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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8170447 | Image forming apparatus, developing apparatus and contact-retracting method The image forming apparatus is provided with: an image carrier; an exposure member that exposes the image carrier and forms an electrostatic latent image on the image carrier; a developing member that develops the electrostatic latent image formed on the image carri... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8150294 | Image forming apparatus having moving mechanism for moving exposure member relative to photoconductor An image forming apparatus includes: a main body having an opening; a photoconductor unit including a photoconductor and removably mountable to the main body through the opening by moving the photoconductor unit in a first direction; an exposure member; and a moving... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8068764 | Image forming device An image forming includes a main body, an exposing unit, a process cartridge, and a positioning unit. The exposing unit is fixed to the main body and includes an exposing member. The process cartridge is attachable to an attaching portion provided on at least one of... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8010016 | Optical unit assembly with height adjusting member, image reader and image forming apparatus An optical unit assembly is provided with an optical system including an optical component for irradiating a target object with light and receiving the reflected light, a casing for accommodating the optical system, a supporting frame for supporting a part of the ca... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7877041 | Image forming apparatus with exposure support member The image forming apparatus including an exposure unit that exposes an image bearing member by a laser beam, a first side plate and a second side plate facing with each other, and a first support member, a second support member, and a third support member connecting... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7751749 | Image forming apparatus When a lever is pulled upwards, an engaging member comes into contact with a retracted contacting member. An optical writing device rotates with a hooking member at a center and is lifted. As a result, positions of a first reference position component and a second r... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7436417 | Color image forming apparatus, and toner replenishing apparatus The color image forming apparatus comprises a transfer belt device which feeds a transfer member such as a paper and a plurality of image forming units. The image forming units are disposed facing towards the transfer belt device. The transfer belt device, at least ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7421228 | Image forming apparatus having upper and lower bodies The image forming apparatus includes a lower body, an upper body openable from and closable to the lower body, the upper body including a device for forming an image and a support member for supporting the upper body when the upper body is opened, wherein a fastenin... | 09/02/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7356283 | Tandem type image-forming apparatus In an image-forming apparatus, a main device body has a first side surface and a second side surface opposite to the first side surface. An opening is formed in the first side surface. A cover covers the opening and is capable of opening and closing thereon. A plura... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7333749 | Desktop color image forming apparatus and method of making the same The present invention relates to an electrophotographic color image forming apparatus using a tandem-drum development, an indirect image-transfer method, and a vertical sheet supply path. An intermediate image-transfer member is angled relative to a horizontal line ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7245313 | Image forming device An image forming device includes a main frame of the image forming device having a body, a drum shaft which is positioned and supported by the body of the main frame of the image forming device, a photoconductive drum which is provided removably in the main frame of... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7245851 | Electrophotographic apparatus In an electrophotographic apparatus having a blue (purple) semiconductor laser as a light source, the electrophotographic apparatus has an electrophotographic photosensitive member, a charging means, an exposure means, a developing means, a transfer means and a dest... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7215909 | Developing device, and process cartridge maintaining position of developing roller, and image forming apparatus using these Disclosed are a developing device, a developing cartridge, a process cartridge, and an image forming apparatus in which image deficiency is prevented by absorbing the tolerance of each component and making the position of the developing roller in the thrust directio... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7168817 | Roof mirror assembly An improved roof mirror assembly is provided. The roof mirror assembly of the invention is comprised of first and second mirror panels comprising first and second reflective surfaces and first and second mounting surfaces, respectively, the first and second mirror p... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7164507 | Image input terminal An imaging system, which may be applied both to black and white and color imaging systems and comprising a platen member which defines an imaging portion and a calibration portion is disclosed. The imaging portion and the calibration portion comprise separate portio... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7139509 | Image forming apparatus including image transfer belt conveying a recording medium upward An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of cartridges disposed at intervals along an image transfer belt. A plurality of image writing devices is configured to write images. A partition member separates the plurality of cartridges from the plurality of image... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7139506 | Multi-function office product A multi-function office product having a printer unit comprising a printer body, print engine and a first connecting portion, removably coupled with a scanner unit comprising a scanner body, flat bed, image sensor and a second connecting portion. The scanner body ca... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7133164 | Optical carriage of scanner and method for the same An optical carriage of scanner has a mirror assembly and a device assembly, the mirror assembly has a mirror mount, some mirror holder, and some supporters, and the device assembly has a chassis. In this invention, the mirror assembly and the device assembly are mec... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7050739 | Image forming apparatus with horizontal structural members An image forming apparatus including a plurality of image forming cartridges and/or a plurality of light emitting members in a housing. Horizontal and/or vertical structural members attached to the housing separate the plurality of image forming cartridges and/or pl... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7042599 | Image sensor and image reading apparatus In a contact type image sensor including an illumination section including a light source and light guide to illuminate a document, an image sensing element for converting an optical image of the document into an electrical signal, a cylindrical rod lens for forming... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7024137 | Developing device, developing cartridge, and process cartridge each urging developing roller into regulating portion, and image forming apparatus having such developing device or process cartridge Disclosed are a developing device, a developing cartridge, a process cartridge, and an image forming apparatus in which image deficiency is prevented by absorbing the tolerance of each component and making the position of the developing roller in the thrust directio... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7020417 | Image carrier cartridge, an exposure head shielded from light, and image forming apparatus using these An image carrier cartridge 25 comprises at least one image carrier 20 rotatably supported and exposure means 23 disposed at an exposure position for the image carrier 20 and the image carrier cartridge 25 is designed to be detachab... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7013335 | Intelligent call platform for an intelligent distributed network architecture The present invention provides an intelligent call processor, an intelligent switching node and an intelligent communications network for use in a communications system. The intelligent call processor comprises a logical platform having a plurality of functions wher... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7009746 | Polygon mirror and method of manufacturing the same, optical scanner and electrophotograph A polygon mirror that can be manufactured at low cost and high productivity and a method of manufacturing the same, a polygon mirror that can be manufactured at low cost and presents little variations in reflectance in a wide range of angles of incident, an optical ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6980757 | Image forming apparatus with beam slots An image forming apparatus including a plurality of light generators, an image transfer mechanism, a plurality of image forming cartridges corresponding to the plurality of light generators, and a housing including slots corresponding to the light generators. Each i... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6945661 | Roof mirror assembly An improved roof mirror assembly is provided. The roof mirror assembly of the invention is comprised of first and second mirror panels having first and second reflective surfaces and first and second back portions, respectively, the first and second mirror panels be... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6836631 | Image forming apparatus in which leading end part of optical unit in mounting direction is pressed and fixed by elastic member An image forming apparatus including: an image bearing member; an optical unit for image exposure of the image bearing member, the optical unit being mountable from a side of the apparatus main body; and an elastic member for pressuring the optical unit downward. | 12/28/2004 |
| 6788321 | Image forming apparatus including holding member An image forming apparatus is provided with a scanning unit emitting a laser beam, and an openable and closable member openable and closable relative to an image forming apparatus main body, and the openable and closable member has a positioning portion for position... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6768886 | Image forming apparatus A method of forming an image, including emitting a plurality of light beams from a plurality of vertically arranged light emitting devices; passing the plurality of light beams through corresponding slots of a vertical stay; receiving the plurality of light beams wh... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6765648 | Image sensor unit and image reader using the same An image reader for optically reading an image on an original and an image sensor unit for mounting to the image reader. The image sensor unit is provided with a shaft used for rotatably mounting the image sensor unit to an image sensor unit holding member of the im... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6760557 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus, having a plurality of image forming cartridges arranged one above another and configured to form an image on a medium; a plurality of optical writing devices arranged one above another respectively corresponding to the plurality of image ... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6697588 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus including a plurality of image forming cartridges removably mounted to an apparatus body one above the other is disclosed. Structural members each partition off a space between nearby image forming cartridges mounted to the appa... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6671476 | Process cartridge and image forming apparatus A developer storage space into which developer is stored is segmented into a first developer storage portion 116a arranged at an upper portion of this developer storage space, and a second developer storage portion 116b arranged at a lower portion thereof... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6650453 | Mounting mechanism for a strap member A mounting mechanism is disclosed for a strap member in which the orientation of a surface of the strap member, such as a reflecting mirror, is adjustable. In particular, the strap member may be a cylindrical mirror for reflecting light beams to image car... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6625408 | Pin mount for optical writer/image-recording element in a document printer/copier A photoconductive drum assembly and an optical writer used in an electrophotographic printer/copier share the same mechanical fiducials for positioning these subsystems within the printer/copier frame or housing. Preferably, a pair of mounting pins used t... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6582089 | Mirror angle adjustment and mounting system for a laser scanner device An electrophotographic machine includes a mirror having a reflective surface with a fold line configured to reflect a laser beam. At least one fixed mounting device is provided having a support surface. At least one rotational device is attached to the mi... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6535704 | Upgradeable and easily serviceable imaging systems with a removable module and methods for using the same An imaging system including a plurality of developing stations for developing an image on a sheet, a releasably removable image receiving module having at least one exposing unit and an image receiving substrate and a support structure for receiving the r... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6498916 | Image forming apparatus having a plurality of image forming stations In an image forming apparatus for forming a color image by superimposing one toner on another of a plurality of colors, a positional relationship among the image forming parts for different colors is critical. It is difficult to have a positional relation... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6487376 | Upgradeable imaging systems with configurable printing routines An upgradeable imaging system includes a housing with an opening. A support structure and a plurality of imaging stations are disposed within the housing. Each imaging station includes a charging unit and a developing unit. The imaging system also include... | 11/26/2002 |
