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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8180267 | Electrophotographically produced barrier images using an intermediate transfer member Systems and methods of producing image products using printing are provided. The printed image products can include stereoscopic and/or color shifting images. These images can be formed by a sequential application of a base image, a clear toner layer and a barrier i... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175506 | Belt driving controller and image forming device A belt driving controller includes a driving roller connected to a driving axis, a plurality of driven rollers, an endless belt provided to surround the driving roller and the driven rollers in a tensioned state, a motor connected to the driving axis via a reduction... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175507 | Transfer belt lateral position control apparatus and method According to aspects described herein, there is disclosed an apparatus and method for controlling a position of a belt in a printing system. The apparatus including a roller assembly for engaging at least a portion of a belt, a pair of laterally spaced support arms ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8165511 | Offset correcting device, intermediate transferring device, transferring device, and image forming apparatus An offset correcting device includes: an endless belt-like member having an endless belt-like shape; a rotation supporting member that has a rotation shaft in which an axial direction extends along a width direction of the endless belt-like member, and that is rotat... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160482 | Belt device and image forming apparatus A belt member is supported by a plurality of roller members including a first roller member and moves in a predetermined direction of movement. A coupling member is coupled with the first roller member. An abutting member makes contact with the coupling member by ch... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8145106 | Annular body, annular body stretching device and image forming apparatus The invention provides an annular body provided at an image forming apparatus, the annular body has at least an outermost periphery layer and an innermost periphery layer, each of which comprise carbon black, and a content of carbon black contained per unit of volum... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8131194 | Image formation apparatus having a detected part in a recess in the belt An image formation apparatus belt, including a belt that includes a belt main body, the belt having a recess; and a detected part for position detection that is located in a side edge region of the belt, the detected part being placed in the recess provided in the b... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8131195 | Annular body for suppressing electrical discharge, annular body stretching device and image forming apparatus The invention provides an annular body having an inner surface including a base material layer, the base material layer having a resin and a conductive agent, and the inner surface comprising a carbonized region. The invention further provides an annular body stretc... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8126381 | Transfer apparatus and image forming device having the same A transfer apparatus compensates for a floating movement of the a transfer belt, and an image forming device includes the transfer apparatus. The image forming device includes an image forming device body having an image forming unit, and a transfer apparatus to tra... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8121526 | Image forming device and image forming device control method A technique capable of preventing deterioration of image quality resulting from a band-shaped toner image created on a photosensitive surface in order to prevent so-called carrier attraction is provided. An image forming method involving an abutting and separation s... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8112021 | Image forming apparatus having mechanism for correcting pull of belt member An image forming apparatus that adjusts an inclination angle of a supporting roller for regulating pulling of a belt member serving as an intermediate transfer belt or a recording-material supporting belt. The image forming apparatus changes a method of adjusting an... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8095053 | Transfer belt unit for image forming apparatus including a steering roller to correct meandering In the transfer belt unit according to an embodiment of the present invention, rotation of a rear-side detection roller or a front-side detection roller rotated in contact with ribs of a transfer belt is transmitted to a steering roller via a lead screw to tilt the ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8095054 | Transfer device and image forming apparatus using the same The transfer portion for use in an image forming apparatus includes: an intermediate transfer belt having a toner image temporarily transferred from a photoreceptor drum; roller members that support and stretch the intermediate transfer belt; and strip-like guide el... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8086156 | Belt device and image forming apparatus An endless belt member is suspended in a tensioned manner by a plurality of roller members including a drive roller and a drive motor drives the drive roller member so as to move the belt member in a predetermined direction of travel. A detecting unit detects an amo... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8086157 | Image forming apparatus including storage device storing maximum length of transferring medium An image forming apparatus includes a latent image forming part configured to form a latent image on an image carrier; a developing part configured to form a toner image by developing the latent image on the image carrier; a first transferring part configured to tra... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8068774 | Image-forming apparatus equipped with specified intermediate transfer member An image-forming apparatus comprises an intermediate transfer member having a hard release layer on the surface that receives a primarily transferred toner image from a latent image-supporting member on the hard release layer and secondarily transfers the toner imag... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8064812 | Toner transfer belt with textured surface for enhanced transfer and method of forming textured surface An intermediate toner transfer belt includes an endless member made of a layer of a material having an endless functional surface adapted to transfer a toner image. The layer of material is textured so as to define a multiplicity of protruding portions of the materi... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8059999 | Belt conveyor and image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus is provided with an image bearing member for bearing a toner image in conformity with specified image information, a transfer belt mounted on a plurality of rollers for transferring the toner image on the image bearing member to the outer ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8059998 | Image forming device adapted to control speed difference between first rotary member and second rotary member In an image forming device including a first rotary member arranged to drive an intermediate transfer belt, a first motor arranged to rotate the first rotary member, and a second rotary member arranged to transfer a toner image formed on the intermediate transfer be... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8050604 | Belt member and image forming apparatus using the belt member A belt member is rotatably extended around a plurality of rotatable members of an image forming apparatus for forming a toner image on a recording material by using a developer containing a magnetic carrier. The belt member includes a layer, formed of a crystalline ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8050605 | Image forming apparatus including load applying member An image forming apparatus includes: an image carrier having an endless circumferential surface on which a latent image is formed due to an electrostatic potential difference; a developing device that attaches a toner to the image carrier to form a toner image; an e... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8045905 | Belt transfer device for image forming apparatus In a belt transfer device according to an embodiment, rotation of a rear side detection roller or a front side detection roller, which contacts with a rib of a transfer belt and is rotated, is converted into linear driving by using a worm gear. The movement of a lin... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8045904 | Apparatus with a steerable belt member adjusting feature A steering mechanism moves an intermediary transfer belt in its width direction by moving an inclination angle of two steering rollers with respect to a rotational direction of the intermediary transfer belt. The two steering rollers changes the inclination angle wh... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8041276 | Image forming apparatus having toner with specific adherence properties An image forming apparatus includes a first image bearer that bears a latent image to be developed as a toner image, and a second image bearer that includes an intermediate transfer member. A first transfer device transfers the toner image from the first to the seco... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8041275 | Release layer An apparatus and method transfer imaging material using a release layer having a bulk swelling capacity between 120% and 145% in Isopar L. ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8036582 | Belt driving device and image forming apparatus In an image forming apparatus, during a rotation of an intermediate transfer belt performed after a contact-state-changing rotation in which the number of photoconductors contacting the intermediate transfer belt has changed, a control unit of a belt driving device ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8032067 | Circular body, circular body unit, and image forming apparatus This invention provides a circular body, which is used for an image forming apparatus employing an electrophotographic system, the circular body containing: at least an inner layer containing resin and an outer layer that is laminated on an outer circumferential sur... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8023873 | Image forming apparatus A scanning start timing for an optical scanning unit is adjusted according to detection values of belt position detecting units arranged upstream and downstream from a primary transfer position in a movement direction of an endless type belt to thereby transfer an i... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8023872 | Belt device and image forming apparatus In a belt device, a first detecting unit detects a widthwise displacement of a belt, and a correcting unit corrects displacement of the belt in the width direction during a period starting from turning power on and ending with completion of drive preparation of the ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8019262 | Belt transporting apparatus, image forming apparatus and belt member transporting method with obilqueness mitigation A belt transporting apparatus is provided with a belt member that is rotated; a first roll member that holds the belt member; a second roll member that is provided apart from the first roll member by a first distance, holds the belt member together with the first ro... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8019263 | Image forming apparatus belt having a detecting portion for position detection An image forming apparatus belt includes a belt main body; a guiding member that is fixed to the belt main body along at least a side edge on one side of the belt main body; and a detected portion for position detection that is provided in a slit of the guiding memb... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8014708 | Belt member, transfer unit incorporating same, image forming apparatus incorporating same, and method of evaluating same A multi-layer endless belt member with a high-resistance surface layer for use in an image forming apparatus. A volume resistivity thereof ranges from approximately 8.0 to approximately 11.0 in log [Ω·cm]. An amount of resistivity change of a first surface thereof... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8005410 | Polyimide intermediate transfer components An intermediate transfer belt that includes a thermosetting polyimide and a conductive component, and where the polyimide is rapidly cured. ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8000641 | Image forming apparatus for electrophotographic imaging The present invention provides an image forming apparatus comprising at least an image holding member, an charging unit, a latent image forming unit, a developing unit, an intermediate transfer belt, a primary transfer unit, a secondary transfer unit, a fixing unit,... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7957684 | Intermediate transfer belt and methods for making the same An image forming apparatus having an improved intermediate transfer belt, and processes for making the same. More specifically, there is provided an intermediate transfer belt having one or more steering ribs formed into the belt such that a separate steering rib ne... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7953354 | Transfer belt unit for image forming apparatus A flywheel is coupled to a driven roller to support, at a secondary transfer position, an intermediate transfer belt that, together with a secondary transfer roller, nips and conveys a sheet. A direction of a shaft of the flywheel has an angle of 90° with respect t... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7953355 | Endless belt member, transfer unit incorporating same, and image forming apparatus incorporating same A multi-layer endless belt member, which can be incorporated in a transfer unit for use in an image forming apparatus, includes a base layer and a surface layer disposed on the base layer and having a higher resistivity and has a first resistivity of a first surface... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7945197 | Image forming apparatus with cushioning to mitigate internal impact The image forming apparatus has: a unit including a transfer medium that circularly moves; an image forming section provided along a circulation direction of the transfer medium; a movement mechanism that moves the unit in a direction substantially perpendicular to ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7929893 | Image forming apparatus comprising an intermediate transfer belt In an image forming apparatus adopting a cleanerless process, there is provided a technique of preventing deterioration of picture quality due to photoreceptor filming or color mixture. An image forming apparatus of a cleanerless process in which a toner image is fo... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7929894 | Driving control device and image forming apparatus including the same A driving control device for use in an image forming apparatus includes a control unit that analyzes any one of a speed variation pattern and a thickness variation pattern of an endless belt member of the image forming apparatus per at least one rotation of the endl... | 04/19/2011 |
