a printing apparatus has a plurality of heat sources, each heat source being operable at an individual power level. The control unit is configured to control the power supplied to the heat sources such that, at each instant, the sum of the delivered individual power levels... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080253795 - Fuser and image formation aparatus: A fuser includes a fusing press section, a cooling section, a peeling section and a limitation section. The fusing press section has a nip part is between a fixing belt and a pressurization member. The fusing press section fuses a toner image on a record sheet and fixes the toner... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080253796 - Image forming apparatus: An image writing unit causes, upon being set in a write position, an optical system unit to be movable and positions the optical system unit, with a hitting portion of the optical system unit hitting a blocking portion in a chassis. A holding unit includes, in a state in which... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080253797 - Printing apparatus: A printing apparatus includes a first transport belt group including endless belts arranged at predetermined intervals in a direction intersecting a transport direction of a printing medium, a second transport belt group including endless belts arranged so as to oppose the first transport belt group and configured to transport the... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080253798 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus including: a first body including a developing unit to perform an image forming operation on a print medium, and a second body provided above the first body to pivot between a closed position and an open position in relation to the first body, the second body... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080253799 - Method for converting a non-chipped imaging cartridge to a multi-use chipped imaging cartridge: Techniques are provided for modifying a non-chipped starter cartridge intended for an initial one time use within a new printer to a chipped non-starter cartridge that may be used in the printer after its initial use after the starter cartridge is modified. Modifying the non-chipped starter cartridge maybe one step... Agent: William L. London

20080253801 - Process cartridge and image forming apparatus using same: A process cartridge includes a protective agent, a photoconductor, a charging unit, a development unit, a cleaning unit, and an application unit. The protective agent includes paraffin as main component. The photoconductor has a surface including polycarbonate applied with the protective agent. The development unit develops a latent image on... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080253800 - Process cartridge and space maintaining member: A process cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, the process cartridge includes a photosensitive member unit having a photosensitive drum; a developer carrying member for developing an electrostatic latent image formed on the photosensitive drum with a developer; a toner accommodating unit having... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080253802 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a sheet conveyor and a main body that houses the image forming unit and the sheet conveyor. An operating unit is mounted to a front cover that can move between a closed position to cover an anterior side of the main... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080253803 - Process cartridge and electrophotographic image forming apparatus: A process cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, includes a drum unit having an electrophotographic photosensitive drum; and a developing unit rotatably connected with the drum unit at a center of rotation, the developing unit including a developing roller for developing an electrostatic... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080253804 - Image forming apparatus and intermediate transfer unit: An intermediate transfer unit of an image forming apparatus is provided between a plurality of developer containers for containing developer and a plurality of developing devices. The intermediate transfer unit includes an intermediate transfer unit for secondarily transferring primarily transferred developed images from the plurality of image carriers onto a... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080253805 - Grid electrode, image forming apparatus including same, and process cartridge including same: A grid electrode, which can be included in a scorotron charger for an image forming apparatus or a process cartridge, includes a thin plate member containing multiple apertures and linear patterns, and fitting members. The multiple apertures are disposed facing a charge wire, and the linear patterns are formed in... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080253806 - Grid electrode, scorotron charger, and process cartridge, and image forming apparatus incorporating same: A grid electrode disposed across from a charge wire includes a planar member and a plurality of linear pattern wires. The planar member includes a plurality of adjacent, aligned openings, each having a long side and a short side. The pattern wires extend in the long direction of the openings,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080253807 - Image forming apparatus having a charge member disposed near an image bearing member: Provided is an image forming apparatus having a charge brush for charging a transfer residual toner remaining on an intermediate transfer member. A toner is adhered to the charge brush. While a charge voltage is applied to the charge brush, the toner adhered to the charge brush is attracted by... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080253808 - Image forming method and apparatus: An image forming method using an image forming apparatus including: a latent image carrier whose surface is driven in a sub scanning direction; a deflector which scans a beam spot reciprocally in a main scanning direction substantially perpendicular to the sub scanning direction on the surface of the latent image... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080253809 - Developing unit and image forming apparatus: A developing unit for developing an electrostatic latent image born on an image bearing member with a developer that has been charged by mixing and agitating toner and magnetic carrier, includes: a developing hopper for holding the developer; a developer bearing member arranged opposing the image bearing member for bearing... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080253810 - Developing device, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus: To provide a relatively small developing device, process cartridge and image forming apparatus that prevent developer, accommodated in a second developer conveying portion for recovering the developer after a developing step, from being pumped up to a developer carrier, and that do not apply a large stress to the developer.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080253811 - Developing device, process unit, and image forming apparatus: A developing apparatus, comprises an endless belt shaped donor member; a developer supporting member to carry developer including toner and magnetic carrier and to form a toner layer on the donor member; a first supporting member arranged in the inside of the donor member with a predetermined gap against the... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080253812 - Mechanism for transfix member with idle movement: A printer includes an idler movement mechanism that rotates a transfix member at a speed corresponding to a rotational speed for a rotating image member before moving the transfix member into engagement with the rotating image member to form a nip. The printer includes a rotating image member for receiving... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP

20080253813 - Image forming apparatus with transfer member for transferring toner on image bearing member: Deflection recessed in a bow shape at the axial central portion in the longitudinal direction of the transfer member is avoided to prevent failure in image caused by the transfer nip being improperly forming at the central portion. The pressing force of the transfer member against an image bearing member... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080253814 - Image forming apparatus: The image forming apparatus includes a fixing apparatus capable of restraining offset of a toner in multifarious types of sheets and in a variety of environments at low costs. The fixing apparatus has a rotary fixing member and a nip forming member which forms a fixing nip portion by coming... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080253815 - Cleaning device, process cartridge and image forming apparatus: A cleaning brush configured to remove toner from a surface of a member of an image forming apparatus; wherein the cleaning brush includes a plurality of fibers having an inside part formed from a conductive material and a surface part formed by an insulating material.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080253817 - Cleaning member: The present invention provides a cleaning member which can be produced at low cost and which maintains excellent cleaning performance for a long period of time. The cleaning member has a lower layer formed through winding a double-faced tape formed of a sponge member having an adhesive layer on each... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080253816 - Conductive roll, cleaning roll, cleaning unit, process cartridge, and image-forming apparatus: Provided is a cleaning roll (conductive roll) including a core, a coating layer formed thereon, and a shaft along the axis of the core, wherein the coating layer contains a bismaleimide resin and a conductive agent. Also provided are a cleaning unit, a process cartridge, and an image-forming apparatus employing... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080253818 - Image forming apparatus and control method therefor: An image forming apparatus that can satisfy productivity at the time of double-sided image formation without jamming due to a collision of a succeeding sheet with a preceding sheet, and without upsizing of the apparatus. The image forming apparatus performs a sheet circulation transport for circulating and transporting a sheet... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080253819 - Image formation device: An image formation device includes an image formation unit, a paper feed unit, a paper discharge unit and a guide unit. The image formation unit prints an image on a recording paper conveyed along an image formation path. The paper feed unit feeds the recording paper to the image formation... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20080253820 - Sheet postprocessing apparatus: A sheet hold flap 18 is arranged on an upper side of a vicinity of a rear end portion of a sheet table 7 to which a sheet is continuously supplied from a copier or the like. The sheet hold flap is switched to an upper initial position and a... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

10/09/2008 > patent applications in patent subcategories.

20080247767 - Methods and systems for prioritized servicing or maintenance of networked printers: Methods and systems are presented for prioritizing service or maintenance of networked printers based on affinities between printers and users determined from job tracking data so that printers shared by large numbers of users or high volume printers used by only one or a few users can be serviced or... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20080247768 - Image forming apparatus, mfp and method of displaying jam removal guidance: An image forming apparatus may include an image forming device to form and fix an image on a paper, a paper conveyer to convey the paper from a sheet feeder through the image forming device to a finisher, at least one door configured to uncover and cover a part of... Agent: SocalIPLaw Group LLP

20080247769 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus capable of keeping reproducibility and gradation in balance and outputting high-quality images. A primary electrostatic charger charges a photosensitive drum. A polygon scanner irradiates the drum with a laser beam to form an electrostatic latent image on the drum. A developing device develops the latent image... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080247770 - Systems and methods for marking test patches for calibrating and/or visually confirming color accuracy of a marking device: A printer or other marking device forms a first desired image in a first area, such as a main image area, of a first substrate; forms a first portion of a set of test patches in a margin area of the first substrate; forms a second desired image in a... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC.

20080247771 - Image forming apparatus, image forming system, and image forming method: An image forming apparatus includes a turnable image bearing body for bearing a latent image; a turnable developer bearing body for bearing liquid developer, the developer bearing body and the image bearing body being pressed in contact with each other at a predetermined press-contact position, the developer bearing body being... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080247772 - Xerographic copying apparatus and method of controlling motor: In a xerographic copying apparatus of the invention, a control unit to control a stepping motor to cause rotation of an image supporting body to synchronize with running of a transfer medium performs acceleration and deceleration of a rotation speed of the image supporting body while the image supporting body... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080247773 - Image processing apparatus and image processing system: New information can be added to an information medium, and the information is certainly managed such that the information is not leaked when the information is outputted. An image reading section 2 reads the information medium and inputs images including a unique image and a code image. A detecting section... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080247774 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus having an image forming section, a sheet storage space, and a dehumidifier device which dehumidifies the sheet storage space includes the dehumidifier device which has a dehumidifier member of a heating regeneration type, a dry space being dehumidified by the dehumidifier member, a regeneration space regenerating... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080247775 - Device and method for spooling a cartridge toner seal: A method of remanufacturing a seal spooling mechanism of a printer cartridge, the printer cartridge defining a seal passage, the seal passage providing access to a toner port of the cartridge to be covered by a toner seal, the seal spooling mechanism comprising a spool where a first toner seal... Agent: Roland Tong

20080247776 - Image forming device and detachably loaded process unit: A developing unit is detachably mounted on a photosensitive unit to form a combined unit called a process unit. In use, the process unit is loaded into an electrophotographic image forming device. A rotational shaft of a photosensitive drum projects out from the photosensitive unit. When the process unit is... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080247777 - Switching device and system: A heating assembly for a printing device includes a heating device configured to be energized or deenergized. A switching device includes a bimetallic element efficiently thermally coupled to the heating device and configured to deenergize the heating device in a defined period of time in the event of an over... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080247778 - Conductive rubber member: An object of the present invention is to provide a conductive rubber member which exhibits small environmental dependency and stable electrical resistance. The conductive rubber member is formed of a conductive elastic layer which has been imparted with conductivity by means of a conductivity-imparting agent. The conductive elastic layer has,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080247781 - Belt drive controlling device, belt device using the belt drive controlling device, and image forming apparatus using the belt device: A belt drive controlling device for controlling drive of an endless belt supported and driven by plural support rollers including a driving roller configured to drive the endless belt to rotate; and a driven roller which is rotated by the endless belt. The device performs arithmetic processing to extract one... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080247779 - Belt support roller design: This is a specifically configured roller used in a belt transport system that minimizes ripples or wrinkles in the belt. Based upon a roller having a cylindrical configuration and a one inch diameter, the roller has a concave shape having a 0.005 to 0.1 inch smaller diameter in the center... Agent: James J. Ralabate

20080247780 - Endless belt, endless belt suspending apparatus, and image forming apparatus using the same: The invention provides an endless belt for an image forming apparatus, the endless belt having at least: a belt body; a convex member; and a bonding portion for bonding the belt body and the convex member, the bonding portion having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of about −10° C. or... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080247782 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus including a primary transfer unit to transfer toner images of plural colors on image carriers onto an intermediate transfer member; a secondary transfer unit to transfer the toner images onto a transfer material; and a pre-secondary transfer discharge unit to discharge charges of the toner images,... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080247783 - Image forming apparatus, image forming method and developing agent: In an image forming apparatus containing a developing device containing a toner housed therein and feeding the toner onto a photoreceptor to form a toner image, and a cleaning blade removing the toner remaining on the photoreceptor after transferring the toner image formed on the photoreceptor to a transfer medium,... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080247784 - Developer container, developing apparatus and process cartridge: A developer container for an image forming apparatus includes a developer accommodating chamber, provided with an opening, for accommodating a developer to be supplied to the opening; a feeding member, provided in the developer accommodating chamber and having an elasticity, for feeding the developer by rotation thereof; a deforming portion,... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080247785 - Pattern forming apparatus and pattern forming method: A pattern forming apparatus brings a masking panel having a pattern-like through hole into tight contact with the inside surface of a front panel, and positions the through hole to the inside of a recess of the front panel. In this state, liquid developer is supplied through a developing roller,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080247786 - Developing device and image forming apparatus: A disclosed developing device includes a developer carrier including a developing sleeve and a magnetic roller provided inside the developing sleeve. The magnet roller includes a regulating magnetic pole and a pump-up magnetic pole that have different polarities from each other. Among an entire region of the moving surface of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080247787 - Positive charge control resin for electrophotographic functional component parts, developing roller, and electrophotographic apparatus: To provide a positive charge control resin with which an electrophotographic functional component part coming into contact with a toner can be made chargeable in a polarity reverse to the polarity of the toner, and which has superior dispersibility in, and compatibility with, a main binder. The present invention is... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080247788 - Cyan toner, magenta toner, yellow toner, black toner, and full-color image-forming method: Provided are a toner containing at least a binder resin and a colorant, the toner having a specific hue angle and an absorbance at a specific wavelength in reflectance spectrophotometry, and a full-color image-forming method involving the use of the toner, the method including the steps of: forming an electrostatic... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080247789 - Fixing device and image forming apparatus having the same: A fixing device includes a fixing roller, a fixing belt which is made to rotate by a rotation force received from the fixing roller, a nip forming unit to form a nip zone at a contact area between the fixing roller and the fixing belt, and a first heating unit,... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080247790 - Image forming apparatus and fixing apparatus: An image forming apparatus according to the present invention includes a heating roller 2 fixed at a predetermined position, a pressurizing roller 3 press-fitted to the heating roller 2 by a pressurizing mechanism 4 to be movable, and a hardness change detecting mechanism 310 which becomes electrically conductive when the... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080247791 - Developer level control blade and process for manufacturing developer level control: A developer level control blade is provided which can form a developer layer on a developer carrying member in a proper thickness and in a uniform state and can keep the developer, in particular, color toner particles from melt-adhering to the charge control face so that faulty images such as... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080247792 - Image forming apparatus: In an image forming apparatus having driving conditions for plural image forming modes such as color and monochrome, when an original with a blank sheet (inter-sheet) inserted at an arbitrary position therein is to be printed, the image forming mode for the position where the blank sheet is inserted is... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080247793 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a recording sheet storage unit for storing recording sheets substantially in an upright position, an image forming unit which forms an image on a recording sheet conveyed from the recording sheet storage unit, and a recording sheet receiving unit for storing the recording sheet conveyed... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080247794 - Image forming device, control method of image forming device, program for achieving control method, and storage medium for storing program: An image forming device comprises: an image forming unit adapted to execute image formation on a recording medium; and a writing unit adapted to be able to execute at least an information writing operation in a non-contact manner to a non-contact IC added to the recording medium. It is controlled... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080247795 - Color image forming apparatus, and toner replenishing apparatus: The color image forming apparatus comprises a transfer belt device which feeds a transfer member such as a paper and a plurality of image forming units. The image forming units are disposed facing toward the transfer belt device. The transfer belt device, at least in a portion in which the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C. Fourth Floor

20080247797 - Recording medium deburring apparatus and image forming apparatus: The recording medium deburring apparatus is provided with: a transporting device that transports a recording medium; and a pressure applying device that applies pressure to edge portions of the recording medium. The edge portions are in parallel to a transporting direction of the recording medium transported by the transporting device.... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080247796 - Sdm automatic control algorithm: A device, method and program for automatically adjusting a paper curl of media in an imaging device are provided. The imaging device includes a decurler having two rollers defining a nip. A first roller has a substantially uncompressible surface, and a second roller has a substantially compressible surface. The first... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC.

10/02/2008 > patent applications in patent subcategories.

20080240740 - Image processing apparatus and image processing system: An image processing apparatus is provided that performs image processing based on data received over a prescribed network and includes a number generator generating a number according to a prescribed rule, an apparatus identifier generator using the number generated by the number generator to generate an apparatus identifier distinguishing the... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20080240741 - Image forming apparatus, and method of controlling the same: An image forming apparatus according to the invention includes a cooling fan as a cooling device, an image formation processing unit, a changeover unit, a main control unit, a secondary control unit, and a power supply unit. The main control unit and the secondary control unit make an appropriate action... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080240742 - Image forming apparatus: Disclosed an image forming apparatus including: a first input section to receive a setting instruction of an output cycle of sample output; a second input section to receive an instruction of immediate output of the sample output; an image forming section; an ejection section; a control section to count a... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080240744 - Image forming apparatus and method to control the same: An image forming apparatus includes an output control unit to change an output of an optical sensor to collectively recognize a plurality of print processes for a print job. The output control unit includes a first actuator to recognize whether paper is present in a printing medium cassette and a... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080240743 - Sheet-conveying apparatus and method for detection of multiple-sheet feeding thereof: A sheet-conveying apparatus and a method for detecting multiple-sheet feeding thereof are provided. The sheet-conveying apparatus includes a passageway, a sheet-transporting mechanism and a sheet-detecting device. The sheet-detecting device includes a first transmitter, a first receiver, a second transmitter and a second receiver. The first receiver is for receiving a... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080240745 - Image processor: An image processor includes a main body and a consumable product which is replaceably installed to the main body is provided with a storage configured to store a table to which a record indicative of a usage status of the consumable product is to be successively added, an installation detection... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080240746 - Image forming apparatus and image forming system: An image forming apparatus includes: a developing device; a replaceable developing material container that contains developing material; a coupling member that couples the developing device to the developing material container; a controller that, when the developing material container is attached and an installation sequence to fill the coupling member with... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080240747 - Image scanning apparatus and image scanning method: An image scanning apparatus has an organic CMOS image sensor mounted in a base, and a photoreceptive surface of the image sensor is exposed on a top side of the base. A subject is placed directly on the photoreceptive surface, and the subject and the photoreceptive surface are covered up... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080240748 - Fixing device: A fixing device of the invention detects a temperature of plural positions of a heat roller by a multiple non-contact temperature sensor at the same time and controls the temperature of plural heat source members The non-contact temperature sensor and a contact temperature sensor detect the temperature of the same... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080240749 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a calculating device, a waiting time calculating device, and a print controlling device. The calculating device divides print data to be printed onto a recording medium into a plurality of zones along a conveyance direction of the recording medium. The calculating device calculates printing time... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080240750 - Image forming apparatus, and unit removably installed in an image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a controller which sets fixing conditions in a fixing unit in accordance with the type of printing medium sensed by a sensor. An intermediate transfer member and sensor are configured as an intermediate transfer member unit. The intermediate transfer member unit is removably installed in... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080240751 - Image forming system and computer readable medium therefor: An image forming system includes an information terminal device configured to edit image formation data with application software, an image forming device configured to form an image on a recording medium based on the image formation data edited by the information terminal device, a first detecting unit configured to detect... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080240753 - Image recording device and image recording method: An image recording device includes a first detecting unit, a recording unit, and a control unit. The first detecting unit detects a position of a perforation pre-formed in a recording sheet. The recording unit records an image on the recording sheet based on printing data. The control unit is configured... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080240752 - Image-forming device: An image-forming device includes an image bearing member, a data providing unit, an image-forming unit, a detecting unit, a first calculating unit, a determining unit, and a second calculating unit. The image bearing member has a surface moving at a surface speed. The data providing unit provides pattern data indicative... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080240754 - Image forming system and method of detecting color misregistration: An image forming system, in which a method of detecting a misregistration of a color image is performed, includes multiple image carriers, an optical writing unit, a transfer member extended by a drive roller and at least one driven roller, a rotation detector, a roller driving unit, a belt controller,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080240755 - Developing method in imaging-forming device: A developing method in an image-forming device is provided. The developing method includes the steps of charging a photoreceptor; exposing the photoreceptor to form a first latent image on the photoreceptor; developing the first latent image by a first developing unit having a first potential to form a first toner... Agent: Joe Mckinney Muncy

20080240756 - Exposure head controller, exposure head and image formation device: Provided is an exposure head controller that controls, via pulse width modulation control, the emission quantity of each light emitting element in an exposure head having a light emitting element array formed by arranging a plurality of light emitting elements in a main scanning direction and a sub scanning direction... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080240757 - Imaging forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a development container, a developer bearing member, first and second carrying members that carry developer, a supply device that supplies developer for replenishment, a discharge opening that discharges the developer contained in the development container, a controller that selectively performs one of a first mode... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080240759 - Developing device, image forming device, and image forming method: A developer device applies bias voltage including an alternating-current component equal to or larger than a value corresponding to a developing electric field of 9 V/μm to a developing roller. The bias voltage is set to apply developer to a latent image on a photosensitive element to develop the image... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080240758 - Systems and methods for momentum controlled scavengeless jumping development in electrophotographic marking devices: To generate a toner cloud in a development system, a first potential is applied to a donor roll for a first pulse time to project toner from the donor roll toward a photoreceptor, a second potential is applied to the donor roll for a second pulse time to slow the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC.

20080240760 - Image forming apparatus and toner replenishment control method: An image forming apparatus and a toner replenishment control method according to the present invention are configured such that a concentration of toner in a developer detected by a toner concentration detection sensor is measured and the measured toner concentration value is stored. These are configured such that regions of... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080240761 - Preconditioning media sheets to reduce transfer voltage: Image transfer quality in an electrophotographic image forming device is improved by preconditioning a media sheet prior to transferring a toner image thereto at an image transfer station. The media sheet is preconditioned by applying a static charge to it. In a color DTM type device, the charge reduces the... Agent: John J. Mcardle, Jr. Lexmark International, Inc.

20080240763 - Method for noncontact testing of the degree of hardening of ink and coating films: For more efficient and energy-saving drying of ink and/or coating films in printing machines, the drying or hardening process must be better monitored. Therefore a method is proposed for determining the degree of hardening of one or more printed ink and/or coating films on a substrate that was coated in... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20080240762 - Nondestructive methods for testing the degree of hardening or drying of inks and coatings: In a method for determining the degree of hardening or drying of one or more printed ink and/or coating film(s) on a substrate, for instance, paper, cardboard, plastic film or composite materials, a faster and more efficient measuring method can be found that furthermore supplies secure and easily interpreted results.... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20080240764 - Image forming apparatus: A developing roller supplies the toner to an image on an image bearing body, the image being formed in accordance with image data. A toner supplying member supplies the developer material to the developer bearing member. A computing section computes a dot population density in corresponding one of a plurality... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20080240765 - Image forming apparatus, market support system, control method and program: An image forming apparatus for reducing time required for adjusting the image forming conditions and transport conditions and minimizing the number of recording material used for the adjustment. Image forming conditions and transport conditions for the recording material are adjusted according to the characteristic properties of the recording material. Associated... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080240766 - Image forming device: A method of controlling a job interruptible image forming device in which job interrupting is enabled, includes a step of storing contents of respective job settings of an interrupted first job and an interrupting second job respectively, a step of causing a display to indicate that the respective job settings... Agent: Murata Machinery, Ltd. (muratec) C/o Keating & Bennett LLP

20080240767 - Cooling system for electrical component and image forming apparatus: A cooling system for an electrical component, comprises: a substrate having a mounting surface on which an electrical component is mounted; an air sucking section that takes in air for cooling the electrical component; a first guide member comprising a first guide surface that leads the air taken into the... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080240769 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus is provided with an image forming unit for applying an image transferring process to a sheet-like recording material, a fixing unit for applying a heat fixing process to the recording material after the image transferring process by the image forming unit, a first conveyance path for... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080240768 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: An image forming apparatus, includes: an image forming section that forms a toner image and transfers the toner image to a recording material at a predetermined transfer position; a fixing unit that heats the toner image on the recording material at a predetermined fixing position and fixes the toner image... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080240770 - Sealing member, sealing structure incorporated in an image forming unit, and image forming apparatus that incorporates the image forming unit: A sealing structure is incorporated in an image forming unit. A rotatable body is supported in a housing body. A sealing member extends in a longitudinal direction substantially parallel to the rotational axis of the rotatable body, providing a seal against the surface of the rotatable body. The sealing member... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20080240773 - Electrophotographic image forming apparatus and process cartridge: An electrophotographic image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material, to which a process cartridge is detachably mountable, the apparatus, includes (a) a plurality of mounting portions for detachably mounting process cartridges, respectively, the process cartridges each including, an electrophotographic photosensitive drum, a developing roller for developing... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080240771 - Powder container and image forming apparatus: A powder container that is detachably installed in a container housing unit of an image forming apparatus includes a container body including an opening located at a head of the container body, and an engaging part located at a bottom of the container body, the engaging part being engaged with... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080240772 - Toner cartridge, toner refilling method and image forming apparatus using the toner cartridge: A toner cartridge (20) includes a main cartridge body (30) having a housing formed with an opening (350) and also having a rotary shaft (41) supported by the housing for rotation about an axis thereof, a detachable member (60) mounted to the opening (350) and having a toner outlet (610)... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080240775 - Cartridge and image forming apparatus: A cartridge, an auger, and an image forming apparatus are provided. The cartridge includes a housing including supporting members and a conveying member, at least a portion of the conveying member rotating in an eccentric manner, the conveying member including a main body portion; a pair of supported portions provided... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080240774 - Image forming device and cartridge: An image forming device according to an aspect of the invention comprises: a main body; and a first cartridge capable of accommodating a developer and detachably attached to the main body. The first cartridge comprises: a rotation body rotatably provided in the first cartridge; a memory device configured to store... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080240776 - Cartridge and image forming device: A cartridge according to one aspect of the invention is detachably attachable to a main body including a first terminal. The cartridge comprises: a case; a memory device configured to store information concerning the cartridge; a cover member configured to cover a part of the case and movably supported on... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080240777 - Photosensitive medium supporting apparatus, developing cartridge and image forming apparatus having the same and method to assemble and disassemble a developing cartridge: A photosensitive medium supporting apparatus includes a supporting shaft to rotatably support a photosensitive medium and to have a fixing groove or a fixing projection formed at one portion of the supporting shaft that projects from one end of the photosensitive medium, a first shaft supporting member to support the... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080240779 - Developer storage unit and image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a developer storage portion for storing developer. The image forming apparatus further includes a developer supply portion for supplying developer through an opening portion of the developer storage portion. When a closing member is attached to the developer storage portion for closing the opening portion,... Agent: Kubotera & Associates, LLC

20080240778 - Image forming apparatus and developer cartridge: An image forming apparatus of one aspect of the invention comprises: an image carrier; a developing device configured to hold a developer carrier to supply developer to the image carrier, the developing device movable to a contacting position where the developer carrier contacts the image carrier and to a spaced... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080240780 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes: a main body; an opening and closing unit disposed so as to be openable and closable for the main body; a fixing unit fixing the opening and closing unit to the main body; a structure including a component for realizing an image forming function and/or... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080240781 - Image forming apparatus including fixing unit, and fixing unit support method and fixing unit position adjustment method therefor: An image forming apparatus and methods of supporting and adjusting a position of a fixing unit thereof. The apparatus includes a frame having a first side plate and a second side plate opposing the first side plate, a first unit holding member engaged with the first side plate by a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080240782 - Image forming device: Provided is an image forming device including: a sheet number control part for controlling a maximum processable sheet number set on a paper attribute basis for a finisher for finishing a printed sheet; an automatic tray switching part for switching an initially selected tray part to another tray part when... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20080240784 - Color image forming apparatus and image forming unit thereof: A color image forming apparatus and an image forming unit thereof, the color image forming apparatus including: photosensitive bodies; a transfer drum to rotate while contacting the photosensitive bodies; a transfer device to transfer visible images overlapped on the transfer drum from the photosensitive bodies onto a printing medium; a... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080240783 - Methods and devices for selectively driving developer members within an image forming device: A method and device for controlling toner transfer during the formation of a toner image within an image forming device is described herein. One exemplary image forming device includes a toner reservoir that stores toner of a first color, a developer member that receives toner from the toner reservoir, a... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080240785 - Exposure apparatus and image forming apparatus: An exposure apparatus comprises: a plurality of light sources; a first condensing unit, arranged to contact a light emitting surface of each of the light sources, that condenses the lights emitted from the plurality of light sources; and a second condensing unit that condenses the lights from each of the... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080240786 - Optical unit, image forming apparatus including the same and optical element thereof: An optical unit includes an optical element having a first combining surface and a second combining surface that applied an adhesive that is cured when exposed to a curing light respectively and that have different transmittance of the curing light; and a mount member combined with the optical element by... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080240787 - Image forming method and recorded matter: An image forming method is provided to attain a higher security for preventing forgery and falsification of information by using an optical diffraction structure. In a body (10) whereupon a layer is to be transferred, printing information (2) is recorded. On the body (10), a layer (20d) including a hologram... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080240788 - Four drum, eight color tandem xerographic architecture: A xerographic system and method use a tri-level development process in which at least one xerographic imaging unit includes a photoreceptor and a pair of developer units. A first developer unit includes a full strength toner of a given color and a second developer unit includes a reduced strength toner... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC.

20080240790 - Developing device and developer cartridge: A developing device and a developer cartridge are provided. The developing device includes a first housing that receives a developing roller; a second housing that is disposed adjacent to and detachable from the first housing and stores developer; first and second communication paths that allow an inside of the first... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080240791 - Electrographic developer mixing apparatus and process: A developer mixing apparatus, comprising: a housing including a chamber that holds developer, a first ribbon blender disposed within the chamber and elongate along a first longitudinal axis; and, a second ribbon blender disposed within the chamber and elongate along a second longitudinal axis, wherein the first and second ribbon... Agent: Andrew J. Anderson Patent Legal Staff

20080240789 - Rotator for powder conveyance and toner cartridge: A rotator for powder conveyance includes a substantially linear rotary supporting shaft and plural stirring/conveying pieces. The plural stirring/conveying pieces are separated from each other and arranged in a longitudinal direction along the rotary supporting shaft, are placed at positions separated from a central axis of the rotary supporting shaft... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080240792 - Developing device and image forming apparatus equipped with the same: A developing device capable of preventing deterioration of the image quality, which is caused when a developer recovered by a developing roller re-adheres thereto, and an image forming apparatus equipped with the developing device. The developer conveyance amount on the upstream side of an agitation conveyance path in a developer... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080240793 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus having an image carrier for forming an electrostatic latent image and a developing unit for developing the electrostatic latent image with a two-component developing agent, the developing unit includes: a developing agent carrier for developing the electrostatic latent image to form a visible image, having inside... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080240794 - Printing machine incorporating plastic metering roller: A metering roller for a printing machine utilising a high viscosity ink. The metering roller has an axle, a cylindrical roller body formed on the axle and an annular surface layer. The annular surface layer has a surface of a low surface energy and a pattern of a plurality of... Agent: Klauber & Jackson

20080240795 - Developing device used in an image forming apparatus: The developing device 100 comprises stirring-transfer means 122, 124, a magnetic roller 130, and a developing roller 140, that are disposed in a housing 110 which contains the two-component developing agent comprising the magnetic carrier and the non-magnetic toner, wherein volumetric mean particle size of the non-magnetic toner is set... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080240796 - Electrophotographic image forming apparatus, developing apparatus, and coupling member: A developing device usable with an electrophotographic image forming apparatus includes a driving shaft having a rotating force applying portion, and a movable member. The developing device is mounted to the moving member and includes a developing roller, and a coupling member that includes a rotating force receiving portion and... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080240797 - Image forming apparatus: During a first operation, at least one of a first pattern and a second pattern is formed on a first area of an image carrier, and at least the other pattern is formed on a second area of the image carrier. The first area corresponds to a half of the... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080240798 - Image-forming device: An image-forming device includes 1st to Mth photosensitive drums, a forming unit, an image-carrying member, a detecting unit, and a calibrating unit. The 1st to Mth photosensitive drums are arrayed in numeric order in a first direction. Each of the photosensitive drums is rotatable and has a circumferential length D.... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080240799 - Desktop color image forming apparatus and method of making the same: The present invention relates to an electrophotographic color image forming apparatus using a tandem-drum development, an indirect image-transfer method, and a vertical sheet supply path. An intermediate image-transfer member is angled relative to a horizontal line such that a rear side of the intermediate image-transfer member away from a recording... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080240800 - Image forming apparatus with selectively movable transfer rollers: Rotation of photosensitive drums 21, 22, 23 and 24 is started and a full-color mode by a transfer roller drive unit is set for the exposing by an exposing unit 11. When the full-color mode is set, a transfer belt 25 contacts all the photosensitive drums 21, 22, 23 and... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080240801 - Transfer apparatus, image forming apparatus having the same and image forming method: A transfer apparatus can uniformize the charged amount of toner on the intermediate transfer member and ensure a uniform transfer performance over the entire printing surface by means of a simple arrangement. The transfer apparatus has a primary transfer means arranged corresponding to a plurality of image carriers in order... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080240802 - Belt device, belt deviation detecting device, and image forming apparatus: A belt device includes a belt member, a detecting unit, and a preventing member. The belt member is stretched over a plurality of rollers and moves in a predetermined moving direction. The detecting unit detects deviation of the belt member in a belt width direction of the belt member. The... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080240803 - Image forming apparatus: The image forming apparatus has a heat member for heating an unfixed image and is configured so that a longitudinal center of the heat member becomes a conveyance center of the recording material, the image forming apparatus including a central portion temperature detection part adjacent to the conveyance center, an... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080240804 - Self actuated intermitent fuser skive: An apparatus to intermittently skive the paper and/or toner from a roller to prevent the paper and/or toner sticking to the roller and thus keep the paper moving along the transport path. The self-actuated skive intermittently touches the roller to minimize contact with the roller as the receiver moves along... Agent: David A. Novais Patent Legal Staff

20080240806 - Fixing unit and image forming apparatus having the same: A fixing unit which enables high-speed operation and miniaturization, and an image forming apparatus having the fixing unit, includes a heating member which is heated by a heat source, the heating member having a predetermined width; a rotating member to rotate in contact with the heating member; a driving member... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080240805 - Induction heating fixing device: In an induction heating fixing device according to the invention, a first induction heating coil that generates an induced current across the total length of a heat roller is provided on the outer circumference of the heat roller having a metal conductive layer. A second induction heating coil that generates... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080240807 - Belt meander preventing device, fixing device and image forming apparatus having the same: A fixing device includes a fixing roller, a fixing belt which is made to rotate by a rotation force transferred from the fixing roller, a heat source which is mounted inside the fixing belt, a guide member, which is mounted inside the fixing belt, to guide the rotation of the... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080240808 - Fixing device and image forming apparatus: A fixing device includes: a magnetic field generating component that generates a magnetic field; a fixing member including a heat generating layer that is electromagnetically induced by the magnetic field to generate heat; a support disposed at an inner side of the fixing member; a pressure rotating body that applies... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080240809 - Fixing device and image forming apparatus: A fixing device forms, with use of an endless belt and a fixing roller that are positioned facing each other, a fixing nip by placing the endless belt in contact with the fixing roller while causing a pressing member to press the endless belt from an inner side thereof against... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080240810 - Image forming apparatus component with triboelectric properties: The present disclosure relates to an image forming device component that includes an elastomeric material having a surface and a triboelectric charging material that may be exposed on the elastomeric material surface. The triboelectric material may be exposed by a finishing process that results in removal of a portion of... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080240811 - Cleaning apparatus and image forming apparatus having the same: A cleaning apparatus include a cleaning member to remove a waste toner remaining in a photoconductive medium and a housing to support the cleaning member, including a waste toner admission portion to provide a transfer path of the waste toner removed by the cleaning member, and a waste toner collecting... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080240812 - Cleaning apparatus, image holding apparatus, and image forming apparatus: There is provided a cleaning apparatus having a cleaning member that makes contact with a surface of an image holder and vibrates due to friction arising when the surface of the image holder moves, the image holder bearing an electrostatic latent image developed using a developer having toner containing a... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080240813 - Developer conveying member, developer container, image forming apparatus, and method of assembling a developer conveying member: A developer conveying member includes: a conveying member body; an end-portion supporting member; and a supported member including: a first radiation direction extending portion; and a second radiation direction extending portion, the end-portion supporting member including: a cylindrical portion, and the supporting portion defining: a through hole; and a groove.... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080240814 - Developing unit and image forming apparatus having the same: A developing unit includes a waste toner housing having an upper housing and a lower housing which face each other, at least one support unit to allow connection between the upper and lower housings, and to support facing surfaces of the upper and lower housings, and a toner housing which... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080240815 - Information processing apparatus and information processing method: An information processing apparatus that generates print data sent to a printing device acquires variable information from a plurality of devices, the variable information being finalized when the printing device carries out printing. The apparatus selects variable information from the plural pieces of variable information acquired from the plurality of... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080240817 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a recording sheet storage unit for storing recording sheets substantially in an upright position, an image forming unit which forms an image on a recording sheet conveyed from the recording sheet storage unit, and a recording sheet receiving unit for storing the recording sheet conveyed... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080240816 - Pre-scanning printer with paper fingerprinting: Techniques for scanning and generating fingerprints for articles prior to the use of the articles. The fingerprinting of the articles is performed such that it is decoupled from the process of using the articles. As a result, the fingerprinting process does not act as a bottleneck to the use of... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080240818 - Feed tray extension for an election ballot printing system: An election ballot printing system includes a printer support structure which carries a printer. The printer and printer support structure are coupled together so that movement between them is restricted. A printer feed tray extension is carried by the printer support structure, wherein the printer feed tray extension includes a... Agent: Schmeiser Olsen & Watts

20080240819 - Architecture for a media feeding option for an image forming device: The present application is directed to image forming devices with option trays to introduce media into a media path. One embodiment include the image forming device having a body with a front, back, top, and bottom sides. The sides may form an interior space to contain an imaging unit. The... Agent: John J. Mcardle, Jr. Lexmark International, Inc.

20080240821 - Conveying device and image forming apparatus: A conveying device that conveys a recording medium includes an aligning member into which the leading edge of a recording medium bumps and a control unit that changes conveyance speed of the recording medium moving on a conveying path to bump into the aligning member.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080240820 - Moving sensor for sheet edge position measurement: A method and apparatus for determining the lateral position of a moving sheet in a sheet registration system. A side edge sensor is moved from a known location until the side edge of the moving sheet is detected. A signal is generated indicative of the position of the side edge... Agent: Alix, Yale & Ristas, LLP

20080240822 - Duplex image forming apparatus: A duplex image forming apparatus includes a driving unit which has driving rollers and driven rollers to reversely feed the paper printed on the first surface to a duplex printing part or discharge the paper printed on the first and second surfaces, and a separation unit which separates the driven... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080240823 - Sheet conveying devices and duplex recording devices: The invention describes a sheet conveying device having a feed tray for storing sheets, a first conveying path for conveying a first sheet in a first direction, a feed roller that feeds the sheets in the feed tray to the first conveying path, a second conveying path that connects the... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080240824 - Recording devices: A recording device includes a feed tray for storing sheets, a first conveying path, an arm having one end attached to a pivot, and a roller attached to the other end of the arm. The roller feeds the sheet to the first conveying path. A recording unit is positioned in... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

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