Electrophotography inventions 03/09

20090080907 - Optical path switching device, optical scanning device, and image forming apparatus: A disclosed optical path switching device includes a polarization bistable VCSEL that emits a beam having a rising polarization plane, a laser light source configured to emit a beam having a polarization plane orthogonal to the rising polarization plane, and an optical path switching unit configured to switch an optical... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090080908 - Image forming apparatus: In an image forming apparatus, an image forming portion forms an image on a rotator. A storage portion stores change characteristics information relevant to correction parameters corresponding to phase points of the rotator. A designating portion designates a correction parameter from the correction parameters based on the change characteristics information.... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client No. 016689

20090080909 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes: a toner cartridge supporting member which is movable between (i) an insertion position indicating that the toner cartridge is in the predetermined position and (ii) a draw-out position indicating that the toner cartridge is drawn out from the predetermined position; a detection device which detects... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090080910 - Method of detecting jam and image forming apparatus using the same: A method of detecting a wrap jam or accordion jam type paper jam and stopping a printing process once a wrap jam or according jam type is detected and an image forming apparatus using the same are provided. The method of detecting the paper jam in the image forming apparatus... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20090080911 - System and method for providing messages on a printing component: A consumable printing component for use in a printing device includes an imaging member and a memory storing message data. In response to a trigger event, a message is formed on the imaging member at the end of a print job such that the message remains on the imaging member.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090080912 - Image forming method: When copying control (copying/printing job) is finished, the main CPU checks whether the scanner control is being executed in the scanner portion. If the scanner control is not being executed, the main CPU checks whether there is any scanner control executing request. If there is no scanner control executing request,... Agent: SocalIPLaw Group LLP

20090080913 - Developing device, image forming apparatus, and process unit: An information attaching unit attaches either one of carrier density information of initial developer and loose apparent density information of toner in the initial developer to a housing of a developing device. A density-information storage unit stores therein either one of the carrier density information and the loose apparent density... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090080915 - Color image forming apparatus and color misregistration correction method therefor: A color image forming apparatus causes a light emitting unit to emit light to a superimposed pattern in which a black developer (Bk) is superimposed on a color developer (Y, M, C) as a background color, detects diffuse reflected light by a light receiving unit, calculates positional deviation among the... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090080914 - Image processing apparatus and image forming apparatus: A sub CPU of an image forming section forms a toner image based on test line data on an intermediate transfer belt, detects an inclination of the formed toner image for each color component, calculates an adjustment indicative value for correcting the detected inclination for each color component, and outputs... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090080916 - Xerographic copying apparatus and method of checking trouble point in the same and computer program: In a method of checking a trouble point in a xerographic copying apparatus of the invention, a sequence code is selected from a plurality of sequence codes to distinguish a plurality of sequences to stop an operation of the xerographic copying apparatus in any one process of a plurality of... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20090080917 - Image forming appparatus: An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member which bears a toner image, a transfer member which transfers the toner image on the image bearing member to a transfer material, a cleaning blade which is brought into contact with and separated from the image bearing member and which removes... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090080919 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member for carrying a toner image; a rotatable transfer member constituting a transfer portion for transferring the toner image from the image bearing member onto a recording material; a voltage source for applying a voltage to the transfer member; an executing portion... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090080918 - Media elevator's current position identification method and a media handling device arranged with the same: A media handling device includes sensing means disposed in a media elevator that is movable in a generally-vertical travel path proximate to a generally-fixed surface. The sensing means detects a recorded information that is disposed in the surface. The resulting detected information is used to identify the media elevator's current... Agent: Gibb Intellectual Property Firm, LLC

20090080920 - Toner calibration measurement: The present disclosure relates to a method, system and apparatus for calibrating an image forming device using a toner patch sensor which emits and detects light in at a given wavelength. A plurality of toner patches may be deposited onto a control surface, wherein the toner patches include a first... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20090080921 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a latent image bearing body that bears a latent image, a charging member applied with a charging voltage and configured to charge a surface of the latent image bearing body, a developer bearing body applied with a developing voltage and configured to develop the latent... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20090080922 - Apparatus and method for image and print blanket enhancement: Apparatus and methods for improving print quality and print blanket life in liquid electrostatic printing, for example, forming a first toner image on an image surface; first transferring the first image to an intermediate transfer member; then transferring of the first image from the intermediate transfer member to a final... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090080923 - Image forming apparatus: At a time for resetting a transfer voltage after a predetermined time period from the performance of ATVC in both a color mode and a monochrome mode, ATVC is performed only in a currently running mode. A transfer voltage in another mode that the ATVC has not been performed at... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090080924 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus is provided in which image forming sections are provided along an intermediate transfer member and in which a test voltage is applied to a transfer member to control a transfer voltage. In the image forming apparatus, the test voltage is applied to a region of the... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090080925 - Fuser life extension: A method for extending the operating life of a fuser used in an electrophotographic imaging apparatus is disclosed. A control algorithm monitors the number of substrates processed over the lifetime of the fuser and adjusts the fusing temperature of the fuser to compensate for changes occurring in the nip forming... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20090080928 - Image formation apparatus including hot-roll type fixing device and method for determining malfunction of temperature sensor in the same: A control portion determines whether a malfunction occurs or not in a roller temperature sensor and an ambient temperature sensor by comparing a trajectory (temporal behavior) actually created by two-dimensional data on a temperature table with a target trajectory. In other words, the control portion successively integrates a prescribed weight... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20090080926 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus is supplied that can obtain a correct temperature inside an image forming section and can perform an optimum temperature control so that it is possible to prevent remainder toner on the surface of the image carrying body from solidifying. In the image forming apparatus, in order... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20090080927 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: An image forming apparatus has: an intermediate transfer body which carries an image; a transfer mechanism which transfers the image carried on the intermediate transfer body, onto a transfer surface of a recording medium fixed to a surface of a rotating body; and a fixing mechanism which is disposed so... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090080929 - Printing system and method of charging to print document therein: A printing system and a method of charging to print a document therein. The printing system includes a server and a printing apparatus. The sever includes a storing part in which reference information on a document to be printed, a host communication part which receives a document including relevant information,... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20090080930 - Imaging device and its control method: According to an embodiment of the present invention, the imaging device comprises an image data processing module which processes acquired image data, a display module which displays image data, a storage module which stores image data, an operation input module which imparts an operation input, and a control module which... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090080931 - Auxiliary power supply apparatus: An auxiliary power supply apparatus according to an example of the invention includes a first charge storage unit connected in parallel to an external resistance, a second charge storage unit connected in parallel to the external resistance, and a first switch to change a state in which the first charge... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20090080932 - Toner cartridge, image forming apparatus provided with the same, and method of recycling toner cartridge: A toner cartridge comprising: a toner storage container with a toner discharge port, including a plurality of container component members, and a toner discharging unit for discharging toner stored in the toner storage container outside through the toner discharge port, wherein the plurality of container component members are mutually joined... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090080933 - Charging member, process cartridge, and electrophotographic apparatus: A charging member has a surface layer. The surface layer contains a polysiloxane having a first unit, a second unit and a third unit each of which is represented by a specific formula. The ratio of the sum of the mole numbers of the first and second units to the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090080934 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of image forming units, each provided with an image bearing member, detachably mountable to a main assembly of the image forming apparatus; an opening, provided in a side surface of the main assembly, for permitting insertion of the plurality of image forming units... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090080935 - Protection cover, and process cartridge and image forming apparatus using the same: A protection cover includes a cover base that covers and protects an external exposure portion of a photosensitive member and that comes into contact with an image forming apparatus housing body to movably guide a process cartridge; an extrusion member that is disposed in the cover base on a side... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090080936 - Coupling mechanism for material supply module: A coupling mechanism includes a driven coupling for mating with a driving coupling. The driven coupling includes a cylinder flange, a concentric shaft that extends axially outwardly from the flange, and a cylindrical driven coupling member that extends axially outwardly from the concentric shaft. The driven coupling member comprises a... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP Xerox Corporation

20090080937 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a holding mechanism that holds an optical writing unit such that, at an operating position, the latent image writing unit is supported at three points with respect to the apparatus main body, and the latent image writing unit and the rotation axis are not in... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090080938 - Exposure device and image forming apparatus: An exposure device includes a substrate on which a light emitting element array is provided, a focusing lens that focuses light emitted by the light emitting element array, a supporting member that supports the substrate and the focusing lens. The supporting member has a contact surface. A base is provided... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20090080939 - Apparatus for containing splashes in an ink developer: A splash guard is configured to control the flow of excess liquid generated by an interaction between a first roller and a second roller by splitting the flow of the excess liquid into a first flow and a second flow.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090080940 - Developer, developer cartridge, image forming unit and image forming apparatus: A developer is produced by a process including mixing at least a binder resin and internal additive particles. The internal additive particles have diameters in a range from 15 μm to 212 μm. The internal additive particles have higher melting point than the binder resin.... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20090080942 - Developing material carrying device and image forming device: There is provided an image forming device, including an image holding unit configured to hold an image formed by developing material, a developing material case configured to accommodate the developing material and to have a supplying opening facing the image holding unit, a carrying unit having a plurality of carrying... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20090080941 - Image forming device: There is provided an image forming device, comprising: an image holding unit configured to hold an image formed by developing material; a developing material case configured to accommodate the developing material and to have a supplying opening facing the image holding unit; a carrying unit having a plurality of carrying... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20090080943 - Developing device and image forming apparatus: A developing device includes a rotator that rotates around a shaft, and a bearing element that supports the shaft to a housing. A sliding element formed of a composite material that contains self-lubricating thermoplastic olefin resin as a base material is used as the bearing element. The sliding element formed... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090080944 - Developer supplying cartridge, developer receiving cartridge, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus: A developer supply cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an image forming apparatus, includes a developer accommodating portion of accommodating a developer; a discharging opening for discharging the developer accommodated in the developer accommodating portion to a developer receiving opening of a developer receiving cartridge provided with developing... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090080945 - Developer container for an image forming apparatus: A developer container storing a developer of the present invention includes a developer outlet formed in the side wall thereof, and a shutter member for selectively opening or closing the developer outlet. The shutter member opens the developer outlet when the developer container is mounted to the body of an... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090080946 - Toner conveying mechanism, cleaning device and image forming apparatus: A cleaning device comprises a toner conveying mechanism, wherein the toner conveying mechanism includes a conveying member that rotates to convey toner; and an elastic member that is furnished for contacting with circumference of the conveying member, wherein the elastic member contacts to circumference of the rotating conveying member with... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20090080947 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes: an intermediate transfer body; a plurality of image forming portions; a secondary transfer unit; a recording medium accommodating container; a waste toner accommodating container; a first electrical part; and a second electrical part.... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20090080948 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of image bearing members; a plurality of primary transferring devices for transferring toner images from the image bearing member onto an intermediary transfer belt provided above the plurality of image bearing members; an intermediary transfer unit including the intermediary transfer belt; a secondary... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090080949 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: An image forming apparatus which forms a primary image on an intermediate transfer body and then transfers the primary image onto a recording medium, has: a movement device which moves the intermediate transfer body in a movement direction; a recess-projection forming device which forms a recess-projection shape in an image... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090080950 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of image forming units forming a visible image by attaching charged developer to an electrostatic latent image, a transfer belt member being transferred the visible image formed by each of the plurality of image forming units, a plurality of tension members tightly stretching... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20090080951 - Interlocking fastener design prevents part movement: When a TAB assembly is used in the transfer station of an electrostatic marking system, the blade used in the TABs becomes deformed or improperly aligned due to lateral movement of the clamp, held by rivets, which is used to maintain proper blade alignment. Provided herein is a simple, yet... Agent: James J. Ralabate

20090080952 - Belt fuser assembly having feature to prevent media wrapping of the fuser belt: A belt fuser assembly includes a housing, and a fuser belt rotatably mounted to the housing, with the fuser belt having a direction of rotation. A pivot body has a proximal portion pivotably mounted to the housing and has a first elongate member having a first distal end that extends... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20090080953 - Fuser assembly having selectable fuser detack mechanism: A fuser assembly includes a fuser housing, a fuser roller rotatably mounted to the fuser housing, an actuator mechanism, and a fuser detack mechanism. The fuser detack mechanism includes a detack housing pivotably mounted to the fuser housing. The fuser detack mechanism is pivoted from a first position to a... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20090080954 - Sliding member and fixing device, and image forming apparatus using the same: Provided is a sliding member, including: a substrate; and a non-continuous diamond-like carbon layer provided on a surface of the substrate, the non-continuous diamond-like carbon layer being formed from a plurality of diamond-like carbon layer portions that are separated from one another by grooves. Also provided is a fixing device... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20090080955 - Content-changing document and method of producing same: Sheet print media are printed/marked with both transient and permanent marking which may be juxtaposed or the transient marking overprinted to change the meaning or message of text on the appearance of an image over time. Applications include advertising and labels for articles of commerce. The method applies to plain... Agent: Fay Sharpe / Xerox - Rochester

20090080956 - In-line printing media treatment for printing on non-paper printing media and thick printing media: A method and printing device positions a conductive film applicator adjacent a printing media transport within a printing device. The conductive film applicator is positioned between the printing media input and the marking station. As the printing media moves by the conductive film applicator, the conductive film applicator applies a... Agent: Gibb Intellectual Property Firm, LLC

20090080957 - Medium holding apparatus and image forming apparatus that employs the medium holding apparatus: A medium holding apparatus detachably is attached to a medium feeding section of an image forming apparatus. A supporting section supports the medium thereon. A side guide is mounted to the supporting section. The side guide extends in a direction parallel to a first direction in which the medium is... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20090074429 - Image forming apparatus: In an image forming apparatus, an image forming portion forms an image on a rotator. A storage portion stores change characteristics information relevant to correction parameters corresponding to phase points of the rotator. A designating portion sequentially designates the correction parameters based on the change characteristics information. A correcting portion... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client No. 016689

20090074430 - Image forming apparatus and control method of that apparatus: Unless a new image signal is applied after completion of an image forming operation, the apparatus starts a clocking operation by an internal timer (Step S101). If the apparatus is left standstill for a predetermined length of time (Step S102), a sleep process (Step S103) is executed to shift the... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20090074431 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a toner-layer filling-rate lowering unit that causes a toner layer of toner images to be formed on an image carrier so that the toner layer has sufficient optical transparency for exposing and the toner-layer filling rate is set relatively low; and a toner rolling rate... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090074432 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus including an image bearing member; a developing device forming a toner image; a toner supplying device including a toner container, a toner feeding passage, a pump, in which a first member is moved while rubbing a second member to feed a developer supplement including at least... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090074433 - Image forming apparatus: An embodiment according to the invention is characterized in that a result of a fill-up detection of a waste toner in a housing container which is detected by a toner sensor is compensated for based on total image formation or a period in which an image forming apparatus is operated.... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20090074434 - Waste toner collecting device and image forming apparatus: A waste toner collecting device includes a box that stores a waste toner unnecessary in image formation, a collection port that is provided in an upper part of a main body of the box, receives the waste toner, and drops the waste toner into the box, a triangular obstacle provided... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20090074436 - Image forming apparatus capable of changing fixing temperature and image forming method therefor: An image forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a paper-type detecting unit that detects a paper type of a sheet to be printed, a fixing unit that sets fixing temperature on the basis of the paper type detected by the paper-type detecting unit and fixes... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20090074435 - Image forming apparatus having paper-type detecting unit: An image forming apparatus having a paper-type detecting unit includes a paper-type detecting unit that detects a paper type of a sheet to be printed, a fixing unit that sets fixing temperature on the basis of the paper type detected by the paper-type detecting unit and fixes a toner image... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20090074438 - Image forming apparatus, an image forming method and an image detecting method: An image forming apparatus, includes: a latent image carrier that moves in a first direction; an exposure head that includes a light emitting element and an imaging optical system row which is arranged in the first direction and which is made up of imaging optical systems which are arranged in... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20090074437 - Optical scanning device, image forming apparatus, and write method: An optical scanning device acquires a displacement amount of each of scanning light beams in the main scanning direction, and corrects, based on the displacement amount, writing energy density at a write position such that a variation in image density due to a variation of the displacement amount is reduced.... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090074439 - Image forming apparatus and image developer used therein: An image forming apparatus, including a surface-traveling latent image bearer bearing a latent image on the surface thereof; an image developer feeding a toner in a two-component developer including the toner and a carrier to the latent image in a developing area facing the latent image bearer to develop the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090074440 - Fixing device and image forming apparatus: A fixing device includes a pair of fixing members opposing each other and a pressing lever that is rotatable around a shaft. The pressing lever can be moved either to a pressing position in which one of the fixing members is pressed against the other fixing member, or to a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090074441 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus is provided that has a first pressurizing member, a heating member, a belt member laid across the heating member and the first pressurizing member in a tensioned state, the belt member being heated by the heating member, a second pressurizing member arranged at such position that... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20090074442 - Image forming apparatus and method of controlling the same: A control unit controls supply of power to a plurality of heating units at predetermined control period T1 that is set by a first unit. A second unit sets power supply time t1 for a first heating unit having largest power consumption within the control period T1 and power supply... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090074443 - Charging device and image forming apparatus using the same: A charging apparatus includes a charging member to charge a surface of a photoconductive medium, a power unit to supply an electric power as a bias voltage to the charging member, and a resistor unit to reduce a ripple on the surface of the charging member. Accordingly, a stability of... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20090074444 - Charging wire cleaning apparatus: Cleaning performance of a cleaning pad for cleaning a charging wire is maintained so that the charging voltage of an image carrier by a charging wire is stabilized. A charging wire cleaning apparatus is provided with a cleaning pad for cleaning a charging wire which charges an image carrier, a... Agent: Mark D. Saralino ( Sharp ) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20090074445 - Devices and methods for removing toner from a belt within an image forming apparatus: The present application is directed to devices and methods for removing toner from a belt within an image forming apparatus. In one embodiment, the device includes a housing that forms an enclosed interior space. The housing may include an inlet that leads into the interior space. A blade may be... Agent: John J. Mcardle, Jr. Lexmark International, Inc.

20090074446 - Image forming apparatus: A biasing unit biases an exposing unit with respect to a main unit in at least one direction in a direction approaching the main body, so that the exposing unit makes contact with the main body in at least one portion to determine a position of the exposing unit with... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090074452 - Coupling part, photosensitive drum, process cartridge and electrophotographic image forming apparatus: A process cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, wherein the main assembly includes a motor, a main assembly side gear for receiving driving force from the motor, a hole defined by twisted surfaces, the hole being substantially coaxial with the gear, and a... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090074453 - Coupling part, photosensitive drum, process cartridge and electrophotographic image forming apparatus: A process cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, wherein the main assembly includes a motor, a main assembly side gear for receiving driving force from the motor, a hole defined by twisted surfaces, the hole being substantially coaxial with the gear, and a... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090074447 - Developing device and image forming apparatus having the same: A developing device and an image forming apparatus having the same include a frame having a knob part, a photosensitive body provided in front of the knob part with respect to a first direction of mounting the developing device, and a rotation guide part provided in front of the photosensitive... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20090074449 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus has an abutment roller which is provided at either end of a developing sleeve in a longitudinal direction and makes an SD gap (Gsd) between a photosensitive drum and a developing sleeve constant, an abutment block which is provided at either end of the photosensitive drum... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090074450 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus including an image bearing member; and a developing device including a developer bearing member, a developer containing portion, a developer supplying passage supplying the developer to the developer bearing member while feeding the developer in a direction, and a developer agitating passage feeding a mixture of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090074451 - Process cartridge and image forming apparatus: A charger of a process cartridge may be configured so that a charging wire is laid across an upper frame. An upper frame may be provided with a stopper at which one end of the charging wire is caught, and with a wire pulling member that pulls the charging wire... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client No. 016689

20090074448 - Processing unit for image forming apparatus: According to an embodiment of the invention, slide rails guided by guide rails of a body frame are provided on an EPU frame. A slidable bolt is provided on a belt unit frame. When the belt unit is attached to or removed from the body frame, the bolt is fitted... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20090074454 - Electrophotographic image forming apparatus and process cartridge: An electrophotographic image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material, to which a process cartridge is detachably mountable, the apparatus, includes (a) a plurality of mounting portions for detachably mounting process cartridges, respectively, the process cartridges each including, an electrophotographic photosensitive drum, a developing roller for developing... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090074455 - Developer supplying cartridge, developer receiving cartridge, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus: A developer supply cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an image forming apparatus, includes a developer accommodating portion of accommodating a developer; a discharging opening for discharging the developer accommodated in the developer accommodating portion to a developer receiving opening of a developer receiving cartridge provided with developing... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090074456 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a removable body that is removably set in a main body of the image forming apparatus, and an engaging mechanism that causes the removable body and the main body to engage with each other when the removable body is lifted by a user.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090074457 - Image forming apparatus and method of adjusting cover position of image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes an outer case which includes a first opening portion and a second opening portion provided just below the first opening portion, a withdrawable part which is received in the inside of the first opening portion so as to be withdrawn from the first opening portion... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20090074458 - Image forming apparatus and charge removing device thereof: An image forming apparatus and a charge removal device thereof capable of evenly irradiating light to a photosensitive body are disclosed. The charge removal device includes a charge removal lamp, which may be mounted outside the length of the photosensitive body, and the optical axis of which forms an angle... Agent: Dla Piper LLP Us

20090074459 - Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus: A common photodetecting unit detects a plurality of beams scanned by a plurality of polyhedral reflection mirrors provided in a multiple stages with a common rotation axis, and generates a synchronization detection signal based on detected beams. The reflection mirrors make a predetermined angle θ1 in a direction of rotation... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090074460 - Electrophotographic photosensitive member, process cartridge, and electrophotographic apparatus: An electrophotographic photosensitive member is provide which inhibits recovered toner from leaking out of the edge portion at the time of long-term use, and has good durability. Each of at least both edge portions of the surface layer of the electrophotographic photosensitive member has a region in which independent depressed... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090074461 - Image forming apparatus, belt unit, and belt driving control method: An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording medium includes a belt configured to travel rotationally and looped around at least two rotary support members, a driven rotary member disposed facing at least one of the rotary support members via the belt and configured to rotate with... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20090074462 - Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus including same: An optical scanning device including a first housing including a rotating deflector configured to deflect a light beam from at least one light source to scan a surface to be scanned with a deflected light beam, a second housing including one or more reflecting mirrors, and three supporting members configured... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090074463 - Corona discharge device, photoreceptor charger, and method for making discharge product removing member: A corona discharge device (10) comprises a discharge electrode (1) for causing electric discharge, a discharge product removing member (4) provided around the discharge electrode (1), and containing a material capable of removing a discharge product, and a shield plate (3) interposed between the discharge electrode (1) and the discharge... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090074464 - Exposing device and image forming apparatus including the same: An exposing device includes a light-emitting element array including plural light-emitting elements disposed in a first direction and a second direction orthogonal to or substantially orthogonal to the first direction, a lens array including plural lenses that focus lights from the light-emitting elements, a supporting member that supports the light-emitting... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20090074465 - Image forming apparatus and toner supplying apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes plural developing devices, plural toner cartridges, and plural sub-hoppers that receive toners stored in the respective toner cartridges and supply the toners to the respective developing devices. The plural sub-hoppers are coupled by a coupling member. The coupled plural sub-hoppers are detachably held between the... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20090074466 - Developing unit and image forming apparatus having the same: A developing unit capable of dispersing a pressure of developer used therein includes a developer housing to contain the developer and a blocking member to divide the developer housing into a first section and a second section, the second section including a developing member disposed therein to transfer the developer... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20090074467 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: An image forming apparatus including an image bearing member to bear a latent electrostatic image, a charging device to charge the image bearing member, an irradiating device to irradiate the image bearing member with light to form the latent electrostatic image, a developing device to develop the latent electrostatic image... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090074468 - Developing device and image forming apparatus: A developing device includes: a developer carrier; a first housing chamber; a second housing chamber; a first inflow portion; a first conveying member; a second conveying member; and a concentration detecting member.... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20090074469 - Dual channel apparatus for transporting powder in an electrostatographic printer: An apparatus and method for distributed mixing and transport of toner and powders in an electrostatographic printer containing at least powder and magnetic carrier. The apparatus includes a powder conveying apparatus for transporting powder in a developer station including a development station housing having two or more auger assemblies, each... Agent: Eastman Kodak Company Patent Legal Staff

20090074470 - Waste developer collecting method for image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a horizontal carrying mechanism that collects a waste developer in the horizontal direction, relay carrying mechanisms that carry the waste developer collected by the horizontal carrying mechanism to a desired position, a vertical carrying mechanism that carries the waste developer, which is carried by the... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20090074471 - Conveyor device and image forming apparatus: A toner-conveying device includes a movable plate. The movable plate is movable between a holding position such as to couple a cap of a toner container to a nozzle when the toner container is supported by a container holder, and a retreating position such as not to hinder loading and... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090074472 - Developing agent container package unit, packing receptacle for developing agent container, and packing method of developing agent container: A developing agent container package unit includes a packing case, a developing agent container received inside the packing case and storing developing agent, and a supporting member to support the developing agent container so that the developing agent container is inclined with respect to one side surface of the packing... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20090074473 - Developing agent regulating member, development unit and image forming apparatus using same, and method of manufacturing developing agent regulating member: A developing agent regulating member and a method of manufacturing the same is provided. The method includes providing a non-magnetic member and a magnetic member. The non-magnetic member and the magnetic member are fixed together by caulking such that an end face of the non-magnetic member and an end face... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090074474 - Rotary member, developing device, and image forming apparatus: According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a rotary member including: a rotating main body; and support members that are formed to be supported by bearings, wherein each of the support members includes: a spindle core formed of a first metal; and a cylindrical sheath that... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090074475 - Transfer device and image forming apparatus including the same: A transfer device includes: an image carrier belt having a base layer and an elastic layer; a first roller around which the image carrier belt is wound; a second roller around which the image carrier belt wound around the first roller and shifted; a third roller contacting the first roller... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20090074476 - Positional misalignment correcting device and image forming apparatus: A positional misalignment correcting device includes a pattern forming unit that forms a correction pattern and a detecting unit that detects the correction pattern. The detecting unit includes one light emitting element and one light receiving element. The pattern forming unit forms the correction pattern on a transfer member such... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090074480 - Electroconductive endless belt: An electroconductive endless belt for use as an intermediate transfer member that is disposed between an image-forming unit and a recording medium, is circularly driven by a drive unit, and temporarily holds a toner image transferred from the image-forming unit and subsequently transfers the toner image onto the recording medium,... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090074477 - Image forming apparatus: wherein, when the moving distance of the intermediate transfer member surface from the secondary transfer region 15 to the first primary-transfer region 16 is designated as L (mm) and the moving speed of the intermediate transfer member as S (mm/second), the residual surface potential of the intermediate transfer member L/S... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090074478 - Resin composition, molded component, electrophotographic transfer film and image-forming apparatus: e

20090074479 - Transfer device and image forming apparatus including the same: A transfer device includes: an image carrier belt; a first roller around which the image carrier belt is wound; a second roller around which the image carrier belt wound around the first roller and shifted; a first transfer roller contacting the first roller via the image carrier belt; a second... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20090074481 - Image forming apparatus and operation method of image forming apparatus: In an image transferring apparatus of the invention, a transfer roller which comes in press contact with a sheet sent through a sheet conveyance path and transfers a toner image formed by an image forming section onto the sheet is constructed to be capable of being pulled out from a... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20090074482 - Image forming apparatus: An intermediate transfer belt and a photosensitive member form a transfer nip. An electrode is arranged close to an inner surface of the intermediate transfer belt in a portion on an upstream side of a direction of endless movement of the intermediate transfer belt with respect to a downstream-side exit... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090074483 - Image transfer device and image forming apparatus: An image transfer device according to the present invention applies a transfer bias voltage to a toner image developed on a surface of an image carrying member, the transfer bias voltage having an opposite polarity from the polarity of an electric charge of the toner image, by a transfer roller... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20090074485 - Fixing device and image forming apparatus: A fixing device including a pressure member that presses an endless fixing belt toward a fixing nip portion from the inner circumferential surface side; a sliding sheet that covers the pressure member; and a regulating member arranged on an end part of the sliding sheet for regulating the slack of... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090074486 - Fixing device and image forming apparatus: A fixing device including an endless fixing belt; a pressure member that presses the fixing belt toward the fixing nip portion from the inner circumferential surface side of the fixing belt; and a sliding sheet that covers the pressure member and extends outside the pressure member in the longitudinal direction... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090074487 - Fixing device and image forming apparatus: A fixing device for conducting fixing by heating and pressurizing a recording material conveyed between a fixing member and a belt, having therein a pressing section that presses the recording material against a fixing member through a belt, a pressure applying section that generates pressing force proceeding to the pressing... Agent: Sidley Austin LLP

20090074484 - Multi-tap series ceramic heater cold spot compensation: An improved fuser includes a heater that enhances uniform heating by altering the localized resistance which alters the localized power output of a resistive trace at the point of contact with a conductor trace in order to provide extra heating and thereby compensate for heat loss at the resistive trace/conductor... Agent: Williams A. Henry , Ii

20090074488 - Image forming apparatus and secondary transfer roller cleaning method of the image forming apparatus: A secondary transfer roller rotates in a first rotation direction during printing, and rotates in a second rotation direction opposite to the first rotation direction during a stop of the printing only within a specified range. When an image forming apparatus includes a lubricant supply unit, the secondary transfer roller... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20090074489 - Auto document feeder: An auto document feeder which loads and feeds a document to a read position provided on a read surface of a reader, the auto document feeder including a conveying device having an upstream roller placed upstream of the read position and a downstream roller placed downstream of the read position,... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20090074490 - Automatic scanning apparatus: According to an embodiment of the invention, a reverse path for double-side scanning of an original and a paper discharge path for reversing the original after completion of double-side scanning are separately provided. On completion of its double-side scanning, a preceding original is turned into the paper discharge path, reversed... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20090074492 - Belt rotating device and image forming apparatus: A belt rotating apparatus capable of improving a durability with respect to flexion fatigue of a belt and capable of reducing the occurrence of the breakage of the belt; and an image forming apparatus having the belt rotating device are supplied. The belt rotating device includes a belt that is... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20090074491 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: An image forming apparatus includes a housing having a planar top surface and a plurality of legs projecting downward from end portions of the housing for supporting the housing on ground. A paper feed unit, an image forming unit, and an output unit are arranged in a substantially horizontal direction... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090074494 - Compact front-operable image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus is disclosed that includes a substantially flat top face and a slanted front face, the bottom side of which recedes backward. The image forming apparatus may includes a paper discharge tray disposed at a lower portion of the slanted front face, the paper discharge tray protruding... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20090074493 - Sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus: A sheet processing apparatus of the invention has: an ejecting unit that is capable of receiving a sheet on which a toner image has been heated and fixed, and ejecting the sheet for a predetermined normal ejecting time; and a processing unit that processes the sheet ejected by the ejecting... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090074495 - Compact image forming apparatus with post-processing: In an image forming apparatus, when a first sheet discharger discharges a sheet bearing an image in a first direction from a proximal end to a distal end of the image forming apparatus, a post-processing device performs post-processing including at least one of stapling, punching, stamping, and sorting of the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090067855 - Image forming apparatus and print medium sensing method thereof: An image forming apparatus includes a main body having an image forming unit, a medium feeding unit installed in the main body, having a loading plate to load a print medium thereon and to feed the loaded print medium to the image forming unit, a medium sensing unit which comprises... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20090067856 - Image forming apparatus: An embodiment according to the invention is characterized in that a waste toner is delivered to a certain place through a rotation of a stirring member (a paddle) for causing the waste toner to be even and the waste toner thus delivered is detected by means of detecting unit (an... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20090067858 - Color image formation apparatus: In a color misalignment detection method, an alignment pattern is obtained by designating a plurality of lines having line width and line intervals formed by superposing a line image of a black color as a reference color and a line image of a color other than the reference color, for... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090067857 - Image forming apparatus and tone correction method: A tandem-type color image forming apparatus forms a toner pattern and toner markers on an intermediate transfer member. Tone levels in the toner pattern vary in a sub scanning direction, and the toner markers which are a same color with the tone pattern each oppose, in a main scanning direction,... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090067860 - Image forming apparatus, tone correction method, and computer-readable recording medium recorded with tone correction program: The present invention aims to provide an image forming apparatus and the like that perform a highly-accurate tone correction in a relatively short time and includes the following: a pattern former, with use of each image forming unit, on a sheet, forming tone patches in the main or sub scanning... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090067859 - Method to improve data collection accuracy by improved windowing in a toner density control system: A method of compensating for mechanical and magnification errors affecting toner density control in an image forming device is described herein. The method includes directing light towards a toner test surface, sensing the resulting reflections, and buffering the density data corresponding to the sensed reflections during a predetermined test window.... Agent: John J. Mcardle, Jr. Lexmark International, Inc.

20090067862 - Image forming apparatus and shutter control method: According to an aspect of the invention, a control method for an exposure shutter of an image forming apparatus includes, opening the shutter only to a slit glass for monochrome when monochrome printing is performed, and opening the shutter to slit glasses for monochrome and color when color printing is... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20090067861 - Sheet transport apparatus, document reading apparatus, and image forming apparatus: One embodiment of a sheet transport apparatus is provided with a sheet transport path for transporting a sheet in a predetermined transport direction, a reflective type optical sensor in which light irradiated from a light-emitting portion to a transported sheet is reflected and reflected light from the sheet is received... Agent: Mark D. Saralino ( Sharp ) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20090067864 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a rotatable image bearing member and a toner image former for forming a toner image on the image bearing member, wherein the toner image former is capable of forming a toner image having a predetermined width measured in a direction of a rotational axis of... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090067863 - Image forming apparatus, control method therefor, program, and storage medium: An image forming apparatus equipped with an image forming unit capable of image formation using color toner and transparent toner includes, a determining unit adapted to determine whether each pixel of image data belongs to an image region or a text region; a control unit adapted to control the image... Agent: Cowan Liebowitz & Latman P.C. John J Torrente

20090067865 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes: a pattern determination information calculator for calculating printing pattern determination information on an original; a pressure changer for changing the pressure of a pressing member of a cleaning device; and a controller for varying the pressing force of the pressing member by controlling the pressure... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090067866 - Image forming apparatus and fixing control method: A disclosed image forming apparatus includes a fixing unit configured to fix an unfixed image on a recording medium by bringing a first roller and a second roller in pressure-contact with each other; a contacting region detecting unit configured to detect a contacting region in which the first roller and... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090067867 - Power supply device, fixing device and image forming apparatus: A disclosed power supply device includes a voltage resonance circuit configured to include an output coil for boosting an input direct-current voltage to a predetermined voltage and outputting the boosted voltage to a load and also include a capacitor connected to the output coil; and a switching unit configured to... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090067868 - Temperature control unit and image forming apparatus including same: A temperature control unit that maintains a temperature of a fixing liquid includes a container, some or all of which is formed of a heat conservation member, configured to store the fixing liquid that dissolves or causes a toner to swell, a heater provided to an image forming apparatus for... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090067869 - Image heating apparatus: An image heating apparatus for allowing a surface of a heated toner image borne on a recording material to be glossed without generating a batter in the heated toner image is provided. In an image heating apparatus (9) including heating means (11 and 12) for heating an unfixed toner image... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090067870 - Image forming apparatus and control method of the same: A test pattern image stored in advance is printed on a paper sheet. When the printed test pattern image is scanned by a scanning unit, a difference between the density of the scanned test pattern image and absolute density set in advance is detected. An exposure amount of a process... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20090067871 - Surface potential detecting device of image forming apparatus: In an embodiment of the invention, a metal shield case and a metal shutter are electrically conducted to each other by using a contact part and are made to have the same potential. By this, the shutter does not electrically exert a bad influence on detection accuracy of a surface... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20090067872 - Developing device, memory unit thereof, and image forming apparatus: A developing device to prevent damage of a memory unit and poor connection between terminals of the memory unit and a main body of an image forming apparatus, by improving a mounting position of the memory unit. The developing device is removably mounted to a main body of the image... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20090067873 - Disposed toner collecting device of image forming apparatus: According to an embodiment of the invention, a sliding plate that slides in contact with an inner wall of a disposed toner duct is oscillated by using rotation of a disposed toner collection auger. As the sliding plate is oscillated, disposed toner falling and fed through the disposed toner duct... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20090067875 - Charging device in image forming apparatus: According to an embodiment of the invention, cleaning sheets that contact and clean a needle electrode are caused to meander along the shape of a slit formed on a guide plate of a needle electrode charger case. Thus, a contact width on the cleaning sheets with the needle electrode is... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20090067874 - Charging device, process cartridge, image forming apparatus, and cleaning member: A charging device includes a charging member that gives an electric charge to an object to be charged by contacting the object, and a cleaning member that cleans the charging member by contacting the charging member. The cleaning member includes a base formed of a polymer material having a foamed... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090067876 - Image forming method, image forming apparatus and process cartridge: c

20090067880 - Charging member, process cartridge, and electrophotographic apparatus: A charging member having a support, a conductive elastic layer formed on the support and a surface layer formed on the conductive elastic layer, wherein the surface layer contains a polysiloxane having an acrylic group and an oxyalkylene group. This provides a charging member to the surface of which toners... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090067879 - Developing device, process cartridge and image forming apparatus: A developing device for a toner powder cloud development system, which can achieve high image quality and can be made compact. The developing device has a two-component development unit, a toner carrier, and an alternating current power source. The toner carrier, which is arranged opposing a latent image carrier, has... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090067877 - Developing device, process cartridge including developing device, and image forming apparatus including process cartridge: A developing device includes a developer bearing member and a shock absorbing member. The developer bearing member includes a developing region across from an image bearing member including an image forming region, and a center portion including an image creating region corresponding to the image forming region on the image... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090067878 - Developing device, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus: A developing device, process cartridge and image forming apparatus of a premix developing system, with which developer splashed by the transport member is not discharged from the device, fluctuations of the amount of developer discharged to the outside are not produced, and the output image quality is stable. This developing... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090067881 - Image forming apparatus, transfer unit thereof, and method of shifting transfer rollers thereof: An image forming apparatus according to the present invention includes a first photoconductive member used during monochrome printing; a plurality of second photoconductive members used together with the first photoconductive member during full-color printing and arranged in parallel to the first photoconductive member; a transfer belt that forms a loop-like... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20090067882 - Image forming apparatus, beam scanning apparatus thereof, and method of beam scanning thereof: Provided is an image forming apparatus including: a photoconductor; a light including main exposure devices and redundant exposure devices; a beam scanning unit arranging main laser beam spots such that the they are separated by an image-forming unit distance, arranging redundant laser beam spots such that they are separated by... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20090067883 - Power transmitting unit, and developing device and image forming apparatus having the same: An image forming apparatus includes a main body in which a photosensitive medium is disposed, and a developing device detachably disposed at the main body to develop electrostatic latent images on the photosensitive medium. The developing device includes a developing member disposed in a developing unit to supply developing agent... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20090067884 - Toner supplier, development unit, and image forming apparatus:

20090067885 - Controlling apparatus for clutch: A controlling apparatus for controlling at least a clutch includes: a first actuating module; a shaft, coupled to the first actuating module, for driving the first actuating module to rotate; and a controlling circuit, coupled to the shaft, for controlling a rotation of the shaft. When the shaft rotates to... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090067886 - Developing device, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus: A developing device, process cartridge and image forming apparatus of a premix developing system, with which developer splashed by the transport member is not discharged from the discharge port, fluctuations of the amount of developer discharged to the outside are not produced, and the output image quality is stable. The... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090067887 - Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and developing device: An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of image carriers, a latent image forming unit, and a plurality of developing units. Each of the developing unit forms an image to have a color difference of equal to or less than about five with respect to an initial unicolor image formed... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090067888 - Toner container having toner agitating function: A toner container is mounted to an image forming apparatus in a state of containing toners. The toner container includes: a container body for containing toners; and an agitating unit provided in the container body for agitating the toners. The agitating unit includes: a cylindrical member having a cylindrical peripheral... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20090067889 - Developing device, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus: A developing device constituted to be capable of reliably making toner flare, and carrying out developing normally in the developing area, by preventing toner from adhering to the toner carrier. A developing device having a toner carrier which is disposed in opposition to a latent image carrier and which carries... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090067890 - Image forming apparatus: Provided are a developing device and an image forming apparatus, the developing device which employs a two-component developer wherein development hysteresis (ghost) is reduced and deterioration of a carrier is stably suppressed, and high-quality images are thus realized for a long period of time. The developing device, which uses a... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090067891 - Electrophotographic photoconductor, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus: The present invention provides an electrophotographic photoconductor including, an uppermost crosslinked surface layer including a cured product of a crosslinked surface layer composition containing a tri- or more functional radical-polymerizable monomer having no charge transportable structure, organosilica sol, an isocyanate group-containing radical-polymerizable monomer, and a curable charge transport material.... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20090067892 - Pressure-applying device, transfer device, and image forming apparatus: A pressure-applying device includes a swingable unit body, a roller, an opposing member, a pressure-applying unit, and a drive-force transmitting unit. A swinging center of the unit body is set at a position distinct from a rotation center of the drive-force transmitting unit. A direction of action of driving force... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090067893 - Image shift adjusting apparatus of image forming apparatus: First patterns for setting a first adjustment value and second patterns for setting a second adjustment value are formed on a transfer belt running at a first process speed. By this, an image shift adjustment value in a sub-scanning direction is made common to the first process speed and a... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20090067894 - Image forming apparatus: The present invention provides an image forming apparatus comprising at least an image holding member, an charging unit, a latent image forming unit, a developing unit, an intermediate transfer belt, a primary transfer unit, a secondary transfer unit, a fixing unit, and a cleaning unit, wherein a surface hardness of... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090067895 - Belt member and image forming apparatus using the belt member: A belt member is rotatably extended around a plurality of rotatable members of an image forming apparatus for forming a toner image on a recording material by using a developer containing a magnetic carrier. The belt member includes a layer, formed of a crystalline resin material, having an outer peripheral... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090067896 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus has a endless conveying belt (50) which conveys a sheet (P) on which an image is to be formed, and is twisted 720 degrees, and a plurality of suspending members which suspend the conveying belt (50). The conveying belt (50) is suspended on the suspending member... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20090067897 - Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and secondary transfer unit: An image forming apparatus includes an image transfer section configured to transfer a reversed image based on a read original image onto an image carrier as a toner image, a secondary transfer roller configured to come into contact with the image carrier and transfer the toner image onto a recording... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20090067899 - Fixing device and image forming apparatus: According to an aspect of the invention, a fixing device includes, a fixing member that fixes an image onto a sheet, a satellite member arranged parallel to the fixing member with respect to an axial direction and having a smaller heat capacity than the fixing member, an endless belt laid... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20090067898 - Toner fuser for fusing toners on a print medium and related laser printer: A toner fuser includes a pressure roller for pressing toners on a print medium so as to fuse the toners on a print medium, and a rolling heating component for clamping the print medium with the pressure roller and heating the pressure roller. A fusing region is formed between the... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090067900 - Belt fixing apparatus and image forming apparatus: A belt fixing apparatus for fixing a toner image on a recording material in a nip portion having: an endless fixing belt and a pressing device to press the fixing belt to a fixing member so as to form the nip portion between the fixing belt and the fixing member,... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090067902 - Fixing device, image forming apparatus, and method of manufacturing toner for image forming apparatus: In a fixing device, a first fixing member and a second fixing member nip a recording medium so as to fix a toner image on the recording medium by applying heat and pressure to the recording medium. A pressure application lever presses the second fixing member toward the first fixing... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090067901 - Fusing unit and image forming apparatus including the same: A fusing unit, and an image forming apparatus including the same, includes: a driving roller; a belt disposed to be driven by the driving roller; a nip plate disposed along a lengthwise direction of the driving roller with the belt being disposed between the driving roller and the nip plate,... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20090067903 - Coil unit for induction heating fixing device: In an embodiment of the present invention, an electromagnetic induction coil, insulating plates, and a magnetic core are positioned by a coil holder including holder plates on which ribs are integrally formed. Consequently, the electromagnetic induction coil is regulated from sliding on the holder plates and fixed in a desired... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20090067904 - Fixer, fixing device, and image forming apparatus: A disclosed fixing device fixes resin particles onto a medium by applying a fixer including a softening agent onto the resin particles resting on the medium. The softening agent softens the resin particles by dissolving or causing swelling of at least part of resin included in the resin particles. A... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090067905 - Document management system and method: An improved system and method for tracking and managing documents in a high throughput document printing line comprising a printing means, a sensor means and a processing means. The printing means prints a desired invisible symbology and visible text on a document fed to it. The clear printing toner is... Agent: Ortiz & Lopez, PLLC

20090067906 - Image forming apparatus and control method of the same: One paper sheet is extracted from a paper feeding cassette and fed to a process unit by plural rollers that are actuated by motors, respectively. In printing, the motors are actuated at low speed when first paper sheet is fed from the paper feeding cassette to the process unit and... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20090067907 - Media width sensors and methods of use: The present application is directed to sensors and methods of use to determine a width of a media sheet moving along a media path. In one embodiment, the sensor includes a shaft that extends at least partially across the media path. First and second paddles may extend outward from the... Agent: John J. Mcardie, Jr. Lexmark International, Inc.

20090067908 - Image forming apparatus: According to an aspect of the invention, an image forming apparatus includes, an image forming section which forms an image on a sheet-like recording medium, a conveying path through which the recording medium passes, a conveying section which conveys the recording medium along the path in a conveying direction and... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20090067909 - Image forming apparatus and method thereof: An image forming apparatus includes a housing formed with a discharge port, a printing device mounted in the housing, a discharge reverse unit to reversely move paper passing through the printing device, and a discharge unit to convey the paper, moving reversely by the discharge reverse unit, to the discharge... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20090060532 - Paper carrying device, document scanning apparatus, and printing apparatus: A paper carrying device includes a carrying path, a light sensor, a contact sensor, and a judgment section. Both of the light sensor and the contact sensor output a presence-signal indicating that paper exists at a predetermined position in the carrying path or an absence-signal indicating that paper does not... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090060533 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a developing device for developing an electrostatic image with a developer; a developer amount detecting device for detecting an amount of a developer in the developing device; a developer consumption amount calculating device for calculating a consumption amount of the developer on the basis of... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090060534 - Developing device and image forming apparatus: A developing device has stirring members for conveying and stirring a developer-tank-contained developer and a developer holder, and has a developer replenishing tank for replenishing a replenishment developer to a developer tank; a toner concentration detecting sensor; a discharging mechanism for discharging an excessive amount of the developer-tank-contained developer outside... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090060535 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes: a photosensitive member; a discharging unit arranged to face the photosensitive member; a high-voltage power supply unit which supplies power to the discharging unit; a discharge detection unit which detects abnormal discharge in the discharging unit; an output controller... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20090060536 - Image forming apparatus: In the image forming apparatus, a control unit, upon detecting that an amount of waste toner reaches a predetermined amount by a waste-toner-amount detecting unit, calculates an amount of used toner after detection through a pixel calculating unit and a printed-sheet calculating unit to accumulate the amount of used toner... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090060537 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit for forming an image using a consumable supply; a cover attached to the image forming unit; an energy accumulation unit for accumulating energy when the cover is closed; an energy initializing unit for initializing a level of the energy accumulated in... Agent: Kubotera & Associates, LLC

20090060538 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus which forms an electrostatic latent image on a photosensitive drum, serving as an image carrier, develops the image using toners of a plurality of colors, and transfers a toner image onto a printing medium in accordance with an electrophotographic process. A toner consumption amount detection unit... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090060539 - Fixing apparatus: A fixing unit adapted to fix a developing agent onto an image forming medium by way of a heat roller containing a heater and a press roller conducts a warming up operation for the optimum warming up time as determined based on the temperature and the humidity of ambient air... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090060541 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes a fixing/pressurizing roller pair that nips a transfer sheet and transports to fix toner on the transfer sheet; a pressure control unit that controls a pressure demonstrated by the fixing/pressurizing roller pair in consideration of the type... Agent: Von Simson & Chin

20090060540 - Image forming device: An intermediate transfer tandem type image forming device which has multiple first stage transfer units set parallel and a single power unit which simultaneously applies bias to the multiple first stage transfer units. When executing successive printing or both-sides printing and there is a need to change the bias value... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090060542 - Image forming apparatus and an image forming method: An image forming apparatus includes: an exposure head including an imaging optical system arranged in a first direction and a light emitting element that emits light to be imaged by the imaging optical system; a latent image bearing member that moves in a second direction and carries a latent image... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20090060543 - Image forming apparatus, an image forming method and an image detecting method: An image forming apparatus, includes: an exposure head that includes an imaging optical system which is arranged in a first direction and a light emitting element which emits light to be focused by the imaging optical system; a latent image carrier that moves in a second direction orthogonal to or... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20090060545 - Exposing device and image forming apparatus: An exposing device which radiates light on a photoconductor drum which rotates, thereby executing exposure, includes a light-emitting element unit including light-emitting element having an emission area which emits light that is generated, the emission area having a rectangular shape with a long side along a direction perpendicular to a... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20090060544 - Image forming apparatus, an image forming method and an image detecting method: An image forming apparatus, includes: an exposure head that includes a first imaging optical system, a second imaging optical system, a first light emitting element which emits light to be focused by the first imaging optical system, and a second light emitting element which emits light to be focused by... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20090060546 - Liquid measuring device, liquid developer storing apparatus, and image forming apparatus: A liquid measuring device includes a floating member that is moved in accordance with a liquid surface, a first magnetic field generator that is disposed in the floating member and positions its north (N) pole to face a first direction, a second magnetic field generator that is disposed in the... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20090060547 - Transfer belt charge buildup compensation: The present application is directed to methods and devices for compensating for transfer belt charge buildup in an image forming device. In one embodiment, the method includes determining the charge buildup on the transfer belt due to an applied transfer voltage. A first image of a multi-image print job is... Agent: John J. Mcardle, Jr. Lexmark International, Inc.

20090060548 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus is configured to form a developer image on a recording sheet. The image forming apparatus includes a fixing unit including a pressure roller and a heat roller, an ejection roller configured to cause the recording sheet from the fixing unit to be ejected from the image... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client No. 016689

20090060549 - Fusing system and control method thereof: A fusing system includes: a fusing unit which comprises a fusing belt which rotates around outer surfaces of at least two rollers which are distanced from each other, and a pressing roller which presses a printing medium together with the fusing belts and fuses an image which is transferred to... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20090060550 - Image forming apparatus, fixing device, and heat-generating rotary member using induction heating: An image forming apparatus includes a fixing device for fixing a toner image on a sheet by applying heat, and including an exciting coil and a heat-generating rotary member. The exciting coil generates a magnetic flux. The heat-generating rotary member performs self-temperature control using a repulsive magnetic flux, and includes... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090060552 - Image forming apparatus: A warm-up operation control section performs warm-up operation of a fixing-side rotation unit and a pressure-side rotation unit from start-up until the temperature of the fixing-side rotation unit exceeds a first specified value based on an output of a heating-side thermistor in forming a monochrome image. In forming a color... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20090060553 - Image forming apparatus: A warm-up operation control section performs warm-up operation of a fixing-side rotation unit and a pressure-side rotation unit for a first period of time from start-up in the case of a monochrome mode set by a setting section. In the case of a color mode, the warm-up operation control section... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20090060551 - Image forming apparatus and control method thereof: An image forming apparatus is provided with: a fusing unit which fuses an image transferred to a printing medium; a power supply which supplies power to the fusing unit; a switching unit which switches the power supplied to the fusing unit; and a controller which controls the switching unit to... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20090060554 - Image forming apparatus and process cartridge used therein: An image forming apparatus includes multiple imaging units and a controller. The multiple imaging units each include a photoconductor, a charging device, a developing device, a retractable cleaner, and a cleaner retraction mechanism. The charging device charges the photoconductor for forming an electrostatic latent image thereon. The developing device develops... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090060555 - Multi-function apparatus: A multi-function apparatus having a plurality of functions relating to an image processing and configured to selectively realize one of the plurality of functions, including: a plurality of operation keys which are operated by a user so as to control the multi-function apparatus; a display device configured to display an... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20090060556 - Dual-range power supply for an image forming device: The embodiments disclosed herein are directed to methods and devices for a control system to regulate the output voltage of a high voltage power supply (HVPS) in an image forming device. In one embodiment, the HVPS comprises at least two voltage sources connected in series. A print engine controller is... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20090060558 - Image forming apparatus and control method thereof: An image forming apparatus which is capable of reducing the number of times a second member is separated from a first member upon entry into power-save mode, thereby minimizing failures of a separation unit. A pressure-roller separating mechanism is provided so as to abut and separate a pressure roller and... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20090060557 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: An image forming apparatus provided with an image forming section and a fixing section, comprising: a memory section which stores relationships between a plurality of instruction forms of image formation and a plurality of power supply methods including a power supply by both an AC power source and a capacitor... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090060559 - Liquid ejecting apparatus: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a record head having nozzles that discharge liquid; a transporting path along which a medium is transported; a transporting mechanism that transports the medium along the transporting path; a sensor including a light-emitting element and a light-receiving element and disposed at a first position on... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090060560 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a developer carrier arranged to face the image carrier to form a developing nip portion, which carries developer containing toner for developing a latent image formed on the image carrier, a developing unit having a developer regulating member that regulates a thickness... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20090060561 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus is provided with a feed interval control section that sets feed intervals of the recording materials, for a defined period from immediately after completion of the warm-up operation for a fixing-side rotor and the pressure-side rotor determined by a warm-up completion determination section, to be longer... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20090060562 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member; and an exposure member having a light emitting element, the exposure member exposing the photosensitive member at an exposure position opposed to an opposed position on the photosensitive member to form the electrostatic latent image, the... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client No. 016689

20090060563 - Cleaning device and image forming apparatus: A cleaning device includes a cleaning roll and an intervening member. The cleaning roll contacts the surface of a charge roll that charges a photoconductor, rotates, and cleans the surface of the charge roll. The intervening member is intervened between the charge roll and the cleaning roll and causes the... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20090060564 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus is described. The image forming apparatus may include a casing including an image forming section, an ejecting section above the image forming section and an image scanning section above the ejecting section, formed with an ejecting port communicating with the ejecting section; and an operating section.... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client No. 016689

20090060565 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus is described. The image forming apparatus may include a casing including an image forming section, an ejecting section provided above the image forming section and an image scanning section provided above the ejecting section, formed with an ejecting port communicating with the ejecting section; and an... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client No. 016689

20090060566 - Drum removal apparatus and methods: A device for detaching a drum from a printer cartridge, the drum comprising a drum flange that attaches the drum to the printer cartridge, the device comprising: a pressure transmitting device; and a rod operatively connected to the pressure transmitting device, wherein the pressure transmitting device and the rod are... Agent: Roland Tong

20090060569 - image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus including a plurality of image forming cartridges removably mounted to an apparatus body one above the other is disclosed. Structural members each partition off a space between nearby image forming cartridges mounted to the apparatus body. The apparatus is capable of obviating banding ascribable to the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090060568 - Image forming apparatus and process cartridge: An image forming apparatus includes: a main body; a process cartridge detachably attachable to the main body, the process cartridge including an image carrier configured to carry a developer image thereon and a cartridge frame; a feeding path configured to feed a recording sheet to a transfer position where the... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client No. 016689

20090060567 - Imaging cartridge and image forming apparatus: Downsizing can be achieved even with simple structure. An imaging cartridge includes an image carrier 15, a developing device 17, a cleaning device 18, a new toner box 19 and a waste toner box 20. The image carrier 15, the developing device 17 and the cleaning device 18 are juxtaposed... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20090060570 - Imaging cartridge and image forming apparatus: An imaging cartridge has a process unit and a toner box unit formed by integrating a new toner box and a waste toner box. The toner box unit is attachable to and detachable from the process unit. Shutters which open and close a connecting section between the new toner box... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20090060572 - Fixing device and image forming apparatus: A fixing device includes a pair of first frames that support an axis of each of a fixing roller and a pressing roller and a pair of second frames arranged in parallel to an axial direction of the fixing roller to connect the first frames to each other. The second... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090060571 - Fusing unit and image forming apparatus including the same: An image forming apparatus includes a frame, a fusing unit including a unit casing which is detachably attachable to the frame, a heater supported by the unit casing to heat a print medium, a pressure unit supported by the unit casing to press the print medium to the heater and... Agent: Stein, Mcewen & Bui, LLP

20090060573 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus may include a sheet conveyance path having a generally U-shaped portion. The U-shaped portion may be formed by inner and outer guides, and the guides may be arranged such that they may be sequentially removed from the apparatus in a common direction, and through a common... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client No. 016689

20090060574 - Image forming apparatus and process cartridge: An image forming apparatus comprising an image holding member that is rotationally driven, the image holding member comprising, on a substrate, a subbing layer and a photosensitive layer, a volume resistance value of the subbing layer decreasing in a rotation axis direction of the image holding member, from one end... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090060575 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus is described. The image forming apparatus may include a first casing and a second casing above the first casing. The second casing is provided with an upper surface including a generally horizontal surface, a lower surface extending beyond the upper surface in a generally horizontal direction... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client No. 016689

20090060576 - Belt device and image forming apparatus: An endless belt member is suspended in a tensioned manner by a plurality of roller members including a drive roller and a drive motor drives the drive roller member so as to move the belt member in a predetermined direction of travel. A detecting unit detects an amount of displacement... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090060577 - Plate, and pattern forming device and pattern forming method using the same plate: A pattern forming device has an original plate for pattern formation having pattern-shaped concave portions in a high-resistance layer. When phosphor particles collected in the concave portions are transferred to a glass plate, an electric field is formed between separate electrodes and a transfer roller, and a high-frequency voltage is... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090060578 - Rotor driving force transmission device and image forming apparatus having the device: A driving force transmission device superior in reliability with suppressed rotation fluctuation. The driving force transmission device has gearing reception portions, three arm portions and a press member. The gearing reception portions are formed in the inner circumference of a rotor. The arm portions extend from a shaft radially. The... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090060579 - Exposure head and an image forming apparatus using the exposure head: where m1 represents an absolute value of the optical magnification of the first imaging optical system, L1 represents a width in the first direction of the light emitting element to be imaged by the first imaging optical system, dp1 represents a pitch between the light emitting element in the first... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20090060581 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus is capable of printing half-toned images of high quality. The image forming apparatus includes a photoconductive body and a light emitting element array. A plurality of light emitting elements is aligned in the light emitting element array. Each light emitting element array emits light to form... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20090060580 - Image forming apparatus, an image forming method and an image detecting method: An image forming apparatus, includes: an exposure head that includes a plurality of imaging optical systems which are arranged in a first direction and a plurality of light emitting elements which emit lights to be imaged by the imaging optical systems; a latent image carrier that moves in a second... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20090060583 - 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

20090060582 - Optical scanning device and method for adjusting errors: In an optical scanning device, a lateral magnification in a direction corresponding to a sub scanning direction of an optical system is adjusted to be small by a coupling optical system that includes a first lens and a second lens. As a result, scanning by a plurality of light beams... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090060584 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming device includes a plurality of image forming units provided in parallel comprising a black image forming unit to form a black toner image and a plurality of color image forming units to form color toner images, an intermediate transfer device to primarily transfer color toner images formed... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090060585 - Image forming apparatus: A communication unit has a first conveyance part connected to a toner cartridge and provided with a feed port for a toner from the toner cartridge, and a second conveyance part connected to a developing device and provided with a replenishment port for a toner to the developing device. In... Agent: Mark D. Saralino ( Sharp ) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20090060586 - Toner conveyance unit and image forming apparatus: A toner conveyance unit is provided that can reliably prevent a toner from leaking and scattering. And an image forming apparatus is also provided having the toner conveyance unit. When a circular arc-shaped shutter member and a rotary shutter member are closed, a first conveyance part and a second conveyance... Agent: Mark D. Saralino ( Sharp ) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20090060587 - Development device, development method, and image forming device: A development device includes a developer container reserving a liquid developer containing toner particles and a carrier liquid. A developer supply member supplies a developer supporting member with liquid developer. An agitating member is disposed in the developer container and supplies the developer supply member with the liquid developer. A... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20090060588 - Toner cartridge and image forming apparatus having toner cartridge: A toner cartridge includes a toner receptacle that houses toner, a plurality of stirring members housed in the toner receptacle, a plurality of gears meshing with each other on outside of the toner receptacle, and a phase display section. The stirring members are arranged next to each other in the... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20090060589 - Toner cartridge and image forming apparatus having toner cartridge: A toner cartridge has first and second toner hosing portions configured to house toner. The first toner housing portion has a first bottom part that is arcuately curved. The second toner housing portion has a second bottom part that is arcuately curved. The second bottom part is next to the... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20090060590 - Powder conveying device and image forming apparatus having the same: A powder conveying device and an image forming apparatus having the same are disclosed. The powder conveying device to convey powder such as toner, includes a conveying plate to carry powder thereon, a vibration generating device to vibrate the conveying plate, and a plurality of conveying protrusions provided on a... Agent: Dla Piper LLP Us

20090060591 - Developing roller, developing device, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus: A developing roller includes a developing sleeve and a magnet roller disposed within the developing sleeve to attract developer to an outer surface of the developing sleeve by magnetic force. The outer surface of the developing sleeve has a plurality of recesses of circular or elliptic shape in plan view... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20090060592 - Camming method and apparatus for controlling color developers: A developer camming apparatus connected to a developer unit, including a slide, a motor, and an encoder, wherein the encoder determines a distance a developer unit is from the photoreceptor, wherein the encoder allows the developer unit to be sufficiently close to effect application of toner to the photoreceptor from... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC.

20090060593 - Developing device and image forming apparatus having the same: A developing device capable of smoothly dispersing a developer in a development container and an image forming apparatus having the developing device. The developing device includes a development container which contains a developer and has an opening, a development roller which is mounted near the opening of the development container,... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20090060594 - Developing device: A developing device includes a toner container, a developer carrier, end-portion sealing parts, and a regulating member. The toner container is disposed to be adjacent to the image carrier, and has an opening. The developer carrier is rotatably supported by the toner container so that a part of the developer... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20090060595 - Image forming apparatus: The present invention teaches and claims an image forming apparatus comprising an image forming portion using a liquid developer having a carrier liquid and toner; an intermediate transfer section which has an endless belt and a plurality of rotating bodies; a second transfer roller which is disposed so that it... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20090060597 - Copolymer, resin for electrophotographic functional component parts, developing roller, and electrophotographic apparatus: A copolymer obtained by copolymerizing at least one monomer selected from specific acrylate or methacrylate monomers, at least one monomer selected from specific amino group-containing monomers and at least one monomer selected from specific polar group-containing monomers. A resin for electrophotographic functional component parts, which contains this copolymer, a developing... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090060596 - Rotation member unit and image forming apparatus: A rotation member unit detachable from a casing includes a rotation member for rotating when driven, and plural drive introduction members arranged at both ends of the rotation member in a rotation axial direction of the rotation member, respectively. The drive introduction member engages with a drive transmission member rotated... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090060598 - Image forming method: Disclosed is an image forming method including steps of primary transferring the toner image formed on the photoreceptor to an intermediate transfer material, secondary transferring the toner image on intermediate transfer material, and cleaning remaining toner on the photoreceptor, in which method the toner contains abrasive agent particles adhered to... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090060599 - Image forming apparatus having a mechanism for detecting a mark on a belt: A circumferential length of a belt is measured within a short period of time. A plurality of marks is provided on a belt. Distances between the marks are set to be all different from each other. The distance between the marks is set to allow the mark to be identified... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090060600 - Lubricant applicator, process cartridge including same, and image forming apparatus including same: A lubricant applicator, which is included in a process cartridge, and an image forming apparatus, includes a fur brush disposed downstream from a cleaning member in a direction of rotation of the image carrier that moves in the direction of rotation of the image carrier, scrape a solid lubricant disposed... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090060601 - Cleaning device, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus: A cleaning device includes a blade member, a holder, a vibration detection device, a heating device, and a control device. The blade member comes into contact with an image carrying member, and cleans off toner remaining on the image carrying member. The holder holds the blade member. The vibration detection... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090060602 - Image forming apparatus including image processing member determined by method of evaluating distribution of adhesion forces of toner thereto: An image processing member that is included in an image forming apparatus employing method of evaluating and determining adhesion forces thereof, includes an optical writing unit configured to optically write an image, and an image processing member configured to process the image formed by the optical writing unit. The image... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090060603 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: A waste-toner transferring device that transfers a waste toner to a waste-toner collecting unit have a first auger transfer unit arranged vertically and a second auger transfer unit that supplies the waste toner to the first auger transfer unit, wherein the first and second auger transfer units respectively have casings... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20090060604 - Home-position detecting method, sheet processing device, and image forming apparatus: A processing unit performs a predetermined processing on a sheet in a process of carrying the sheet. A home-position detecting unit detects a home position of a moving member of the processing unit by detecting a part of the moving member using a detecting unit. The home-position detecting unit sets... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090060605 - Belt device and image-forming apparatus: A belt device for use in an image forming apparatus includes two side frames supported by two slide rails disposed at the body of the image forming apparatus on the outside of the outer periphery of the belt member, a rear frame constructed between two sub-frames and having a box-shaped... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090060606 - Controlled fold document delivery: There is provided a method to image a dual-sided thermal media including a plurality of contiguous, alternating first and second thermally imageable panels distinguished by one or more associated sense marks, each of the imageable panels including a first and second imageable sides. The method includes determining a starting panel... Agent: Charles Maney Ncr Corporation, Law Dept.

20090060607 - Image forming device: A main body control part of an image forming device switches select signals to a unicast mode by a communication mode switching part at least when stopping a recording paper that is being transported on a paper feeding path or when transporting a recording paper stopped on the paper feeding... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20090060608 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes an image transfer unit, a straight conveying path including a lateral registration correcting unit, a feeding unit, a feeding path, and a reversing unit. The feeding path links to a junction in the straight conveying path, and conveys a recording medium from a feeding unit... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090060609 - Medium feeding apparatus and image forming apparatus that employs the image feeding apparatus: A medium feeding apparatus feeds medium. A medium transporting mechanism transports a medium. A skew removing mechanism includes a first roller and a second roller in pressure contact with the first roller. An adjusting mechanism adjusts a degree of rotational axes of the first and second rollers being right angle... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20090060610 - Printing method, printing apparatus, and print producing method: A printing method uses a printing apparatus that includes a transport mechanism that transports a continuous medium, which has a predetermined width in a predetermined direction, in a transport direction that intersects with the predetermined direction and a head that prints out an image on the medium. The printing method... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090060611 - Image forming apparatus: A contact member makes contact with a surface of an image carrier belt to form a transfer nip. A guiding member guides a recording medium fed by a feeding unit to a guide target point on an upstream side of an entering point of the transfer nip on the surface... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090060612 - Image forming apparatus: The height of an image reading unit or an operating panel in an image forming apparatus is adjusted to facilitate their operation depending on the physical characteristics of a user, such as his height or use of a wheel chair. A second operating panel and a second automatic document feeder... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090060613 - Image transfer apparatus, image fixing apparatus, and registration apparatus: A load torque variation upon entry or exit of a sheet into a nipping portion is reduced while a nipping force necessary for image formation is provided. An image transfer apparatus, an image fixing apparatus, or a registration apparatus comprises an opposite roller, a transfer roller, and a compression spring... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090060614 - Sheet discharge control system and image forming apparatus including same: A sheet discharge control system used in an image forming apparatus including an image forming unit to form a toner image on a transfer sheet includes a fixer configured to fix the toner image on the transfer sheet by passing the transfer sheet therethrough, a discharge roller located downstream of... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090060615 - Image forming apparatus, control method for controlling the image forming apparatus, and computer readable medium: A control method for controlling an image forming apparatus includes fixing recording material on a sheet; conveying, by a conveying unit, the sheet on which the recording material is fixed; and controlling the conveying unit such that the conveying unit reciprocates the sheet on a conveying path along which the... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090060616 - Image forming apparatus: A reverse conveying apparatus which again conveys a sheet formed an image by an image forming portion to the image forming portion includes a plurality of roller grippers which supports a sheet formed an image, and a belt which moves the roller grippers to a receiving position where a sheet... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20090060618 - Image forming apparatus and image processing apparatus: An image forming apparatus forms an image during conveyance of a medium. The image forming apparatus includes a conveying unit for conveying a medium, and a reverse voltage applying unit for applying to the medium a voltage with polarity opposite to a voltage applied to the medium when the conveying... Agent: Kubotera & Associates, LLC

20090060617 - Image forming system, image forming device, and post-processing device: Disclosed is an image forming system comprising: an image forming device; a post-processing device comprising a sheet ejection tray; and an operating section to select either a producing mode for prioritizing a productivity of an image forming or a loading mode for prioritizing a loading accuracy of printing sheets, wherein... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC