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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7991325 | Image forming device having exposure unit provided to first device body rotataby joined to second device body An image forming device includes a first device body, a second device body having a first side end and a second side end opposite to the first side end, the first side end being rotatably joined with the first device body, the second side end turning around the firs... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7957675 | Opening and closing assembly and image forming apparatus including the assembly An opening and closing assembly includes a first casing, a second casing pivotally coupled to the first casing, and a support stand configured to support the second casing. The support stand includes a proximal end portion pivotally connected to one of the first and... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7894748 | Multi-function printer with a locking device and operational method thereof A multi-function printer is provided. A trigger piece is fixed to the first module and stretched into a second module. A wedging piece is disposed in the second module and protruded from the second module. An actuating piece and a join piece are disposed in the seco... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7873303 | Upper frame opening and closing mechanism, and image forming apparatus using the same An upper frame opening and closing mechanism, including an upper frame pivotally attached to a main body, which may include an image forming device, so as to open and close on a hinge, which receives a moment in an opening direction due to gravity when the upper fra... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7853176 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus has a holding member having a plurality of photosensitive drums and configured to hold a plurality of toner cartridges in a detachable manner. The holding member is coupled to an apparatus body in a tiltable manner between a storage positi... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7826769 | Image forming device An image forming device includes a swing body attached to a main body swingably around a first axis between a first state away from the main body and a second state close to the main body, an arm having a first end attached to one of the main body and the swing body... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7822362 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes: an apparatus body; a first rotating body having a first end supported on the apparatus body rotatably about an axis so that the first rotating body is rotatable between an adjacent state and a distant state in which a second end ... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7778572 | Opening and closing assembly, and multifunction device including the assembly An opening and closing assembly includes: (a) a first casing body; (b) a second casing body pivotable to be selectively placed in open and closed positions relative to the first casing body; and (c) a support stand for supporting the second casing body to maintain t... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7769322 | Image reading apparatus An image reading apparatus includes an image reading unit, a compression spring unit, a braking unit, and a switching unit. The compression spring unit serves as an opening and closing mechanism for the image reading unit. The braking unit brakes the opening and clo... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7764905 | Assist members for an openable structure of an image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a first housing, a rotary shaft attached to the first housing, a second housing supported by the first housing, and first and second open-close assist members. The second housing is configured to open and close with respect to the... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7751751 | Image forming apparatus and damper In an image forming apparatus, an upper unit rotates about a first shaft provided in an image forming device for forming an image on a sheet with respect to the image forming device. A slide portion is provided on the upper unit to slide in a forward direction towar... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7433629 | Opening and closing mechanism and image recording apparatus having the same An opening and closing mechanism that attaches a cover body to a main body in a manner that the cover body is pivotably opened and closed, includes: a pin provided in one of the main body and the cover body; a link member pivotably provided in the other of the main ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7391993 | Image forming device with interlocked mechanism A toner image formed on a photosensitive drum 12a in an image forming unit 12 is transferred to an intermediate transfer belt 11. The toner image of the intermediate transfer belt is transferred onto recording paper by a transfer roller | 06/24/2008 |
| 7388593 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes LED heads protected from scratching. An optical head is mounted on an inner side of a lid pivotally mounted to a body of the apparatus. A protector is mounted to the lid. A mechanism is operatively coupled to the lid such that whe... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7379700 | Image reading apparatus with rotatable internal and external guides A document reading apparatus includes a feeding roller for feeding a document, a reading unit for reading images of the document fed by the feeding roller and a substantially U-shaped document transfer path for guiding the document fed the feeding roller. The substa... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7367667 | Image forming apparatus with conveying part arranged to allow drying An image forming apparatus has a recording head forming an image on paper by jetting ink, a conveying part conveying the paper to a position opposite to said recording head, and a reversing ejection part provided downstream in a paper conveyance direction with respe... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369794 | Image recording apparatus and opening and closing mechanism An image recording apparatus including: upper and lower unit cases; a stand member having first and second end portions, the first end portion attached to one of the upper unit case and the lower unit case; a guide member attached to the other of the upper unit case... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366437 | Image forming apparatus having an optical sensor provided in opposition to a transfer belt formed of an endless belt An image forming apparatus includes: a transfer belt that is formed of an endless belt; a plurality of image forming units that are so arranged as to be aligned in a transfer belt conveyance direction; a plurality of toner supply containers that are detachably fitte... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364156 | Data processing apparatus A data processing apparatus having a construction for guiding a transported medium conveyed from a curved transportation unit enables opening and closing the guide unit. The data processing apparatus 1 has an intermediate roller 39 and guide portion | 04/29/2008 |
| 7359656 | Image forming apparatus having guide unit Disclosed is an image forming apparatus in which a mount location of a developing unit being mounted on a main body of the apparatus is aligned in advance so that the developing unit smoothly enters the main body. For this purpose, a recording medium feed cover open... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7328894 | Sheet finishing apparatus A sheet finishing apparatus of the present invention has a gate for taking in sheets of paper ejected from an image forming apparatus through a taking-in port and switching to either of a conveying path for post processing or a conveying path for non-post processing... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7302206 | Image forming apparatus The image forming apparatus has an image forming device including a plurality of image forming units each having an image beating member and attachable to and detachable from the image forming apparatus, and an intermediate transferring member disposed above the plu... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7302221 | Duplex hinge device and a multi-function peripheral using the same A duplex hinge device includes a hinge body having a first end and a second end, a first mounting plate hinged to the first end, and a second mounting plate hinged to the second end. A scanning unit for scanning a to-be-scanned document and generating a print signal... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7272340 | Image forming apparatus Provided is an image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus includes a developer operating after being inserted in a body of the image forming apparatus and forming an image on a recording medium. A cover opens or closes the body such that the developer may ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7272338 | Image forming apparatus having a projection provided on a bottom face of an upper casing A prop is extending from the printer unit upwards. A rear end portion of an upper casing is coupled with an upper portion of the prop pivotably in a vertical direction. A transparent platen is provided on a top face of the upper casing. An image capturer is provided... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7269379 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a fixing unit to fix an image formed on a recording material, first open-close means capable of releasing a conveying path to convey the recording material to the fixing unit, and second open-close means releasable upward in a ver... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7266325 | Image forming device capable of aligning a plurality of covers A front cover and an upper panel of the image forming device is engaged with each other by an engagement mechanism. The engagement mechanism includes a claw and an engagement member that engages with the claw. The claw is disposed on an upper section of the front co... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7263312 | Image forming apparatus having scan unit and controlling method thereof An image forming apparatus includes a main body having an image forming portion, a scan unit having an image sensor and connected to the main body so as to transmit and receive a signal to and from the main body, and a moving unit disposed at least one of the main b... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7251443 | Laser printer with diselectrification brush A laser printer includes a photoreceptor drum, a transfer roller contacting the photoreceptor drum, a transfer roller frame holding the transfer roller, an outer frame holding the transfer roller frame, a diselectrification brush fixed to the transfer roller frame, ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7246963 | Image forming device A laser beam printer includes a casing with a discharge tray disposed on the top surface of the casing. A cutout part is formed in the top surface of the casing and an opening is formed in the front surface of the casing for facilitating mounting and removal of a pr... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7242888 | Image forming apparatus with processing unit that can be removed from the image forming apparatus without removing exposing devices A tandem color laser printer, in which processing units can be smoothly attached to and detached from its casing, is provided while an adequate accuracy of exposure to photosensitive drums is maintained. In the color laser printer, scanning units are fixed to the pr... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7203447 | Image forming apparatus with first and second openable portions The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus comprising an image carrier for carrying an image, an intermediate transfer body to which the image on the image carrier is transferred, a transfer material conveying unit for conveying a transfer material ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7203448 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus, includes: a mainframe having an opening portion; an electrostatic latent image carrier being loadable in and unloadable from the main frame through the opening portion; a transport path; a first opening and closing member provided openabl... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7162182 | Image forming device having a door assembly and method of use A door assembly movably positioned to a body of an image forming device. The door assembly includes a first frame and a second frame. The first frame is movably attached to the body, and the second frame is movably attached to the first frame. The movable connection... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7162192 | Transfer belt device and image forming apparatus A transfer belt device includes an endless transfer belt that is tightly stretched by a plurality of rollers and forms a transport path where a recording medium or a developer image is transported facing a monochrome image bearing member and a plurality of color ima... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7136609 | Movable subunit and two piece cartridge for use in an image forming device An image forming device having a main body and a movable subunit. The subunit is movable between a first orientation and a second orientation. A developer member is positioned within the main body, and a photoconductive member is positioned on the subunit. In the fi... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7133626 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion for forming an image, an image reading portion for reading an image, displaceable with respect to the image forming portion, and an open/closable member that can be opened or closed with respect to a main ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7130562 | Coupling retraction mechanism for an image forming device In an image forming apparatus containing a plurality of rollers disposed with generally parallel axes, a retraction plate containing a plurality of rotational couplings is movable between engaged and retracted positions. Each rotational coupling is operative to tran... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7130560 | Image forming apparatus The image forming apparatus includes an opening and closing device that can be opened or closed with respect to a main body of an image forming apparatus, a plurality of image forming devices, a recording material containing device which contains a recording materia... | 10/31/2006 |
