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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110318025 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING PRINTING APPARATUS CLEANER PERFORMANCE An apparatus (100) and method (200) that evaluates printing apparatus cleaner performance. The method can be performed in a printing apparatus that can include an intermediate transfer belt (150), an intermediate transfer belt sensor (155), a... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110286755 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CLEANING IMAGE CARRYING BODY The image forming apparatus comprises: a first driving section causing an image carrying body carrying a developer image to perform regular rotation or reverse rotation; a fixing section fixing the developer image and conveying a sheet; a second driving section rotating... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20100310263 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREDICTING BLADE LIFE IN AN IMAGE PRODUCTION DEVICE A method and apparatus for predicting blade life in an image production device is disclosed. The method may include retrieving a number of print starts, a number of print cycles, a wear rate for print starts, and a wear rate for print cycles from a memory, calculating w... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100080578 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND WASTE POWDER TRANSPORTING METHOD An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming section that forms an image on a recording medium; a storage container that is detachably and attachably provided and that stores waste powder having been discarded and transported from the image forming section; a f... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20090190939 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS In an image forming apparatus, a cleaning blade cleans residual toner adhered on the surface of an image carrier and a sound sensor collects a sound generated inside a casing of the image forming apparatus. A determining unit determines, based on the sound collected by ... | 07/30/2009 |
| 20090148173 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes: a rotation shaft (71);a movable body (72) that is attached to the rotation shaft (71), that is provided with a cleaning member (73), and that moves with rotation of the rotation shaft (71); a motor ... | 06/11/2009 |
| 20090110416 | LONG LIFE CLEANING SYSTEM WITH REPLACEMENT BLADES Systems and methods are described that facilitate replacing cleaning blades employed to chisel excess toner from a photoreceptor surface. For example, a cleaning unit can comprise a blade holder with a plurality of cleaning blades attached thereto, which is rotated (e.g... | 04/30/2009 |
| 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... | 03/12/2009 |
| 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 uni... | 03/05/2009 |
| 20090003853 | PROTECTIVE LAYER SETTING UNIT, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF EVALUATING PROTECTIVE LAYER SETTING UNIT A protective layer setting unit includes a protective agent, and an application unit for applying the protective agent on an image carrying member. An attenuated total reflection (ATR) method is used for detecting a surface condition of the image carrying member after a... | 01/01/2009 |
| 20080232832 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DETECTING CONTAMINATION IN THE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus includes a transport belt, a carriage, a reflection sensor, and a control unit. The transport belt transports a recording sheet in a sub-scanning direction. The carriage, mounting a recording head, reciprocally moves in a main scanning directi... | 09/25/2008 |
| 20070292150 | Cleaner subsystem fault detection A method for detecting a stress condition in a cleaning system of an imaging device is provided. The method comprises receiving a pulse-width modulated (PWM) signal. The PWM signal has a duty cycle for driving a PWM servo motor of a cleaning system. A determination is t... | 12/20/2007 |
| 20070201887 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes: a photoconductive drum on which an electrostatic latent image is formed. A developer develops the electrostatic latent image to form a toner image on the photoconductive drum. A transfer-fixer transfers the toner image from the photo... | 08/30/2007 |
| 20070122166 | Image forming apparatus and image forming system Process units, a transfer unit, a belt cleaning unit, a secondary transfer unit and a fixing unit each include a storage unit that stores therein information on the operation amount thereof measured by a controller as operation record with respect to each unit. The cont... | 05/31/2007 |
| 20070003299 | Transfer Device, Waste Toner Transporting Device and Image Forming Apparatus A transfer device includes a pair of transfer frames, a belt member, a pair of transfer roller levers which are respectively arranged on inner sides of the transfer frames pivotably, a transfer roller which is provided between first ends of the transfer roller levers ro... | 01/04/2007 |
| 20060228123 | Image forming apparatus, image forming system, and method of controlling image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus is provided which is capable of preventing a drop in productivity even if a consumable such as toner is not replenished as expected. The image forming apparatus has a feature of shifting to a mode of saving the consumable if an arrival time of... | 10/12/2006 |
| 20060115283 | Image forming method and image forming apparatus Image forming histories when decolorization toner is used by a first counter or a second counter and when ordinary toner is used are counted respectively, and image forming histories of a decolorization developing device and an ordinary developing device are counted by ... | 06/01/2006 |
| 20060034627 | Method and apparatus for image forming capable of effectively recycling image forming unit An image forming apparatus which allows an independent and easy replacement of replaceable image forming devices includes an image forming unit detachably provided in the image forming apparatus. The image forming unit include a housing, a plurality of replaceable devic... | 02/16/2006 |
| 20050170097 | Method and apparatus for evaluating panel drip tests The apparatus for quantifying effectiveness of solvent to clean a coating from a substrate using a drip test includes a test stand, a drip test device, and a computer associated with the stand and test device. The test stand is adapted to support a glass panel at a pred... | 08/04/2005 |
