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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190057 | Image forming apparatus having a main assembly, a cartridge detachably mountable to the main assembly, and a fixing unit detachably mountable to the main assembly An image forming apparatus includes a main assembly; a cartridge detachably mountable to the main assembly; a fixing unit detachably mountable to the main assembly; and an opening of the main assembly. When the fixing unit and the cartridge are mounted/demounted, th... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8180249 | 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 membe... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8160475 | Cart with xero module lift assist This involves a cart that can be used in changing a marking module in a xerographic color marking system. The cart has a lifting mechanism securely attached to its upper surface. When the marking module is to be changed and a new replacement module installed, the li... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8150293 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus has a tray, which is able to be drawn out of the apparatus and on which a plurality of cartridges of different sizes can be mounted. A cartridge, being the largest in size among a plurality of process cartridges, is detachably arranged at ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8145095 | Electrophotographic image forming apparatus with movable tray for supporting a cartridge An electrophotographic image forming apparatus includes a process cartridge which is mounted on a pull-out type cartridge tray to enable front access. The electrophotographic image forming apparatus includes an urging unit for urging and moving the cartridge tray to... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8139978 | Image forming apparatus and developing agent cartridge An image forming apparatus may include a casing, and a plurality of image carriers parallelly arranged along one direction in the casing and formed with an electrostatic latent image. The apparatus can further include a plurality of developing agent carriers opposed... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8131181 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material includes an opening provided to a main assembly of the apparatus, a first openable member, a second openable member, and a movable member. The movable member is movable between a set position in... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8126356 | Image forming apparatus having a lock mechanism releasable by lifting an upper cover An image forming apparatus includes: a housing including a photosensitive member and having an opening at an upper portion of the housing; an upper cover connected to the housing at one end of the upper cover via a hinge and configured to move between an opened stat... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8116659 | Image-forming device capable of positioning developing unit and developer cartridge precisely An image-forming device includes a casing, a process unit, a first shutter, a toner cartridge, a second shutter, and a wall. The process unit is detachably mounted in the casing and formed with a first opening, the process unit having a developer roller carrying a t... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8112014 | Color electrophotographic image forming apparatus A color electrophotographic image forming apparatus, wherein a plurality of cartridges is detachably mountable to a main assembly of the apparatus, includes a cartridge supporting member movable between an inside position which is inside the main assembly and an out... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8107853 | Image forming apparatus and photosensitive unit An image forming apparatus is described. The image forming apparatus may include: a main body provided with an accommodation chamber partitioned by an inner side surface; a photosensitive unit configured to slid between an accommodated position and a drawn position;... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107852 | Image forming apparatus including image reading unit with contacting portions which contact contacted portions when closing the image reading unit An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit and an image reading unit. The image forming unit may include a receiving portion disposed above an image forming part, and a pair of contacted portions disposed on opposite sides on the image forming part. T... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107854 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus in which an exposing unit is mounted on a cover unit for improved space utilization. The image forming apparatus includes a body, a plurality of developing units arranged in the body along vertical direction of the body, a cover unit that ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8103186 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus including an image forming section; an upper unit located over the image forming section with a space therebetween and slidable in a direction of from the front side to the rear side of the apparatus and the opposite direction; a sheet dis... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8090291 | Image forming device including a shaft member with regulators provided thereon for breaking up an attachment/detachment operation of an image forming unit An image forming device includes a main body, an image forming unit configured to be attached to and detached from the main body, the image forming unit being configured to move among first, second, and third positions, a shaft member configured to rotate around an ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8090290 | Attachment structure of automatic document feeder, and image-reading device and image-forming apparatus including the same An attachment structure is provided that includes a hinge unit for supporting a document feeder and a hinge attachment for fixing the hinge unit having an engagement pin and a retainment hook. ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8081899 | Image forming apparatus having contacting members for contacting each other responsive to an external force when an opening/closing member is in closed position An image forming apparatus configured to prevent damage to an opening/closing member when external force is applied in a direction perpendicular to a direction where a scanner unit is opened or closed with respect to an image forming unit. ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8078082 | Modular printing system A method and apparatus for a modular printing system having individual units comprising input modules, transporter modules, marking engine modules, fuser modules and exit modules each with its own support structure and cabinet. The modular units have common matching... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8068762 | Image forming device having a positioning mechanism for positioning an exposure unit An image forming device includes an exposure unit having an exposure surface, an opposed surface facing the exposure surface, a first side surface connecting the exposure surface with the opposed surface, and a second side surface facing the first side surface, a po... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8064793 | Image-forming device having tray that enables developing unit to move An image-forming device includes a main body; a developing unit; a transferring unit; and a tray. The developing unit has a developer-accommodating section that accommodates developer and a photosensitive member on which an electrostatic latent image is formed. The ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8064794 | Image forming device with holding unit engagement mechanism An image forming device includes: a main body; a plurality of image forming units; a holding unit; and an engagement mechanism. Each of the plurality of image forming units has a developing portion. The holding unit holds the plurality of image forming units. The pl... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8059987 | Image forming apparatus and method of adjusting cover position of image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes an outer case which includes a first opening portion and a second opening portion provided just below the first opening portion, a withdrawable part which is received in the inside of the first opening portion so as to be withdraw... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8055151 | Open-close apparatus and image forming apparatus An open-close apparatus includes: a first member movably provided with respect to an apparatus main body; a second member movable with respect to the first member, and movably provided with respect to the apparatus main body; and a limiting section, provided between... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8055152 | Image forming apparatus having movable drawer detachably supporting a plurality of process cartridges An image forming apparatus capable of easily performing exchange in a process cartridge with a new cartridge and performing removal of a jammed sheet without detachment of a drawer from a casing. The drawer detachably holds a plurality of process cartridges, and is ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8050592 | Image-forming device and process cartridge configured to be installed in and removed therefrom An image forming device includes a casing having a guide, image forming portions configured to form images on a recording medium, and a drawer configured to be installed in and withdrawn from the casing along the guide in a first direction for installation and in a ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8045883 | Photosensitive-member unit and image forming apparatus A pressing member applies a pressing force to a trailing end in a direction which intersects a predetermined reference direction, allowing the pressing force to have both a first component in the predetermined reference direction and a second component perpendicular... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8041254 | Image forming apparatus medium guide configuration and method An image forming apparatus may include a sheet conveyance path having a generally U-shaped portion. The U-shaped portion may be formed by inner and outer guides, and the guides may be arranged such that they may be sequentially removed from the apparatus in a common... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8041253 | Systems and methods to control access to an interior of an image forming device The present application is directed to systems and methods to control access to an interior of an image forming device. The image forming device may include a body with a door that is movable between open and closed positions. In the open position, access is gained ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8041255 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a main body casing, a device that is positioned within a main body casing and having a function, a displacement member positioned in a main body casing and capable of displacement between an initial position and a stop position wh... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8041257 | Tandem photosensitive-member unit having grip part An image-forming device includes a main body and a tandem photosensitive-member unit. The tandem photosensitive-member unit includes a unit frame, a plurality of photosensitive members, a front-side grip part, and a rear-side grip. The unit frame is configured to be... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8041256 | Tandem photosensitive-member unit for image-forming device The tandem photosensitive-member unit includes a plurality of photosensitive-member and a pair of side plates. The plurality of photosensitive-member holding units each extends in a first direction. The plurality of photosensitive-member holding units is arranged in... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8032053 | Drawer latch flexure mechanism A latch apparatus has a latch base, a latch frame, and at least one flexible bracket connecting the latch frame to the latch base. Connectors are used to connect the flexible bracket to the latch frame and connect the flexible bracket to the latch base. The connecto... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8032054 | System for installing a continuous belt in a marking system A cartridge and method that is useful in installing an endless belt in one or more modules of a belt containing system is disclosed. The cartridge may include at least two internal cartridge rolls around which said belt is wound, a traveling roll around which belt i... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8027614 | Image forming apparatus including separation member for separating photosensitive member from endless belt An image forming apparatus includes: a plurality of photosensitive members, an endless belt, and a separation mechanism. The photosensitive members are arranged in parallel with and spaced from one another and correspond to respective colors. The plurality of photos... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8023859 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus comprising: a recording unit; a reading unit rotatably supported to the upper portion of the recording unit so as to be openable and closable about one end as a fulcrum and reads an original; an L-shaped guide groove which is provided for ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8019252 | Removable member-holding device and image forming apparatus A removable member-holding device is provided and includes: a pull-out member being movably between an accommodating position and a pull-out position; a holding member supported on the pull-out member and having a holding member body, the holding member being extend... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8010012 | Image forming apparatus including a latent image carrier and an exposing unit A biasing unit biases an exposing unit with respect to a main unit in at least one direction in a direction approaching the main body, so that the exposing unit makes contact with the main body in at least one portion to determine a position of the exposing unit wit... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8010013 | Image forming device An image forming device having a frame, a door, and a movable image forming unit to be assembled in the frame when the door is open. The image forming unit has a support shaft, and frame has a hole on which the support shaft abuts for positioning of the image formin... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8010011 | Removably mountable frame for an image processsing apparatus, a removably mountable adaptor for an image processing apparatus and cartridges for use with a removably frame and removably mountable adaptor A removably mountable frame comprising a driving force receiving means adapted to engage a driving force transmitting means of an image processing apparatus when the removably mountable frame is received within the image processing apparatus; and at least one frame ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7991321 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus including a plurality of image forming cartridges removably mounted to an apparatus body one above the other is disclosed. Structural members each partition off a space between nearby image forming cartridges mounted to the apparatus body.... | 08/02/2011 |
