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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8027626 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus to form an image on a recording sheet by transferring electrophotographic developer onto the recording sheet is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a heat roller to thermally fix the transferred developer onto the recording shee... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7890036 | Image forming method, image forming apparatus, and fixing device An image forming method, which includes transferring an image of toner on an image carrying member to a recording medium, and fixing the image transferred to the recording medium, includes: smoothening a surface of the image transferred to the recording medium; and ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7865120 | Image forming apparatus with power supply for charging nip forming member and rotary fixing member The image forming apparatus includes a fixing apparatus capable of restraining offset of a toner in multifarious types of sheets and in a variety of environments at low costs. The fixing apparatus has a rotary fixing member and a nip forming member which forms a fix... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7720419 | Glossy image forming system and copy surface smoothing apparatus A glossy image forming system for forming a glossy image on a recording material having a surface resin material layer, the glossy image forming system includes a fixing device for fixing an unfixed toner image formed on a surface of the recording material; a heater... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7720420 | Fixing device for thermally fixing an image developed on a recording sheet and use with an image-forming apparatus A fixing device thermally fixes an image developed on a recording sheet. The fixing device includes: a heating roller heated by a heat source and having a first end side and a second end side with respect to an axial direction; a power supply member for supplying th... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7684743 | Fixing device A fixing device includes a magnetic flux generating section having a coil which generates a magnetic flux when applying current, a fixing roller having a heat generating layer having a thickness of 100 μm or less formed along an outer peripheral surface of the fixi... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7539449 | Image heating apparatus A fixing apparatus 50 capable of reducing noise during a fixing operation using a fixing belt 1 having a metal layer includes the fixing belt 1 stretched between a fixation roller 2 and a fixation tension roller 3. The fixing appar... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7505722 | Convective hot air impingement device with localized return paths This is a pre-heater system especially useful in an electrostatic marking apparatus. It is used to heat the toner and paper (media) prior to the paper entering the conventional fuser station. Using this pre-heater increases fusing productivity (ppm), widens media la... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7486921 | Method of producing electronic circuit, and electronic circuit substrate According to one mode of the present invention, a method of producing an electronic circuit, comprising forming an integrated resin layer having a prescribed thickness by repeating a resin layer forming process a number of times so that resin layers are layered to b... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7437085 | Fixing apparatus and image forming apparatus A fixing apparatus includes a fixing rotary body; a rotary body provided with an interval from the fixing rotary body; an endless belt rotating in a condition in which it is wound around the fixing rotary body and the rotary body; a pressure rotary body which makes ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7437110 | Fixing device A fixing device 100 includes a fixing belt 102, a heat source 105, a support member 104, a pressure roller 103, and a reinforcing member 106. The fixing belt 102 has a metal sleeve. The heat source 105 is provi... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7426357 | Fixing unit and image forming apparatus equipped with the fixing unit A fixing unit for fixing a toner image to a recording medium by passing the recording medium which carries an unfixed image between a pair of rollers which are rotated with being pressed to each other to apply heat and pressure to the recording medium thereby fixing... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7424246 | Toner imaging machine having an external fusing module A floor standing and environmentally isolated external fusing module dockable with a first external module surround frame surrounding a xerographic toner image marking module is provided and includes (a) a fusing apparatus for receiving from the xerographic toner im... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7398028 | Image heating apparatus including a cooling unit adapted to cool a heating member In an image heating apparatus including a rotatable heating roller to heat an image on a recording material at a nip part, and a cooling unit to cool the rotatable heating roller, the cooling unit includes a pipe that forms a cooling loop for circulating cooling flu... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7389082 | Method and apparatus for forming an image having uniform glossiness An image forming method including the steps of a) forming a mirror image by a toner on a transparent substrate, and b) laminating the toner image carrying surface of the transparent substrate with a light reflecting material through a tacking layer or an adhering la... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7389065 | Image-forming apparatus with vibrating part An image-forming apparatus includes a transfer part that transfers a toner image to a sheet; a fixing part that heats a sheet to which a toner image is transferred by the transfer part to a temperature at which the toner on the sheet melts, and ejects the sheet; a v... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7374854 | Image-forming method and image-forming apparatus using the same The present invention provides an image-forming method, including pseudo-halftone-processing an input signal corresponding to image information to generate an output signal; irradiating a radiation beam corresponding to the output signal onto a latent image-holding ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7356267 | Jam removing method and printer using toner save mode A jam removing method and printer using toner a save mode includes detecting a paper jam on a printing route, confirming whether a dot count value of a corresponding image exceeds a preset boundary value, and converting a printing mode into the toner save mode when ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7336405 | Thermal fixing device for controlling the temperature of a heat member to melt toner on a recording sheet A thermal fixing device for fixing toner images onto recording sheets includes a heat member, a pressing member, a temperature sensor, a clock, and a control unit. The control unit performs a toner fixing control and a high-temperature heat-up control. During the to... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7327978 | Heat pipe fusing member A fusing member is formed from an evacuable inner tube with a cylindrical wall. The evacuable inner tube is inserted into an outer tube and the inner tube is pressurized to expand the inner tube such that the wall is in contact with the outer tube. An amount of a wo... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7326508 | Image forming method An image forming method, including forming an unfixed toner image on the surface of paper by an electrophotographic process using a developer containing a toner, and fixing the toner image on the paper, wherein a toner amount of the unfixed toner image is in the ran... | 02/05/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7315721 | Image forming and fixing apparatus with cooling fan An image forming apparatus comprises an image forming unit for forming a toner image on a sheet, a fixing unit for fixing the toner image transferred on the sheet by heat, a cooling fan for cooling the sheet by supplying air to the sheet fixed by the fixing unit and... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7313354 | Apparatus and method for producing member having hidden information, image formation apparatus, print control apparatus, service method, and program An apparatus produces a member having hidden information in which a sheet of conceal paper for hiding the information and a sheet of recording paper having an image recorded thereon are bonded releasably. The apparatus includes a recording paper supply section, a co... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7305754 | Method of manufacturing chip resistor In manufacturing a chip resistor by dividing a chip resistance substrate which includes an insulator, resistance film formed on a surface of the insulator, and a plurality of conductive strips disposed on the resistance film at fixed intervals, grooves are formed by... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7286781 | Developer, image forming method and image forming apparatus A toner for developing a latent image includes, at least, a binder resin, a releasing agent, a coloring agent and a fluidizing agent. A melting point Tw of the releasing agent is higher than or equals to a softening temperature Ts of the developer measured by a capi... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7280775 | Image-forming apparatus and recording-medium-temperature detector unit used in the same An image-forming apparatus includes a movable lever which functions as a recording medium detector for detecting the passage of a recording medium and a temperature detecting portion provided on the movable lever. The temperature of the recording medium is detected ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7277654 | Electrophotographic power supply configuration for supplying power to a fuser A power supply control system for a fuser assembly in an electrophotographic apparatus includes a power supply and a fuser assembly. The power supply includes a first electrical path designated for a fuser assembly that operates at a first voltage and a second elect... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7273687 | Toner fuser member having release layer formed from glycidyl end-capped polymer and perfluoroalkyl glycidyl-reactive compound A toner fuser member has a substrate, on which is formed a toner release surface layer from a composition that includes: about 95 wt. % to about 99.9 wt. % of a cross-linked, glycidyl end-capped bisphenolic polymer having the formula | 09/25/2007 |
| 7274903 | Integrated fuser unit and drive system for use in an electrophotographic imaging process An integrated fuser unit has a drive system with a motor and a drive train mounted in the fuser unit frame. A swing arm assembly engages and disengages the hot roll from the drive train. ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7260351 | Image heating apparatus and fixing apparatus An image heating apparatus including a plurality of image heating devices, each of the plurality of image heating devices having: an image heating member that heats an image on a recording material; and a separation member that separates the recording material from ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7257337 | Fuser image stress analysis system Exemplary embodiments include systems and methods to operate an image forming apparatus including at least one or more images of an image reproduction job to be performed using the image forming apparatus and an image reproduction device having a useful life consume... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7228098 | Fusing assembly having a temperature equalizing device A fusing assembly includes (a) a first member having a first edge, a second edge and an end-to-end axis; (b) a second member having a fusing surface forming a fusing nip with the first member, and the fusing nip being located between the first edge and the second ed... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7224922 | Image fixing apparatus capable of changing surface condition of fixing rotary member and fixing rotary member for use therein A fixing apparatus including a rotatable member, a heater for heating the rotatable member, and control means which controls heat generation of the heater, wherein a toner image on a recording material is heated by the rotatable member, the apparatus has a surface c... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7217485 | Toner for electrophotography, and image fixing process, image forming process, image forming apparatus and process cartridge using the same A toner for electrophotography contains a binder resin, a charge control agent, and a colorant. The colorant is a black iron oxide compound containing 10 to 45% by weight of titanium component calculated in terms of Ti atom in relation to Fe atom when measured by wa... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7214423 | Wear resistant fluoropolymer Disclosed is a fluoroelastomer loaded with an inorganic filler which is coupled to the fluoroelastomer by a titanate, zirconate or aluminate for use as a base layer and/or a release layer on a fuser, transfix, receiver or rheological transfer member in a copy machin... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7215899 | Image forming apparatus having temperature sensing element for sensing temperature of recording material According to the present invention, a temperature sensing part of temperature sensing means is arranged to come into contact with the surface opposite to the image surface of a recording material at the time of one-sided printing without providing such an opposed me... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7215918 | Fuser roller with improved crack resistance This is a fuser roll having a driver slot having a large rounded upper portion to reduce cracking caused by drive load stresses. Around the slot is a reinforcing driver yoke to add additional resistance to cracking. Two reinforcing lugs can be used in place of the d... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7208257 | Electron beam curable toners and processes thereof A process having a step of radiating toner with electron beam radiation, wherein the radiation results in curing the toner is disclosed. A toner curing process is disclosed wherein toner is radiated, wherein the toner comprises at least one resin and at least one co... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7196287 | Unit assembly structure and fuser of image formation apparatus A fuser includes a fusing roll unit having a fusing roll, a pressurizing roll unit having a pressurizing roll and a coil spring resiliently biasing the pressurizing roll. The units are secured by a pair of engagements. One engagement includes a hook provided at the ... | 03/27/2007 |
