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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7970325 | Transfer fixing member, transfer fixing device and image forming apparatus A transfer fixing member containing a base, and an outermost surface layer composed of an elastic material in which a conductive material is dispersed, wherein when a pressure applied to a surface of the transfer fixing member by making a toner image bearing member ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7933541 | Image-forming method and image-forming apparatus An image-forming method includes forming a toner image on the surface of an image carrier, transferring the toner image from the surface of the image carrier onto an image-receiving layer of a belt-shaped intermediate transfer film that is provided on a surface of a... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7917070 | Intermediate transfer device and image forming apparatus using same An intermediate transfer device includes a secondary intermediate transfer member configured to transfer a toner image from an image bearing member via a primary intermediate transfer member, for transfer of the toner image onto a recording medium, a heating unit co... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7912412 | Transfer-fixing device, image forming apparatus including the transfer-fixing device, and transfer-fixing method A transfer-fixing device transfers and fixes a toner image onto a transfer-fixing surface of a recording medium, and includes a transfer-fixing member, a pressing member, a heating member, and a temperature equalization member. The transfer-fixing member carries the... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7907881 | Transfer-fixing device, image forming apparatus, and transfer-fixing method The transfer-fixing device includes an image carrier, a pressing member, a heater, and an electrical field generator. The image carrier carries a toner image. The pressing member presses against the image carrier to form a transfer-fixing nip between the pressing me... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7856201 | Image transfer fixation apparatus and image formation apparatus A transfer fixation apparatus includes: a fixing member that carries the toner image; a pressurizing member that becomes in contact with the fixing member with pressure to form a nip through which the recording target medium is transported; and a plurality of heatin... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7813684 | Transferring and fixing apparatus and image forming apparatus including the same A transferring and fixing apparatus includes a transferring and fixing member and a pressure member in close and pressing contact with each other, forming a transferring and fixing region therebetween. A fused toner image held and heated by the transferring and fixi... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7809317 | Intermediate transfer device and image forming apparatus An intermediate transfer device including an intermediate transfer member, an intermediate transfer part configured to transfer a toner image from an image bearing member onto the intermediate transfer member, a heating member configured to heat the intermediate tra... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7809316 | Transfer apparatus for transferring an image of a developer in a printer and method for calibrating the heating system thereof A transfer apparatus for transferring an image of a developer from an image-bearing medium onto an image receiving medium in a transfer zone includes a heating device that heats the image-bearing medium, an adjustable power supply device that supplies electrical pow... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7734237 | Image forming apparatus with fixing fluid application device An image forming apparatus of the wet fixing method includes a toner image forming section, a intermediate transfer section including an intermediate transfer belt, a fixing fluid applying section that applies a fixing fluid to a toner image on the intermediate tran... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7711300 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier for bearing a visible image thereon, an endless transfer-fixing belt stretchedly disposed between a plurality of spanning members, a pressure member for pressing the transfer-fixing belt to the image carrier while... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7706732 | Image forming apparatus with increased transfer efficiency In an image forming apparatus, toner primarily transferred to an intermediate transfer belt is secondarily transferred at a first nip area formed by a secondary transfer roller and a transfuse roller, onto the transfuse roller, at pressure of 5.3 N/cm2 to... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7706733 | Mechanism for transfix member with idle movement A printer includes an idler movement mechanism that rotates a transfix member at a speed corresponding to a rotational speed for a rotating image member before moving the transfix member into engagement with the rotating image member to form a nip. The printer inclu... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7697877 | Image forming apparatus employing heating and fixer fluid applying sections An image forming apparatus is provided in which a toner is prevented from flowing and being agglomerated, at the time of application of a fixer fluid to a toner image so as to fix the toner image to a recording medium, and the recording medium is prevented from gene... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7643784 | Fixing apparatus, fixing member used in the fixing apparatus, and image forming apparatus having the fixing apparatus A fixing apparatus including at least one transfer and fixing member which is placed in contact with an image carrier and a recording medium and configured to transfer and fix an image on the image carrier to the recording medium, at least detection mechanism config... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7613419 | Image forming apparatus and image forming method characterized by a particular nip time An image forming apparatus equipped with an image bearing member, a latent electrostatic image forming unit which forms a latent electrostatic image on the image bearing member, a developing unit which develops the latent electrostatic image by using a toner to form... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7583922 | Image forming apparatus with a pressing member and transfer fixing member For an image forming apparatus, a transfer fixing apparatus and a transfer fixing method fix a toner image onto a record medium. The fixing apparatus and the image forming apparatus have a structure to reduce adverse heat influences impacting on an intermediate tran... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7551882 | Image forming apparatus equipping improved transfer fixing apparatus An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, a latent electrostatic image forming unit, a developing unit, an intermediate transferring unit which has an intermediate transfer belt and a plurality of rollers supporting the intermediate transfer belt,... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7526242 | Transferring apparatus and image forming apparatus A first guide member and a second guide member guide a recording medium into a nip between a transfer member and a nip-forming member. The first guide member and the second guide member are arranged so as to form a substantial V-shape with tip of the V-shape being t... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7447471 | Ink heating on blanket by contact of a rotating hot surface A method of heating toner of an image on a moving surface of an intermediate transfer member in order to transfer the image to a printing medium of a printing system includes providing a toner image on an intermediate transfer member, and placing a surface of a heat... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7418226 | Image forming apparatus with first and second intermediate transfer sections There is provided an image forming apparatus utilizing a concurrently transferring and fixing method which improves a transfer efficiency of a toner image from an intermediate transfer member to a transferring and fixing member, allows a stable forming of a high-def... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7389081 | Process for manufacturing an image recording body and apparatus for manufacturing the same The present invention provides a method for manufacturing an image recording body comprising: image-forming, to form an image on a surface of a film by an electrophotographic method; positioning, by overlaying the film onto a support so that at least one side of the... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7369803 | Fixing device and image forming apparatus using the same A fixing device for fixing image information on a recording medium passing a nip of the present invention includes a rotatable member for transferring and conveying a non-fixed image, a first heating means for heating an image present on the rotatable member and a r... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7359664 | Fixing device for an image forming apparatus including supporting members for fixing belts of the fixing device A fixing device for fixing a toner image on a recording medium includes first and second belts rotatably disposed opposite to each other such that the recording medium having the toner image thereon moves therebetween, a fixing roller disposed in contact with an inn... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359666 | Fixing apparatus with a pressing member and transfer fixing member For an image forming apparatus, a transfer fixing apparatus and a transfer fixing method fix a toner image onto a record medium. The fixing apparatus and the image forming apparatus have a structure to reduce adverse heat influences impacting on an intermediate tran... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354691 | Imaging apparatus and improved toner therefor The invention relates to a liquid toner and imaging apparatus provided with an imaging surface having a liquid toner image formed thereon on fibrous toner particles and carrier liquid. The fibrous toner particles can be composed of a polymer portion and pigment disp... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7348058 | Electrically conductive roll An inexpensive electrically conductive roll which is easily produced compared with conventional rolls, offers stable adhesion at the interface with time lapse after mixing adhesive components, which is not affected by environment during storage of the core after bei... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7340191 | Image forming apparatus featuring variably-controlling a primary-transferring condition based on a detection result of combined toner images An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, first toner image forming device of forming a first toner image by a first toner, second toner image forming device of forming a second toner image by a second toner, transferring device of transferring th... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7333760 | Fixing device with temperature control A fixing device including a magnetic field generating device to generate a magnetic field, a fixing member to heat a recording material by heat generated in a first recording material passing area having a first width on the fixing member by electromagnetic inductio... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7324770 | Printing apparatus, fusing apparatus, and method of controlling fusing temperature of printing apparatus A printing apparatus including a heat roller, a pressure roller, a fusing apparatus, and a method of controlling a fusing temperature of the printing apparatus. The printing apparatus includes a heat roller, a first temperature sensor which senses a temperature of t... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7315702 | Image forming apparatus capable of reducing time unable to perform image formation due to temperature change of image bearing member An image forming apparatus is capable of reducing the time when it is unable to perform image formation due to a temperature change of an image bearing member. The apparatus includes a rotatable image bearing member; an electrostatic image forming device for continu... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7286779 | Apparatus for suppressing deformations in a belt of an image forming device A scale is provided on a back side edge of an intermediate transfer belt for detecting an amount of movement of the belt. In a tandem type image forming apparatus, a sensor is provided as a scale-reading unit that reads the scale. Materials used for the intermediate... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7283760 | Variable nip pressure fusing system A fuser system of a xerographic device provides a fuser member, and a pressure member supported for pressure engagement with the fuser member. The pressure member includes an inner layer and an outer layer. The inner layer is variably pressurized for controlled chan... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7274902 | Printer transfer member A printer includes a surface configured to carry an electrostatic charge and a printing material forming an image, a transfer member configured to carry printing material from the surface to media and a heater external to the transfer member. The heater is configure... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7269384 | Transfer-fixing unit with a surface layer of predefined hardness for use in an image forming apparatus A transfer-fixing unit for use in an image forming apparatus having an intermediate transfer member and a transfer-fixing unit, which includes a pressure member and a transfer-fixing member. The intermediate transfer member receives a toner image thereon. The transf... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7266319 | Heater, and image forming apparatus, heating method incorporating same A fixer (heater) includes a heat roller and a pressure roller pressing each other. The fixer heats a heated material by passing the heated material through a press region where the heat roller and the pressure roller meet. The fixer further includes an external heat... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7265768 | Image forming apparatus A photoreceptor cleanerless image forming apparatus and method for overlappingly forming yellow, cyan, magenta, and black toner images and decreasing color mixture or an exposure error due to reverse transfer toner or untransferred toner are provided. The image form... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7266334 | Cooling unit for cooling an intermediate transfer medium of an image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive medium on which an image is formed. An intermediate transfer medium is disposed to contact the photosensitive medium and to rotate in a closed loop, and onto which the image formed on the photosensitive medium is ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7260353 | Image heating apparatus with heating nip for preventing image failure A belt nip type fixing apparatus, which prevents a formation of an icicle-like uneven glossiness occurring on a surface of a fixed image due to pressure release in a fixing nip. In addition, an image forming apparatus provided with the fixing apparatus for preventin... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7260338 | Apparatus and process for fuser control The invention is in the field of fusing and fusing apparatus for print media, particularly for fusing toner to print media and other variations. According to various aspects of the invention, an improved temperature control is provided for a fusing apparatus wherein... | 08/21/2007 |
