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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7194220 | Process cartridge having cartridge electrical contact connected to a cartridge memory element and connectable to a main assembly electrical contact and image forming apparatus to which such cartridge is mountable A process cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus. The main assembly includes an opening, a cover movable between open and closed positions, and a main assembly electrical contact. The cartridge includes a ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7194212 | Image forming apparatus attached with replaceable unit By using information stored in a storage part provided in the image forming apparatus main body or the results of detection of an image density sensor or the like, it is judged whether or not a replaceable unit such as a toner cartridge has been replaced. Furthermor... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7190923 | Image forming apparatus, method for forming an image, computer-readable storage medium, and computer system An image forming apparatus with an image bearing member on which a latent image is formed, with a plurality of developing devices for developing the latent image, each of the developing devices containing developer, and with a turnable turning member on which the pl... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7187875 | Image forming device determining components replacement time according to environment and method thereof An image forming device determines the replacement time of components depending on environment. The image forming device includes an engine part performing the printing job using a certain component upon receiving the print command, a printout counter counting the a... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7187876 | Image forming apparatus with mechanism to control toner replenishment An image-forming apparatus includes a mechanism that controls the replenishment amount of toner to a predetermined value. A toner cartridge holds toner therein. The toner cartridge is detachably attached to a process cartridge. The process cartridge has a toner rese... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7184673 | Image forming device and image forming method An image forming device includes a developer container sectioned into a plurality of chambers, an image forming unit which forms an image by using a developer supplied from the developer container, sensors which are respectively provided in at least two of the chamb... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7184682 | Process cartridge and electrophotographic image forming apparatus A process cartridge is detachably mountable to an electrophotographic image forming apparatus main assembly. The main assembly includes a main assembly electrical contact, first and second projections, main assembly positioning portions, and a force application memb... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7182445 | Replaceable printer component A replaceable printer component comprises a printer component and a memory. The printer component is configured for removable installation into, and for electronic communication with, a printer. The memory is configured for storing a first unique identifier that rep... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7181152 | Image forming apparatus for reliably holding attachable units An image forming apparatus is disclosed that holds its detachably attached constituent units at predetermined positions for operations, and releases the hold when exchanging and inspecting the constituent units. The image forming apparatus includes a main body havin... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7180625 | Printer controller, image forming apparatus and storage medium A printer controller generates pattern data to be printed by a printer engine for use in carrying out a tone adjusting process. The printer controller includes a memory which stores reference tone patterns and tone adjusting patterns, a selecting section for selecti... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7181147 | Image forming apparatus, developing unit and storage medium An image forming apparatus including a first unit having a developer container holding developer containing toner and carrier, and a developer holder to hold and transfer the developer held in the developer container, a second unit to supply toner to the developer c... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7177551 | Apparatus for managing consumables of image forming apparatus The present invention relates to an apparatus for managing consumables of an image forming apparatus widely used in printers, multi-function printers, and so on. The apparatus of the present invention includes memory devices provided in the consumables for writing a... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7177042 | Facsimile apparatus and account-selling system using the same An account-settling system comprises a buyer-side facsimile apparatus and a seller-side facsimile apparatus. These facsimile apparatuses are connected to the Internet through LANs, respectively. The buyer-side facsimile apparatus comprises, in addition to a facsimil... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7177555 | Image forming process and image forming apparatus The image forming apparatus comprises a photoconductor, a latent electrostatic image forming unit for forming a latent electrostatic image on the photoconductor, a developing unit for developing the latent electrostatic image using a developer comprising a toner to ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7177557 | Method for calculating toner age and a method for calculating carrier age for use in print engine diagnostics The present invention generally relates to a digital imaging system or a light lens based imaging system. More specifically, the present invention provides an improved method and apparatus for calculating toner age and, additionally, carrier age using a toner concen... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7177556 | Image formation device and recording agent cartridge attached thereto Toner cartridges 32C, 32M, 32Y, and 32K have storage elements 33C, 33M, 33Y, and 33K mounted thereon to transmit information carried on electromagnetic wave in a predetermined frequency band. An information rec... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7177567 | Integrated toner cartridge with toner agitator and sensing device A toner cartridge with a uni-body construction reduces the cost of production as well as reducing the chance of failure during use. The toner cartridge includes a waste bin having a leading end that can be sculpted to mate with the cartridge-receiving cavities of a ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7174122 | 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 ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7174110 | Image forming device having replacement units mounted thereto With an image forming device, with respect to a set image density S (default mode), the modes of: increasing or decreasing the variation amount (slope) of the set image density in accordance with a usage amount of a developing device (m1, m2); increasi... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7174123 | Rigid agitator and shaft assembly A toner cartridge includes a waste bin and hopper designed with a rigid agitator assembly. A non-yieldable agitator is mounted on a shaft whereby the rotation of the shaft results in the synchronous rotation of the agitator. As the shaft rotates, the agitator enters... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7171133 | Image forming apparatus using detection of toner image on image bearing member In an image forming apparatus provided with an image forming portion for forming a toner image on a rotatable image bearing member, and a detecting portion for detecting a toner image for detection formed on the image bearing member, wherein the state of the image f... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7171132 | Image forming apparatus having position controller An image-forming apparatus includes an image-forming section, a detection section, and a controller. The image-forming section has an image-bearing body on which an electrostatic latent image is formed and a developing unit that develops the electrostatic latent ima... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7167657 | Image forming apparatus that controls image forming process based on temperature of conveying belt An image forming apparatus such as a printer has: an image forming unit which forms an electrostatic latent image onto a charged photosensitive drum, deposits toner onto the image, and forms a visible image; a belt arranged so as to run freely in contact with the im... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7167261 | Image forming apparatus with predetermined copy quality set by user or operator The present invention can reflect precisely a user's demand by outputting a warning so as to change setting of a compression method and a compression rate when sufficient image quality cannot be obtained with a currently set compression rate in color copying. ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7164875 | Electrophotographic image forming apparatus having a plurality of mounting portions for detachably mounting a plurality process cartridges An electrophotographic image forming apparatus usable with process cartridges. The apparatus includes mounting portions for detachably mounting the cartridges. In each mounting portion, a cartridge is inclined downwardly from an upstream to a downstream side with re... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7162922 | Non-invasive method for detecting and measuring filling material in vessels A non-invasive method for measuring the level of filling material in a vessel and for detecting the presence of the filling material in the vessel at a predetermined set point level is based on monitoring the oscillation of the vessel's outside wall that follows an ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7164491 | Identifying apparatus, apparatus to be identified, identifying method, and printing apparatus An encoder of a process unit encodes an identification code output by the CPU of a main unit, thereby obtaining a response code. The response code is returned to the main unit. The logic of the encoder is changeable. At shipment, a first logic is set in the encoder.... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7164867 | Method and apparatus for selecting image forming apparatus having enough toner An image forming apparatus network system, which connects two or more image forming apparatuses on a network, that includes image forming apparatuses which receive image data of the object to be printed, have image creating engines for two or more colors, and have a... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7162174 | Process cartridge having light guides and memory member, and electrophotographic image forming apparatus to which such cartridge is mountable A process cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an apparatus, includes a drum, a developing member, a cartridge frame including a developer accommodating portion, a first light guide adjacent one end of the cartridge frame and a leading end with respe... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7162186 | Image forming apparatus including a rotary member having a âshaped cross section drive connecting member An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member. First and second developing devices developing a latent image formed on the image bearing member. A rotary member holds the first and second developing device. First and second drive receiving parts are pr... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7162167 | Image forming apparatus, method of adjusting developing unit of the apparatus, developing unit, and storage medium In adjustment control of a developing device, the number of printed sheets and the toner consumption amount per sheet are calculated. If the accumulated toner consumption amount is smaller than a predetermined amount when a predetermined number of sheets are printed... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7162190 | Toner feeder The toner feeder is removably mounted in an image forming apparatus including a rotation driver for rotating a toner container and a rotation controller for controlling the rotation driver. The toner feeder comprises a toner container for containing toner, and a sup... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7156797 | Assembling method for developing roller An assembling method that is for a developing roller usable with a developing device. The developing roller includes a developer carrying member in the form of a hollow cylinder, a flange member provided at an end of the developer carrying member, and a magnet provi... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7158252 | Real-time distribution of imaging metrics information In a distributed computing environment, the following arrangements and procedures provide an imaging device and an imaging metric information server to distribute the imaging device's operational metrics (e.g., print media and toner utilization information) The metr... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7158731 | Image forming apparatus with toner concentration controller An image forming apparatus includes a toner concentration detector for detecting the toner concentration within a two-component developing unit, a toner supply unit for supplying a toner into the developing unit, a storage unit for sequentially holding and updating ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7158730 | Image forming apparatus, process cartridge, developing unit, and image forming method A carrier and a dummy toner are stored in a developing unit of a process cartridge in a brand new status. A plurality of process cartridges corresponding to a plurality of color toners is used in common. The color toners are respectively supplied to the developing u... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7155140 | Process cartridge and image forming apparatus A process cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material, the process cartridge being transportable with the electrophotographic image forming apparatus while being set... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7155137 | Process cartridge, developing cartridge and developing roller A developing cartridge is detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus. The cartridge includes a developing roller, for developing an electrostatic latent image formed on an electrophotographic photosensitive member, havi... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7154519 | Printer and ribbon cartridge A printer includes a substrate input, a substrate transport, a printhead, a removable ribbon cartridge, a ribbon cartridge receiver, and a substrate output. The substrate transport is configured to feed a substrate from the substrate input along a print path. The pr... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7151901 | Image forming apparatus and associated method of detecting developer deterioration An image forming apparatus including a latent carrier and a charging device. The charging device is configured to charge a surface of the latent carrier. An exposure device is configured to expose a surface of the latent carrier for forming a latent image thereon. A... | 12/19/2006 |
