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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8180252 | Photosensitive body for electro-photography A photosensitive body for electro-photography includes a photosensitive drum, a shaft, and a contact segment. The photosensitive drum includes a drum body that has a cylindrical shape, electrical conductivity, and an outer peripheral surface, and a photosensitive la... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8121521 | Support structure for a photoconductive drum of a production printing system A drum support structure of a production printing system is disclosed. The drum support structure secures a photoconductive drum within a printing system during operation. The drum support structure includes a plurality of ring members spaced in parallel along a lon... | 02/21/2012 |
| 7991324 | Photosensitive unit and image forming apparatus A photosensitive unit is described. The photosensitive unit may include a side wall; a drum body rotatably provided with respect to the side wall and formed with an electrostatic latent image; a brake member provided on one end portion of the drum body in an axial d... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7978999 | Process cartridge and image forming apparatus A process cartridge is configured to be mounted in an apparatus main body along a predetermined mounting direction. The process cartridge includes: a photosensitive drum; a drum drive input member into which a driving force for rotating the photosensitive drum is in... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7957670 | Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and supporting mechanism An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of process units, a plurality of latent image carriers, an optical writing unit, an upper cover, and a pitch positioning member. The pitch positioning member including a plurality of abutting portions so as to regulate... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7917059 | Developing device and image forming apparatus A developing device is detachably attached to an image forming apparatus. The developing device includes a first frame member; a second frame member disposed to face the first frame member; a shaft member for connecting the first frame member and the second frame me... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7899361 | Photosensitive medium supporting apparatus, developing cartridge and image forming apparatus having the same and method to assemble and disassemble a developing cartridge A photosensitive medium supporting apparatus includes a supporting shaft to rotatably support a photosensitive medium and to have a fixing groove or a fixing projection formed at one portion of the supporting shaft that projects from one end of the photosensitive me... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7899360 | Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and supporting mechanism An image forming apparatus includes a first member and second member that are formed of different materials. The first member includes a plurality of first abutting portions. The second member includes a plurality of second abutting portions. One latent image carrie... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7865112 | Electrophotographic printer An electrophotographic printer capable of easily attaching and detaching a retaining means to retain the inside of a photoconductive drum to and from the photoconductive drum. A flange located on the extraction side of a photoconductive drum is provided with: a reta... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7844198 | Electrophotographic photoreceptor, photoreceptor supporting device, imaging device and process cartridge An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes, a cylindrical photoreceptor pipe; at least one flange which is attached to an opening of one end of the photoreceptor pipe, and which is provided with a shaft part projecting outward from the one end at a shaft center p... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7840159 | Image-forming device having a positioning structure An image-forming device includes a first frame, and a first supporting unit. The first frame includes a first plate-shaped part having a surface orthogonal to the first direction and supports a first image-bearing member. The first plate-shaped part is formed with a... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7773912 | Image forming apparatus and latent-image-carrier position adjusting method A support unit supports a rotation axe of each of at least three latent-image carriers in a rotatable manner. A plurality of developing units develops latent images on the latent-image carriers with toners of different colors, respectively. A toner-pattern detecting... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7680435 | Flange, flange processing device, and method of processing flange To provide a flange to be attached to an end of a photoconductor drum, the flange including: a drum engagement part capable of being engaged with an inner surface of the photoconductor drum; and a center hole, wherein the flange is prepared by cutting at least one o... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7676175 | Photosensitive drum for printer cartridge and method for mounting the same A photosensitive drum for a printer cartridge, which can be easily mounted on a printer cartridge of which the positions of drum connectors are fixed, is disclosed. The photosensitive drum for a printer cartridge comprises a cylindrical drum having a photosensitive ... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7630667 | Supporting apparatus for a photosensitive drum For supporting a cylindrical photosensitive drum, a high-precision high-strength supporting apparatus is disclosed to include a sleeve member and a shaft member. The sleeve member has an outer wall for attaching to the photosensitive drum, an inner wall within which... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7616915 | Image forming apparatus having a force-converting mechanism to detach a rotary body A bearing detachably and rotatably holds a photoconductor. A bearing holder firmly holds the bearing. A rotating lever is provided on a rotation axis of a photoconductor between the photoconductor and the bearing holder. The bearing holder and the rotating lever are... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7546064 | Process cartridge with image carrier supporting structure for use in an image forming apparatus A process cartridge and an image carrier supporter for use in an image forming apparatus. The image carrier supporter temporarily fixes an image carrier inside a process cartridge of an image forming apparatus. The image carrier supporter includes a penetration shaf... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7463846 | Photosensitive drum To realize easier assembly of the photosensitive drum with appropriate contact force to the end face of the drum body, while restricting manufacture cost increase and avoiding need for high skill and/or experience for the factory worker who assembles the drum. A pho... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7440715 | Electrophotographic photosensitive drum, process cartridge, and electrophotographic image forming apparatus An electrophotographic photosensitive drum is for a process cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus. The main assembly includes a motor, and a gear having a non-circular twisted hole. The drum includes a cy... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7433628 | Photoreceptors, developing cartridge using the same, and image forming apparatus using the same A developing cartridge and an image forming apparatus having a photoreceptor drum are provided. The photoreceptor drum includes a pair of sleeves having outer diameter units inserted into the ends of a cylindrical drum on which a photoconductive material layer is fo... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7424247 | Image forming apparatus having a separable coupling set An image forming apparatus includes: an image carrier rotated by a drive section and carrying a toner image to transfer onto a transfer medium; and a drive-side coupling and an image carrier-side coupling capable of being connected to and being separated from each o... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7409177 | Method and apparatus for image forming capable of effectively positioning a supporting member An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member configured to bear an image on a surface thereof, an image bearing member supporting member configured to support the image bearing member, a sliding member having a guide portion, a positioning member conf... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7409176 | Image forming apparatus including photosensitive body fixing apparatus An image forming apparatus including a photosensitive bodies fixing unit. The image forming apparatus includes: a main body frame; a fixing frame on which a plurality of photosensitive bodies are installed, the fixing frame being fixed at a predetermined position on... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7379688 | Image forming apparatus including a removable unit An image forming apparatus including a photosensitive drum unit (photosensitive unit) including a photosensitive body, a fixing unit for fixing a toner image transferred from the photosensitive body onto a recording material, and a vertical conveying path for convey... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7366439 | Method of remanufacturing cartridge and remanufactured cartridge A method of remanufacturing a cartridge detachably mountable in an electrophotographic image-forming apparatus body and composed of styrene-based resin compositions at least in part, characterized by including the steps of: (1) dividing the cartridge into at least t... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366452 | Developer supply container and electrophotographic image forming apparatus A developer supply container supplies a developer to a process cartridge detachably mounted to an electrophotographic image forming apparatus. The process cartridge contains an electrophotographic photosensitive drum and a charging member for charging the drum. The ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7357584 | Sheet transport device Disclosed is a sheet transport device having: a registration roller to transport a sheet after correcting a skew of the sheet; a drive source to drive the registration roller; a frame body; and a rotation resisting body which is connected to the registration roller ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7349649 | Process cartridge, positioning mechanism therefor and electrophotographic image forming apparatus A process cartridge is capable of being carried on a movable guide, which is movable relative to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus and which is provided in the main assembly. The movable guide is movable from a receiving position towa... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7348701 | Driving unit and image forming apparatus A driving unit including a motor, a support bracket supporting the motor, at least one stud supporting a gear which is rotated with a driving force of the motor, and a heatproof member disposed between a frame fastening the support bracket and the stud, and an image... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349657 | Developer feeding member, developing apparatus, process cartridge and developer feeding member mounting method A developer feeding member for use with an electrophotographic image forming apparatus to feed a developer accommodated in a developer accommodating portion, includes a shaft for receiving a driving force to rotate when the shaft is mounted in the developer accommod... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7340197 | Process cartridge, mounting mechanism therefor and electrophotographic image forming apparatus A process cartridge which is capable of being carried on a movable guide provided in the main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus and which is movable from a receiving position toward a mount position in interrelation with movement of the mova... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7340198 | Process cartridge and image forming apparatus for reducing the effect of external forces A process cartridge is detachably provided in an image forming apparatus having a main gear. The process cartridge includes a photoconductive unit and a rotatable unit, and a positioning member. The rotatable unit includes an unit body, an idler shaft, an idler gear... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7336916 | Electrophotographic image forming apparatus An electrophotographic image forming apparatus includes a print unit that prints an image by an electrophotographic process and has a developer cartridge having a photoreceptor drum. A door opens and closes one side of the print unit to install and remove the develo... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7330680 | Drum support bushing with orienting features A photoconductive drum may be located and supported in an image forming apparatus via bushings at each end of a drum axle. The bushings may be produced from a single die cavity and may include orientation features which may be employed to key the bushings with a hou... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7319836 | Image forming device An image forming device includes a device frame and a photoconductive drum. The device frame includes a driving device, a driving gear that transmits a driving force from the driving device, and an urging member that supports the driving gear in a manner capable of ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7317887 | Sheet feed device and image forming apparatus A sheet feed device has a door for supporting one of the rollers of a feed roller pair for feeding a sheet, mounted on the apparatus main body so as to be opened or closed on the one end part side in the roller pair axis direction such that the one roller is pressur... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7315710 | Electrophotographic photosensitive drum supporting apparatus, process cartridge and electrophotographic image forming apparatus An electrophotographic photosensitive drum supporting apparatus for rotatably supporting a photosensitive drum includes a first supporting member having a first hole for supporting one end of the drum, and first and second surfaces on one side and the other side of ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7310489 | Process cartridge including first and second portions to be positioned and first and second portions to be supported and image forming apparatus detachably mounting such process cartridge A process cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus. The cartridge includes an electrophotographic photosensitive drum, a developing roller, a drum unit for rotatably supporting the drum, first and second por... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7302203 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus, is provided with an image forming section, an image carrying member, a transferring section to transfer the toner image from the image carrying member to a recording sheet, and a cleaning section including a cleaning blade being in contac... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7298991 | Image forming apparatus and image transferring unit for use in the same In an image forming apparatus configured to form a toner image on a photoconductive element and transfer it to a recording medium of the present invention, the photoconductive element and an image transferring member pressed thereagainst are constructed into an imag... | 11/20/2007 |
