Electrophotography inventions 02/09

20090052911 - Optical sensor system with a dynamic threshold for monitoring toner transfer in an image forming device: A method and device for monitoring toner transfer within an image forming device is described herein. A reflectivity sensor senses movement of a toner transfer gear operatively connected to a toner transfer system. A threshold unit generates a dynamic threshold based on the output of the reflectivity sensor. In one... Agent: John J. Mcardle, Jr. Lexmark International, Inc.

20090052912 - Abnormality determining apparatus, image forming apparatus, copying machine, and information obtaining method: A time point at which a predetermined period elapses since the start of use of a copying machine as a detection subject after factory shipment or repair is obtained. Pieces of set information, which are combinations of various types of information until the time point is reached are sequentially stored... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090052913 - Image forming apparatus and method for controlling the same: An image forming apparatus includes a first sheet discharge unit, a second sheet discharge unit, a switching unit configured to cause a sheet discharge destination to switch between the first sheet discharge unit and the second sheet discharge unit, a memory unit configured to store information about drying time of... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090052914 - Method and system for wide format toning: A printer or other powder deposition device may include multiple toning stations, and the toning stations may be positioned in various configurations within the device. The various configurations may position the toning stations so as to increase the toning width of the device, thereby allowing the device to print larger... Agent: Eastman Kodak Company Patent Legal Staff

20090052915 - Constant voltage leveling device for integrated charging system: A charging system for uniformly charging an imaging surface moving in a predefined path including a dicorotron for charging the imaging surface; a discorotron, adjacent to and downstream from said dicortron, for charging the imaging surface; the discorotron including a coronode, a grid and a shield a first power supply... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20090052916 - Apparatus for and method of forming image using oscillation mirror: As a scanning light beam which is scanning and traveling away from an effective image region moves passed the location of a sensor, a horizontal synchronizing signal Hsync is obtained as a first detection signal. A deflection mirror surface turns around, thereby reversing the direction in which the scanning light... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20090052917 - Image forming apparatus: A disclosed image forming apparatus comprises: a conveying belt conveying a record medium attracted to the conveying belt using electrostatic force; a recording head for ejecting droplets on the record medium and forming an image; and a voltage waveform applying unit applying voltage waveforms, in which the shape of a... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20090052918 - Image forming apparatus and method of detecting amount of residual developer: An image forming apparatus having a developer container containing a developer and a developer carrying member for carrying the developer and adapted to switch an AC voltage to be applied to the developer carrying member, the apparatus comprising a detecting member for detecting the amount of developer in the developer... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090052922 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus which is capable of suppressing damages to a plurality of photosensitive drums and an intermediate transfer belt, and reducing loads on drive sources of the photosensitive drums and the intermediate transfer belt, during control for making the respective rotational phases of the photosensitive drums in phase.... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20090052923 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus is configured to reduce follow-up delay in impedance fluctuation and to reduce an accuracy fall in power supply control. The image forming apparatus includes a transfer element, a supply element, a detection element, a modification element, and a switch element. The supply element supplies electricity that... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client No. 016689

20090052920 - Image forming apparatus and image quality maintaining method: A technique is provided that enables maintaining an appropriate level of image quality even under conditions that the quantity of residual toner increases in an image forming apparatus in which a lubricant is supplied to a cleaning target part from which a residual toner is removed by a cleaning member.... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20090052919 - Image forming apparatus having transfer device: An image forming apparatus which forms a toner image, includes: an image carrier which carries the toner image thereon; a transfer section which interposes a transfer member at a transfer nip between the image carrier and the transfer section thereby to transfer the toner image on the image carrier onto... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090052921 - Image forming apparatus, cleaning method and cleaning program: There is provided a technique in which a cleaning process of a developer attached on a transfer roller can be effectively realized. There are included an instruction reception unit 103 to receive information relating to an execution instruction of cleaning of a transfer roller 702, a sheet supply control unit... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20090052925 - Fixing apparatus in which a fixing nip is secured by a pressure belt and a fixing roller, and image formation apparatus that includes the fixing apparatus: A belt-nip system fixing apparatus or an image formation apparatus including the fixing apparatus reduces the frequency of replacing a pressure belt or a sliding sheet. In accordance with a sheet measurement in a roller axis direction, the fixing apparatus or image formation apparatus switches a pressure distribution in the... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090052924 - Image forming apparatus with opening/closing member: An image forming apparatus capable of minimizing a temperature rise of a cover by substantially preventing heat emission from a fusing device to an outside is disclosed. The image forming apparatus includes a main body, a fusing device mounted in the main body, the fusing device having an outlet to... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090052926 - Image forming apparatus: To obtain an image forming apparatus capable of forming an image without transfer deviation or rumples, a function to detect the loop amount of the sheet material with a plurality of thresholds at multiple stages is given to a loop amount detecting portion detecting the loop amount of a sheet... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20090052927 - Fixing device, image forming apparatus using the fixing device, and temperature control method for the fixing device: A fixing device, an image forming apparatus using the fixing device, and a temperature control method therefor. The fixing device includes a fixing roller, a heat roller including first and second heat sources, a fixing belt, a pressure roller including a pressure heat source, a first temperature detector, a second... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090052928 - Method for operating a printer to print: A method for operating a printer to print with the operation having a pre-determined period of time between the start of a printing process and the completion of a fuser module heating process is provided. The method includes performing the heating process by heating the fuser module towards a target... Agent: Pai Patent & Trademark Law Firm

20090052929 - Cleaning device, and image forming apparatus provided with the same: A cleaning device for cleaning an image forming surface of a rotating image bearing member that bears a toner image includes a cleaning member that faces and cleans the image forming surface. An operating mechanism allows the cleaning member to come in press-contact with and separate from the image forming... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20090052930 - Image forming apparatus and image forming system: An image forming apparatus for forming a visible image on a transfer sheet according to a job, the image forming apparatus including: a plurality of sheet feed trays adapted to load plural kinds of transfer sheets; an image forming section for forming a visible image according to image data on... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090052931 - Image forming apparatus having writing space mode: An image forming apparatus in which there can be set a writing space mode in which document images in a preset number are printed on a half of a single paper sheet, thus forming a writing space on the other half of the paper sheet. This image forming apparatus is... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20090052932 - Image forming apparatus and high voltage output power source: A power source includes a voltage setting unit configured to set an output voltage, a voltage generation unit configured to output the set voltage to a load, a feedback unit configured to detect the output voltage and feed back the detected voltage to the voltage setting unit, a current detection... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090052933 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus for forming an image including: a photoreceptor; a charging apparatus for charging the photoreceptor; and exposure apparatus for exposing an image onto the charged photoreceptor and forming an electrostatic latent image on the photoreceptor; a development apparatus for developing the electrostatic latent image on the photoreceptor;... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090052934 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: The present invention provides an image forming apparatus and an image forming method capable of effectively suppressing the occurrence of image deletion etc. and thus stably obtaining a high-quality image and stably reducing the influence of titanium oxide particles on image quality. The image forming apparatus includes an amorphous silicon... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20090052935 - Charging apparatus, image forming unit that employs the charging apparatus, and image forming apparatus that employs the image forming unit: A charging apparatus includes a charging roller and a cleaning member. The charging roller charges a surface of an image bearing body. The cleaning member extends in a longitudinal direction parallel to the charging roller and that cleans the charging roller. The charging apparatus includes a bearing and a supporting... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20090052936 - Image forming unit and image forming apparatus: An image forming unit includes a first image forming member; a second image forming member; a first unit for supporting the first image forming member to be freely rotatable; a second unit for supporting the second image forming member to be freely rotatable; and an image forming member urging member... Agent: Kubotera & Associates, LLC

20090052937 - Methods and apparatus for sealing toner opening ports of printer cartridges: A method of sealing a toner opening port of a printer cartridge, the method comprising inserting a seal through a toner exit port, the toner exit port leading to the toner opening port, the toner exit port being configured to be covered by a toner exit port plug, the seal... Agent: Roland Tong

20090052938 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes: an image carrier; a latent-image forming device; a developing device; a latent-image forming device contacting/separating mechanism; and a developing device contacting/separating mechanism, and the latent-image forming device contacting/separating mechanism allows the latent-image forming device to be movable to the latent-image forming device contacting position in... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20090052939 - Image forming apparatus, and charging device and process cartridge used in the image forming apparatus: The invention provides a charging device used in an image forming apparatus such as a copier, a fax machine, a printer or the like, the charging device including: a gold-plated discharge wire for charging an image carrier such as a photoconductive member or the like; and a cleaning member, having... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090052940 - Imaging cartridge and image forming apparatus: An imaging cartridge is detachably loaded into an image forming apparatus body. A process unit has a developing device for developing an electrostatic latent image on a photoconductor to form a toner image, and a cleaning device for collecting toner remaining on the image bearing body even after transfer of... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20090052941 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus is provided which includes a housing, a series of photoconductors on which an electrostatic latent image is formed, and developing devices, which each include a developing agent carrier for holding a developing agent. Also, the apparatus may include a holder, which is removable from the housing,... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client No. 016689

20090052942 - Imaging member: The presently disclosed embodiments are directed to charge transport layers useful in electrostatography. More particularly, the embodiments pertain to an improved electrostatographic imaging member having a charge transport layer that is partially crosslinked, wherein the crosslinking is achieved by incorporating a small amount of compatible thermalsetting resins into the layer.... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP Xerox Corporation

20090052943 - Line head and image forming apparatus using the same: A line head includes: a positive lens system having two lenses with positive refractive power; a lens array in which a plurality of the positive lens systems are arrayed in a first direction; a light emitter array in which a plurality of light-emitting elements are arrayed on an object side... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20090052944 - Light source unit, optical scan apparatus, and image formation apparatus: A light source unit is provided, which includes a light source with a plurality of light emission portions two-dimensionally arranged; a substrate on which the light source is mounted; a first support portion supporting the substrate; a bias member biasing the substrate towards the first support portion; a coupling element... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090052945 - Image forming apparatus: By using an embodiment of the invention, an image forming apparatus capable of reducing time required until a monochromatic image output frequently used for image formation is outputted, having the number of output sheets per unit time in outputting a color image equivalent to that in the output of the... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20090052946 - Density measuring device, liquid developer storing apparatus, and image forming apparatus: A density measuring device includes a moving member that can be moved in a liquid, a light emitting member and a light receiving member that receives light emitted by the light emitting member. A gap part in which the moving member is disposed in a path of light emitted from... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20090052947 - Radiation curable composition: A composition includes at least one radiation curable (alkyl)acrylate-polyester oligomer, at least one photoinitiator, and at least one surfactant, wherein the composition has a viscosity of from about 50 cP to about 3000 cP at about 25° C., and a surface tension of from about 15 to about 40 dynes/cm... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC.

20090052948 - High speed electrographic printing: A high speed electrostatic printing machine has a toner supply to supply to a supply roller (13) a high viscosity highly concentrated toner; a pick-up roller (16) which is spaced from the supply roller by a first feed gap; a metering roller (21) which receives a thin layer of the... Agent: Klauber & Jackson

20090052949 - Developer cartridge, image forming unit and image forming apparatus: A developer cartridge includes a developer storing portion that stores a developer and has a first opening for taking out the developer, and a shutter member slidably mounted to the developer storing portion so as to open and close the first opening. The shutter member has a resilient-member-fixing portion to... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20090052950 - Powder transport with a tapered feed roller of an electrostatographic printer: An apparatus and method for dispensing toner in an electrostatographic printer includes an apparatus for feeding powder toward the feed apparatus wherein the feed roller includes a tapered feed roller comprising a shaft and one or more variable height flutes such that there is more developer volume in the direction... Agent: Eastman Kodak Company Patent Legal Staff

20090052951 - Developing roller, developing apparatus, and image forming apparatus: A developing roller according to the invention includes a columnar magnet roller, and a cylindrical sleeve that houses the magnet roller. A plurality of fragmented micro recesses is formed on the surface of the sleeve. The micro recesses are arranged dispersively both in an axial direction and in a circumferential... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20090052952 - Image forming apparatus, process cartridge and toner: d

20090052953 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus which has means for permitting transfer members to be impressed with respective optimal transfer voltages without increasing the manufacturing cost. In the image forming apparatus, a transfer belt is driven to rotate, and a plural number of photosensitive drums, which bear toner images, are arranged side... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20090052954 - Electrophotographic endless belt, electrophotographic apparatus, and electrophotographic endless belt manufacturing method: The object of the present invention is to provide an electrophotographic endless belt exhibiting high uniformity in transfer and high stability in running, and an electrophotographic apparatus having the electrophotographic endless belt. The present invention provides: an electrophotographic endless belt formed of a thermoplastic resin composition, characterized in that, assuming... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090052958 - Fixing device and image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a fixing device in which a width of a slide member is larger than a width of a pressurizing belt while both ends of the slide member are positioned outside of both ends of the pressurizing belt. The above-structured slide member makes it possible to... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20090052957 - Fixing device and image forming apparatus having fixing device: A fixing device of the present invention includes a holding frame placed along a fixed pressing member. The holding frame includes a groove section having a recessed cross section and extending along the width direction of a sheet. The fixed pressing member is housed in the groove section. The fixed... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20090052955 - Fixing device and image forming device: A fixing device capable of suitable fixing even after moving to a print mode by reducing overshoot at moving to a print mode, and an image forming device using this. A mode switching unit informs a set or switched print mode to a calorie control unit and a rotation speed... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090052956 - Fixing device slide member and fixing device: A fixing device slide member has a surface 40a of a sheet body 40, which surface is made of heat-resistant resin. A specific wear rate on the surface 40a of the sheet body 40 in the ring-on-disc test is 10×10−8 mm3/(N×m) or less on condition that a counterpart material is... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20090052959 - Cleaning device, and image forming apparatus provided with the same: A cleaning device cleans a toner forming surface of a rotating image bearing member. The cleaning device includes: a cleaning member for cleaning the image forming surface, the cleaning member having a first length in a width direction which is perpendicular to a rotational direction of the image bearing member,... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20090052960 - Image-forming apparatus: An image-forming apparatus includes: an image carrier; a latent image-forming unit for forming a latent image on the image carrier; a cleaning unit including a residue removal member a residue transport member; a residue collecting unit having an receiving port adapted to be able to connect to and be away... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20090052961 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes an image carrying member; an image forming section to form a toner image on the image carrying member; a transferring section to transfer the toner image formed on the image carrying member to a sheet; a fixing section to fix the toner image onto the... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090052962 - Extensible document system: The extensible document system is a system for making documents, which can be increased in size by adding new sheets within the body of the document, comprising: a plurality of sheets, each sheet with at one or more coated edges, and one or more temporary fastening means to affix the... Agent: Roger L. Belfay

20090052963 - Unit for cleaning end portion of recording material and image forming apparatus including the unit: When a toner image larger than a recording material is formed on an image bearing member, and the toner image is transferred onto the recording material as widely as possible to form an image without margins, a toner in a vicinity of an end portion of the recording material adheres... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090052964 - Electrostatographic apparatus having improved transport member: The present invention is an electrostatographic reproduction apparatus which includes a primary imaging member for producing an electrostatic latent image on a receiver, a development station for applying toner particles to said latent image which forms a developed toner image on the receiver. A fuser assembly is included for fixing... Agent: Andrew J. Anderson Patent Legal Staff

20090052965 - Image forming apparatus: A disclosed image forming apparatus includes a main conveyance path configured to convey a recording medium from a paper feeding unit to a sheet discharge unit; a double-side reversing conveyance path configured to switch back a recording medium, one side of which has an image formed, so as to reverse... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090052966 - Unit for cleaning edge portion of recording material or image forming apparatus: A toner image formed on an image bearing member is transferred onto a recording material so as to overflow from an edge portion of the recording material, thereby enabling the toner image to be formed so as to extend to the edge portion of the recording material. To suppress the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090047031 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus is provided that has a developing agent holder arranged as opposed to an image holder having an electrostatic latent image formed thereon, the developing agent holder attaching the developing agent to the image holder, a developing agent supplying unit rotatably arranged in contact with the developing... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20090047032 - System for measuring marking material on a surface, such as in color xerography: A printing apparatus has a substantially shiny photoreceptor imaging surface, and a photosensor array disposed to receive specularly-reflected light from the imaging surface. A quantity of toner is placed on the imaging surface, and data is derived based on light reflected from the imaging surface. The reflected light is filtered... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20090047033 - Fixing device for color image forming apparatus and control method: A fixing device of the invention switches ON a heater lamp of the press roller in a fixing device in a color print mode. In a monochromatic mode, power comparable to the power consumption of the heater lamp can be supplied additionally to an exciting coil on the heat roller... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20090047034 - Fusing circuit for driving operation of heating unit in an image forming apparatus and control method thereof: An image forming apparatus is provided with: a heating unit which generates heat to fuse a toner on a printing medium; a switch which selectively supplies alternating current (AC) power to the heating unit; a first switching driver which drives the switch to supply the AC power to the heating... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20090047035 - Methods and apparatus for remanufacturing toner cartridges: A device for supporting printer cartridge re-manufacturing work, the device comprising at least one printer cartridge mount, the mount comprising an abutting portion configured to abut to a portion of a printer cartridge cylinder positioned on the mount, the device further comprising a drill hole template connected to the printer... Agent: Roland Tong

20090047036 - Developing device and process cartridge used in image forming apparatus: The invention provides a developing device, a process cartridge and an image forming apparatus that allow preventing abrupt variations in toner charge on a developing roller, caused by intrusion, into a nip, of toner accumulated above a regulating member of the developing device. A developing device using a one-component developer... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090047037 - Process cartridge and electrophotographic image forming apparatus: e

20090047038 - Medium supply device and image forming apparatus: A medium supply device includes a placing portion for placing a medium; a medium supply unit for picking up at least one medium urged against the medium supply unit from the placing portion; a cover member disposed to be movable; and a regulating member attached to the cover member for... Agent: Kubotera & Associates, LLC

20090047039 - Electrophotographic image forming apparatus: An electrophotographic image forming apparatus detachably mounts a process cartridge including an electrophotographic photosensitive drum. The apparatus includes a frame, a door, and a tray carrying the cartridge. The tray is movable among a first position inside the frame when the door is closed and the drum forms a latent... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090047040 - Image forming apparatus and drive-switching method: The image forming apparatus is provided with: plural rotating members that are arranged rotatably; plural rotation side coupling members that are provided corresponding to the respective rotating members and transmit drive force to the respective rotating members; plural drive side coupling members that are connected to the respective rotation side... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090047041 - Image forming apparatus, developing apparatus and contact-retracting method: The image forming apparatus is provided with: an image carrier; an exposure member that exposes the image carrier and forms an electrostatic latent image on the image carrier; a developing member that develops the electrostatic latent image formed on the image carrier; and a contact-retracting unit that rotates the developing... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090047042 - Developing apparatus, developer unit and image forming apparatus: In a rotary type image developing apparatus that has a rotary rack accommodating a plurality of developer units and drives the rotary rack to rotate in a predetermined rotational direction so as to bring a targeted one of the developer units to a developing position, each developer unit includes a... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090047043 - Image-forming method, magnetic toner, and process unit: An image-forming method is provided which can provide stable image density irrespective of use environments and does not cause image defects such as fogging, tailing, or transfer voids, even when being applied to a developing sleeve with a reduced diameter. In the image-forming method, a latent image bearing member and... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090047044 - Toner supply device, developing device and image forming apparatus: A toner supply device for supplying toner to a developing device includes: a first toner supply portion for supplying toner to a developing hopper; a second toner supply portion for supplying the stored toner to the first toner supply portion; a first toner supply driver for driving the first toner... Agent: Mark D. Saralino (general) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20090047045 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus capable of collecting residual toner from the donor roller by means of a plurality of magnetic rollers and consequently, reducing the occurrences of possible ghost phenomenon caused by the toner residue. The image forming apparatus includes an image receiving member having an electrostatic latent image formed... Agent: Dla Piper LLP Us

20090047046 - Image forming apparatus and process cartridge: An image forming apparatus and process cartridge which uses a two-component developer comprising a toner and a carrier. By using toner and carrier having a small-particle size, deterioration of the toner fluidity over time can be avoided, and further by maintaining stable toner charge even in a low-humidity environment, stable... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090047047 - Fuser assembly having compliant end cap: A fuser assembly configured to fix a toner image to a sheet of print media includes a fuser belt having a first side edge, a second side edge spaced apart from the first side edge, an exterior surface, an interior surface, and a hollow interior defined by the interior surface.... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20090047048 - Pressure roller and method for production thereof: A pressure roller includes a rubber layer containing organic microballoons and a heat-resistant resin layer arranged in that order on a roller base, wherein an intermediate rubber layer having a heat conductivity of 1.0 to 4.0 W/m·K is arranged between the rubber layer containing the organic microballoons and the heat-resistant... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20090047049 - Recording media separating device and recording apparatus: A recording media separating device that separates recording media fed by a feeding roller and a hopper into a top recording medium and next-to-top recording media is provided. The recording media have been held in a feeding tray before being fed. The recording media separating device includes a movable contact... Agent: Workman Nydegger 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20090047050 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a housing, a photosensitive body mounted in the housing to form a visible image, a transfer unit mounted to an inner front portion of the housing to transfer the visible image of the photosensitive body onto a printing medium, a fusing unit mounted in a... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20090047051 - Image forming apparatus and double-sided printing method for image forming apparatus: The image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit 1A that forms images on sheets E and F, a fixing device 17 that fixes the images formed by the image forming unit 1A on the sheets E and F, an automatic double-sided printing device 81 that has a conveying path... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20090041478 - Maintenance scheduling system, maintenance scheduling method and image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a storage unit configured to store actual use information of the image forming apparatus and actual use information of a consumable part, and an information transmitting unit configured to transmit the actual use information of the image forming apparatus and the actual use information of... Agent: SocalIPLaw Group LLP

20090041479 - Image forming apparatus and method of detecting home position error: An image forming apparatus and a method of detecting a home position error are provided. The image forming apparatus includes a plurality of developing units, a cam shaft, and a plurality of cams that are formed on the cam shaft to correspond to the respective developing units. A power transmitting... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20090041481 - Image forming apparatus and controlling system: An image forming apparatus includes a replaceable image formation unit. The image forming apparatus includes an input device for inputting a signal representing occurrence of abnormality in one of an output image and the image forming apparatus recognized by an operator, a unit specifying device for specifying an image formation... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090041480 - Image forming apparatus, cartridge and image forming method: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit to receive an image forming agent from a cartridge having a state indicating element to form an image, a state setting unit to open the state indicating element, and a controller to determine a usage amount of the image forming agent... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20090041482 - Image forming apparatus: Disclosed is an image forming apparatus which forms an image including an image forming unit to form the image on a paper, a plurality of paper ejection trays to mount the paper on which the image is formed, a display unit to display a setting screen for selecting at least... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090041483 - Image forming apparatus and method of image formation: Upon generation of an image forming request, a control unit sets a request flag in a nonvolatile rewritable memory. A toner consumption monitoring unit calculates amount of toner consumption during a process of image formation based on the image forming request and the request flag. Upon completion of the process... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090041485 - Image forming apparatus: A disclosed image forming apparatus includes a transport unit configured to transport a recording medium along a transport path, a transport status detection unit disposed on the transport path and configured to detect a transport status of the recording medium, a control unit configured to control transport by the transport... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090041484 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: An image forming apparatus and an image forming method capable of executing process control at appropriate timing are provided. A control section of an image forming apparatus carries out control for determining execution time of process control and executing the process control. The control section includes a counting section, a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090041486 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: An image forming apparatus comprises a first image forming unit that transfers a base toner image formed on a first image carrier to an intermediate transfer member and forms an image and second image forming units that are plurally disposed downstream of the first image forming unit in a moving... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20090041487 - Image forming apparatus: In an image forming apparatus, temporary constant voltages are not by using three voltage-current data obtained by applying voltages at three levels to a primary transfer roller to detect currents corresponding to the voltages, respectively. A surface potential of a photosensitive drum is detected by a potential sensor by changing... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090041488 - Image forming apparatus and control method thereof: An image forming apparatus includes a light emitting unit that emits light based on image data, an image forming unit that forms an image by scanning the light emitted from the light emitting unit, a sensing unit that senses a light quantity of the light emitted from the light emitting... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20090041489 - Image forming apparatus, and control method and control program thereof: An image forming apparatus has an image carrier carrying an electrostatic latent image, a charging unit charging the surface of the image carrier, an exposure unit forming an electrostatic latent image by irradiating light onto the charged surface of the image carrier, a developing unit developing the electrostatic latent image... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20090041490 - Image forming apparatus and method of performing density correction: An image forming apparatus includes an image supporting member; an exposure device for forming a static latent image on the image supporting member; a developing device for developing the static latent image formed on the image supporting member; an image control unit for controlling a condition for forming an image;... Agent: Kubotera & Associates, LLC

20090041492 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus, which reduces toner spatter and produces a good quality image when forming a toner image using the direct recording method. An image forming part includes: a toner carrier for carrying toner; and toner controlling means, which is disposed between the toner carrier and recording paper on... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090041491 - Process cartridge and image forming apparatus using the same: An image forming apparatus includes an image carrying member, an image writing unit, a development unit, a transfer device, a charging device, and a toner charge control device. The image writing unit forms a latent image on the image carrying member, which is developed as a toner image by the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090041493 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus including a patch detection sensor for detecting an intermediate transfer belt and image information of toner images transferred onto the intermediate transfer belt, a distance measurement sensor for detecting the distance between a light emitting portion of the patch detection sensor and the surface of the... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20090041495 - Image forming apparatus and control method: The present invention provides an image forming apparatus comprising an image forming unit configured to form an image on an image carrier, a transfer unit configured to transfer the image formed on the image carrier onto a transfer medium, a voltage applying unit configured to apply a voltage to the... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20090041494 - Printing apparatus which reduces initial printing time and printing control method: A printing apparatus includes a detection unit which detects a rotation period of a transfer belt, and a printing control unit which performs a printing preparation operation, and detects the rotation period if the printing preparation operation is started, and performs printing in the detected rotation period if the printing... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20090041496 - Image forming system and image forming apparatus: An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus and a post-processing apparatus that performs post-processing on sheets discharged from the image forming apparatus. The image forming system includes a feeding unit configured to store a plurality of sheets and successively feed the sheets; a stack unit configured to stack... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090041497 - Image forming apparatus and cleaning device thereof: An image forming apparatus and a cleaning device capable of conveniently cleaning inner components without an additional driving source. The image forming apparatus includes a main body having a main body frame and a moving part provided movably relative to the main body frame, and a compressed air supply unit... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20090041499 - Developing roller, process for producing developing roller, process cartridge and image forming apparatus: A developing roller has a conductive shaft member, a conductive elastic layer formed around the shaft member in a thickness of 0.5 mm to 6.0 mm, and a surface layer. The elastic layer contains carbon black and silicone rubber. The carbon black is in a content of 7% to 17%... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090041498 - Image forming apparatus: In an image forming apparatus in which a tray, on which a plurality of cartridges of different sizes can be mounted, is able to be drawn out, a waste of space occurs. A cartridge (50k), being the largest in size among a plurality of process cartridges (50y, 50m, 50c, 50k),... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090041500 - Image forming apparatus:

20090041501 - Charging device and image forming device using same: A charging device (10) includes electrospray means for inducing electrospraying through application of a voltage to an incoming liquid (11), in order to produce charged liquid droplets (13). The device (10) charges a photoreceptor drum (1) by means of the liquid droplets (13). Hence, the invention provides a charging device... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090041502 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes: a photosensitive member; a charging member configured to charge the photosensitive member at a photosensitive member charging position to form an electrostatic image on the photosensitive member; a developing device configured and positioned to develop the electrostatic image with toner to form a toner image;... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090041503 - Image forming device, image forming method, and exposure head: An image forming device includes a photoconductor drum having a rotational shaft in a first direction, and an exposure head having a plurality of imaging optical systems disposed in the first direction and a second direction and each having a negative optical magnification, and a light emitting element substrate on... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20090041504 - Light exposure head and image formation apparatus using the same: A light exposure head includes a base; a substrate disposed on the base, the substrate having a plurality of light emitting elements disposed thereon; and n (n is an integer greater than or equal to one) imaging optical systems, each of which having a negative optical magnification, the imaging optical... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20090041505 - Image forming apparatus, image forming method, toner and process cartridge: An image forming apparatus, including an image bearing member, a charging device, an irradiating device, a developing device, a cleaning device, a transfer device, and a fixing device. The fixing device includes an endless belt having an elastic layer, a plurality of rotation bodies located inside the endless belt, and... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090041506 - Developing device and image forming apparatus: A developing device for developing an electrostatic latent image formed on an image bearer with a dual-component developer, includes: a developing hopper for storing the developer; an agitation and conveying member for conveying the developer while agitating; a developer support which supports the developer that has been mixed and agitated... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090041507 - Developing device and image forming apparatus including same: A developing device of the present invention has a toner supply opening in a first carrying path and in the upstream of the developer carrying direction of a first carrying screw which is further from a developing roller; and a moquette member having feathers on its surface, and being provided,... Agent: Mark D. Saralino ( Sharp ) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20090041508 - Developing unit, process cartridge including same, and image forming apparatus including process cartridge: A developing unit includes a developer bearing member, a developer transporter, a developer conveyance system for directing the developer, including a supply path, a recovery path, and an agitation path, a developer supply opening through which the developer is supplied to the developer conveyance system, a developer supply device for... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090041509 - Image forming apparatus having replaceable developer cartridges: An arrangement for providing developer to process cartridges is described. Developer agent storing members may be insertable into a body containing the process cartridges through a front of the body. The developer agent storing members may be provided on two sides to reduce the stacked height of the developer agent... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client No. 016689

20090041510 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus is provided containing an image bearing member, a developer bearing member, and a developer control member being magnetic. The electrostatic latent image on the image bearing member is developed with a toner to form a toner image. The carrier includes magnetic core particles having a cover... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090041511 - Single component development device, process cartridge and toner:

20090041512 - Developing device, process cartridge and image forming apparatus: A developing device for developing an electrostatic latent image on an image carrier by supplying a one-component developer to the image carrier. Good images can be obtained over long periods of time, without printing history becoming apparent on account of residual developer. The developing device has a developer carrier that... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090041513 - Intermediate transfer device and image forming apparatus: An intermediate transfer device including an intermediate transfer member, an intermediate transfer part configured to transfer a toner image from an image bearing member onto the intermediate transfer member, a heating member configured to heat the intermediate transfer member to apply heat to the toner image thereon, a deformation member... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090041514 - Intermediate transfer member, method of manufacturing intermediate transfer member, and image forming apparatus: An objective is to provide an intermediate transfer member exhibiting higher transferability together with higher cleaning ability and durability, a manufacturing apparatus of an intermediate transfer member in which no large-scale equipment such as a vacuum evaporator or the like is installed, and an image forming apparatus fitted with the... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20090041515 - Fusng unit and image forming apparatus including the same: A fusing unit of an image forming apparatus includes: a belt; and first and second end supporting members disposed at opposing ends of the belt, to support a rotation of the belt. At least one of the first and second end supporting members has a lubricant container formed in a... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20090041516 - Fixing device, manufacturing method for component members of fixing device, and image forming apparatus: There are provided two members which respectively have a form of a cylindrical roller or an endless belt and which are put in pressure contact with each other so as to form a nip section for fixation. There is provided a heating source which heats at least one of the... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20090041517 - Release fluid additives: The presently disclosed embodiments are directed to release fluids or agents that are useful in release coating in toner-based technologies. More particularly, the embodiments pertain to the addition of metal chelating agents to release fluids to prevent byproduct reactions from the fusing process that would otherwise decrease fuser member life... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP Xerox Corporation

20090041519 - Electrophotographic cleaning blade, process for producing electrophotographic cleaning blade, and electrophotographic apparatus: An electrophotographic cleaning blade is provided which is free of blade turning-up coming from both end portions of the blade in its lengthwise direction. The cleaning blade having a blade formed of a polyurethane resin, which is to come into touch with the surface of a photosensitive drum of an... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090041518 - Process cartridge and image forming apparatus: A process cartridge is detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus. The process cartridge includes an image bearing member, a developing member for developing an electrostatic latent image formed on a surface of the image bearing member and a cleaning member having a blade contacted to the image bearing member... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090041520 - Image forming method and apparatus having a unit for conveying toner and carrier particles from a cleaning unit to a developing unit: An image forming apparatus, using a developer including toner particles and carrier particles, includes a developing unit, a cleaning unit, and a conveying unit. The developing unit contains the developer and develops an electrostatic latent image formed on an image carrying member as a toner image with the toner particles.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090041521 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus capable of performing image formation without transfer deviations or rumples, including a loop amount sensor which includes a light emitting device irradiating a sheet material P passing between conveyance guide members with a light beam at a predetermined angle (θ) with respect to an optical base... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20090041522 - Sheet processing apparatus having a sheet insertion function, control method therefor, image forming apparatus, and program for implementing the control method: A sheet processing apparatus which is capable of improving operability while suppressing an increase in apparatus size. In a front cover insertion mode, an insertion sheet for a front cover is inserted into a bundle of sheets on which images have been formed, and in a rear cover insertion mode,... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20090041523 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus which inhibits sheet curl without requesting a user to do tiresome work, such as resetting of sheets. On a touch panel, a user makes a setting whether to inhibit sheets of a printing medium from curling. When the setting indicates necessity of inhibiting sheet curl, a... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090034990 - Management device of an image forming apparatus: A management device for an image forming apparatus including a status data collection unit where multiple types of status data are received from the image forming apparatus and stored in a status database, a target data creation unit where multiple types of target data are created based upon the multiple... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090034991 - Apparatus to prevent erroneous insertion of parts, image forming device having the same, developer cartridge having the same, and method of manufacturing the same: An apparatus to prevent an erroneous insertion of parts in an image forming apparatus, the apparatus includes part placement confirming members provided in a plurality of positions of a plurality of part mounting units, part indication member attachment/detachment units provided in the plurality of parts to be mounted on the... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20090034992 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: An image forming apparatus includes an endless belt type transfer member configured to carry an image formed with developer of a plurality of colors, a drive roller configured to drive the transfer member by rotating while contacting the transfer member, a first detection unit configured to detect a mark provided... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090034993 - Method and apparatus for forming image: A method and apparatus for forming an image determine if printing paper is properly picked up, and printing data is transferred to an intermediate transfer belt (ITB). When it is sensed that the printing paper is not properly picked up, picking up the printing paper is retried considering a revolution... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20090034994 - Image forming apparatus and control method thereof: An image forming apparatus includes a detachable consumable part having a storage unit configured to store information. The image forming apparatus includes a counting unit configured to count the number of times of access to the storage unit, a measurement unit configured to measure a used amount of the consumable... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090034995 - Image forming device: An image forming device to which can be installed an image forming material cartridge which contains an image forming material, and which has a non-volatile memory from which data can be read and to which data can be written, includes a counter which approximately counts the image forming material usage... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20090034996 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a light source unit, an image carrier on which a latent image is formed by a light beam emitted from a light source, a developing unit configured to develop a latent image formed on the image carrier using a toner, an intermediate transfer unit on... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090034998 - Image forming system: An image forming system includes an image forming station for forming a transparent image on a recording material with transparent toner; a selecting portion for selecting one of image forming modes including a first image forming mode for forming a transparent image having a high glossiness and a second image... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090034997 - Printing system with transient and permanent imaging means: A printing system including a substrate and a dual-mode printing device, the dual-mode printing device including a permanent writing source and a transient writing source, wherein the permanent writing source is adapted to deposit an imaging material onto the substrate and the transient writing source is adapted to develop an... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20090035001 - Image forming apparatus and apparatus for correcting difference in oscillation speed among oscillating devices: An image forming apparatus includes a device-information storage unit configured to store a scanning frequency of an oscillating device; an image storage unit configured to store image data used for image formation; an image processing unit configured to perform an enlargement or reduction, in a direction orthogonal to a direction... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090034999 - Image forming apparatus and control method thereof: An image forming apparatus of the invention includes: a laser beam source; a laser beam source control unit configured to control the laser beam source based on image data; a plurality of photoconductive members respectively corresponding to a plurality of colors; a single piece of polygon mirror whose reflection surfaces... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20090035000 - Image forming apparatus, method of controlling same, and program: Disclosed herein is an image forming apparatus that emits a beam corresponding to an image onto an image-projected object to allow the image to be formed thereon. The apparatus includes: a lamp; a lamp power supply; a lens; a brightness sensor that measures a lamp brightness; a memory that stores,... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090035002 - Sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus: A toner image for adhesive strength adjustment is formed on a toner image of a sheet to be bonded by an image forming portion provided in a copying machine body. An adhesive is applied onto a bonding portion of the sheet by a gluing device provided in a finisher. The... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20090035003 - Hard imaging methods and hard imaging devices: Hard imaging methods and hard imaging devices are described. According to one embodiment, a hard imaging method includes forming a plurality of latent images, using a development assembly, developing the latent images using a liquid marking agent, transporting the liquid marking agent relative to the development assembly during the developing,... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090035004 - Image forming apparatus and method of controlling the image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus which is capable of accurately detecting the temperature of a fixing roller by a simple circuit configuration without causing a scratch on the surface of the fixing roller. A detection sensor is disposed in a state not in contact with a heating-type fixing roller, for detecting... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20090035005 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus capable of preventing toner fusion between recording sheets, with a construction that does not require increase in cost and size of the apparatus and does not unduly lower productivity, to thereby offer high usability. For image formation on plural pieces of recording sheets, a CPU controls... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20090035006 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus capable of preventing toner fusion between recording sheets to thereby offer high usability, with a construction that does not cause increase in cost and size of the apparatus and an undue reduction in productivity. In the image forming apparatus, a toner use amount in a partial... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20090035007 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a printing engine to form an image on a printing medium through printing processes, an engine frame to support the printing engine having a driving system to drive the printing engine, a high voltage power supply provided in a surface of the engine frame to... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20090035008 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus capable of shortening a time needed for the assembly work is provided. The image forming apparatus of the invention comprises a low-voltage power supply and a housing, wherein the low-voltage power supply includes a substrate provided with a low-voltage power supply circuit, a pair of connection... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client No. 016689

20090035009 - Cooling structure and image forming apparatus provided with the same: A cooling structure includes driving motors as heat sources, a metal sheet body as a heat transfer member that comes into contact with the driving motors, and a first fan serving as a cooling portion provided oppositely to the metal sheet body in a portion spaced apart from the position... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20090035011 - Self-sealing process roller: A process roller for use with an imagining cartridge, the process roller including sealing surfaces located at its distal ends. As the process roller rotates, the sealing surfaces of the process roller are sufficiently flexible to conform to the inner side walls of the imaging cartridge, thereby sealing the printing... Agent: Jesse Delcamp

20090035010 - Toner container and toner filling method: A toner container which is mountable and removable at a main body of an image forming apparatus, the toner container comprising: at least one toner filling port provided in a casing body of the toner container; and a sealing member which covers the toner filling port and a predetermined range... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090035012 - Developer supplying cartridge and electrophotographic image forming apparatus: A developer supplying cartridge including a supply developer containing portion, a developer supplying port for supplying the developer in the supply developer containing portion to the developing device via a supplied port of the developing device, and a supplying port shutter unit that opens and closes the developer supplying port... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090035013 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a housing having a first opening and a second opening which are directed in a same direction; a plurality of developing units which are disposed in parallel with each other in the housing along an oblique direction inclined with... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client No. 016689

20090035014 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a housing which comprises a housing side opening through which waste toner passes; a plurality of developing units; a plurality of toner cartridges which correspond to the plurality of developing units comprising a first containing unit for containing the... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client No. 016689

20090035015 - Image forming apparatus: The image forming apparatus (10) includes the apparatus main body (11), the plurality of photosensitive drums (121) arranged within the apparatus main body (11) in such a manner as to be aligned in a row in a horizontal direction, the plurality of developing devices (122) arranged within the apparatus main... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20090035016 - Bookbinding method and bookbinding unit, and image-forming system: Image-forming system and bookbinding method, for collating and stacking sheets and binding together their spine-portion edges, that allows easy insertion of foldout leaves in the course of the bookbinding processes. Bookbinding-finishing method for collating printed sheets into bundles and binding together the spine-portion edges includes: an image-forming step of sequentially... Agent: Judge Patent Associates

20090035017 - Electrophotographic photoconductor and method for producing the same, image forming apparatus, and process cartridge: where I(inside) represents the peak height in of the raman scattering spectrum obtained at a depth of 5 μm or more from the photosensitive layer surface and I(surface) represents the peak height in the raman scattering spectrum obtained at a depth of less than 5 μm from the photosensitive layer... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090035018 - Image recording apparatus: An image recording apparatus including: a carriage on which a recording head is mounted and which is reciprocable across an image recording area and a maintenance area; driven portions; a first and a second drive source which generate drive power; and a drive-power transmitting system which transmits the drive power... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20090035019 - Image recording apparatus: An image recording apparatus including: a reciprocable carriage on which a recording head is mounted; driven portions; a first and a second drive source which generate drive power; and a drive-power transmitting system which transmits the drive power to the driven portions, wherein the system includes: a shaft; a first... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20090035020 - Linehead and imaging apparatus incorporating the same: The invention provides an optical write linehead comprising a plurality of light emitter devices in rows located in association with each of a plurality positive lenses lined up in array form and designed such that even when the surface of the linehead with light emitter devices lined up on it... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20090035021 - Developing method, developing apparatus and storage medium: The present invention provides a method of supplying a developing solution, stably, onto a substrate, upon providing a developing process to the substrate which has been coated with a resist and subjected to an exposure process. In this method, the developing solution is supplied onto the substrate from a first... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090035022 - Developer conveying apparatus and image forming apparatus using the same: A developer conveying apparatus and an image forming apparatus having such a developer conveying apparatus can smoothly convey residual liquid developer. A developer conveying apparatus according to the present invention comprises a developer reservoir 310 for storing liquid developer, a developer conveying screw 320 in the developer reservoir 310 to... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20090035023 - Condensate separation: Various embodiments relating to reusing an ink carrier oil separated from water of a condensate are disclosed.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090035024 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a housing; a partition wall which is provided in the housing along a substantially vertical direction, the partition wall partitioning an inner space of the housing into a first space and a second space; developing units which are disposed... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client No. 016689

20090035025 - Developing apparatus, image forming apparatus, and process cartridge: A disclosed developing apparatus employs a flare roller that is a toner carrier in which electrodes of two different phases are provided at fine intervals. Density irregularities or scumming in a developed image due to a potential difference between the flare roller and a latent image carrier are prevented by... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090035026 - Developing device and image forming device equipped with same: A developing device is disclosed which includes a fixed magnet roller 25 having a plurality of magnetic poles, a development roller 27 having a development sleeve 26 that is supported axially with the ability to rotate freely, and a magnetic sealing member 29 arranged at the end of the longitudinal... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20090035028 - Developer unit, process device and image forming apparatus: A developer unit according to one aspect of the invention includes: a developer accommodation member configured to accommodate a developer, the developer having charging polarity to a first polarity; a developing roller arranged at the developer accommodation member, the developing roller being configured to carry the developer; a supply roller... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client No. 016689

20090035027 - Developing roller: a supporting shaft, and at least one resin layer formed on a peripheral face of the supporting shaft, the resin layer containing carbon black in which a number average Feret's diameter is in a range from 5 to 300 nm and primary particles account for 5% or more on a... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090035029 - Image forming apparatus and image density adjusting method: In an image forming apparatus, when photosensitive members 4Y, 4M, 4C are in contact with a transfer belt, then color adjustment is performed. When the photosensitive members 4Y, 4M, 4C are not in contact with a transfer belt, i.e., only a photosensitive member 4Bk is in contact with the transfer... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090035030 - Image forming apparatus and auto color registration method thereof: A color registration method of an image forming apparatus, including forming a plurality of front detection marks corresponding to a plurality of colors on a transfer belt, forming a first rear detection mark to at least one of the plurality of colors, except at least one of the plurality of... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20090035031 - Belt transporting apparatus, image forming apparatus and belt member transporting method: The belt transporting apparatus is provided with: a belt member that is rotated; a first roll member that holds the belt member; a second roll member that is provided apart from the first roll member by a first distance, holds the belt member together with the first roll member and... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20090035032 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus transfers a toner image on a recording medium in a transfer unit and fixes the toner image on the recording medium in a fixing unit. The image forming apparatus performs duplex image formation in a first mode and a second mode. The first mode is a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090035033 - Fusing device and image apparatus having the same: A fusing device comprising: a frame; a cover hinged to the frame, a heating roller mounted in the cover; a first pressing roller to form a first fusing nip through contact with the heating roller; a second pressing roller to form a second fusing nip, through which a printing medium... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20090035035 - Belt-type fixing device and image forming apparatus: A belt-type fixing device having therein a pressure roller that has an elastic layer which is made of solid rubber, wherein, the elastic layer is covered by a resin layer on which a plurality of cracks are formed to be substantially deep enough to arrive at the elastic layer, and... Agent: Sidley Austin LLP

20090035034 - Fixing device and image forming apparatus using the same: A fixing device, including: a rotatable heating roller including a heating source; and a pressure applying section including an endless fixing belt which is in pressure-contact with the heating roller and rotates with a rotation of the heating roller, wherein the pressure applying section further includes: a pressure applying member... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090035036 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier; a charger that electrically charges the image carrier; an image forming section that forms an electrostatic latent image on the image carrier and develops the electrostatic latent image; a transferring-fixing section that transfers the image from the image carrier and fix the... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090035037 - Doctor blade chamber for high viscous ink: A doctor blade chamber for transferring high viscous ink to at least one anilox roller. The doctor blade chamber has two doctor blades, at least one partitioning wall and a hollow casing which together with the anilox roller define an ink chamber. Each of the doctor blades has an edge... Agent: Winston & Strawn LLP Patent Department

20090035038 - Cleaning device, image carrier unit, and image forming apparatus: A brush roller includes conductive brush fibers and a conductive rotating shaft, and rotates around the rotating shaft so that the brush fibers make contact with a cleaning target to remove dirt from a surface of the cleaning target. A brush-roller cleaning unit makes contact with the brush fibers to... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090035039 - Tightly integrated serial hybrid printing system: An electrophotographic printing machine comprising at least one print engine, an input media path delivering a print media to the print engine, an output media path removing the print media from the print engine, and a media handling transport disposed in at least one of the media paths. The media... Agent: Alix, Yale & Ristas, LLP

20090035040 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a circulating transfer path for transferring a sheet. The image forming apparatus is capable of forming images on both surfaces of the sheet by: transferring the sheet having an image formed on a first surface thereof along the circulating transfer path; and forming another image... Agent: The Nath Law Group

20090035041 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit to form an image on a printing medium; a discharging roller capable of transporting the printing medium which passes through the image forming unit in forward and reverse directions; a driving source to supply a rotation driving force in clockwise and... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP