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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7436426 | Laser scanning apparatus and image forming device having the same A laser scanning apparatus capable of preventing a secondary contamination of light transmitting windows and an image forming device having the same include a light emitting unit to emit light, a cover connected to a laser scanning apparatus body, and having at leas... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7431447 | Imaging apparatus access door Disclosed herein is an imaging apparatus that includes an access door for reducing clearance space requirements. ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7428073 | Post card making device To make it possible with a post card making device composed of an original reading device and an image printing device that an image is prepared on an upward facing original image preparation surface, and in that condition, the original image can be read in by the o... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7388191 | Mirror positioning unit of laser scanning unit and laser scanning unit employing the same A mirror positioning structure of a reflection mirror for correcting skew and bow and a laser scanning unit employing the same are provided. The mirror positioning structure includes a mirror holder, a fixing member, and a positioning cap. The mirror holder has a re... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7342600 | Image forming device An image forming device includes an image carrier, a charging unit, an exposing device, a developing device, a control device and a pair of position adjusting devices. Each of the position adjusting devices is respectively provided at a leading edge and a trailing e... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7315709 | Image forming apparatus having main and sub-image forming units and method of using apparatus An image forming apparatus and method are disclosed. The image forming apparatus and method comprise a main image forming apparatus having a developing section and capable of being independently driven so that it prints an image onto a paper fed on the basis of inpu... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7309179 | Media advancing device and method of displacing a medium A media advancing device for a hardcopy apparatus comprising: a platen having at least one slot and a top surface, whereby a medium advances on the top surface; and a plurality of openings connecting the top surface to at least one zone of negative pressure; and a r... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7293870 | Supporting structure and business machine utilizing the same A supporting structure and a Business machine utilizing the same. The business machine includes a main body, cover and supporting structure therebetween. The sleeve connected to the main body has a guiding groove with a lug portion. The connecting rod is connected t... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7290952 | Recording apparatus with a slidably accommodated discharge tray The invention provides the recording apparatus, which has excellent operability of drawing and retracting the sheet discharge tray and excellent design in accommodating the sheet discharge tray and includes a sheet discharge mechanism having an advantage for miniatu... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7286786 | Image forming method and apparatus including dismountable cartridges An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of image forming cartridges removably mounted to an apparatus body one above the other and a transfer belt support unit hingedly attached to the image forming apparatus that is movable between a first position covering... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7262787 | Laser scanning unit assembly and laser printer having the same In a laser printer using a plurality of laser scan units, a laser scan unit is capable of manually adjusting a plurality of laser beams to be parallel. The laser scan unit assembly includes a laser scan unit having a window on a front surface through which a laser b... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7233752 | Process cartridge and electrophotographic image forming apparatus A process cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus includes first and second end covers, first and second bottom-surface portions to be guided by first and second main assembly guide portions, first, second,... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7227562 | Electrophotograhic apparatus Provided is a small-sized electrophotographic apparatus for which maintenance such as disposal of a jam of sheets, replacement of consumables including toner, or replacement of components to be periodically replaced can be facilitated. Thus, there is provided... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7136088 | Support apparatus and image forming apparatus A support apparatus is configured to ease the series of work operations for adjusting the height of laser scan unit. The support apparatus supports a laser scan unit which is utilized within an image forming apparatus. The support apparatus see has a mounting plate ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7123856 | Support structure for image processing apparatus A support structure for an image processing apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus has an apparatus body, a base provided at a lower portion of the apparatus body for supporting the body, and an image processing unit disposed inside the apparatus body or attached the... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7111552 | Printing machine Printing machine with a machine frame (10) and at least two cylinders (16, 20) which cooperate during printing, and which are mounted in a framing (12, 14; 24) formed by the machine frame (10). The framing (12, 14; 24) includes a m... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7099618 | Paper discharge tray A tray and a method thereof that uses the tray including a surface with a first end and a second end opposite to the first end a projection extending away from the surface and from the second end of the surface and a recess formed below the surface and from the proj... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7061637 | Method and apparatus for image forming capable of effectively collating a stack of single-/double-sided recording sheets in a desired ejection tray An image forming apparatus includes first and second image carrying members, ejection trays, and a sheet transferring mechanism. The first image carrying member carries images in increasing order of corresponding sheet numbers. The second image carrying member carri... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7009629 | Image forming apparatus with optical adjustors An image forming apparatus including a photoreceptor having an image carrying surface, first and second exposing devices to expose the image carrying surface to form first and second latent images, and first and second developing devices to develop the first and sec... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6982736 | Image forming apparatus with optical adjusters The image forming apparatus has light beam passing from the deflector directly to the image carrying surface. The light beam is not bent to the image carrying surface. The apparatus detects movement of optical system and it uses the detected movement to correct the ... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6969169 | Recording apparatus A recording apparatus is provided in which a space can be secured on a desk without performing a troublesome operation, and penetration of dust or foreign matter into a main body can be prevented when the apparatus is not used, and a sheet jam caused by closing of a... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6928251 | Image forming device including frames formed of resin containing no glass fibers Left and right frames are formed of a resin containing no glass fibers and bridged together by a tray formed of steel, a chute formed of resin, and underbars formed of steel. Each frame has a box-shape configured of a plate surface and side surfaces formed by bendin... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6924907 | Compact color printer module A printer module for a compact printer system comprises a stationary printhead, an ink reservoir, a motive means and an image storing means, all housed within an elongate body. The motive means carries a printable media past the printhead which prints a full width i... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6917775 | Dismountable image forming cartridge, and a corresponding image forming apparatus and method An image forming apparatus including a plurality of image forming cartridges arranged one above another and configured to form an image on a medium. The apparatus also include a transfer belt support unit, including a transfer belt, hingedly attached to the image fo... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6851802 | Image forming device including mechanism to lock cover When a cover body at a closing position is pulled up with respect to a main body, then a lock lever attached to the cover body abuts against a hook body of the main body, regulating a rattle of the cover body with respect to the main body. When a user lifts up a mul... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6798430 | Tandem type color image forming device having a plurality of process cartridges arrayed in running direction of intermediate image transfer member A tandem type color image forming device having a plurality of process cartridges each being detachable from a frame. An intermediate image transfer belt extends vertically, and the process cartridges are arrayed in the vertical direction and supported by the frame.... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6760557 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus, having a plurality of image forming cartridges arranged one above another and configured to form an image on a medium; a plurality of optical writing devices arranged one above another respectively corresponding to the plurality of image ... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6697586 | Photoconductor unit and image forming system An image forming system including multiple photoconductors arranged in a line extending in a vertical direction and forming one body as one unit, and multiple development devices and multiple exposure devices arranged on one side of the line of the multip... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6603938 | Image forming apparatus with air flow inclined to apparatus side surface An object of the present invention is to provide an image forming apparatus that has image forming device for forming an image on a moving recording material, and a fan for taking in air from outside to cool the interior of the apparatus, wherein the fan ... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6600504 | Image forming apparatus having light beam adjusting mechanism An image forming apparatus has a photoreceptor having a image carrying surface, an exposing device to imagewise expose the image carrying surface to form a latent image, and a developing device to develop the latent image to form a toner image on the imag... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6574005 | Image forming apparatus Toner and paper powder adhering to and carried by the image non-forming surface of a paper sheet in a developing unit are prevented from fixedly transferring and adhering to the inner wall of the developing unit and the inner wall of the paper sheet intro... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6545693 | Exposing unit having first and second fixing members To provide an exposing apparatus including a first fixing member which positions and fixes a vicinity of an exposing unit on a side of a photosensitive body, and a second fixing member which fixes a vicinity of an end of the exposing unit on a side opposi... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6501925 | Photoconductor unit and image forming system An image forming system having multiple photoconductors arranged in a line and forming one body as one unit, multiple development devices and multiple exposure devices arranged on one side of the line of the multiple photoconductors, an intermediate trans... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6483527 | Image forming apparatus for forming a color image using a plurality of image forming parts An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of image bearing components and a plurality of image writing units for writing an image on each of the image bearing components. The apparatus also includes a frame for supporting the plurality of the image ... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6473152 | Image printing apparatus and table therefor An image printing apparatus is provided with a plurality of support legs having height-adjusting screws for providing a substantially horizontal support on an inclined installation surface, whereby a flow path is formed to exchanged atmosphere and heat th... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6456365 | Original cover closer In order to eliminate the cam member, which is mounted to the mounting member side and to which grease is applied, to prevent, as much as possible, the portions to which grease has been applied from becoming exposed to the side of an original placed on th... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6443642 | Modular printing system A modular printer system comprising a support frame, a chassis, a media holder, and a printer assembly. The support frame supports the other components and may be attached to other devices. The chassis is slidably attached to the support frame so that it ... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6396524 | Skew adjustment for optical writer in a document printer/copier An electrophotographic printer/copier comprises a photoconductive drum assembly and an optical writer for projecting a rectilinear line of image information onto the drum's photoconductive surface. Both subsystems share the same pair of mechanical fiducia... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6381428 | Photoconductor unit and image forming system In order to provide an image forming system characterized by compact configuration, high speed printing, high picture quality recording and excellent maintainability without image misregistration, an image forming system is provided, wherein multiple phot... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6377289 | Modular printhead A modular printhead is disclosed having the ability to separate, leaving a first collection of predetermined layers relatively permanently affixed to a print engine while a second collection of predetermined layers resides in a relatively disposable compo... | 04/23/2002 |
