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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8170463 | Sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus The present invention provides a sheet processing apparatus that can prevent, with higher certainty, lift of the trailing end of each sheet placed in sheet stacking portion. This apparatus includes a first holding member and a second holding member that prevent lift... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8145117 | Image forming apparatus with sheet detection unit which accurately detects sheet An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a fixing unit that is configured to fix a developing material on a sheet; a plurality of a pair of rollers that discharge the sheet conveyed from the fixing unit; and a sheet detection unit... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8139997 | Image formation device An image formation device includes an image formation unit, a paper feed unit, a paper discharge unit and a guide unit. The image formation unit prints an image on a recording paper conveyed along an image formation path. The paper feed unit feeds the recording pape... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8078093 | Recording material processing apparatus having image forming apparatus and post processing device A recording material processing apparatus includes an image forming apparatus, a post-processing device, a recording material judging section and a recording material transport controlling section. The recording material judging section judges whether the recording ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8055183 | Image forming apparatus Disclosed is an image forming apparatus which forms an image including an image forming unit to form the image on a paper, a plurality of paper ejection trays to mount the paper on which the image is formed, a display unit to display a setting screen for selecting a... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8045914 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes: a fixing unit which fixes toner image on a sheet by heat; a first portion in which the sheet on which the toner image is fixed by the fixing unit is fed; a second portion in which the sheet on which the toner image is fixed by th... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8041288 | Image forming apparatus having lowered image forming position and recessed sheet stacking portion In a printer, a scanner unit is formed into a taper shape having a thinner thickness on a side of a pick-up roller in a removing direction of a process unit, to allow the process unit to be removed from the printer. A part of a sheet feeding path is formed in an are... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8036590 | Image forming apparatus Disclosed is an image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus includes a housing having a discharge port, a plurality of photosensitive bodies mounted in the housing, a transfer unit to transfer visible images formed on the plurality of photosensitive bodies ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8032071 | Image forming apparatus including a reading part supported by first and second supporters An image forming apparatus includes an image reading part configured to read image information on an original document, an image forming part configured to form an image on a sheet according to the image information, a sheet discharge part configured to discharge th... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8010036 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes: an apparatus main body that performs image forming processing to a recording sheet; a sheet receiving member provided on a top surface of the apparatus main body and provided with a sheet receiving surface; a sheet discharge port... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7991346 | Image recording system An image recording system is configured in which a plurality of image recording apparatuses provided with a recording medium storage portion are disposed in a line, and a recording medium storage means shared by these image recording apparatuses is provided, and a r... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7957689 | Image forming apparatus An image-forming apparatus includes a body casing having on upper surface thereof a paper ejection tray on which a sheet of paper ejected after formation of an image is stacked; a side cover capable of opening and closing a side surface of the body casing on the dow... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7957690 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a printer body having a developing portion and a fixing portion therein; a plurality of sheet feeding rollers successively disposed along a sheet discharge path of the printer body and driven to discharge a sheet from fixing porti... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7941088 | Image forming apparatus The image forming apparatus has a discharge device, an air blow device and a detection device, wherein an amount of blown air by the air blow device when the height of the recording materials detected by the detection device is higher than a preset first detection p... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7920819 | Image forming apparatus with shiftable guide member for preventing curling of a transfer medium An image forming apparatus includes a fixing unit having a rotary heating member and a rotary pressure member forming a nip therebetween, a guide wall positioned immediately downstream of the fixing unit and on the side of the rotary heating member with respect to a... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7920818 | Image forming apparatus which can expand space of discharging unit An image forming apparatus which can expand the space of a discharging unit includes a scanner rotating unit provided below a scanner unit to rotate the scanner unit, to open the top of a discharging unit, and to expand a space of the discharging unit if the collect... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7912418 | Image-forming device An image-forming device includes: an image-forming unit; a sheet discharge unit; a sheet support unit; and a reading unit. The image-forming unit forms images on a recording sheet. The sheet discharge unit discharges, in a sheet discharging direction, a recording sh... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7899388 | Image forming apparatus and paper ejection method of image forming apparatus A drive unit for changing the driving rate of paper ejection rollers for ejecting sheets of paper after fixing is installed, and an image forming apparatus has an option, and when ejecting the sheets of paper to an intra-body paper ejection unit, after the sheets of... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7853192 | Paper discharge structure and image forming apparatus using the same A paper discharge structure includes: a paper discharge roller for discharging paper with an image from a discharge port; a paper output tray located below the paper discharge roller for holding sheets of paper P discharged by the paper discharge roller; and a side-... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7840172 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes at least one paper feeding section, a plurality of image forming sections, a plurality of paper output sections, a main transport path, and a plurality of paper output paths. The paper feeding section stores a recording medium the... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7822379 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes: a main body discharge tray disposed in an image forming apparatus main body, onto which a sheet with an image recorded is discharged; a main body discharge member that discharges the sheet onto the main body discharge tray; an op... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7764922 | Image forming apparatus with printed-paper storing function and printed-paper storing method thereof In a housing in which a printing unit is provided, a printed-paper storing unit that stores paper printed by the printing unit is provided to be removable to the outside. This printed-paper storing unit can be brought into a lock state in which removal to the outsid... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7764921 | Method and apparatus having improved sheet ejection system An image forming apparatus includes an image reader, an image forming unit, an output portion, and a notifying mechanism for notifying the operator of the apparatus. The image reader is configured to read an image on an original sheet to create image data. The image... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7711311 | Image forming apparatus with transparent window in sheet receiving surface An image forming apparatus has a main body with a casing and performs an image forming operation. A sheet receiving surface constitutes part of the casing and can receive a sheet discharged after an image forming process is performed. A window is provided on the she... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7711310 | Image-forming apparatus and multiple sheet curl correcting sheet-receiving units An image-forming apparatus includes multiple sheet discharge trays arranged on a downstream of a fixing unit in a layer structure, and multiple sheet-receiving units provided corresponding to the multiple sheet discharge trays arranged in the layer structure. Each o... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7697883 | Sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus The present invention provides a sheet processing apparatus that can prevent, with higher certainty, lift of the trailing end of each sheet placed in sheet stacking portion. This apparatus includes a first holding member and a second holding member that prevent lift... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7599654 | Image forming apparatus and paper ejection method of image forming apparatus A drive unit for changing the driving rate of paper ejection rollers for ejecting sheets of paper after fixing is installed, and an image forming apparatus has an option, and when ejecting the sheets of paper to an intra-body paper ejection unit, after the sheets of... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7590379 | Image formation device A safe and space-saving image formation device that reduces, with a simpler configuration, generation of abnormal images by blockage, skewing, etc. by the document image reading device, that has an interior of the internal paper ejection unit with a larger space, ha... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7577394 | Sheet conveying apparatus and image forming apparatus An apparatus of the present invention includes a first guide supported by a cover body in such a manner that the first guide can swing around a hinge with respect to the main body of the apparatus and a second guide provided on the apparatus main body. The first gui... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7577396 | Printing apparatus A printing apparatus prints on a medium at a first transport speed or a second transport speed lower than the first transport speed. The printing apparatus includes: an image forming unit for forming a developer image on the medium according to a print job sent from... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7577395 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a printer body having a developing portion and a fixing portion therein; a plurality of sheet feeding rollers successively disposed along a sheet discharge path of the printer body and driven to discharge a sheet from fixing porti... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7548723 | Paper delivering device and image forming apparatus A paper delivering device to deliver printing paper, including: a lower frame; an upper frame rotatably coupling with the lower frame by a hinge part and rotating between a driving position in which the upper frame is disposed to parallel with respect to the lower f... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7532854 | Image forming apparatus including discharging roller decelerating unit and method of decelerating discharging roller An image forming apparatus includes a discharging roller decelerating unit and a method of decelerating discharging rollers. The image forming apparatus includes a print unit, discharging rollers, a sensor unit that sensing a trailing edge of paper, and the discharg... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7529518 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes an original scanning section, a sheet feeding section, an image forming section, a sheet receiving section and an indicator (LEDs). The image forming section is located between the original scanning section and the sheet feeding s... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7526244 | Image forming apparatus To provide an image forming apparatus including: a discharge tray which can moves between a first position capable of loading a discharged sheet and a second position that is separated from the first position; and a sheet loading amount detection sensor which has a ... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7522874 | Image forming apparatus The image forming apparatus has a discharge device, an air blow device and a detection device, wherein an amount of blown air by the air blow device when the height of the recording materials detected by the detection device is higher than a preset first detection p... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7515870 | Image forming device, image forming method, and computer readable recording medium stored with image forming program The image forming device compares the size of the paper ready to be discharged with the size of the paper left on the paper tray if there is any paper left on the paper tray, and supplies a supporting member having a larger bending strength than the paper onto the p... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7493076 | Paper discharge guide unit and wet image forming apparatus having the same A paper-discharging guide unit for guiding a printing paper to be discharged outside a wet electrophotographic image forming apparatus and for absorbing volatile organic compound gases soaked in the printing paper comprises a guide frame forming a discharge passage ... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7489897 | Recording medium output apparatus and image forming apparatus In a recording medium output apparatus that is assembled to an image forming apparatus and outputs a sheet-like recording medium being transported onto a stack tray on which recording media are stacked, the recording medium output apparatus includes an output unit a... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7483669 | Image-forming apparatus, image-forming system, and image-forming unit An image-forming apparatus includes a first sheet output tray, an image-reading unit, and an image-forming unit provided below the image-reading unit. The image-reading unit and the image-forming unit form a sheet output space in which the first sheet output tray is... | 01/27/2009 |
