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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185000 | Electrostatic charging apparatus, and image forming assembly and image forming apparatus which employ the same An electrostatic charging apparatus, includes: an endless-shaped electrostatic charging belt having electrical conductivity, the electrostatic charging belt being arranged in a state of having a predetermined contact zone being in contact with a moving to-be-charged... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8175473 | Charging device and image forming apparatus A charging device includes: a charging member; a charging power source that applies a charging voltage to the charging member; a temperature dependence storage unit that stores preset temperature dependence; a humidity dependence storage unit that stores preset humi... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175472 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes: a detected member of which a temperature is to be detected; a temperature sensor including a contact portion provided to contact the detected member, the temperature sensor being configured to detect the temperature of the detect... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170430 | Color image forming apparatus, color image forming method, computer program product An out-of-color registration table containing a correspondence of amounts of out-of-color registration detected by an out-of-color-registration amount detector and machine states detected by a machine state detector is prepared. The out-of-color registration table i... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8126342 | System for tailoring a transfer nip electric field for enhanced toner transfer in diverse environments A system for tailoring a transfer nip electric field includes a transfer roll, a backup roll forming a transfer nip with the transfer roll, and a pre-nip roll positioned upstream from the transfer and backup rolls and the transfer nip such that a toner image-support... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8107833 | Image forming apparatus and method of correcting color misregistration in image forming apparatus A determining unit determines whether a difference between a temperature value and a temperature detected by a temperature detecting unit is equal to or larger than a first value. A pattern forming unit, when the determining unit determines that the difference is eq... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8107834 | Image forming apparatus and control method for the same An image forming apparatus that transfers a toner image from includes a transfer belt to a sheet via to carry a toner image, a transfer roller. The image forming apparatus transfers the toner image by applying a transfer bias voltage to either the transfer roller or... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8090279 | Image forming apparatus having control unit An image forming apparatus includes an image supporting member; a developer supporting member for attaching developer to the image supporting member to form a developer image; a transfer unit for transferring the developer image to a recording medium; a driving unit... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8073348 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus forms images. A developer bearing body receives a first voltage and supplies developer to the electrostatic latent image formed on an image bearing body. A supplying member receives a second voltage and supplies the developer to said devel... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8055143 | Image forming apparatus including temperature sensor embedded developers and method of controlling the image forming apparatus Provided is an image forming apparatus which includes a photosensitive body on which an electrostatic latent image is formed, a developing unit including toner to develop the electrostatic latent image formed on the photosensitive body, a temperature sensor installe... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8050578 | Image forming apparatus to heat and fix a toner image onto a print medium An image forming apparatus is supplied that can obtain a correct temperature inside an image forming section and can perform an optimum temperature control so that it is possible to prevent remainder toner on the surface of the image carrying body from solidifying. ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8045867 | Apparatus and method to supply developer Embodiments of an image forming apparatus, developer supplying apparatus and methods thereof may control a developer conveying speed in accordance with image print conditions, environmental status and/or developer amount to substantially maintain a stable amount or ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8036547 | Method for adjusting transfer voltage controls based on environmental conditions to improve print quality in a direct transfer image forming device The present application is directed to methods of controlling the transfer voltage in a transfer nip formed between the photoconductive member and the transfer member. The methods offset the effects of large transfer current spikes caused when a media sheet enters a... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8036548 | Customer replaceable unit monitor (CRUM) unit, replaceable unit and image forming apparatus comprising the CRUM unit, and unit driving method thereof A replaceable unit to participate in an image forming job of an image forming apparatus includes a storage unit to store therein a driving condition corresponding to an operation environment, a detecting unit to monitor the operation environment, a controlling unit ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8019244 | User-friendly image forming apparatus with current supplier for supplying cleaning current, image forming method and recording medium An image forming apparatus includes: an intermediate transfer belt for, by rotation thereof, transferring a toner image on a surface thereof; a cleaner for removing toner particles after the transfer by rotation of a cleaning brush which touches the surface of the i... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8014688 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus including a photosensitive member, a charging apparatus to charge a surface of the photosensitive member when applied with a charging voltage, and an exposure apparatus to expose the surface of the photosensitive member after being charged... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8010000 | Image forming apparatus for use in controlling image magnification An image forming apparatus includes a light source unit, an image carrier on which a latent image is formed by a light beam emitted from a light source, a developing unit configured to develop a latent image formed on the image carrier using a toner, an intermediate... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8005377 | Image forming device An image forming device includes an image carrier having a surface onto which an electrostatic latent image is formed, a development station including a case made of a conductive body and one or more developer rollers, which supply toner housed in the case to the su... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7995938 | Toner agitating stepping motor control unit, image forming apparatus and stepping motor control method A control unit is provided with an excitation current output section for outputting an excitation current to a stepping motor, a first level judging section for judging a drive stop time level indicating the duration of a time during which the stepping motor is not ... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7995937 | Image forming apparatus and control method thereof An image forming apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The image forming apparatus includes: an image carrying body which includes a surface on which a developer which corresponds to printing data is applied; a transferring unit which receives transfe... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7978991 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a high voltage generating circuit 91 that applies an oscillating voltage in which a DC voltage and an AC voltage are superimposed on each other, to a charging member 42 disposed in contact with an image carrier 41... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7978992 | Image forming apparatus executing stabilization process at proper frequency In an MFP, when a count of printed sheets of paper exceeds a predetermined count, a controller reads, from internal counters, a frequency of a stabilization process executed in return, a frequency of a stabilization process executed automatically in printing, a freq... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7970299 | Image forming apparatus capable of detecting surface temperature rotating body without contact The aim of the present invention is to provide an image forming apparatus that accurately detects surface temperature of a rotating body using a noncontact temperature detection section and corrects the detected temperature according to the temperature of the surrou... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7965953 | Electrode-based post nip field conditioning method and apparatus An image-forming device includes a media path extending through the image-forming device, and at least one image transfer nip positioned along the media path. An electrode is positioned subsequent to the nip with respect to the media path and is coupled to a voltage... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7962055 | Image forming apparatus According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a photoreceptor, a charging unit, an exposure unit, a developing unit, a transfer unit, a fixing unit, an environment detecting unit and a control unit. The charging unit includes a charger and a stati... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7953332 | Method for regulation of the optical density in an electrographic printing method as well as a toner layer thickness measurement system and electrographic printer or copier In a method or system for regulation of optical density in an electrographic printing method, a toner layer thickness of a toner image developed with a developer station is scanned with a sensor. The resulting toner layer thickness signal is used for regulation of i... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7949267 | Image forming apparatus having an adjustment unit for adjusting a contact state between two members An image forming apparatus is provided that has a developing agent holder arranged as opposed to an image holder having an electrostatic latent image formed thereon, the developing agent holder attaching the developing agent to the image holder, a developing agent s... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7949268 | Dynamic photo receptor wear rate adjustment based on environmental sensor feedback A xerographic marking engine adjusts a charging actuator value, such as an AC peak-to-peak voltage or an AC peak-to-peak current, based on a determined knee value, VKNEE, of a charge curve for an imaging apparatus photoreceptor within the xerographic mark... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7941063 | Image forming apparatus with loop control An image forming apparatus is provided, which prevents occurrence of conveying malfunction or image failure due to variation of conveying speed caused by endurance of a fixing unit or a conveying unit, variation of using environment, or a type of a recording materia... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941062 | Image forming apparatus to control an image forming condition An image forming apparatus includes a rotatable photosensitive drum, a charging apparatus to which a charging voltage is applied, an exposure apparatus forming an electrostatic image, a developing apparatus to which a development voltage is applied, a timer measurin... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937004 | Image forming apparatus having replaceable components Disclosed is an image forming apparatus which forms an image on a paper including a detection unit to detect a present temperature of one component or a plurality of components to be replaced among components constituting the image forming apparatus and a control un... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7917046 | Development device and image forming apparatus provided therewith The first direct-current bias power supply applying the first direct-current bias Vdc1 and the first alternating-current bias power supply applying the first alternating-current bias Vac1 are connected to a development roller. The second direct-current... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7907855 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus including a first developing device including a first developer carrying member for carrying a developer containing toner, wherein a developing voltage including an AC component is applicable to the first developer carrying member to devel... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7899346 | Humidity detecting device, and image forming apparatus provided therewith The humidity detecting device includes a detection unit and a controller. The detection unit includes a humidity sensor for producing a humidity detection signal by detecting a humidity, a temperature sensor for producing a temperature detection signal by detecting ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7817929 | System and method for adjusting selected operating parameters of image forming device based on selected environmental conditions to improve color registration A system for adjusting selected operating parameters of an image forming device to improve color registration based on selected environmental conditions includes a first image forming station to print a first registration mark on a substrate, a second image forming ... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7817928 | Image forming apparatus and image forming method An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, an intermediate transferring body and a contact type secondary transferring member transferring an image from the intermediate transferring body to a recording medium. The apparatus forms an image with respective... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7809294 | Image forming device controlling driving of a motor based on a detected temperature An image forming device includes an image forming arrangement including a medium passage and motor, and a temperature detecting unit. A supplying control unit allows supply of a recording medium in the medium passage responsive to an image-forming signal, and preven... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7773894 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing belt configured to bear a toner image, a driving roller configured to rotationally drive the image bearing belt, first and second image forming units configured to form toner images on the image bearing belt. To c... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7764888 | Image formation apparatus and charging control method of charging roll An image formation apparatus includes: a photoconductor that has a photoconductive layer having a surface on which an electrostatic latent image is formed; a charging roll to which a bias with an AC component superposed on a DC component is applied for charging the ... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7764889 | Image-forming device An image-forming device includes a cleaning unit, a toner detection unit, a control unit, and a cleaning target member in the housing. The cleaning unit applies a predetermined voltage with a predetermined absolute value to the cleaning target member to remove toner... | 07/27/2010 |
