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Electrophotography > Having Particular Structure Having Particular StructureHaving Particular Structure patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.10/11/07 - 20070237541 - Short passive duplex unit and method of use A removable duplex unit for an image forming peripheral having a simplex media feedpath and a reversible roller for moving media in a first direction through the peripheral and in a second direction through the duplex unit, includes an auxiliary housing adapted to be removably connected to the image forming ... 09/27/07 - 20070223960 - Clamping apparatus and image processing apparatus utilizing the same A clamping apparatus capable of fixing an object is disclosed. The clamping apparatus comprises: a carrier for holding the object; at least one flexible orientation arm with a raised rim positioned on the carrier for orientating the object; and a cover for pressing the raised rim and for clamping the ... 09/13/07 - 20070212107 - Gang safety latching mechanism and an image producing machine including same A gang safety latching mechanism includes (a) a torsion spring and bracket device having (i) a torsion spring subassembly (ii) a first bracket on the torsion spring subassembly having a first free position and a first loaded position, and (iii) a second bracket on the torsion spring subassembly having a ... 09/13/07 - 20070212106 - Image forming apparatus and additionally installable apparatus To provide an improvement capable of simplifying an operation for installing an additionally installable apparatus. An image forming apparatus comprises a apparatus main body 11 and at least one additionally installable apparatus, in which one additionally installable apparatus is detachably disposed to a main body side device composed at least ... 07/19/07 - 20070166072 - Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a belt unit detachably installed in a main body, a first positioning mechanism provided in the main body to rotatably support a first support roller, a second positioning mechanism provided in the main body to rotatably support a second support roller, an urging mechanism that ... 07/12/07 - 20070160382 - Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a process unit which has an image carrier and a scanner unit which exposes the image carrier to light, a pair of sheet metal frames which support and position the process unit and the scanner unit, and a pair of resin frames which support at ... 07/12/07 - 20070160381 - Image forming apparatus When a guide lever is in a toner open position, a space is formed between an upper surface of the guide lever and a lower surface of a flat bed unit as a part of a transport path of a paper. Therefore, the paper is turned forward around in a ... 07/05/07 - 20070154234 - Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, a pair of first foot portions which is disposed close to one side of a bottom surface of the apparatus body and has a first distance therebetween, and a pair of second foot portions which is disposed close to another side of ... 06/21/07 - 20070140731 - Image forming apparatus capable of allowing easy maintenance An image forming apparatus includes a door which is disposed on a rear surface of the image forming apparatus that allows a portion of the rear side thereof to open. The image forming apparatus further includes an image forming unit. The door is disposed at a position accessible to the ... 06/07/07 - 20070127946 - Desktop color image forming apparatus and method of making the same The present invention relates to an electrophotographic color image forming apparatus using a tandem-drum development, an indirect image-transfer method, and a vertical sheet supply path. An intermediate image-transfer member is angled relative to a horizontal line such that a rear side of the intermediate image-transfer member away from a recording ... 06/07/07 - 20070127945 - Modular media registration systems and methods Embodiments herein comprise registrations module(s) positioned between image output terminal(s), feeder module(s), and/or finisher module(s). Each registration module comprises a casing having first mounting points that correspond to second mounting points on an adjacent module. The first mounting points and the second mounting points allow the registration module to be ... 05/31/07 - 20070122184 - Method and apparatus for securing a printing device A printing device securing apparatus includes a printing device having a first securing member operable to couple to an external locking device. An input tray includes a second securing member operable to couple to an external locking device, wherein the input tray is operable to couple to the printing device ... 03/29/07 - 20070071493 - Image processing apparatus and adjusting member of position of center of gravity A closable member is arranged in an upper portion of an apparatus main body. A center of gravity is shifted by opening the closable member. The apparatus has an adjusting member of the position of the center of gravity which is arranged out of the apparatus main body so as ... 03/29/07 - 20070071492 - Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording medium; an image reading unit that reads the image entered on an original and is disposed upwardly of the image forming unit; a joint member that connects the image forming unit and the image ... 03/15/07 - 20070059032 - Angular position adjusting apparatus, angular position adjusting method, and computer-readable recording medium for angular position adjustment An angular position adjusting apparatus for adjusting the angular position of a control panel of an image processing apparatus is disclosed that includes a rotary member attached to the control panel, an input part for generating an input signal indicative of changing the angular position of the control panel, a ... 03/01/07 - 20070048003 - Image forming apparatus In an image forming apparatus of the present invention, although an upper cover is rotated when a body frame is opened, a free end of a base for fixing a paper receiving tray makes contact with a side of the frame, thus an inclination angle of the paper receiving tray ... 12/28/06 - 20060291896 - Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes: an image recording device having an eject tray on a top thereof, and recording an image on a recording medium corresponding to input image data and discharging the recording medium onto the eject tray; an image reading device mounted over the image recording device to ... 12/21/06 - 20060285875 - Image formation device An image formation device at which a pair of first side plates and a pair of second side plates are provided. Process cartridges are installed between the first side plates. Other apparatus to be disposed in a main body of the device is installed between the second side plates, which ... 09/28/06 - 20060216058 - Modular work surface of an image forming apparatus A image forming apparatus for providing an enlarged user work space. The image forming apparatus includes a printing module with a housing, a scanning module positioned above the printing module, a modular work surface positioned above the printing module, and a document handler positioned above the modular work surface. The ... 09/07/06 - 20060198657 - Frame structure for an image forming device and frame assembly method A frame structure includes a base plate 70, and a pair of side plates 72, 73. The base plate 70 has a bottom surface 70a, and an attachment edge 70b formed by drawing the edge of the base place downward around the entire periphery of the bottom surface 70a. The ... 08/24/06 - 20060188287 - Image producing machine having a footprint-reducing tower A reduced footprint image producing machine including (a) an image output terminal (IOT) having (i) a moveable imaging member including an imaging surface; (ii) latent imaging devices for forming a latent electrostatic toner image on the imaging surface; (iii) a development unit for developing the latent electrostatic image on the ... 08/17/06 - 20060182464 - Image forming apparatus and sheet feeding device A second side face opposes to a first face. A first handle is provided on the first side face at a first position and adapted to be used to lift an image forming apparatus. A second handle is provided on the second side face at a second position which is ... 08/17/06 - 20060182463 - Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a rotary type developing device having multiple developers provided so as to be rotatable; an image forming unit including the rotary type developing device disposed therein; an image reading unit disposed above the image forming unit; and supporting members for supporting the image reading unit ... 08/17/06 - 20060182462 - Image forming device An image forming device having an image reading section which is supported in a cantilevered state with a space between the image reading section and a top surface of an image forming section, the image forming device including: a housing of the image forming section; and a first supporting body ... 08/10/06 - 20060177237 - Image forming apparatus and image reading apparatus An image forming apparatus includes an image forming body, a locking unit blocking movement of at least one movable object of the image forming body, and a control unit controlling a locking state of the locking unit and a releasing state of the locking unit. The locking unit includes a ... 07/06/06 - 20060147224 - Printer apparatus with open/close door and laser beam printer apparatus with open/close door A laser beam printer apparatus includes a rear door configured to be openable/closable, and a holding member including a guide groove for guiding the rear door to a position where the rear door is being stopped when the rear door is being closed. The rear door includes a boss configured ... 06/22/06 - 20060133849 - Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a scanner section, an image forming section, and a functional unit. The scanner section is configured to read image information by scanning an image bearing side of a document sheet. The image forming section is located above or below the scanner section with a space ... 06/08/06 - 20060120752 - System and method for generating an image of a label A system and method are disclosed for generating an image of a wine bottle label. The system includes a database of wine bottle label images, an integration engine for selecting at least one wine label image from the database, and a means for outputting the image. The output can be ... 06/08/06 - 20060120751 - Apparatus and method for obtaining an image of an arcuate surface A method and apparatus for imaging an arcuate surface of an object such as a bottle with a label thereon. Such bottle may be a wine bottle. In one embodiment, the bottle is placed into an imaging chamber. Preferably, space between the imaging chamber and the wine bottle is covered ... 05/11/06 - 20060099007 - Original cover closer and office equipment including original cover closer The present invention has been developed to solve the above problem and its object is to provide an original cover closer which has a simple structure and reduced cost and can increase the stability of the original cover during the opening and the closing to thereby improve its operability, and ... 05/04/06 - 20060093396 - Image forming apparatus mounted with an open and close unit An image forming apparatus includes a first frame plate and a second frame plate, which has an extended portion horizontally extending by a predetermined length compared with the first frame plate. The first and second frame plates are oppositely disposed spaced apart by a predetermined width from each other. An ... 04/27/06 - 20060088333 - Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus has a fixing apparatus 9 that performs electromagnetic induction-heating due to an operation of magnetic fluxes emitted from a magnetic flux generating unit, and a high-frequency power supply circuit which supplies a high-frequency current to the magnetic flux generating unit. The high-frequency power supply circuit is ... 04/20/06 - 20060083542 - Image-forming device A multifunction device includes a scanning unit, an image-forming unit, and a joint holder for supporting the scanning unit on top of the image-forming unit. The joint holder is configured of a rear holder disposed on the upper rear side of the image-forming unit and two side holders disposed on ... 03/30/06 - 20060067731 - Image forming apparatus and mounting member for the image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus having an image reading unit for reading optically an image on an original document and an image forming unit for forming the image on a recording medium based on image information read with the image reading section includes a mounting member composed of a first mounting ... 03/23/06 - 20060062591 - Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes: an image generating engine for forming a toner image and transferring the toner image onto a recording material in a transfer region; an upper supply tray disposed above the image generating engine and accommodating the recording material; and a fixing unit for thermally fixing the ... 03/16/06 - 20060056875 - Image forming apparatus A prop is extending from the printer unit upwards. A rear end portion of an upper casing is coupled with an upper portion of the prop pivotably in a vertical direction. A transparent platen is provided on a top face of the upper casing. An image capturer is provided in ... 02/16/06 - 20060034633 - Image forming apparatus A high-voltage circuit board and a main circuit board are arranged on the outer side surface of a left frame, and a conveyance path is provided so as to downwardly incline from a feed position near the uppermost part of the outer peripheral surface of a paper feed roller, toward ... 01/12/06 - 20060008292 - Image forming apparatus In an image forming apparatus constructed in such a manner that an image is printed on a recording sheet fed from a sheet storage section by a printing section, and the recording sheet carrying the printed image is discharged onto a sheet discharge tray, a sheet stacking surface of the ... 12/29/05 - 20050286928 - Apparatus for electronic component mounting In a feeder 5 as an option device which is detachably attached to an electronic component loading apparatus which mounts electronic components on a substrate and used, a key code, which shows that the feeder 5 is a legitimate product, is stored in a key code storage section 16a which ... 12/22/05 - 20050281579 - Laser printer A laser printer has a connection rod arranged therein. A front door has an internal side provided with a front protrusion and a rear door has an internal side provided with a rear protrusion. The connection rod has one end provided with a switch. When at least one of the ... 11/03/05 - 20050244186 - Finishing module with a pivotable mount, for use with a copier or digital printer A copier or printer is pivotably attached to a finisher module, such as for stapling. A pivotable mount is disposed toward the back of the copier, so that an opening can be formed toward the front of the copier, exposing an interface between the copier and the finisher module. A ... 10/06/05 - 20050220479 - Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a main casing; a photosensitive member; a process cartridge that can be installed or removed with respect to the main casing along a removal path; a scanner unit located above the process cartridge when the process cartridge is installed in the main casing; a sheet ... 09/29/05 - 20050214022 - Outer cover attachment structure, fixation member of apparatus, transportation method of apparatus, apparatus, and image formation device Provided is an outer cover attachment structure which achieves the reduction of burden for collecting and recycling used products from the market, the reduction of replacement parts, and cost reduction of reproduced products. A housing portion housing the removed fixation members or connection members is provided to at least one ... 09/08/05 - 20050196192 - Image forming apparatus support structure Provided is an image forming apparatus support structure which permits improvements in both strength and dimensional accuracy, and which can also accommodate increases in size. Because respective coupling member(s) and steel channel of respective post member(s) may be sequentially and individually connected, it is possible to improve support structure dimensional ... 08/11/05 - 20050175372 - Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes an ejection space defined between the bottom of an image reading section and an image forming section and having an opening at the front of a main unit, an ejection tray cover defining the bottom of the ejection space and configured to receive a paper ... 08/11/05 - 20050175371 - Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus include an ejection space defined between the bottom of an image reading section and image forming section and having an opening at the front of the main unit, an ejection tray cover defining the bottom of the ejection space and configured to receive a paper sheet ... 07/28/05 - 20050163529 - Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes: a recording medium supplying device that supplies a recording medium; an image carrier arranged beneath the recording medium supplying device in a gravitation direction; a carrying passage that transports the recording medium supplied from the recording medium supplying device, and arranged between the recording medium ... 07/28/05 - 20050163528 - Image producing machine having a footprint-reducing tower A reduced footprint image producing machine has functional components including image forming apparatus, controllers and machine environment conditioning devices; a first frame containing some of said functional components and having a height suitable for an operator work surface located at a top of said first frame; and a second frame ... 06/09/05 - 20050123318 - Image forming apparatus The image forming apparatus includes a first placement member, a second placement member, a third placement member and a fourth placement member which contact with a placement surface for placing the image forming apparatus thereon, and which support the image forming apparatus, a side plate of the image forming apparatus, ... 06/02/05 - 20050117933 - Cover unit of a substrate for an image forming apparatus and method A cover unit of a substrate for an image forming apparatus and method. The apparatus and method include a first cover unit and a second cover unit. The first cover unit surrounds the substrate on which electronic elements of a main body of the image forming apparatus are mounted, and ... ### FreshPatents.com Support - Terms & Conditions |