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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20060251433 | Image printing apparatus An image printing apparatus which includes a fixing device, a first image printing mode where the recording medium comes into contact with said fixing member at substantially the same position during continuous fixing operation, and a second image printing mode where th... | 11/09/2006 |
| 20060251434 | Image-forming apparatus with inertial means selectively connected to fixing drive An image forming apparatus has an image forming unit together with a fixing unit which uses two rotating members to form a nip in which the recording material with an unfixed image is fed. A driving unit drives the rotatable fixing members and a flywheel is used for inc... | 11/09/2006 |
| 20060239703 | Fusing unit to control pressure applied to printing medium, an image forming apparatus having the same and a method for controlling fusing pressure A fusing unit of an image forming apparatus is capable of controlling fusing pressure according to detailed types of printing medium without deteriorating printing speed. A first roller rotates about a first rotation shaft CR1. A second roller rotates in contact ... | 10/26/2006 |
| 20060222393 | Printing system A printing system includes first and second marking engines. First and second fusers are associated with the marking engines, respectively. The printing system has a first mode of operation in which print media is fused by both fusers and a second mode of operation in w... | 10/05/2006 |
| 20060210291 | Fixing device of image forming apparatus A fixing device of an image forming apparatus of the present invention enables induction heating coils for a 100 V power source to set a ratio of inductance L to load resistance R of a heat roller to L/R <35×10−6 (H/Ω) and coil impedance Z (Ω) to Z<10 (Î... | 09/21/2006 |
| 20060159476 | Rotation control and heating control for a fixing rotatable member in rotational induction-heating type apparatus A fixing apparatus has a coil for forming a magnetic field; a fixing rotatable member for fixing an unfixed toner image carried on a recording material thereon by heat generated by eddy currents which is generated by the magnetic field; an electric power supply control ... | 07/20/2006 |
| 20060159477 | Image fixing apparatus and process for fixing an image An image fixing apparatus having a linear heating body, an endless belt entrained around thereon, means for supplying electricity to the linear heating body with pulse electricity, a pressure body which interposes a subject to be fixed having an image with the endless b... | 07/20/2006 |
| 20060127117 | User interface for differential gloss images The present disclosure relates to providing a user interface for the effective generation of differential gloss images. The user is instructed to indicate the base primary image data, and the desired gloss image data. This data may be displayed for verification and posi... | 06/15/2006 |
| 20060115287 | Glossing system for use in a printing system A sensor system for detecting gloss levels of a printed image on a substrate generated by a print engine, including: a fixing member for fixing marking particles on the substrate; an optical sensor for sensing a gloss value of the surface of the fixing member; and means... | 06/01/2006 |
| 20060115288 | Glossing system for use in a TIPP architecture In a tightly integrated parallel printing architecture having at least a first print engine and a second print engine, the first print engine and a second print engine includes a first fuser system having a first fusing member for fusing marking particles on the substra... | 06/01/2006 |
| 20060083528 | Image heating apparatus In a construction wherein at the start of fixing, a pressure belt is brought into contact with a fixing roller at uniform timing, it has sometimes been the case that the temperature of the pressure belt at a point of time whereat the fixing is started does not become a ... | 04/20/2006 |
| 20060062584 | Rotation control and heating control for a fixing rotatable member in rotational induction-heating type apparatus A fixing apparatus has a coil for forming a magnetic field; a fixing rotatable member for fixing an unfixed toner image carried on a recording material thereon by heat generated by eddy currents which is generated by the magnetic field; an electric power supply control ... | 03/23/2006 |
| 20060029411 | Image fixing apparatus stably controlling a fixing temperature, and image forming apparatus using the same An image forming apparatus includes an image forming mechanism and an image fixing unit. The image forming mechanism forms a toner image on a recording sheet. The image fixing unit fixes the toner image onto the recording sheet. The image fixing unit includes a magnetic... | 02/09/2006 |
| 20060013602 | Method and apparatus for controlling a fixer of a printer A method and apparatus are provided for controlling a fixing condition of a printer according to the size and type of paper to be printed in order to improve print quality. The apparatus and method include setting a fixing condition according to a selected paper propert... | 01/19/2006 |
| 20050281576 | Image forming apparatus and fixing device The present invention provides a fixing device and a digital photocopier which can shorten the time from an instruction of starting image formation to end of fixing. The fixing device is provided in a cylinder made of metal and having a small thickness, and includes a m... | 12/22/2005 |
| 20050254846 | Apparatus and method for fixing an image An apparatus including and a method using a fixing device including a fixing member, a pressure member, a heater, and a pressure controller. The fixing member and the pressure member face with each other to form a nip. The heater heats a surface of the fixing member whe... | 11/17/2005 |
| 20050254845 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus including: a fixing device for fixing a toner image formed on a recording medium onto the recording medium, the fixing device comprising a first fixing member equipped with a heating device and a second fixing member for making pressure contac... | 11/17/2005 |
| 20050244168 | Fuser member validation Method and apparatus for validating that a fuser member presumptively belongs to a class of fuser member for imparting a certain surface finish to an electrophotographic output print, and/or validating that the fuser member has a heating behavior within specification. U... | 11/03/2005 |
| 20050244181 | Method and apparatus for reducing image artifacts caused by release fluid in an electrophotographic machine An electrophotographic machine includes a fusing station configured for fusing an image to an image substrate by applying fusing process parameters to the image substrate. A controller adjusts the fusing process parameters applied to the image substrate dependent at lea... | 11/03/2005 |
| 20050220466 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus of the present invention includes: an image forming device for forming an image on a recording material; a heating member heating the image formed on the recording material in a nip portion; an endless belt conveying the recording material tow... | 10/06/2005 |
| 20050220473 | Closed loop control of nip pressure in a fuser system A fuser system of a xerographic device, including a fuser member and a pressure member in which the pressure member is made to exert pressure upon the fuser member so as to form a nip having a nip width between the fuser member and the pressure member, wherein the nip w... | 10/06/2005 |
| 20050220467 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus is provided which includes: an image forming device for forming an image on a recording material; a heating member heating the image formed on the recording material in a nip portion; an endless belt conveying the recording material toward the... | 10/06/2005 |
| 20050214002 | Apparatus and process for fuser control The invention is in the field of fusing and fusing apparatus for print media, particularly for fusing toner to print media and other variations. According to various aspects of the invention, an improved temperature control is provided for a fusing apparatus wherein con... | 09/29/2005 |
| 20050214009 | Apparatus and process for fuser control The invention is in the field of fusing and fusing apparatus for print media, particularly for fusing toner to print media and other variations. According to various aspects of the invention, an improved temperature control is provided for a fusing apparatus wherein con... | 09/29/2005 |
| 20050214008 | Apparatus and process for fuser control The invention is in the field of fusing and fusing apparatus for print media, particularly for fusing toner to print media and other variations. According to various aspects of the invention, an improved temperature control is provided for a fusing apparatus wherein con... | 09/29/2005 |
| 20050214003 | Apparatus and process for fuser control The invention is in the field of fusing and fusing apparatus for print media, particularly for fusing toner to print media and other variations. According to various aspects of the invention, an improved temperature control is provided for a fusing apparatus wherein con... | 09/29/2005 |
| 20050207770 | Image heating apparatus having heater for externally heating fixing roller The image heating apparatus for heating a toner image formed on a recording material, includes a rotatable member; heating device for heating an outer peripheral surface of the rotatable member, the heating device including a heater for forming a heating nip portion in ... | 09/22/2005 |
| 20050196186 | Image forming apparatus In order to change over heating temperature and pressing force of a fixing device to heat, press and fix images on recording media, an image forming apparatus of this invention has a changeover portion to change over a heating temperature and a pressing force by the sam... | 09/08/2005 |
| 20050191071 | Image forming apparatus A fixing section for use in an image forming apparatus, is provided with a heating member, a pressing member in which the heating member and the pressing member are arranged to form a nipping section therebetween and a belt member inserted through the nipping section an... | 09/01/2005 |
| 20050191063 | Image formation device and image formation method The process of the invention determines whether toners of cyan (C), magenta (M), and yellow (Y) are all included in toner filled in a toner cartridge 40, based on color information of the toner read from a storage element 50 of the toner cartridge 40 | 09/01/2005 |
| 20050169654 | Rotation control and heating control for a fixing rotatable member in rotational induction-heating type apparatus A fixing apparatus has a coil for forming a magnetic field; a fixing rotatable member for fixing an unfixed toner image carried on a recording material thereon by heat generated by eddy currents which is generated by the magnetic field; an electric power supply control ... | 08/04/2005 |
| 20050163522 | Printing device with laminating functionality A method of using a printing device having a toner fuser to laminate a media sheet with at least one laminate material sheet, the method including receiving a laminate request, adjusting a characteristic of the toner fuser of the printing device, and passing the media s... | 07/28/2005 |
| 20050152709 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit for forming a developer image on a recording medium (22), a fixing unit (21) for fixing the developer image on the recording medium (22), an operation unit (11b), and a fixing s... | 07/14/2005 |
| 20050141906 | Image forming apparatus, image erasing apparatus and image forming-erasing system An image forming apparatus is capable of forming an image on any of an image-erasable recording medium having recording-medium identification information and a recording medium and is capable performing image formation according to a first mode for forming an erasable i... | 06/30/2005 |
| 20050117923 | Induction heating type of fixing device and image forming apparatus equipped therewith An induction heating type of fixing device to fix a recording material having a toner image thereon, having a heating member, an induction coil divided into a plurality of parts, a temperature detector for detecting a temperature of the heating member, a signal generato... | 06/02/2005 |
| 20050117929 | Procedure and device for adjusting gloss in print material To regulate the gloss on a print material, and avoid excess release oil, the properties of the fusing medium are measured, and the gloss on the print material is determined on the basis of the measured properties of the fusing medium. ... | 06/02/2005 |
| 20050111862 | Image forming apparatus and fixing device An image forming apparatus comprising a fixing roller, an endless fixing belt engaged at least with the fixing roller, and a pressing roller opposite to the fixing roller with the endless fixing belt between them; wherein the image forming apparatus is equipped with a p... | 05/26/2005 |
| 20050063724 | Image forming apparatus The image forming apparatus comprises: fixing means for heat fixing an unfixed image formed on a recording material at a nip, with the fixing means having a rotary fixing member disposed for contacting with the recording material; heating means for externally heating th... | 03/24/2005 |
| 20050063720 | Image-forming apparatus with inertial means selectively connected to fixing drive An image forming apparatus has an image forming unit together with a fixing unit which uses two rotating members to form a nip in which the recording material with an unfixed image is fed. A driving unit drives the rotatable fixing members and a flywheel is used for inc... | 03/24/2005 |
| 20050058467 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus is disclosed having a fixing unit having a heating device, for heat fixing, a heating power supply section which is connected to the fixing unit to supply electric power supplied from a commercial power supply to the heating device, a voltage ... | 03/17/2005 |
