Electrophotography inventions 12/08

20080317478 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus is supplied capable of adopting low price structure to obtain information that is stored in a storing section and is used for analyzing reason of failure/repair. The image forming apparatus performs an image formation by using an exchanging unit having a mounting section to mount an... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20080317479 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes: a body, to which a plurality of image forming cartridges containing developers are attachable; and a communication device which wirelessly communicates with a plurality of non-contact tags provided to the plurality of image forming cartridges, respectively. The communication device... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client No. 016689

20080317480 - Image forming device and cartridge: An image forming device includes a device body, a cartridge detachably attached to the device body so as to accommodate material which includes one of consumable material and waste material, a sensor configured to emit and receive sensing light and give a detection value corresponding to an amount of the... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20080317482 - Image forming apparatus: A supplying roller supplies toner to a developing roller which develops the electrostatic latent image formed on a photoconductive drum. The controller controls the supply to output first and second voltages to the developing roller and supplying roller. A detector generates a signal indicative of remaining toner. The voltage controller... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20080317481 - Toner cartridge and image forming apparatus: A toner cartridge counts the number of times the toner cartridge has been shaken by a counting unit. A control unit of an image forming apparatus acquires the counting result of the counting unit, and controls each unit of the apparatus such that a display unit displays a message encouraging... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080317483 - Image formation apparatus utilizing density of waste toner to detect amount thereof: An image formation apparatus has a waste toner accommodation unit including a toner transporting rotation member covered with a fixed pipe. As the member rotates, waste toner in the pipe is transported downstream. The toner transporting rotation member has an upstream portion with a recessed portion having a small diameter.... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080317484 - Image formation apparatus utilizing density of waste toner to detect amount thereof: An image formation apparatus has a waste toner accommodation unit including a toner transporting rotation member covered with a fixed pipe. As the member rotates, waste toner in the pipe is transported downstream A fin involved in detecting an amount of toner moves upward and downward with a predetermined amplitude... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080317486 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: An image forming apparatus for performing an image forming operation is disclosed that includes an image carrier on which a toner image is formed, an intermediate transfer member configured to transfer the toner image to a recording medium, the intermediate transfer member having a toner image forming area including an... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080317485 - Image forming apparatus and method thereof: An image forming apparatus includes a static electricity eliminator to remove residual charge from a printing medium. A selector is provided to connect the static electricity eliminator to ground through a selected resistance, and a controller is provided to control the selector depending on printing medium characteristics. The resistance in... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080317487 - Method for reusing recording medium, reusable recording medium, method for producing reusable recording medium and image forming apparatus: A method for reusing a recording medium forms an image on the recording medium by use of an image forming material, and removes the image forming material from the recording medium through thermal transfer by use of a peeling member. The recording medium is paper produced by applying a treatment... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080317488 - Total layer thickness detection apparatus, charging device, image forming apparatus, total layer thickness detection method and computer readable medium storing program for total layer thickness detection: A total layer thickness detection apparatus for a charged body includes: a saturated charge amount detection unit that detects a saturated charge amount of a charged body having plural coating layers with mutually different relative dielectric constants; a storage unit that stores relation information indicating relation of change of the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080317489 - Apparatus and method for adjusting concentration of liquid developer: In order to conform a specific correction table to the characteristics of a liquid developer to be used, the specific correction table is created by calibrating a standard correction table stored in advance by using a viscosity property value of a liquid developer for calibration at a current temperature. A... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080317490 - Apparatus and method for adjusting concentration of liquid developer: Provided is a liquid developer concentration adjusting apparatus and a method thereof, wherein the concentration can be adjusted easily and efficiently without using time and effort in liquid volume control. Further, the apparatus and method enable the concentration adjustment to be efficiently accomplished in a short period of time with... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080317491 - Image forming apparatus with first and second motors: The image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, a first motor for driving said image bearing member, a fixing unit which fixes an image transferred from said image bearing member to a recording material onto the recording material and a second motor for driving said fixing unit, wherein said... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080317492 - Color image forming apparatus, and program and method of controlling a color image forming apparatus: In a color image forming apparatus, a color mode is switched from a full color mode to a single color mode as follows. When the length of an image of a last page in the full color mode is less than the distance from a first-transferring position of a most... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080317493 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus, including a photoconductor, an exposure device to expose the photoconductor, a dustproofing member arranged more upstream than an exposure position of the exposure device in a moving direction of the photoconductor, and a cover which supports the exposure device and dustproofing member, wherein said cover opens... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080317494 - Cleaning head pick-up system: A corotron cleaning assembly includes a self-seating, spring-loaded locating pin drivingly connected to a drive unit that is used to drive a wire cleaning head that is located within a CRU. This assembly allows for easy separation of the drive unit from the cleaner when the CRU that contains the... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20080317495 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier that holds a toner-image; an intermediate transfer member onto which the toner-image that has been held on the image carrier is transferred; a transfer unit that transfers onto a recording medium the toner-image that has been transferred onto the intermediate transfer member;... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080317496 - Mobile image forming apparatus: A mobile image forming apparatus is provided that comprises a casing, a support frame to surround a printing medium roll from which a printing medium is supplied and to guide the printing medium, an image forming unit to form an image on the printing medium guided by the support frame... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080317497 - Systems and methods for remanufacturing imaging components: Techniques for modifying an imaging cartridge includes providing the imaging cartridge including a body including a circuit holding structure sized to hold an electronic circuit and forming a modified circuit holding structure, with the modified circuit holding structure sized to hold a replacement electronic circuit. At least one dimension of... Agent: William L. London

20080317498 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus including an image forming section; an upper unit located over the image forming section with a space therebetween and slidable in a direction of from the front side to the rear side of the apparatus and the opposite direction; a sheet discharger configured to discharge a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080317499 - Image forming apparatus, developer cartridge and photosensitive unit: An image forming apparatus is described. The image forming apparatus may include a developer cartridge and a photosensitive unit. The developer cartridge may include a first casing accommodating a developing agent, a developing agent carrier supported by the first casing and carrying the developing agent, a memory element storing predetermined... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client No. 016689

20080317500 - Process cartridge unit and image forming apparatus having the same: A process cartridge unit and an image forming apparatus having the same. The image forming apparatus includes a main body, a process cartridge unit removably mounted in the main body, an opening provided in the main body to permit the process cartridge unit to be installed or removed, and a... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080317501 - Developer cartridge and developing device: A developer cartridge and developing device are provided. The developer cartridge is attachable to and detachable from a developing housing, the developing housing comprising a drive gear for transmitting a driving force to the developer cartridge. The developer cartridge includes a cartridge housing that is configured to accommodate developer; a... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client No. 016689

20080317502 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method using latent images: An image forming apparatus and an image forming method are provided, in which a drum itself forms an electrostatic latent image for each of one or more basic colors in accordance with print data on a surface of the drum while making the polarities of the electrostatic latent images different,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080317503 - Electric charging device, image forming apparatus, electric charging method, and manufacturing method of electric charging device: A needle electrode having a pointed section is provided so as to face a charge-target object, and a voltage to be applied to the needle electrode is set so that 2≦(E2·S2)/(E1·S1)≦5 is satisfied, where an ionization area A1 indicates an area where ionization occurs to oxygen molecules in an atmosphere;... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080317504 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus which has a plurality of image forming stations arranged in parallel, each of the image forming stations having a photosensitive drum, and which forms a desired image by combining toner images formed on the photosensitive drums. A laser scanning optical system deflects and scans a plurality... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080317506 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus is provided which includes a switching mechanism which selectively shifts developing rollers among an all-color non-contact state in which all photosensitive members are kept apart from the corresponding developing rollers, a black contact state in which only the photosensitive member for black is kept in contact... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client No. 016689

20080317505 - Single-pass bypass printing method and apparatus: A single-pass bypass printing machine including: (a) a moveable photoreceptor belt for moving through an imaging path; (b) apparatus for supplying and feeding print media along a main media path and a bypass media path; (c) a first stage including at least three imaging subassemblies for forming a first color... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20080317507 - Developer cartridge guide unit and image forming apparatus having the same: A developing unit of an image forming apparatus includes a developing member to develop an electrostatic latent image on a photosensitive medium with a developer, a first feed member to feed the developer to the developing member, and a reset member disposed above the developing member to reset the developing... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080317509 - Developing device: A developing device includes a developing housing that supports a developer carrier, and a developer cartridge. The developer cartridge includes a cartridge housing that is configured to accommodate developer, an agitator that is provided in the cartridge housing and is configured to agitate the developer by a driving force, and... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client No. 016689

20080317508 - Developing device, image forming apparatus and process cartridge: A developing device capable of conveying discharged developer to the outside of the device well by preventing developer from firmly adhering within a discharge conveyance path, as well as an image forming apparatus and a process cartridge having this developing device. A developing device, having: a developing roller; a developer... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080317511 - Developer cartridge and method of recycling the developer cartridge: A developing cartridge and method of recycling a developing cartridge are provided. The developing cartridge includes a cartridge housing that is configured to accommodate developer. The cartridge housing includes a first opening for discharging the developer from the cartridge housing; and a second opening for accommodating the developer into the... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client No. 016689

20080317510 - Toner cartridge locking apparatus, image forming apparatus having the same, toner cartridge, and mounting and dismounting method for a toner cartridge: The present general inventive concept relates to a toner cartridge locking apparatus, which includes a rotation handle rotatably disposed at a first end of a toner tank, and having a locking blade formed at an outer circumferential surface thereof, and a hooking portion disposed at a developing unit to which... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080317512 - Developer cartridge and developing device: A developer cartridge and developing device are provided. The developer cartridge is attachable to and detachable from a developing housing, the developing housing supporting a developer carrier and comprising a drive gear for transmitting a driving force to the developer cartridge. The developer cartridge includes a cartridge housing that is... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client No. 016689

20080317513 - Image forming apparatus, process cartridge, and development device: An image forming apparatus includes either one of a process cartridge and a development device. The process cartridge is attachable to and detachable from the image forming apparatus, and integrally includes the development device. The development device includes a developer supplying member and a developer carrying member, at least one... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080317515 - Developing roller, electrophotographic process cartridge, and electrophotographic image forming apparatus: A developing roller is provided having a surface that has excellent effect of suppressing exudation of low molecular weight substances from an elastic body, excellent toner release properties, and sufficient flexibility in which cracks do not easily occur even by repeated image formation. The developing roller carries and conveys toner... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080317514 - Image forming apparatus: The present invention provides an image-forming apparatus comprising a magnetic roll for magnetically holding a two-component developer in which toner and a magnetic carrier are electrostatically bonded, a developing roll in which a thin layer of the toner transferred from the two-component developer on the magnetic roll is formed on... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20080317516 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: An image forming apparatus includes: an image carrier that holds a toner image; an intermediate transfer body to which the toner image carried on the image carrier is transferred; an applicator that applies a protective agent which blocks cracks in the surface of the intermediate transfer body to the intermediate... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080317517 - Image forming apparatus: The image forming apparatus is provided with: an image carrier that carries an image; an intermediate transfer belt that is arranged as opposed to the image carrier, and that rotationally moves in a predetermined direction; a primary transfer member that is arranged as opposed to the image carrier through the... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080317518 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: An image forming apparatus includes a transparent image forming unit having a transparent image carrier; plural color image forming units arranged on a downstream side in a process direction of the transparent image forming unit, the color image forming units having color image carriers; a black image forming unit arranged... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080317519 - Transfer unit and image forming apparatus employing the same: A transfer unit, which transfers a toner image formed on at least one image support to a printing medium, and an image forming apparatus employing the same. The transfer unit includes: an intermediate transfer body to the toner image from the image support, which has a curved transfer surface and... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080317520 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a substantially horizontally arranged image bearing member; a developing unit, including a plurality of developing devices and supporting the developing devices rotatably relative to the image bearing member; a movable intermediate transfer belt supported by first and second rotation members and facing the developing unit;... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080317521 - Transfer belt device, method of assembling the same, and image forming apparatus: Rollers including a tension roller are arranged in parallel. A pair of supporting members supports both ends of the rollers. A transfer belt is supported by the rollers. A biasing member applies a tension to the transfer belt by biasing the tension roller in a predetermined direction. The tension roller... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080317525 - Belt feeding device and image heating device: A belt feeding apparatus includes an endless belt and a supporting member for rotatably supporting the belt. The belt feeding apparatus further includes a setting member for setting, when the belt is deviated from a widthwisely normal zone, an inclination angle of the supporting member to a return angle to... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080317526 - Belt feeding device and image heating device: A belt feeding apparatus includes an endless belt; a supporting member for rotatably supporting said belt; and setting means for setting, when said belt is deviated from a widthwisely normal zone, an inclination angle of said supporting member to a returning angle to return said belt toward the normal zone,... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080317523 - Fixing belt: A polyimide-based resinous cylindrical body characterized in that 3 to 20% by volume of fluororesin having a number average molecular weight of more than 56000 and equal to or less than 3000000 is combined in the resinous cylindrical body. In the resinous cylindrical body, preferably BN is further combined as... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20080317522 - Fuser assembly having oil retention features: A fuser assembly includes a first end cap, and a second end cap spaced apart from the first end cap along an axis orthogonal to a sheet feed direction. A fuser belt is positioned between and supported by the first end cap and the second end cap to rotate around... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080317524 - Image heating device: f

20080317527 - Fusing apparatus and electrophotographic image-forming apparatus having the same: A fusing apparatus includes a heating unit to generate heat to fuse an image onto a printing medium, a pressurizing roller that faces and contacts the heating unit having an endless fusing film that is rotated while facing and contacting the pressurizing roller and presses the printing medium toward the... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080317528 - Fusing device, image forming apparatus having the fusing device, and fusing method of the image forming apparatus: A fusing device includes a preheating unit to preheat a developed image on a recording medium, and a heating unit to fuse the preheated developed image onto the recording medium by heating the image without pressing. The preheating unit includes a preheating plate heated by the heating unit and having... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080317529 - Waste toner collecting device and image forming apparatus incorporating the same: A waste toner collecting device includes: a tubular member provided with a toner inlet and a toner outlet; a roller that is provided upstream of the toner outlet in a toner transport direction inside the tubular member, that has a substantially horizontal rotation axis line, and that is elliptical in... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20080317530 - Fastening structure for rotating member: In a fastening structure for a rotating member such as a paddle, projections are provided in a groove of the paddle, the center of a parallel pin and the center of a hole for the parallel pin of a shaft are shifted from each other to press the parallel pin... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080317531 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus including: a recording medium transport path along which a recording medium is transported; a pair of first rollers that are provided at an upstream side in a recording medium transporting direction with respect to the recording medium transport path and that feed the recording medium into... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080317532 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a transfer device that transfers a toner image formed on an image bearer onto a transfer sheet and a fixing device that fixes the toner image onto the transfer sheet. The transfer device is freely movable between an operational position and a non-operational position and... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080317533 - Image forming apparatus: When an image is formed on a second side of a sheet, the image forming position is adjusted on the basis of a value calculated using the amount αn of lateral registration deviation detected before forming an image on the first side and the amount γn−1, of lateral registration deviation... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080317535 - Image forming apparatus, image forming system, and control method therefor: An image forming apparatus, an image forming system, and a control method therefor. The image forming apparatus includes at least one tray, a manual feed tray, a setting unit to set the at least one tray and the manual feed tray to be out of search, an acquiring unit to... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080317534 - Sheet processing apparatus: A sheet processing apparatus that performs processing for sheets such as sorting or stapling of the sheets after image formation includes a motor that controls a rotating position of a sheet pushing member. When a leading end of a sheet passes, after the leading end of the sheet reaches a... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080310862 - Image forming apparatus with enhanced maintainability: An image forming apparatus at least includes: a component, detachable from the image forming apparatus, including a driven portion; first and second detectors configured to detect an installation of the component in the image forming apparatus and driving of the driven portion, respectively; an indicator device configured to communicate information... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080310863 - Paper type determination device: A paper type determination device of the invention forms images of plural light spots modulated at frequencies different from one another and aligned about a reference point on one surface of a sheet of paper subjected to determination. A photodetection device is disposed on the other surface side of the... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080310864 - Maintenance management system and image forming apparatus: A disclosed maintenance management system includes an upper-limit information storage unit configured to store an upper limit of usage for each component identifier of a component, which upper limit is expressed by using an accumulated number of revolutions of a photoconductive drum in an image forming apparatus; a revolution number... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080310865 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes an image carrying member, a development unit, a first driving unit, a second driving unit, and a cleaning blade. The image carrying member forms a latent image thereon. The development unit develops the latent image formed on the image carrying member. The first driving unit... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080310866 - Fusing unit and image forming apparatus including the same: A fusing unit comprises a heating unit, a first roller and a second roller, at least one of which is heated by the heating unit, a belt which moves along the first roller and the second roller, a roller supporting unit which supports at least one of the first roller... Agent: Dla Piper US LLP

20080310867 - Method and apparatus for image forming capable of effectively performing color image position adjustment: A color image forming apparatus including a plurality of image forming devices attachable to and detachable from a housing, a transfer device including a transfer belt, an exchange detecting device configured to detect exchange of the image forming devices, a test pattern forming device configured to form, on the transfer... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080310868 - Image forming apparatus and method to control a velocity ratio thereof: An image forming apparatus and a method to control a velocity ratio thereof. The image forming apparatus includes a developing device to rotate opposite a photoconductive medium and to supply the photoconductive medium with a developer, and a controller to control a velocity ratio of the developing device to the... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080310869 - System and method for printing reimageable transient documents: A system and a method print one or more images to one or more reimageable documents, wherein the one or more representative of at least a portion of a digital file. The method includes a connecting a portable printer to a computing device. Moreover, the method includes emitting ultraviolet light... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC.

20080310870 - Method for developing potential images which are produced on an intermediate image carrier of images which are to be printed having selectable customer-specific colors in an electrographic printing or copying device: In a method or system to develop a potential image with selectable customer-specific colors using a developer fluid in an electrographic printing or copying device, a customer-specific color for print job is generated as a developer fluid from primary color concentrates and a carrier fluid in a mixing container of... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20080310871 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus has a pair of spacedly opposed first and second bearing members, in which a powder developer material is moved from the first bearing member to the second bearing member. The apparatus also has an electric field generator. The generator forms an electric field between the first... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080310872 - Image forming apparatus and paper ejection method of image forming apparatus: A drive unit for changing the driving rate of paper ejection rollers for ejecting sheets of paper after fixing is installed, and an image forming apparatus has an option, and when ejecting the sheets of paper to an intra-body paper ejection unit, after the sheets of paper pass a fixing... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080310873 - Image forming apparatus and image processing apparatus: An image forming apparatus is constituted by a dark color image forming station for forming an image with such a toner of recording materials having the same hue and different lightness as has a lower lightness; a light color image forming station for forming an image with such a toner... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080310874 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus including a controller configured to control each unit of the image forming apparatus, and an engine to which a startup instruction is sent from the controller and a plurality of peripheral devices is connected in series. Power is supplied to the controller and the engine separately,... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080310875 - Machine integrated semi-automated service credit for a metered device: A metered device includes a printing system for generating billable and non-billable electrostatographic images. The device includes a billing meter configured to store usage data related to the generation of the electrostatographic images. A CPU or processing unit is configured to increment the billing meter for each billable and non-billable... Agent: Xerox Corporation (cdfs)

20080310876 - Image forming system and maintenance execution program: There is provided an image forming system that are capable of preventing a user or operator from forgetting to carry out a maintenance operation based on required sub-maintenance items after execution of a maintenance operation based on an associated maintenance item, such as component replacement, cleaning, or adjustment. A table... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080310877 - Image-forming apparatus: An image-forming apparatus that is provided with an intermediate transfer member that has a hard releasing layer formed on the surface thereof, supports a toner image primary-transferred onto the hard releasing layer from a latent-image supporting member, and secondary-transfers the supported toner image onto an image-receiving medium, and a cleaning... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080310878 - Image forming apparatus and image forming unit: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit. The image forming unit is detachable with respect to the image forming apparatus. The image forming unit includes a development part, a developer accommodation part, a connection part and a sealing member. The development part develops an electrostatic latent image held... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080310879 - Image forming apparatus: The image forming apparatus including an exposure unit that exposes an image bearing member by a laser beam, a first side plate and a second side plate facing with each other, and a first support member, a second support member, and a third support member connecting the first side plate... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080310880 - System and method for remanufacturing imaging components: Systems and methods of remanufacturing an imaging cartridge including the replacement an organic photo conductor (OPC) drum in the imaging cartridge having end caps which are fixedly secured to the waste bin or other portion of the toner cartridge. In one aspect, the method involves removing the existing OPC drum... Agent: William L. London

20080310881 - Process unit, image formation apparatus, and developing cartridge: When a developing cartridge is accommodated in an accommodating section of a process unit casing, an electrode of the developing cartridge for inputting a bias to a developer carrier enters an engagement portion of the process unit casing to be engaged with and fixed to the engagement portion. A joint... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client No. 016689

20080310882 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a first image forming unit, comprising a first image bearing member, detachably mountable to a main assembly of the image forming apparatus; a second image forming unit, comprising a second image bearing member, detachably mountable to the apparatus main assembly; a transfer device for transferring... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080310883 - Toner cartridge guide unit and image forming apparatus having the same: A toner cartridge guiding unit includes a guide frame to guide mounting of a toner cartridge, and having a toner feed hole formed opposite to a toner discharge hole of the toner cartridge, a toner sealing member attached to the proximity of the toner feed hole, and a lifting unit... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080310884 - Body member of a powder container: The body member of a powder container of the present invention includes a bag-like powder storing body storing powder and formed with an opening at one end, and a base member affixed to the opening of the powder storing body. The base member allows an outlet member, which is formed... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080310885 - Developing device and image forming apparatus using same: The surface of a developing roller is coated with a phenol resin layer at a higher level in triboelectric series than a toner. A positively charged toner supplied from a magnetic roller onto the developing roller is negatively charged by friction with the phenol resin layer at the higher level... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20080310886 - Developer regulating apparatus and developing apparatus: A developer regulating apparatus including: a flexible sheet member, which regulates a thickness of a developer layer on a developing roller; and a holding member having wall surfaces for holding the sheet member in a curved state, wherein when the sheet member is not pressed by the developing roller, an... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080310887 - Toner supplying roller and method for manufacturing the same: A toner supplying roller is provided in which a polyurethane foam layer can be obtained without decreasing the reactivity of the polyurethane material, and in which contamination by a catalyst remaining in the polyurethane foam layer is suppressed, so that a good image can be obtained. Moreover, the toner supplying... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080310888 - Developing unit and image forming apparatus employing the same: A developing unit is provided that includes a housing to store toner, a developing member disposed proximate to the housing to rotate around a first rotation axis, and opposite to the photosensitive medium, and a cylindrical regulating member to rotate about a second rotation axis and to regulate the toner... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080310889 - Developing roller specific for mono-component developing apparatus: d

20080310891 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus that adjusts an inclination angle of a supporting roller for regulating pulling of a belt member serving as an intermediate transfer belt or a recording-material supporting belt. The image forming apparatus changes a method of adjusting an inclination angle of the supporting roller in accordance with... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080310890 - Image-forming apparatus equipped with intermediate transfer member:

20080310892 - Image-forming apparatus:

20080310893 - Transfer device and image forming apparatus: An endless belt is supported by a plurality of rollers. A transfer roller comes in contact with an outer surface of the belt to form a transfer nip. An auxiliary member makes contact with a recording medium on an upstream side of the transfer nip in a movement direction of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080310894 - Fusing unit and image forming apparatus having the same: A fusing unit for an image forming apparatus, including a heating roller to apply heat to a printable medium; a first pressing roller facing the heating roller so as to press the printable medium against the heating roller; a second pressing roller disposed in front of the first pressing roller... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080310895 - Fixing device for image forming device, capable of adjusting nip force between heating roller and pressure roller: A fixing device includes a frame, a pressure arm pivotably supported on the frame, and a nip release lever supported on the pressure arm. The pressure arm can release pressure contact between a heating roller and a pressure roller. The nip release lever can move between a pressing position and... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client No. 016689

20080310897 - Cleaning device, image forming apparatus including the device, and process cartridge including the device: A cleaning device includes a cleaning member, a collection member, an electrical field generator, and a separation member. The cleaning member has a surface capable of moving while contacting a surface of a cleaning target to remove toner on the surface of the cleaning target. The collection member has a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080310896 - Cleaning device, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus: A cleaning device capable of reducing the apparatus and prolonging the service life of the cleaning blade is disclosed. The cleaning device includes a cleaning blade including an elastic blade, a pressing member disposed near the downstream side of the image carrier with respect to the elastic blade, and a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080310898 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus having an automatic document feeding unit so as to successively read documents is disclosed. The image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit to form an image on a printing medium, an image reading unit pivotally coupled to an upper portion of the image forming unit... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080310899 - Discharging unit and image forming apparatus having the same: A discharging unit including: a casing; a discharger to discharge printing medium; a storage plate disposed in the casing below the discharger, to store the printing media discharged by the discharger; and a separation preventing unit to prevent the printing media from being ejected from the discharging unit by selectively... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080310900 - Discharging unit and image forming apparatus having the same: A discharging unit for discharging a printing medium from an image forming apparatus includes an elastic roller and a curl preventing roller to oppose each other in a pressing relationship forming a nip therebetween to reduce curling of a print medium passing through the nip. At least one of the... Agent: Dla Piper US LLP

20080304835 - Digital photo album with photo printer: A digital photo album with a photo printer comprises a printing apparatus and a digital photo album. The printing apparatus includes a printer housing, a driving mechanism, a paper tray, and a printing unit. The driving mechanism, the paper tray, and the printing unit are installed in the printer housing.... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080304836 - Image forming apparatus and method of restarting the apparatus: An image forming apparatus which can restrain a flaw from occurring on surfaces of driven members at a time of restarting the apparatus after jam treatment or the like is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a drive load detection section which detects drive load of the respective driven members... Agent: Mark D. Saralino ( Sharp ) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080304837 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method thereof: An image forming apparatus including an image forming unit which comprises a cartridge having a toner therein to form an image and a controller to control the image forming unit to increase a density of the image to be formed, if it is determined that a standard of the cartridge... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080304838 - Toner supply device and image forming apparatus: It is possible to estimate the quantity of toner remaining in the storage container by stopping the supply of toner from the storage container when the quantity of toner in the storage section is at a prescribed level, by starting the supply of toner after continuing to print as it... Agent: Cameron Kerrigan Squire, Sanders Dempsey L.L.P.

20080304839 - Image processing apparatus: In an image processing apparatus of the present invention, an image forming section for forming an image makes a part of line information which exists in the image different from other line information. For example, specific information is added by making a part of line information such as a frame... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080304840 - Image forming apparatus: A misregistration correcting unit correcting image misregistration on an endless belt in an electrophotographic image forming apparatus is disclosed that includes an image creation part that creates on the endless belt misregistration correction pattern sets each including a pattern of mark groups each being one of a horizontal line mark... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080304841 - Virtual clean belt to enable direct sensing of toner quantity: In accordance with one aspect of the present exemplary embodiment, a system determines the amount of toner on a photo receptor in a xerographic operation. A photo receptor is charged in one or more locations to create an image. A developer places a patch of a predetermined amount of toner... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20080304842 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a high voltage generating circuit 91 that applies an oscillating voltage in which a DC voltage and an AC voltage are superimposed on each other, to a charging member 42 disposed in contact with an image carrier 41; a voltage control portion 96 that controls... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20080304843 - Image forming apparatus and process cartridge: An image forming apparatus including an image bearing member the moving surface of which travels, a charging device including a charging member located facing the moving surface of the image bearing member, which uniformly charges the moving surface of the image bearing member to form a latent electrostatic image thereon... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080304845 - Image forming apparatus and control program of image forming apparatus:

20080304844 - Light scanning unit and image forming apparatus employing the same: A light scanning unit of an image forming apparatus, the light scanning unit including: a base frame comprising a metal material to prevent the base frame from expanding and/or contracting due to an ambient temperature change; one or more mounting members provided in the base frame; and one or more... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080304846 - Segmented roller for flood coating system: An electrostatographic apparatus and method of forming a toner image on a receiver using a segmented roller in order to improve transfer of a pigmented toner image to a receiver. The pigmented toner image is applied using the segmented roller and is then transferred to a receiver sheet.... Agent: David A. Novais Patent Legal Staff

20080304847 - Image-forming apparatus, and control method, program and storage medium therefor: An image-forming apparatus capable of satisfactorily maintaining the durability of a separating mechanism while preventing deformation of rubber layers of parts of a fixing unit and at the same time achieving a power saving effect. The image-forming apparatus is shifted into a power saving state without a fixing part and... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080304848 - Fixing device and image forming apparatus having the same: A fixing device includes a pressing member, a belt member which rotates in contact with the pressing member and forms a nip with the pressing member, a first roller member and a second roller member to guide a rotation of the belt member, and a heating member which is mounted... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20080304849 - Image forming apparatus and setting method for the same: An image forming apparatus according to the invention includes: a control panel capable of displaying a menu screen; an image forming unit configured to carry out image forming processing under a condition set by the control panel; a reader and writer capable of communicating with a portable storage medium; a... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080304852 - Energy storage device, image forming apparatus including energy storage device, and discharge control method: An energy storage device is disclosed that includes capacitor cells of a first type having a first internal resistance and 0 capacitor cells of a second type having a second internal resistance which is higher than the first internal resistance.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080304851 - Power supply device and image forming apparatus having the same: A power supply includes a transformer to transform an input voltage into an output driving voltage for one of a plurality of components of an image forming apparatus, and an output converter to detect the driving voltage being output from the transformer, to amplify the detected driving voltage according to... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080304850 - Variable speed printing device with mains overload prevention: An image reproduction device includes a print processing system and a print sheet conveying system that conveys sheets with a continuously variable and dynamically adjustable processing speed. The device lowers the processing speed when the mains connection cannot deliver sufficient power to run at a nominal processing speed and is... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080304853 - Image forming apparatus: An aspect of the invention provides a charging control device of a color image forming apparatus, and the charging control device can properly control a charging potential of an image bearing body such that fog and uneven density are not generated even in a low-temperature environment. The image forming apparatus... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20080304854 - Cooling mechanism of fixing device: In a cooing mechanism for a fixing device according to an embodiment of the invention, a duct that flows outer air taken in by a fan is attached firmly to a slit formed between a bent coil part at an end part of a coil and a magnetic core in... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080304855 - Image forming apparatus with external air circulation chamber: An image forming apparatus capable of minimizing a temperature rise of a cover is disclosed. The image forming apparatus includes a main body, a fusing unit mounted in the main body to fuse an image to paper, a cover mounted to the main body to expose the fusing unit, a... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080304856 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming device; an intermediate transfer member; a secondary transferring device; a first cleaning member; a second cleaning member; a contacting/separating device; a release-agent applying device; and a controlling unit.... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080304857 - Image forming apparatus: When residual toner on the surface of an image carrier belt is removed with an elastic cleaning blade, a blade wear piece which is adhered to a blade edge is removed. When a blade edge of a cleaning blade is brought into sliding contact with a surface of an intermediate... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080304858 - Systems and methods for remanufacturing imaging components: Techniques for attaching a replacement chip to an imaging cartridge are described. a method of replacing a component of an imaging cartridge includes: providing the imaging cartridge including a chip and a chip holding structure holding the chip, the chip holding structure including a left upper flange, a right upper... Agent: William L. London

20080304860 - Image forming apparatus: In an image forming apparatus, a plurality of process units each including a photoconductor drum are arranged in tandem; a plurality of exposure units configured to expose the photoconductor drum to light to form an electrostatic latent image thereon are each disposed above and opposite to the corresponding photoconductor drum;... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080304859 - Imaging cartridge drive with an external ramp: Provided is an improved drive mechanism for an imaging machine. At least one external ramp is disposed along the outer perimeter of the drive dog whereby a tooth of the imaging machine drive mechanism is centered and directed into the drive dog seat. The leading edge of the drive dog... Agent: Jesse Delcamp

20080304861 - Image forming device: An image forming device includes a driving mechanism that transmits a driving force to a process cartridge through an input portion of the process cartridge. The driving mechanism includes a drive shaft shifting between a state engaging with the input portion and a state spaced from the input portion, a... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080304862 - Tandem photosensitive-member unit having grip part: An image-forming device includes a main body and a tandem photosensitive-member unit. The tandem photosensitive-member unit includes a unit frame, a plurality of photosensitive members, a front-side grip part, and a rear-side grip. The unit frame is configured to be slidably installed to and removed from the main body in... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080304863 - Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus using the same: An optical scanning device includes a synchronism detecting element for detecting a light beam scanningly deflected by a deflecting surface of an optical deflector, to determine an image-writing start position of the light beam on a scan surface in a main-scan direction, and a synchronism detecting optical element for directing... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080304864 - Electrophotographic photosensitive member, process cartridge, and electrophotographic apparatus: Provided is an electrophotographic photosensitive member in which friction memory does not easily occur, and a process cartridge and an electrophotographic apparatus which have the electrophotographic photosensitive member. The electrophotographic photosensitive member having a photosensitive layer has a surface layer having a plurality of depressed portions which are independent from... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080304865 - Drive joint mechanism and image forming apparatus using the same: A drive joint mechanism includes a drive shaft (30) and a driven shaft (24) coupled coaxially to the drive shaft (30). A coupling (31) on the drive shaft (30) or the driven shaft (24) has pin-engaging grooves (31a, 31b) and at least one pyramid-shaped pin-guide (32) between adjacent pin-engaging grooves... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080304866 - Charging brush unit, charging device, and image forming apparatus: A charging brush unit includes a brush and a conductive holder. The brush includes a plurality of flexible conductive fibers. The plurality of flexible conductive fibers is supplied with a charging bias to generate electrical discharge between a top of the plurality of conductive fibers and a latent image carrier... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080304867 - Image bearing member, method of manufacturing the same, image formation method, image forming apparatus and process cartridge: where R1 to R5 and R1′ to R5′ independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or an alkoxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R6 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group and X represents an alkylene group having a straight... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080304868 - Developer supplying apparatus and developing apparatus having the same: A developer supplying apparatus includes a developer lump prevention unit that reduces the aggregation of developer into lumps in the path, which defines the supply passage of developer from the developer cartridge, in which the developer is stored, to the developing cartridge, which houses the developing roller. The developer lump... Agent: Dla Piper US LLP

20080304870 - Developer supply container: If a user is not familiar with the operation for a developer supply container, the rotating operation for the developer supply container may be insufficient, so that developer supply container does not reach a predetermined operating position, with the result of abnormal developer supply. By increasing a rotation load of... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080304871 - Developer supply container: If a user is not familiar with the operation for a developer supply container, the rotating operation for the developer supply container may be insufficient, so that developer supply container does not reach a predetermined operating position, with the result of abnormal developer supply. By increasing a rotation load of... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080304872 - Developer supply container: If a user is not familiar with the operation for a developer supply container, the rotating operation for the developer supply container may be insufficient, so that developer supply container does not reach a predetermined operating position, with the result of abnormal developer supply. By increasing a rotation load of... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080304869 - Toner bottle for electrostatic latent image developing: A toner bottle containing a cylindrical toner container having therein a toner comprising at least a resin, a colorant and an external additive, the toner container having a toner discharge port on an end thereof and a rotation axis along the cylindrical toner container, and the toner container being installable... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20080304873 - Developing unit and image forming apparatus employing the same: A developing unit which forms an image on a photosensitive medium, includes a housing which accommodates a developer, a magnetic cylinder having a catch pole which picks up the developer in the housing by a magnetic force, and a main pole which couples a carrier among the picked-up developer, a... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080304875 - Developing device, developer therefor, and image forming method and apparatus, and process cartridge using the developing device: A developing device including a developer bearing member configured to feed a developer to an image bearing member; a developer supplying member, which is contacted with the developer bearing member at a first nip while opposed thereto and which is configured to supply the developer to the developer bearing member;... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080304874 - Developing roller and imaging apparatus using the same: There are provided a developing roller capable of making useless a drying line in the formation of a resin layer and using a carbon-based electrically conducting agent for giving an electrical conductivity to the resin layer as well as an imaging apparatus using the same. The developing roller 1 comprises... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080304876 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: An image forming apparatus according to the present invention includes a first toner-image forming unit that forms a first monochrome toner image, a first intermediate transfer drum onto which the first monochrome toner image is transferred, a first transfer unit that transfers the first monochrome toner image from the first... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080304878 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus (10) includes image bearing members (20) having respective peripheral surfaces and arranged sequentially so that toner images of toners having different colors are formed on the peripheral surfaces, respectively, an endless belt (30) having a surface and so rotated that the toner images are sequentially transferred... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080304877 - Image-forming apparatus equipped with specified intermediate transfer member:

20080304879 - Image forming apparatus and method of controlling same: An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of first image carriers on which different color toner images C are respectively formed, a transfer fixing member onto which a multicolor toner image A consisting of the toner images C is transferred, a heater located configured to fuse the toner image A... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080304881 - Endless belt, belt conveyor and image forming apparatus: An endless belt is provided with an endless belt body and a meandering prevention member in the form of a flat bar. The belt body includes a folded trace extending in the width direction thereof. The meandering prevention member is attached on one widthwise end of a circumferential surface of... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080304880 - Transfer apparatus and image forming apparatus having the same: A transfer apparatus for an image forming apparatus includes a transfer tube to face an image carrier, and a transfer roller disposed inside the transfer tube to cause the transfer tube to rotate.... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080304882 - Fusing device and image forming apparatus having the same: A fusing device includes a pressing member, a belt member to rotate in contact with the pressing member, a nip forming member to support the belt member so that nip areas are formed on the pressing member and the belt member at contacting portions thereto, a heating member disposed away... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080304883 - Fixing apparatus, image forming apparatus and fixing method: The fixing apparatus used in an image forming apparatus and fixing an image on a recording medium, the fixing apparatus is provided with: a flash lamp that emits flash light for fixing the image; and a reflection member that has a reflection surface reflecting the flash light emitted from the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080304884 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus, including an image carrier, a toner image forming section which forms a toner image on the image carrier, a transfer section which transfers the toner image formed on the image carrier to an intermediate transfer member or a recording sheet, a cleaning section which includes a... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080304885 - Image arranging device and image arranging program storage medium: An image arranging device arranging an image in a predetermined region, includes: a regulation obtaining section that obtains an arrangement regulation of the image in the region; and a data obtaining section that obtains print image data which represents a print image to be printed on a print medium and... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080304886 - Image forming apparatus: An image-forming apparatus includes a body casing having on upper surface thereof a paper ejection tray on which a sheet of paper ejected after formation of an image is stacked; a side cover capable of opening and closing a side surface of the body casing on the downstream side in... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080304887 - Curl correcting device, image forming apparatus, and sheet finisher: Disclosed is a curl correcting device comprising: a first nip forming member conveying a sheet by rotation; and a second nip forming member having pressing members, wherein at least one of the pressing members is opposed to the first nip forming member in a standstill state at a time of... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080304888 - Wall-mountable printer having a wireless network interface: Provided is a wall-mountable printer having a wireless network interface for receiving image data, and a printhead assembly having ink reservoirs and a pagewidth printhead for printing the image data on a sheet of paper. The printer also includes a glue wheel assembly configured to apply glue along an edge... Agent: Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd

20080298819 - Image forming apparatus, adjusting method thereof and replacement component thereof: Disclosed is an image forming apparatus in which a replacement component is set including the replacement component in which a storage medium storing adjustment necessity information indicating whether an adjustment procedure is needed or not after the replacement component is replaced and adjustment item information indicating an adjustment item is... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080298820 - Method of reading individual information of a detachable unit, individual information reading device, apparatus having the individual information reading device, and a detachable unit: In an apparatus including the detachable unit, when reading individual information of the detachable unit, a first label for generating a reference signal for reading individual information and a second label representing the individual information are arranged on a surface of the detachable unit, with a first label reading unit,... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080298821 - Image forming apparatus and method for double-sided printing: An image forming apparatus and a method are provided. The apparatus includes an image forming unit that discharges ink; a transfer unit that performs a first conveying operation of conveying the sheet in a state in which a first surface thereof faces the image forming unit, and a second conveying... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080298822 - System for processing media units and an associated media roll: Media rolls, support structures for the media rolls, and media processing systems are provided. A media roll may include an identification transponder having retrievable information regarding the media units and associated media unit transponders wound around a core of the media roll. A support structure may include a spindle for... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080298823 - Methods and apparatuses for determining the number of printed pages remaining in a toner cartridge: A method for determining the number of printed pages remaining in a toner cartridge for an electrophotographic image forming device. A toner cartridge and electrophotographic image forming device for storing and/or performing aspects of the method is also provided.... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20080298824 - Image forming apparatus, method of controlling fixing device, and device and method for detecting abnormality of the fixing device: An image forming apparatus which is capable of detecting occurrence of an abnormality that a fixing member which is actually in an unpressurized state is detected to be in a pressurized state, and supply of electric power to a heating member is continued. A fixing device includes a fixing belt... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20080298825 - Method for converting color measured values in polarized or unpolarized form: A method for converting polarized color measured values to unpolarized color measured values or vice versa uses a computer. The conversion is carried out by the computer by using a pair of reference measured values determined in polarized and unpolarized form.... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080298826 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a rotatable photosensitive drum, a charging apparatus to which a charging voltage is applied, an exposure apparatus forming an electrostatic image, a developing apparatus to which a development voltage is applied, a timer measuring an image formation time lapsed from start of rotation of the... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080298827 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus comprises: an image forming mechanism including a motor, and an image forming unit which operates by the motor to form an image on a recording sheet; a registration unit which registers a job; a control unit which controls the image forming mechanism to form an image... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20080298828 - Image forming apparatus and control method thereof: An image forming apparatus capable of varying a transferring force according to an amount of developer, thereby improving transfer quality, and a control method thereof. The image forming apparatus includes a plurality of photoconductive media on which electrostatic latent images are formed, a transfer unit onto which color developer images... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080298829 - Image forming apparatus: An object of the present invention is to provide an image forming apparatus which can achieve reduction in printing time, suppression of developer consumption, and implementation of silence. An image forming apparatus capable of forming a color image on an image carrier with use of developers of a plurality of... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080298830 - Image forming apparatus and method of controlling the apparatus: When an adjustment mode is set, a designation screen is displayed on a liquid crystal display screen. A part as an object of adjustment is designated by a touch operation to the designation screen. Subsequently to this designation, an input screen for inputting data for adjustment is displayed.... Agent: SocalIPLaw Group LLP

20080298831 - System and method for cooling a roller having multiple heating zones: A printer includes a system for cooling an image receiving member. The image receiving member cooling system includes an image receiving member having a first end and a second end, a first heater mounted within the image receiving member for heating the image receiving member in the vicinity of the... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP

20080298833 - Cleaning apparatus for removing toner adhered onto endless belt: A cleaning apparatus is for removing a toner from a surface of an endless belt. The cleaning apparatus includes a blade, a blade holding structure, and an abutment maintaining structure. The blade abuts on the endless belt that is supported on a tension roller. The blade holding structure holds the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080298832 - Developer collecting/charging device, image forming apparatus and cleaning method: After-transfer remaining toner is reversely transferred from a transfer member to an image carrier. A toner collecting/charging device for temporarily collecting and charging the after-transfer remaining toner remaining on the transfer member includes a toner collecting/charging roller which is provided in such proximity to the transfer member as not to... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080298834 - Toner cartridge and image forming apparatus: In one embodiment, a toner cartridge of the invention is installed in an image forming apparatus, and includes a toner storage container that has a toner discharge port, and a toner discharge roller disposed inside of the toner storage container so as to block the toner discharge port. An inner... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080298835 - Image forming apparatus and detachable body: An image forming apparatus includes a detachable-body mounted member, a detachable body and a sealing portion. The detachable-body mounted member includes a first opening and a first opening-and-closing member that opens and closes the first opening. The detachable body includes a second opening and a second opening-and-closing member. When the... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080298837 - Developing device and image forming apparatus: A developing device includes a cabinet, a developer carrier, a transport member rotating around a transport member shaft, and a developer cartridge attachable to and detachable from the cabinet. The developer cartridge includes a cartridge side first opening and a cartridge side second opening. The cabinet includes a cabinet side... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080298838 - Image forming apparatus and developing cartridge: In a developing cartridge, the contact plate of the electrode member is disposed to contact the developing bias terminal within a plane of projection when a driven coupling part is projected in a first direction. A first axis line, which is an axis of the developing roller shaft, and a... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080298836 - Image forming apparatus and toner cartridge: An image forming apparatus includes: an image carrier on which an electrostatic latent image is formed; a toner cartridge detachably mountable to the image forming apparatus, including a toner casing accommodating a developing agent, an opening/closing member which opens/closes an opening formed in the toner casing to discharge the developing... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080298839 - Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus using the same: An optical scanning device configured to remove or sufficiently reduce ghost light includes an input optical system for directing a light beam from a light source to a deflecting surface of a deflector, and an imaging optical system for imaging a light beam scanningly deflected by the deflecting surface upon... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080298840 - Electrophotographic photoreceptor, image forming apparatus, and process cartridge: An electrophotographic photoreceptor including a conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer located overlying the conductive substrate which includes a naphthalenetetracarboxylic acid diimide derivative having a specific formula; and an image forming apparatus and a process cartridge using the electrophotographic photoreceptor are provided.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080298841 - Photosensitive-member driving mechanism: It is an object to prevent distortions and deviations of images caused by the eccentricity of a driven gear mounted to a rotational shaft of a photosensitive drum. There are provided a driving gear which is secured to a rotational shaft of a rotational driving power source and is rotated... Agent: Mark D. Saralino ( Sharp ) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080298842 - Light source driver, light source device, light scanning device and image forming apparatus: A light source driver mounted on a rectangular-shaped substrate includes a plurality of output parts that output driving signals to drive a plurality of light-emitting bodies. The plurality of output parts are disposed in a vicinity of the two sides of the substrate, the two sides of the substrate forming... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080298843 - Liquid-level detection device, image forming device, and liquid containing device: A liquid-level detection device detects the liquid level in the developer storing container for storing liquid developer, and includes a first water wheel, a first rotation detection mechanism, and first liquid-level detection device. The first water wheel is disposed in the interior of the developer storing container, and is configured... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20080298844 - Developing device and image forming apparatus including same: A developing device including a developing unit configured to develop an electrostatic latent image formed on a latent image bearing member with a developer comprising a toner and a carrier, and a circulation unit configured to collect the developer from the developing unit and return the developer to the developing... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080298845 - Development device and image forming apparatus: The development device includes a development member and a circulation member. The development member develops an electrostatic latent image formed on a latent image carrier with a developer including toner and a carrier to make the electrostatic latent image visible. The circulation member receives the developer discharged from the development... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080298846 - Toner bottle and apparatus for image formation: A toner bottle for containing toner has a cylindrical body and a scraper. The bottle body can be rotated on its axis by a driving source. The scraper is supported movably in the bottle body. The bottle body has an opening and ribs. The toner in the toner bottle is... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080298847 - Developing device and image forming apparatus: A developing device uses a two-component developer including at least carriers and toners. The toners are supplied to an image bearing member bearing an electrostatic latent image so that a toner image is developed from the electrostatic latent image. The developing device has a developing roller arranged to oppose the... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20080298848 - Developing device and image forming apparatus having the same: A developing device having an improved regulating member to regulate the thickness of a developing agent layer and consequently, achieving easy fabrication, reduced fabrication costs and/or reduction in the size of the developing device, and an image forming apparatus having the same, is described. The developing device includes a developing... Agent: Dla Piper US LLP

20080298850 - Developing device and image forming apparatus having the same: A developing device and an image forming apparatus capable of restraining density irregularity and restraining a decline in image quality caused by adherence of carrier to a photoreceptor, are provided. An angle α is in a range of no less than 45 degrees nor more than 57 degrees, which is... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080298849 - Magnetic roller and manufacturing method thereof, developer carrier, development device, processing cartridge, and image forming apparatus: A magnetic roller includes a solid-core roller having magnetic anisotropy in a direction orthogonal to a central axis thereof. The solid-core roller includes a body part, and shaft parts disposed on both ends of the body part, a concave groove provided in an outer circumference face of the body part... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080298854 - Developing device and image forming apparatus: where A (mm) is a difference between an outer diameter of a center portion of the developer supporting member and an outer diameter of an end portion of the developer supporting member; B (mm) is a wobble amount of the end portion of the developer supporting member; and F (degree)... Agent: Kubotera & Associates, LLC

20080298852 - Developing device, image forming apparatus, and image forming system: A developing device is provided with a toner bearing member that bears toner having core particles and a particulate external additive externally added to the core particles, and that develops a latent image borne on an image bearing member using the toner, the toner bearing member being rotatable and having... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080298853 - Developing device, image forming apparatus, image forming system, developing method, and toner bearing member: The present invention provides a developing device that includes a toner bearing member that includes regularly arranged projection sections and depressed sections for bearing toner, and that develops a latent image borne on an image bearing member with the toner borne on the projection sections and the depressed sections, wherein... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080298851 - Image formation apparatus and image formation system: The invention provides, as an aspect thereof, an image formation apparatus that includes: an image carrier that carries a latent image; a toner carrier that has, on a surface of the toner carrier, a concave portion arrayed in a regular pattern so as to carry toner, and develops the latent... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080298855 - Developing device, image forming apparatus, and image forming system: A developing device includes a rotatable toner bearing roller and a regulation blade. The toner bearing roller has regularly-arranged projecting sections and non-projecting sections, bears toner whose volume average particle diameter is smaller than a depth of the non-projecting section relative to the projecting section, and develops a latent image... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20080298856 - Image forming device and semiconductor device: In an image forming device including a first rotary member arranged to drive an intermediate transfer belt, a first motor arranged to rotate the first rotary member, and a second rotary member arranged to transfer a toner image formed on the intermediate transfer belt to a recording sheet, a torque... Agent: Ipusa, P.l.l.c

20080298857 - Intermediate transfer belt unit use in image forming apparatus: This invention provides an image forming apparatus including a belt member which is shaped like a belt and has a belt surface and to which a toner image corresponding to image data is transferred, a roller member for moving the belt surface at a constant velocity in a predetermined direction... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20080298858 - Automation mechanism for positioning transfer dicorotron cover or shutter: This is a structure useful in electrostatic marking systems that prevents a charge from contacting a photoreceptor in areas not covered by paper. An automatically movable cover is positioned between a corona device and the photoreceptor to prevent the charge emitted by the corona from damaging the unprotected areas of... Agent: James J. Ralabate

20080298859 - Process cartridge and image forming apparatus: A process cartridge according to one aspect of the invention comprises: an image carrier configured to carry a developer image and having a transfer position capable of transferring the developer image to a recording sheet; and an elastically-deformable cantilever-shaped guide plate including a distal end portion being unsupported, and having... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client Nos. 0166889, 006760

20080298860 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a toner image forming unit for effecting an image forming operation to form toner image on a recording material, wherein the toner image comprises chromatic toner image components with different colors and a transparent toner image component overlaid thereon; a fixing unit for effecting a... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080298861 - System and method for positioning one or more stripper fingers (in a fusing system) relative to an image: A fuser stripping subsystem for use with a fusing system is provided. In one embodiment, at least one movable stripper finger is disposed adjacent a fusing assembly in a first position. Assuming a selected condition is met, the at least one movable stripper finger is moved from the first position... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20080298862 - Fixing apparatus, image forming apparatus, and heating member: A fixing apparatus includes a flexible endless fixing member that moves in a predetermined direction for heating and melting a toner image, a heating member that is fixed to the fixing member in a position facing at least a part of an inner peripheral surface of the fixing member for... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080298863 - Heating apparatus: The heating apparatus of a surface-heating type, includes a rotary member, an opposing member that forms a nip with respect to the rotary member, and a heating member for heating a portion of a rotary member surface other than the nip, in which temperature used for heating the rotary member... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080298864 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: An image forming apparatus includes an image transfer unit that transfers a reversed image onto an image bearing member as a toner image, a secondary transfer roller that transfers the toner image onto a recording medium, a contact and separation unit that brings the secondary transfer roller into contact with... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20080298865 - Ablation collection system for an image recorder: An apparatus is mounted on a moveable carriage of an external drum platesetter for removing air-borne ablative particles caused when a printing plate mounted on an outside surface of a rotating drum of the platesetter is imaged via a laser source having a window for transmitting a laser beam. The... Agent: Agfa C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20080298866 - Developing agent circulation system and image forming apparatus using same: A development agent circulation unit includes a development unit, an agitation unit, and a rotary feeder. The development unit develops a latent image on an image carrier using a developing agent. The agitation unit agitates developing agent recovered from the development unit. The rotary feeder receives the developing agent from... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080298867 - Sheet finisher and image forming system provided therewith: A sheet finisher having a post-processing section that conducts post-processing on a sheet on which an image has been formed by an image forming apparatus, the sheet finisher comprising: an intermediate storing section in which a plurality of sheets conveyed from the image forming apparatus are superposed to be stored... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP