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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185014 | Image forming apparatus and process cartridge An image forming apparatus is provided. An image forming apparatus includes: a drum cartridge having a photosensitive drum; a developing cartridge configured to be movably attached to the drum cartridge, the developing cartridge having: a developing roller; a bearin... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8126358 | Image forming apparatus having member for moving developer carrier in and out of contact with photosensitive element included in drum unit An image forming apparatus can include a main body, and a drum unit movable between an inside position which is inside of the main body and an outside position. The drum unit may include a photosensitive drum. Also, a displacing member may be provided that can be di... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8090293 | Process cartridge and image forming apparatus employing same A process cartridge detachably attached to an image forming apparatus includes a first subunit, a second subunit, a first positioning member, and a second positioning member. The first subunit accommodates a photoconductor therein. The second subunit accommodates a ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8078084 | Image forming apparatus including a photoreceptor and a supplying member arranged to supply the photoreceptor with toner An image forming apparatus in which a drum unit or a developing unit can be individually replaced, and the efficiency of an operation of providing the developing unit with developer or of an operation of removing the developer from the developing unit can be improve... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8078083 | Image forming apparatus in which developing unit is easily detachable to photosensitive member unit An image forming device has a main casing, a first cartridge, and a second cartridge. The main casing has the image forming portion and an inner surface. The first cartridge is loadable to and unloadable from the image forming portion. The second cartridge detachabl... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8045885 | Processing unit for image forming apparatus According to an embodiment of the invention, slide rails guided by guide rails of a body frame are provided on an EPU frame. A slidable bolt is provided on a belt unit frame. When the belt unit is attached to or removed from the body frame, the bolt is fitted into a... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8032056 | Developing unit and image forming apparatus having the same Disclosed are a developing unit and an image forming apparatus having the same. The developing unit includes a first frame and a second frame. The first frame supports thereon a first set of processing members and includes at least one jig hole for mounting to a jig... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7991323 | Tandem type photosensitive unit and image forming apparatus A tandem type photosensitive unit detachably mounted in a main body of an image forming apparatus is provided. The tandem type photosensitive unit includes a plurality of parallelly arranged photosensitive drums; developer cartridges mounted on respective cartridge ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7974551 | Developing device having separable two housing pieces and image forming apparatus provided with the same A developing device is provided for an image forming apparatus that has a photoreceptor. The developing device has a housing with upper and lower housing pieces that are snap fit together. A developer opening is formed in an upper portion of the upper housing piece ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7949283 | Photosensitive member cartridge A photosensitive member cartridge for use with an image-forming apparatus includes a photosensitive drum and a cartridge case comprising an upper wall, a bottom wall, a right side wall, and a left side wall. An outer surface of the upper wall faces upwards when the ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7929881 | Process cartridge and electrophotographic image forming apparatus A process cartridge includes a photosensitive drum, a photosensitive unit rotatably supporting the drum, and a protecting cover mountable to an electrophotographic image forming apparatus main body, for protecting the drum exposed to the outside of the photosensitiv... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7925182 | Image forming apparatus A communication unit has a first conveyance part connected to a toner cartridge and provided with a feed port for a toner from the toner cartridge, and a second conveyance part connected to a developing device and provided with a replenishment port for a toner to th... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925183 | Image forming device and detachably loaded process unit A developing unit is detachably mounted on a photosensitive unit to form a combined unit called a process unit. In use, the process unit is loaded into an electrophotographic image forming device. A rotational shaft of a photosensitive drum projects out from the pho... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7899359 | Imaging cartridge with magnetically biased assemblies Provided is a printer cartridge equipped with a magnetic wastebin-hopper coupling. A combination of magnets and magnetically attractive materials are mounted on the wastebin assembly (or photoconductor unit) and hopper assembly of the printer cartridge in order to b... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7865111 | Image forming unit and image forming apparatus An image forming unit includes a first image forming member; a second image forming member; a first unit for supporting the first image forming member to be freely rotatable; a second unit for supporting the second image forming member to be freely rotatable; and an... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7844197 | Photosensitive member cartridge, developer cartridge and process cartridge A process cartridge includes a developer frame portion and a photosensitive member frame portion, wherein when the photosensitive member frame portion is attached to the developer frame portion, a first extension portion and a second extension portion are positioned... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7835665 | Photosensitive unit and image forming apparatus A photosensitive unit is described. The photosensitive unit may include a developer cartridge including a developing agent carrier and a casing, a photosensitive member, and a side wall. The casing is provided with a pivoting member including a pressuring portion ap... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7826767 | Process cartridge, image forming apparatus and developing cartridge A process cartridge includes a developing cartridge including a developer carrier, a fitting part, and a pressed part, and a photosensitive cartridge, to which the developing cartridge is removably mounted. The photosensitive cartridge includes a photosensitive memb... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7813671 | Process cartridge and electrophotographic image forming apparatus A process cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, includes a drum unit having an electrophotographic photosensitive drum; and a developing unit rotatably connected with the drum unit at a center of rotatio... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7778571 | Manufacturing method of developing unit, developing unit, and image forming device A manufacturing method of a developing unit including an OPC (organic photoconductor), a cleaning member disposed at a cleaning position in a predetermined radial direction of the OPC to clean the OPC, and a frame on which the OPC and the cleaning member are mounted... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7742720 | Photosensitive member cartridge The invention provides a photosensitive member cartridge, that has, for example, a case including a bottom wall, an upper wall, and side walls. A photosensitive drum and a transfer roller are rotatably disposed in a space surrounded by the bottom wall, the upper wal... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7689146 | Electrophotographic image forming apparatus and process cartridge An electrophotographic image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material, to which a process cartridge is detachably mountable, the apparatus, includes (a) a plurality of mounting portions for detachably mounting process cartridges, respectively, ... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7680433 | Process cartridge with casings combined by coupling pin, and assembling method and disassembling method thereof A process cartridge includes an image carrier, a developing device, a first casing for supporting the image carrier, and a second casing for supporting the developing device. The first casing and the second casing are freely combined in a rotatable manner as couplin... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7647005 | Process unit, toner box and image forming apparatus A process unit is described. The process unit may include a unit main body being detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus main body and having a developer carrier for supplying a developing agent to an image carrier on which an electrostatic latent image i... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7639968 | Process unit and image forming apparatus A process unit is described. The process unit may include a unit main body being detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus main body and including a first grasp portion, and a developer carrier for supplying a developing agent to an image carrier on which a... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7627267 | Image formation apparatus, image formation unit, methods of assembling and disassembling image formation apparatus, and temporarily tacking member used for image formation apparatus An image formation apparatus includes; a drum; a first housing provided around the drum; a second housing provided around the first housing; a temporarily tacking section that temporarily tacks two members selected out of three members of the drum, the first housing... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7613415 | Process cartridge with component geometry suitable for recycle of same A process cartridge is disclosed which is detachably mounted on an apparatus for forming an image using toner, and which has a process cartridge housing. The process cartridge housing includes: a smoothed surface portion including an inner face and an outer face; at... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7603057 | Photosensitive unit and developer cartridge A photosensitive unit is described. A photosensitive unit may include a developer cartridge including a developing agent carrier and a casing for supporting the developer carrier; a photosensitive body disposed so that the developing agent carrier is brought into co... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7587156 | Replaceable process cartridge and image forming apparatus using the same A process cartridge for use in an image forming apparatus includes a first unit, a second unit, and a coupling shaft. The first unit includes an image carrier, while the second unit includes a developer carrier. The coupling shaft is configured to couple the first u... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7587155 | Process cartridge and image forming apparatus A process cartridge is described. The process cartridge may include a developing unit and a toner unit detachably mountable to the developing unit. The developing unit includes a developer casing provided with an accommodating section for accommodating the toner uni... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7539439 | Image carrier toner unit and image forming apparatus A disclosed image carrier toner unit includes: an image carrier; a supporting member configured to be integrated with the image carrier, the supporting member supporting the image carrier; and a toner storage unit configured to be integrated with the supporting memb... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7457563 | Photosensitive member cartridge The invention provides a photosensitive member cartridge, that has, for example, a case including a bottom wall, an upper wall, and side walls. A photosensitive drum and a transfer roller are rotatably disposed in a space surrounded by the bottom wall, the upper wal... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7426354 | Image forming device and process cartridge An image forming device including: plural process cartridges which are provided in a device main body so as to be installable and removable in a lateral direction, and which are disposed in a vertical row; a belt body disposed so as to face the process cartridges, a... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7418220 | Image recording apparatus An image recording apparatus includes a sheet transport path, a first unit, and a second unit. The sheet transport path guides a sheet from a sheet feeding section, through an image recording section, to a sheet output section. The sheet transport path includes a fi... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7400845 | Process cartridge supported by image forming apparatus main body and image forming apparatus using the same A process cartridge provided attachably and detachably to and from an image forming apparatus main body, and including an image carrier, a developing unit for visualizing an electrostatic latent image on the image carrier and a toner replenishing unit for replenishi... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7395008 | Image formation apparatus and photoreceptor cartridge An image forming apparatus, includes: a mainframe; a photoreceptor; an exposing unit that exposes a surface of the photoreceptor to form an electrostatic latent image; and a developing unit that develops the electrostatic latent image by supplying a charged develope... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7391991 | Process cartridge and image forming apparatus A process cartridge of the present invention includes a photoconductive member with a rotatable axis, a cleaning member to contact on the photoconductive member, and plates to support both ends of the rotatable axis of the photoconductive member. The plates further ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7386248 | Image developing apparatus having a toner scatter preventing unit and image forming apparatus An image developing apparatus includes an upper case, and a lower case having an opening and containing a developing agent on a lower side of the upper case. A photoconductive drum in the upper case forms an electrostatic latent image on a surface thereof. A chargin... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7386254 | Position adjusting mechanism, process cartridge provided therewith, and image forming apparatus provided therewith A position adjusting mechanism, straddling a holding section for rotatably holding rollers and an opposed holding section for holding an opposed member disposed opposite to the rollers, wherein mutual positions between the holding section and the opposed holding sec... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7382999 | Image forming apparatus with detachable units An image forming apparatus can easily attach or detach a plurality of attachable and detachable units to or from the apparatus main body as a single unit or individually. An intermediate transfer apparatus is supported on a left guide rail and a right guide rail, an... | 06/03/2008 |
