Electrophotography inventions 05/09

20090136242 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus to which a developer storage container can be detachably mounted, includes: a reception unit arranged to receive information from the developer storage container; a first temperature detection unit provided in an inside of the image forming apparatus and arranged to detect a temperature of the inside... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090136243 - Motor controller and printer: A motor controller is provided. The motor controller includes a motor drive unit that drives a plurality of motors; a thermal shutdown unit that is provided in the motor drive unit and that stops the plurality of motors in the case of an overload; a lock signal generation unit that... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client No. 016689

20090136244 - Image forming apparatus and developer level calculating method of the same: An image forming apparatus and a developer level calculating method of the same. The image forming apparatus includes a developing unit which includes a developing roller to provide the developer onto a photosensitive body, a developing sensor to sense a developer level, and a supplying roller to supply the developer... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20090136245 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus forming an image by fixing a developer on a recording medium with heat includes a fixing member, a pressure member, a drive unit, a heat unit, a temperature detection unit, a control unit, and a temperature record storing unit. The fixing member is rotatably supported and... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20090136247 - Image forming apparatus: Provided is an image forming apparatus in which the image forming apparatus has a marginless mode in which the toner image is formed on said image bearing member in an area that covers the recording material and an area outside the recording material, and the toner image is transferred to... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090136246 - Image forming apparatus having paper type detection section and paper type confirmation method of the same: An image forming apparatus having a paper type detection section according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a paper type and paper thickness storage section to store ranges of paper thicknesses correspondingly to a plurality of paper types, a paper thickness detection section to detect a thickness of... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20090136248 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method thereof: A method of forming an image with a plurality of colors of developer, the method including generating color printing data corresponding to colors, sensing remainders of the plurality of colors of developer, converting the color printing data into mono printing data for a reference color corresponding to color density of... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20090136249 - Image forming apparatus provided with calibration function: An image forming apparatus is provided with an image bearing member, a line test image forming section for forming a line test image made up of a plurality of line images arranged side by side on the image bearing member, an image density detecting section for detecting the density of... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20090136250 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus of the present invention includes an image carrier, an intermediate transfer part, a primary transfer part, a secondary transfer part, and a transfer area change part. The image carrier is configured to carry a visible image formed with developer. The primary transfer part is configured to... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20090136251 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus capable of setting a criterion individually for respective image forming apparatuses, which is used in determining whether or not a developer is properly supplied to a developing unit, thereby stabilizing a developer toner density. With a shutter member closed, reflection light from a reflection sheet is... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20090136252 - Image forming apparatus and method for controlling the same: A control unit controls a starting process and a stopping process of an image forming unit in a stepwise manner. Upon receiving an instruction for executing the image forming process during the stopping process, a determination unit inquires of the control unit about a stage of the stopping process and... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090136253 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus is constituted by an image bearing member; a corona charging member including a wire; a heat generating member for generating heat by energization; a shielding member, including the heat generating member, capable of shielding a portion of the corona charging member opposing to the image bearing... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090136254 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a carriage, a drive mechanism, a flexible harness, and a support member. The carriage includes a recording head to jet liquid droplets. The drive mechanism, which moves the carriage in a main scanning direction, includes a belt extending in the main scanning direction. The flexible... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20090136255 - Image forming apparatus: According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an image forming apparatus including an image forming unit that outputs an image corresponding to image data to an output medium and a load bearing supporting structure that is connected to the image forming unit and can provide strength... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20090136257 - Development device, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus: A development device includes a developer carrier configured to carry developer and disposed in a development case, partly exposed from an opening of the development case facing an image carrier, a developer-transporting member configured to transport the developer to the developer carrier, and a discharging member housing a discharging space... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090136256 - Electrophotographic photosensitive member, process cartridge and electrophotographic appartus, and process for producing electrophotographic photosensitive member: In an electrophotographic photosensitive member having a support, a conductive layer formed on the support, an intermediate layer formed on the conductive layer, and a photosensitive layer formed on the intermediate layer, the conductive layer has been formed by using a conductive layer coating fluid which contains TiO2 particles coated... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090136258 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a carriage, a plurality of sub-tanks, a main tank, and a plurality of supply tubes. The carriage includes a plurality of recording heads that jet liquid droplets of a plurality of colored ink. The plurality of sub-tanks supply the plurality of recording heads with the... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20090136259 - Developer collection container, developer cartridge, developing unit and image forming apparatus: A developer collection container includes a developer storing portion having first and second end portions in a longitudinal direction thereof. A developer supply opening is provided on the first end portion through which the developer is supplied into the developer storing portion. A rotation member is rotatably provided so as... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20090136260 - Electrophotographic photoconductor and electrophotographic apparatus: where R3 to R5 each represent hydrogen, a halogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, which may have a substituent, an alkoxy group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, which may have a substituent, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 12 carbon... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20090136261 - Charging apparatus and image forming apparatus: A charging apparatus is provided in which electrodes can be protected from corrosion induced by water content in the air, ozone, nitrogen oxide and the like and thereby lack of uniformity in charged potential on photoreceptor surface can be prevented, and in which a charged potential on photoreceptor surface can... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090136262 - Charging device having interlaced discharging tips: A charging device includes a plurality of electrode elements disposed in parallel to each other and a power supply for providing a voltage to the electrode elements. Each electrode element has a plurality of discharging tips arranged in a line, wherein the discharging tips of two adjacent electrode elements are... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090136264 - Method and apparatus for image forming, and computer program product: An image forming apparatus includes a light source, a polygon mirror, and a plurality of photosensitive elements. The polygon mirror has a plurality of reflection surfaces that reflect a light beam at different angles. The light beams deflected by the reflection surfaces travel along different optical paths and impinge on... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090136263 - Mirror and optical scanning device: A mirror includes a substrate, a reflection layer, and a protection layer. The substrate includes a surface having an attachment area and a reflection area. The reflection layer is formed on the reflection area. The protection layer is formed on the reflection area on which the reflection layer is formed... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090136265 - Wire bar, method of manufacturing wire bar, and image forming apparatus: A wire bar is formed by winding a wire, which comprises a first flat portion formed along an overall longitudinal length, around a peripheral surface of a metal core such that the peripheral surface of the metal core and the first flat portion tightly contact with each other. Since this... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20090136266 - Developer container and method for filling the same: A developer container includes: a container chamber that has a container space for containing a developer; and an conveyance member having a rotation shaft and a spiral member and which rotates inside the container space about the rotation shaft, the spiral member being spirally extended to hold a first angle... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090136267 - Magnetic scavenger for an electrostatographic printer: An apparatus and method for managing magnetic carrier in an electrostatographic printer including an apparatus for directing magnetic carrier from the photoconductor, back toward the feed apparatus wherein the apparatus includes a magnetic carrier scavenger such that there is more magnetic carrier volume in the direction of the feed apparatus... Agent: David A. Novais Patent Legal Staff

20090136268 - Roller device for a toner cartridge: A roller device for a toner cartridge includes a spindle and a roller body. The roller body has a foam layer disposed around the spindle, and an outer tube disposed around the foam layer. Both of the outer tube and the foam layer are made of a thermoplastic material. The... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090136269 - Developer electric field conveyer, developer feeder, and image forming apparatus: A developing apparatus 130 is accommodated within a laser printer 100. The developing apparatus 130 includes a developing casing 131 and a toner electric field transport body 132. The toner electric field transport body 132 includes a transport wiring substrate 133 and a transport-substrate support member 134. A plurality of... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client No. 016689

20090136270 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus is configured to select one of electrically discharging of an intermediate transfer member carried out by applying a voltage to a primary transfer member and electrically discharging of the intermediate transfer member carried out by applying a voltage to a secondary transfer member according to a... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090136271 - Printing system: A printing system includes two image-forming units, each containing an image medium on which a powder image may be formed and an intermediate medium contactable with the image medium for transferring the powder image. Both intermediate media together form a nip for substantially simultaneously printing the powder images on two... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090136272 - Toner transfer apparatus: The present application is directed to methods and devices for controlling charge buildup on a toner image as the toner image passes through one or more transfer nips. Charge buildup may be reduced by laterally offsetting a transfer roller from a photoconductor drum. The transfer roller may be constructed of... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20090136273 - Fixing device and image forming apparatus: In the fixing device to fix a toner image that is transferred on a record medium though using an endless belt heated by a heating member, the endless belt is extended by a first pressing member and the heating member; a second pressing member and the first pressing member sandwich... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20090136274 - Fixing device and image forming apparatus: A fixing device fixes a recording medium with a toner image transferred thereon. The fixing device includes an endless belt heated with a heating member; a first pressing member contacting with the endless belt and extending the endless belt together with the heating member; a second pressing member for pressing... Agent: Kubotera & Associates, LLC

20090136275 - Image reading apparatus and image forming system: An image reading apparatus includes an image reader, a document feeder, and a document retainer. A document feeder feeds the document to the image reader, and the image reader reads an image of a document. The document feeder discharges the document onto a stacker after the image of the document... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20090136277 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes: a sheet tray; an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording sheet; a sheet transporting path that allows a transportation of the recording sheet fed from the sheet tray to the image forming unit; and a sheet detecting unit that detects a... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20090136276 - Image-forming apparatus: An image-forming apparatus is provided which is capable of forming an image on an intended position on a recording medium regardless of the paper sheet width (whether the sheet is wide or narrow). The image-forming apparatus 10 has a first recording head 31 which moves only within a first one... Agent: Patenttm.us

20090136278 - Paper edge-beveling method, and an image forming device including the same: Fuser roller edgewear is reduced by a prior beveling of the inboard edge, the outboard edge, or both, of paper sheets that are to be provided to the fuser.... Agent: Gibb Intellectual Property Law Firm, LLC

20090136279 - Image forming apparatus capable of electrostatically attracting sheet effectively: In an image forming apparatus, a recording head discharges liquid droplets onto a sheet conveyed on a conveying belt to form an image on the sheet. A sheet discharge device is provided downstream from the conveying belt in a sheet conveyance direction and is intermittently driven independently of and in... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20090129790 - Image forming apparatus and printing medium feeding unit thereof: An image forming apparatus and a printing medium feeding unit thereof are disclosed. The image forming apparatus includes a main body, a cassette removably mounted in the main body to load a printing medium therein, and a sensing unit provided in the main body to sense whether the cassette is... Agent: Dla Piper LLP Us

20090129791 - Image forming apparatus: A main control section 41 displays a prompt for cleaning of a discharge wire 15-2 to a user together with a prompt for maintenance work for replacement of a toner container (consumable item) 21 to the user on a display screen of a touch panel section 53, for example, when... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20090129792 - Image forming apparatus: According to an embodiment of the invention, degradation of carrier in a case is detected from the number of rotations of a developing roller. A predetermined quantity of carrier is replenished every time the developing roller reaches a predetermined number of rotations. An excess developer caused by an increase in... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20090129793 - Blade maintenance process and system for maintaining adequate toner dam: A toner dam maintenance process and system model the amount of toner mass at a toner cleaner blade, and apply a corrective procedure, such as insertion of a paperless copy into the print job mid-job or immediately prior to cycle out, to replenish the toner mass at the cleaner blade... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC.

20090129794 - Printing device, printing method and printing system: A printing device comprises a printing unit which prints an image on a sheet according to a print command, a judgment unit which judges whether a total adhesion amount of a print agent adhering to the sheet for the image printing exceeds a prescribed threshold value or not based on... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090129795 - Color image forming method and color image forming apparatus: Plural image forming sections transfer toner images of plural colors to a transfer target medium, so that a color image is formed on the transfer target medium. When a weight per particle of respective monochromatic toner particles calculated from a 50% volume average particle diameter of the respective monochromatic toner... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20090129796 - Image forming apparatus: There are provided a control unit which controls image quality maintenance, a detection unit which detects a print command of image data, a calculation unit which calculates a print ratio of the image data when the print command for printing at least a predetermined number of sheets is detected, and... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20090129797 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus is provided, which prevents occurrence of conveying malfunction or image failure due to variation of conveying speed caused by endurance of a fixing unit or a conveying unit, variation of using environment, or a type of a recording material. The image forming apparatus includes: a fixing... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090129798 - Image forming apparatus having brush and cleaning blade to remove toner remaining on image carrier: An image forming apparatus includes: an image carrier; a charging unit which charges a surface of the image carrier; a brush which removes toner remaining on the image carrier by rubbing the surface of the image carrier; a cleaning blade provided downstream of the brush in a rotational direction of... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090129799 - Characterization of toner patch sensor: Methods and devices for operating a toner patch sensor in an electrophotographic image forming device. A characterization procedure for a light detector in the toner patch sensor may use one or multiple reflectance standards. A gain setting is determined that produces a predetermined target output from the toner patch sensing... Agent: John J. Mcardle, Jr. Lexmark International, Inc.

20090129800 - Characterization of toner patch sensor in an image forming device: A characterization procedure for the a detector in a toner patch sensor of an electrophotographic image forming device is performed with the toner patch sensor operatively connected to the image forming device's power supply. During the characterization procedure, a gain setting is determined that produces a predetermined target output from... Agent: John J. Mcardle, Jr. Lexmark International, Inc.

20090129801 - Specular diffuse balance correction method: According to the invention, a method is provided for calculating a Fractional Area Coverage (FAC) for determining the density of toner to evaluate the effectiveness of a xerographic printing process. The amount of diffuse light being reflected at the specular angle is determined during densitometer calibration and subsequent specular sensor... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP Xerox Corporation

20090129802 - Printing system, method for controlling the printing system, and storage medium: A method for controlling a printing system adapted to perform an adjustment operation with an adjusting unit includes storing information indicating a timing for performing the adjustment operation in a storage unit, causing the adjusting unit to perform the adjustment operation based on the information indicating the timing for performing... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090129803 - Image forming apparatus and method for forming images for carrying out development using a light toner and a dark toner having substantially the same hue: An image forming apparatus configured to carry out development using a light toner and a dark toner having substantially the same hue, includes a pattern forming unit configured to form a pattern using a dark toner and a light toner, a pattern reading unit configured to read the density of... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090129804 - Image generating apparatus and calibration method therefor: To correct distortion in an optical system of an optical scanning, electrophotographic image generating apparatus, a parallel line group 107′ is printed by a printing apparatus to be calibrated on a sheet on which a correction pattern 101 has been printed. The user reads marker positions to find amounts of... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20090129805 - Image forming apparatus: There is described an image forming apparatus that performs an image forming operation in a N-up printing mode based on a print job. The apparatus includes an image forming section; an operating section to designate the N-up printing mode, and to set an arranging method in the N-up printing mode;... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090129806 - Image forming apparatus, method therefor, and program: An image forming apparatus capable of efficiently performing an image forming processing even in a case where a post-processing apparatus performs a post-processing during a both-sides printing. A first time period needed by a first both-sides image forming processing and a second time period needed by a second both-sides image... Agent: Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP.

20090129807 - Imaging apparatus having an environment friendly green mode: An imaging apparatus includes a print engine for printing an image on a sheet of media. A sheet feed mechanism is configured to feed the sheet of media through the print engine. A controller is communicatively coupled to the sheet feed mechanism and the print engine to operate the sheet... Agent: Lexmark International, Inc. Intellectual Property Law Department

20090129809 - Apparatus to generate high voltage by digital control and method thereof: An apparatus to generate a high voltage includes a switching part to control a voltage induced in a secondary coil of a power transforming part, by interrupting a current in a primary coil of the power transforming part, a digital controlling part to control the interruption operation of the switching... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20090129808 - Image forming apparatus, and control method thereof: An image forming apparatus of the invention includes, in the image forming apparatus having a normal operation mode and plural power saving modes, a control unit to decide between the normal operation mode and the plural power saving modes, and plural switching power sources that can independently change switching frequencies... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20090129810 - Cleaning blade anti-peeling apparatus, image forming apparatus, and cleaning blade anti-peeling method: A cleaning blade anti-peeling apparatus includes an image carrier on which a toner image is formed, a transfer apparatus which transfers the toner image of the image carrier to an endless transfer member, an image carrier cleaning member which captures toner remaining on the image carrier after the toner image... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20090129811 - Image forming apparatus, powder supplying unit, toner container, powder container, and method of recycling the powder container: A part of a toner supply path is formed in a setting unit (100), and a nozzle (110) coupled to a toner container (20) is provided, wherein the fitting direction of the toner container (20) to the setting unit (100) and the coupling direction of the nozzle (110) to the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090129812 - Image forming apparatus: The present invention includes two side-plates configured to be opposed to each other and to form a frame of a main body of the apparatus, a cartridge with an image bearing member, a moving member configured to support and move the cartridge, a connecting member configured to connect the two... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090129813 - Developer supply container and developer supplying system: A developer supply container detachably mountable to a developer receiving apparatus and settable in a developer receiving apparatus by a setting operation including at least a rotation toward a setting position, includes a containing portion for containing the developer; a rotatable discharging member for discharging the developer out of said... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090129814 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes an enclosure including a first opening provided at a front side thereof, a second opening provided at a left side thereof, and a third opening provided at a right side thereof. The enclosure further includes an image bearing member to bear a latent image on... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090129815 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a coupling arm that moves, when a releasing handle is pulled up, in association with the movement of the release handle and separates a secondary transfer roller from a secondary-transfer-roller positioning member. The image forming apparatus includes a pivoting arm having a push-down spatula that... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20090129816 - Self erasing photoreceptor containing an electroluminescent nanomaterial: In accordance with the invention, there are electrophotographic photoreceptors, image forming apparatus and methods of forming an image. The electrophotographic photoreceptor can comprise a conductive layer comprising a plurality of electroluminescent nanomaterials, a first contact electrically connected to a first edge of the conductive layer and an electrical ground, a... Agent: Mh2 Technology Law Group, LLP (cust. No. W/xerox)

20090129817 - Electrophotographic photoreceptor and image forming apparatus: There provides an electrophotographic photoreceptor using a novel amine compound which has an excellent effect of ozone resistance and can be used for providing an electrophotographic photoreceptor having no adverse effect on other characteristics, and an image forming apparatus including the photoreceptor. The aim is attained by an electrophotographic photoreceptor... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090129819 - Exposure head and image forming device: An exposure head includes an imaging optical system arranged in a first direction, and first and second light emitting elements disposed in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction that emit light beams to be imaged by the imaging optical system to form light-collected sections adjacent to each... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20090129818 - Exposure head, image forming device, and image forming method: An exposure head includes a substrate having a plurality of light emitting element rows each having a plurality of light emitting elements arranged in a first direction, the light emitting element rows being arranged in a second direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the first direction, and an imaging optical... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20090129821 - Conveyor, developer cartridge, and filling method: A conveyor includes a rotation shaft and a plurality of convey members provided along an axial direction of the rotation shaft, wherein at least one part of the plurality of convey members is an arc convey member that includes: an arc part having an outer periphery that forms an arc... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20090129820 - Development apparatus and image forming apparatus: There is provided a development apparatus including: a first developer storage container and a second developer storage container that store developer, having a first a and second openings, respectively; a first transport member provided within the first developer storage container, and that causes the developer to move to the second... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090129823 - Developer containing device and image forming apparatus into/from which developer containing device is installed and removed: A developer containing device includes: a developer container configured to contain developer and to be inserted into a receptacle defined in an image forming apparatus main body; a developer feed inlet provided in a forward end of the developer container which is inserted into the receptacle in an insertion direction... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090129822 - Toner agitator: A printer includes a toner cartridge coupling section. A toner agitation member is located adjacent the toner cartridge coupling section and is operable to engage a surface of a toner cartridge when the toner cartridge is located in the toner cartridge coupling section. An actuator is operable to actuate the... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLPIPSection

20090129824 - Toner carrying device and image forming apparatus: A toner carrying device includes a flexible sheet, and a sheet moving mechanism for allowing the flexible sheet to move back and forth by pulling the flexible sheet. In the flexible sheet, a toner passage hole for leaving a first opening section of a toner carrying pipe to open is... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090129826 - Developer containing device and image forming apparatus into/from which developer containing device is installed and removed: A developer containing device includes: a developer container configured to contain developer and to be inserted into a receptacle defined in an image forming apparatus main body; a developer feed inlet provided in a forward end of the developer container which is inserted into the receptacle in an insertion direction... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090129827 - Developer storage container and image forming apparatus using the same: A developer storage container includes a container body, an opening formed in the container body, an opening-and-closing cover, a cover holding frame that holds the cover so that the cover is movable between opening and closing positions, a protrusion portion, a blocking portion and a position regulating protrusion. When the... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20090129825 - Developer supply container and developer supply system: A developer supply container detachably mounts to a developer receiving apparatus and supplies a developer by rotation and includes a regulation portion for determining whether or not the developer supply container should be mounted by being regulated by a regulation member of the developer receiving apparatus and a lead portion... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090129828 - Developer containing device and method for producing such device: A developer containing device includes: a developer container having an opening through which developer can be filled in; a closing member that is removably installed to the developer container to close the opening; a stirring and feeding member that is rotatably supported in the closing member and stirs and feeds... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090129829 - Intermediate transfer member, manufacturing apparatus of intermediate transfer member, manufacturing method of intermediate transfer member and image forming apparatus: An intermediate transfer member which holds a toner image transferred from a first toner image carrier and secondarily transfers the toner image to a surface of an image forming material, wherein the intermediate transfer member comprises a substrate having thereon at least a hard carbon-containing layer.... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20090129830 - Transfer unit and image forming apparatus: Latent images of different colors are superimposed on an intermediate transfer belt of an endless type from image carriers, to form a full color toner image. A tension roller maintains a tension of the intermediate transfer belt. A driving roller drives the intermediate transfer belt. A biasing unit applies the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090129831 - Transfer device and image forming apparatus: A neutralizing mechanism is provided on at least one conveying path proximal member installed on a conveying path of a sheet material in a vicinity of a transfer position, and is grounded by using a conducting material. The neutralizing mechanism includes a neutralizing circuit that includes a resistor and a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090129832 - System and method for preparing magnetic ink character recognition readable documents: Disclosed herein is printing system comprising a first printer configured to print a first set of data on a document, the first printer including a fuser employing fuser oil, and an in-line spray coater configured to deposit a wax coating on a portion of the document to repel or cover... Agent: Alix, Yale & Ristas, LLP

20090129833 - Fixing device: [Means for Solution] The fixing device is characterized by including: a preliminary fixing member A for pressurizing a toner attached to a surface of a recording medium in a thickness direction of the recording medium to preliminarily fix the toner onto the recording medium so as to remove an air... Agent: Flynn Thiel Boutell & Tanis, P.C.

20090129834 - Fixing device: A fixing device comprises a thermally fixing roller, a belt, and pushing means which pushes the belt toward the thermally fixing roller. A nipping region is formed between the belt and the thermally fixing roller. A maximum pressure is produced in an upstream end region of the thermally fixing roller... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20090129835 - Belt type image fixing device and image forming apparatus using the same device: A belt type image fixing device, including: an image fixing endless belt, having: an electrically conductive layer; and an insulation layer to cover the electrically conductive layer; a pressure applying member to press against the image fixing endless belt, having: an electrically conductive layer; and an insulation layer to cover... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090129836 - Fixing device and image forming apparatus using this fixing device: A fixing device and an image forming apparatus using this, in which even if permanent warping is produced on a roller member that forms a fixing nip portion, no collision sound is produced due to the collision of gears, the fixing device including: two roller members that form a nip... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090129837 - Developing device using recycled toner: According to an embodiment of the present invention, a ratio of a recycled toner in a first developer is detected by an auto toner sensor for recycled toner. The carrying speed of a recycled toner mixer is controlled according to a detection result. Consequently, when recycled toner density in a... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20090129838 - Particle supply apparatus and imaging apparatus: A particle supply apparatus is disclosed that includes a particle accommodating unit that accommodates particles, a gas spouting unit that is arranged at a bottom portion of the particle accommodating unit and is configured to spout gas toward the particles, a conveying mechanism that applies suction to the particles accommodated... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090129839 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: The image forming apparatus is provided with: a carrier that carries a toner image; a transporting unit that transports a sheet with using a transporting route; a transfer unit that transfers the toner image carried by the carrier to the sheet transported by the transporting unit; a fixing unit that... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090129840 - Sheet processing apparatus, and image forming system: A sheet processing apparatus includes a folding unit that folds a sheet, a sheet storing unit that stores the sheet folded by the folding unit, a post-processing unit that performs a non-fold process on the sheet transported from the folding unit, a path select unit that switches the sheet destination... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090129841 - Bookbinding apparatus and image forming system: A bookbinding apparatus comprising: an adhesive container to store melted adhesive; a heater which heats the adhesive to melt; a stirring member to stir the adhesive in the adhesive container; and a control section which controls the operation of the heater and the stirring member so that after the heater... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090123166 - Image forming apparatus and method of discarding developer: An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of image forming units each having an image supporting member, a developer supporting member, and a cleaning member for cleaning developer on the image supporting member. The image forming apparatus further includes a transfer device for transferring a developer image to a medium;... Agent: Kubotera & Associates, LLC

20090123167 - Liquid developer collecting system and image forming apparatus including the same: A liquid developer collecting system. A collection section collects liquid developer from a photosensitive body. A storage section stores liquid developer collected by the collection section. A first feed unit feeds liquid developer from the storage section to a concentration control unit.... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20090123168 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method capable of generating stable transfer electric field: An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier for carrying a toner image and a transfer device. In the transfer device, a voltage applier applies a predetermined voltage to a transfer electric field generator. A potential measurement device measures a surface potential of the transfer electric field generator when a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090123169 - Uniform gloss control apparatus and method: In a fusing apparatus including a fuser member and pressure member fusing nip, a controller and sensors, there is provided a method of controlling fused image gloss. The method includes (a) sensing a copy sheet moving into the fusing nip; (b) sensing a temperature of a pre-fusing nip portion of... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20090123170 - Fixing device and image forming device using this: When the rotational speed of rotatable heating means for thermally fixing an image on a recording paper is changed from a first rotational speed of the highest level to a second rotational speed of the lowest level by changing the operation mode of a fixing device, the direct change from... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090123172 - Heater, fixing unit and image forming apparatus: A heater is operable with a main power supply unit and a chargeable auxiliary power supplying unit. The heater includes a heater part having one or a plurality of heater elements to receive power from the main and auxiliary power supplying units, a detecting part to detect information related to... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090123171 - Information forming apparatus: An invented image forming apparatus includes a fixing unit for fixing a developer image transferred onto a conveyed medium; a temperature detecting unit for detecting a temperature of said fixing unit, a first power supply controller for controlling power supply to said fixing unit based on the detected result of... Agent: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP

20090123173 - Image forming apparatus: A photoreceptor 3 is positioned by a photoreceptor positioning member 152 arranged on a backside frame 151 of the main apparatus body and by a photoreceptor drum positioning member 160 on the front side of the main apparatus body. Photoreceptor positioning member 160 formed of metal is united with resinous... Agent: Mark D. Saralino ( Sharp ) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20090123174 - Image forming apparatus and image forming method: An image forming apparatus and method for developing a latent image on an image bearing member includes the image bearing member, an air flow generator, and an air intake device. The image bearing member is configured to bear the latent image on the surface thereof. The airflow generator is configured... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090123175 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a main body housing including a plurality of walls, a duplex unit openably provided to one of the walls of the main body housing, that reverses a recording medium, and a handle that advances from and retracts to the wall of the main body housing... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090123176 - Polyvinyl acetal resin, electrophotographic photosensitive member, process cartridge, and electrophotographic apparatus: The present invention relates to a polyvinyl acetal resin having a specific repeating structural unit, an electrophotographic photosensitive member using the polyvinyl acetal resin, and a process cartridge and an electrophotographic apparatus each having the electrophotographic photosensitive member.... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090123177 - Retaining devices and methods for retaining a developer unit of an image forming device: The present application is directed to retainers and methods of retaining a developer unit within an image forming device. One embodiment may include positioning a retainer attached to a frame at a first position with a second end of the retainer positioned away from the developer unit. A toner cartridge... Agent: John J. Mcardle, Jr. Lexmark International, Inc.

20090123178 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes: an apparatus body including: an image forming unit that forms toner images having the colors being different from each other; a intermediate transfer body that has a belt-shape, and that is arranged in an upper portion of the image forming unit being inclined with respect... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20090123179 - Multi-beam optical scanning device and image forming apparatus using the same: A multi-beam optical scanning device includes a light source device, a deflector for deflecting a plurality of light beams from the light source device, and an imaging optical system for imaging a plurality of light beams deflected by the deflector upon a photosensitive drum, wherein a plurality of light beams,... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090123180 - System and method for transferring features to a substrate: A method comprising generating a clear layer on a first surface using a transparent liquid toner, generating a color layer using a pigmented liquid toner over the clear layer on the first surface, and transferring the clear layer and the color layer from the first surface to a substrate is... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090123181 - Image forming apparatus: There is provided an image forming apparatus that includes couplings for photoreceptor drums, couplings for waste toner transporting screws, and couplings for developing rollers, that transmit driving force to each of a plurality of driving shafts for driving a process portion that performs image formation by an electrophotographic method, and... Agent: Mark D. Saralino ( Sharp ) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20090123182 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus including photoconductor drums corresponding to colors, motors, gears to transmit each rotation of the motors to each of the photoconductor drums, each of two gears comprising a portion to be detected intermittently continuing in a circumferential direction at a position having same radius centering around a... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20090123183 - Rotation transmission device and image forming apparatus: A rotation transmission device including a driving member configured to input a driving force; a rotatable member; and a joint configured to transmit the driving force to the rotatable member, wherein the driving member, joint and rotatable member are coaxially arranged, and wherein the driving member are connected with the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090123184 - Charging device, image forming apparatus and method of charging image carrier of image forming apparatus: A charging device at least includes a first charging member held in contact with an image carrier, a toner image of toner containing toner mother particles and an external additive added thereto being to be formed thereon, a bias showing a polarity same as that of the charged potential of... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20090123185 - Imaging device components comprised of hydrophobic carbon nanotubes: An electrophotographic imaging device includes a charging device, a cleaning device, and a fuser member that each include hydrophobic carbon nanotubes. The use of hydrophobic carbon nanotubes can increases the charging device's, the cleaning device's, and the fuser member's durability, conductivity, and contaminants deposition.... Agent: Mh2 Technology Law Group, LLP

20090123186 - Electrostatic image developing toner, toner kit and image forming apparatus: in General Formulas (I) and (II), X represents a residue of a mono-alkanolamine of 2 to 12 carbon atoms or a polyalkanolamine from which a hydrogen atom of one hydroxyl group is removed; other hydroxyl group(s) and still other hydroxyl group(s), within the polyalkanolamine molecule that has a directly bonding... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090123187 - Liquid developer and image forming apparatus:

20090123188 - Liquid developer and image forming apparatus:

20090123189 - Waste developer collecting device and image forming apparatus: A waste developer collecting device comprising: a collecting container; a collecting opening; a conveying unit; a filter; a partition wall; and an air inlet.... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20090123190 - Developer feeding apparatus and developing apparatus: Cones whose rotation axes are substantially parallel to each other and whose sides maintain a constant interval therebetween are provided in a driving force transmission unit to transmit a driving force to a developer feeding member, a roller to transmit the driving force is provided between the cones, a position... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090123191 - Toner replenishing apparatus, image forming apparatus, and color image forming apparatus: A toner replenishing apparatus that allows easy removal of a toner replenishing container and make contributions to downsizing of an image forming apparatus, and an image forming apparatus having the toner replenishing apparatus are provided. A toner replenishing apparatus has a displacement mechanism for displacing a toner replenishing container from... Agent: Mark D. Saralino ( Sharp ) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20090123192 - Method and toner bottle for image forming apparatus capable of effectively supplying toner to image forming apparatus: The toner bottle exchangeably used in an image forming apparatus. The toner bottle includes a bottle body having a substantially cylindrical shape and configured to contain toner, a gear configured to rotate a part of the toner bottle, a cap attached to the bottle body and including an opening arranged... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090123193 - Development device and image forming apparatus that uses this device: A development device capable of suppressing the occurrence of development defects caused by partial damage to an electrode of a toner bearing roller. The development device is provided with a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer, which are laminated so as to overlap one another in a normal... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090123194 - Image forming apparatus: A developing apparatus includes first and second developer bearing members configured to bear developer and a connecting member configured to connect the first and second developer bearing members to each other such that the second developer bearing member is swingable relative to the first developer bearing member. A first adjusting... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090123195 - Developing roller, developing apparatus using the same, and image forming apparatus: A developing roller having an elastic layer on the outer periphery of a mandrel and having a surface layer containing a resin and resin particles on its outer periphery, wherein the surface layer has a convex portion attributable to the resin particles, and has a surface of roughness in which... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090123196 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes: an endless intermediate transferring belt to which a toner image is transferred; a reference position marking member that is formed on a surface of the intermediate transferring belt, and that shows a reference position in a circumferential direction of the intermediate transferring belt; a detecting... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20090123197 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes first and second image bearing members on which a toner images are to be formed; a conveying member onto which the toner images are to be transferred; a conveying member position index detecting device for detecting a conveying member position index provided on the conveying... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090123199 - Image forming apparatus: The image forming apparatus according to the present invention has: a transfer unit including an intermediate transfer medium that circularly moves; plural image forming sections provided in parallel with each other from an upstream side to a downstream side along a circulation direction of the intermediate transfer medium, the plural... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20090123198 - Intermediate transfer member, method of producing intermediate transfer member, and image forming apparatus provided with intermediate transfer member: The present invention provides an intermediate transfer member having higher transferability and higher cleaning properties aid durability, an apparatus for producing an intermediate transfer member which does not require the provision of any large equipment such as vacuum equipment, and an image forming apparatus comprising the intermediate transfer member. The... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20090123200 - Apparatus and method for release agent application and cleaning of a fuser surface using a release agent impregnated web: An apparatus and method to condition the fuser surface of a fusing or transfusing apparatus for a toner based printing system is described. The apparatus and method integrate the functions of cleaning paper debris and residual toner from the fuser (or transfuse) surface on one hand and the application of... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090123201 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a transfer unit, a fuser unit, a relative positioning mechanism, and a fine adjustment mechanism. The transfer unit has a transfer nip to transfer an image from an imaging surface to a recording sheet passing therethrough. The fuser unit has a fixing nip to fix... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090123202 - Fixing device and image forming apparatus: A pressure releasing lever is operated to switch the position of a locking member between a pressure exertion position and a pressure release position. In the pressure exertion position a pressure exerting roller exerts pressure against another roller via a pressure exerting lever and in the pressure release position the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090123203 - Image heating apparatus and image heating rotational body to be mounted on the image heating apparatus: According to embodiments, a heating member or a sliding member arranged in contact with the surface of a fusing roller is moved in an intersecting direction with the rotational direction of the fusing roller in a contact state with the heating member or the sliding member so as to prevent... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20090123204 - Method and apparatus for printing using a tandem electrostatographic printer: A tandem color electrostatographic printer apparatus has five or more color printing stations or modules for applying respective color separation toner images to a receiver member to form a pentachrome color image in a single pass. A fuser station fuses the pentachrome color image. A clear toner overcoat is then... Agent: Andrew J. Anderson Patent Legal Staff

20090123205 - Cleaning device, method of manufacturing the cleaning device, and process unit and image forming apparatus using same: A cleaning device including a cleaning blade configured to clean a surface of a cleaning target that is moving. A leading edge which is formed between lower and leading surfaces of the cleaning blade is obtuse-angled with respect to the lower surface and is in contact with the surface of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090116854 - Image forming apparatus, computer program product, and printing inhibiting method: A cartridge used for image formation is detachably accommodated in a main body of an image forming apparatus. A cartridge determining unit determines a cartridge type, which is a type of the cartridge, and a print-job determining unit determines a print job type, which is a type of a print... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090116853 - Image-forming device having belt cleaning unit: An image-forming device includes an electrophotographic image-forming section, a receptacle, a detecting unit, a shielding member, a drive mechanism. The electrophotographic image-forming section transfers developer onto a recording sheet to form developer image thereon. The receptacle collects developer not transferred onto the recording sheet. The receptacle includes a detection portion.... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20090116855 - Method and apparatus for image forming capable of effectively performing color image position adjustment: A color image forming apparatus including a plurality of image forming devices, a transfer device including a transfer belt, a test pattern forming device configured to form, on the transfer belt, a test pattern including a plurality of marks formed by the image forming devices, an optical sensor configured to... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090116856 - Sheet-handling apparatus with a detecting device: A sheet-handling apparatus with a detecting device includes a casing, a plurality of entrance rollers located in the casing, an image collector arranged at one side of the casing, a plurality of middle reflectors and side reflectors. A paper path is formed between the entrance rollers, the paper path includes... Agent: Wpat, PC Intellectual Property Attorneys

20090116857 - Image forming apparatus: Disclosed is an image forming apparatus including: an image forming section for forming an image on a sheet; a tray on which an image-formed sheet is discharged as a discharged-sheet; and a controller for setting an amount of sheet to be discharged, the amount being smaller than a load limit... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090116858 - Developing device and image forming apparatus including the same: A developing device capable of adjusting to an appropriate toner density just after replacement of developer regardless of a humidity environment, and an image forming apparatus provided with the same. In a developing device, when developer is replaced, an initial toner density of developer for replacement is set so as... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090116859 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes a counting unit that, when a driving unit for rotating an image carrier is operating, adds a predetermined first count value to a total count value in a predetermined timing and that, when the driving unit is being stopped, subtracts a predetermined second count value... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090116860 - Image forming device: An image forming device is disclosed that is able to enlarge a gap of a nipping portion with a simple and inexpensive structure, and able to reduce impact when a front end of a recording sheet runs into or a back end of the recording sheet passes through the nipping... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090116861 - Developer carrying device, developing device, process unit, and image forming apparatus: A pressing wall is provided in a part of the entire area of the first carrying chamber in which a first screw member is housed. The area is opposed to a bottom wall of the first carrying chamber on the lower side in the gravity direction of the first screw... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090116862 - Image forming apparatus: Disclosed is an image forming apparatus, comprising: an image carrier; a brush to remove toner remaining on the image carrier by scrubbing a surface of the image carrier; a flicker to remove the toner adhering to the brush by contacting to the brush; a brush driving section to rotate the... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090116863 - Image forming apparatus, process cartridge, cleaning system, and image forming apparatus with cleaning system: A transfer residual toner that has not been electrostatically transferred onto a transfer paper P at a transfer nip and remains on a surface of a photosensitive element is temporarily retained by an elastic blade of a toner retaining unit in a mechanical manner before reaching a latent image forming... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090116864 - Image forming apparatus and toner supply container used therefor: In a toner supply container, an air blowing mechanism includes an air blowing fan, an air blowing tube, and an air inlet coupling member. The air inlet coupling member is in close contact with a side wall of the toner container around an air inlet, and includes a skirt made... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090116865 - Image forming apparatus with an air channel that communicates with a handle for a sheet cassette: An image forming apparatus includes: an apparatus main body; a sheet feeding cassette attached to the apparatus main body so as to be pulled out to an outside; a cover that covers, with an internal space in between, a portion of the apparatus main body different from a portion where... Agent: Casella & Hespos

20090116866 - Heat exchange unit for a printing system: A heat exchange unit and a printing system containing the heat exchange unit, including a heat exchange region, a first print media transport path configured for transporting in operation a first print medium from a supply through the heat exchange, the heat exchange unit further containing a stationary heat exchange... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090116867 - Developer container and image forming apparatus including the developer container with sealing mechanism providing enhanced usability: A developer container supplies developer to a development device and includes a storage, an opening, a first seal member, a through-hole, and a second seal member. The developer is supplied from the storage to the development device through the opening. The first seal member seals the opening and is pulled... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090116868 - Methods for imaging cartridge conversion: Techniques are provided for modifying an image processing cartridge. In one aspect, a method of modifying one such imaging process cartridge is disclosed. The method provides the imaging process cartridge, the imaging process cartridge has a waste bin assembly, and the waste bin assembly further has an organic photo conductor... Agent: William L. London

20090116869 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus detachably mounts a cartridge and forms an image on a recording material. The apparatus includes a cartridge positioning portion, a movable member movable between a first position for positioning the cartridge to the positioning portion when the cartridge is mounted to a main assembly of the... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090116871 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes is described in which a cleaning member is positioned on one side of a belt and a backup member positioned on a second side of the belt. The backup member is configured to move between a contact position and a non-contact position.... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client No. 016689

20090116870 - Image-forming device: A belt is disposed in a main body and moves circularly to transport a recording medium placed thereon. A cleaning roller contacts an outer surface of the belt for removing extraneous matter deposited on the outer surface of the belt. A pair of backup rollers is disposed in opposition to... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20090116872 - Charging device, and process cartridge and image forming apparatus using the same: A charging device including an electron discharging device for forming a latent electrostatic image on an image bearing member and containing an sp3 bonding material and an electroconductive portion.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090116873 - Charger and image forming apparatus using the charger: A grid electrode is attached to a case and a serrated electrode holder by engaging an opening of the grid electrode with a pair of engaging claws formed in the case and engaging another opening of the grid electrode with an engaging claw of the serrated electrode holder. Then, in... Agent: Mark D. Saralino ( Sharp ) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20090116874 - Electrophotographic photoreceptor and method for image formation using said electrophotographic photoreceptor: An image-forming method employing an electrophotographic process is provided with which images having high resolution can be obtained and which is less apt to cause image defects even in repetitions of use, does not cause conspicuous image defects even under severe conditions suitable for high resolution, and has excellent electrical... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090116875 - Image forming apparatus: An image forming apparatus includes: a photosensitive body which is moved in a movement direction; an exposing unit which exposes the photosensitive body, and which includes a guide roller configured to contact with the photosensitive body and rotate with a movement of the photosensitive body and configured to regulate a... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client No. 016689

20090116876 - Liquid developer transport device and image forming apparatus: A liquid developer transport device includes: a channel switching part that dispenses a liquid developer; a first channel for flowing the liquid developer dispensed by the channel switching part; a filtering part provided in the first channel for filtering the liquid developer flowing in the first channel; a first storage... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20090116877 - Developing unit: A developing unit comprising a developer cartridge comprising an outside frame and an inside frame that comprises a first opening and is movable between a first opening position where the first opening is opened and a first closing position where the first opening is closed by the outside frame, a... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client No. 016689

20090116878 - Color switching architecture: A developer unit for a color imaging system includes a housing, a developer roll, and a magnetic stripping roll. The housing defines a chamber for holding developer material, which includes toner particles. The developer roll is mounted in the housing and rotates to attract developer material to flow on its... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC.

20090116879 - Drum positioning system: Various embodiments and methods relating to adjusting and maintaining a relative positioning and/or pressure between a first drum and a second drum are disclosed.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20090116880 - Image transfer fixation apparatus and image formation apparatus: A transfer fixation apparatus includes: a fixing member that carries the toner image; a pressurizing member that becomes in contact with the fixing member with pressure to form a nip through which the recording target medium is transported; and a plurality of heating members that are provided at relatively upstream... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090116882 - Electrostatographic method: The present invention is a method of forming a toner image on a receiving sheet. The method includes forming an electrostatic image on a primary image member and toning the image with a dry toner to form a toner image. The toner includes toner particles having a diameter of between... Agent: Andrew J. Anderson Patent Legal Staff

20090116881 - Intermediate transfer belt: The present invention relates to an intermediate transfer belt having at least one resin layer that is wound around at least a pair of supporting shafts, for receiving a toner image transferred from a photosensitive member, the resin layer comprising a carbon black dispersed in a base resin material, the... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090116883 - Discharge device and image forming apparatus: A discharge device includes: a discharge unit that discharges a recording medium in a discharge direction; and a forming unit arranged downstream of the discharge unit and adapted to form an oblique corrugation with respect to the discharge direction on the recording medium.... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20090116884 - Fixing device and image forming apparatus: A fixing device includes a fixing member, a pressing member, a contacting member fixed in an interior of the fixing member, and a heating unit that emits infrared ray. A mechanism concentrates the infrared ray emitted by the heating unit into a nip portion between the fixing member and the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090116885 - Fixing device, image forming apparatus and fixing method: The fixing device is provided with: a fixing roll that is rotatable; a belt member that is stretched by the fixing roll; a pressure roll that presses the fixing roll through the belt member; and a peeling member that presses an outer surface of the belt member against the pressure... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20090116886 - Image heating apparatus and pressure roller therein: A pressure member contacts with a heating member 23 to form a nip part N where a recording material P is heated and pinched-conveyed, and includes a first elastic layer 24a and a second elastic layer 24b having higher thermal conductivity than that of the first elastic layer. An elastic... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090116887 - Apparatus and method for cleaning residual toner from drums in an image forming apparatus: An apparatus and method for cleaning a plurality of drums in an image forming apparatus includes applying a first bias to each of a plurality of disturbing members, each disturbing member associated with a corresponding drum of a plurality of drums. While performing an image forming operation wherein at least... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090116888 - Thermally uniform paper preheat transport: A pre-heater system and adapted to be used on an electrostatic marking apparatus for improving gloss on media having marking thereon at a location in the apparatus prior to a conventional fuser roll assembly or station, the system including a primary heater adapted to blow pressurized hot air into a... Agent: Patent Documentation Center

20090116889 - Image forming device: An image-forming device includes an extension tray and an engaging unit. The cover member is capable of opening and closing thereon. The extension tray is rotatably attached to an upper part of the cover member. The engaging unit engages the cover member with the main casing when the cover member... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. Attorneys For Client No. 016689

20090116890 - Decurl device, image forming apparatus provided with decurl device and finishing apparatus provided with decurl device: A decurl device which corrects a curl of a sheet includes: a soft roller having a surface layer which is deformed by receiving a contact force; a hard roller which contacts the soft roller and deforms the surface layer of the soft roller; a driving section which drives independently each... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP