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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7664430 | Image forming apparatus with a holding amount adjusting unit An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier that rotates in a predetermined direction so as to carry a toner image, a charging member that charges the image carrier by a discharge operation, a toner holding member that is disposed to be in contact with the ... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7653329 | Image forming device having variable pre-rotation cleaning process An image forming device includes a motor, a photoconductive drum, a charging unit, an abrasion tool, a timer, and a controller. The charging unit is provided at a periphery of the photoconductive drum, and charges the photoconductive drum by a corona discharge metho... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7471918 | Image forming apparatus using an electrophotographic photoconductor and method of using the same The present invention provides an image forming apparatus which can, by uniformly leveling the particles which are non-uniformly adhered to the surface of the photoconductor by using a leveling means having a predetermined shape, and can maintain the excellent image... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7373101 | Method and apparatus for image forming and effectively applying lubricant to an image bearing member A lubricant supplying device including a molded lubricant having a Martens hardness of approximately 40 N/mm2 to approximately 70 N/mm2 measured with a test force of 50 mN and a load-applying period of 30 seconds, a rotative member including a ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7348065 | Slipping property imparting agent for clear coating and clear coating paper having the agent applied thereon Produce a slipping property imparting agent for clear coat that reduces scum production: wherein, (1) the agent comprises a copolymer whose constituents are unsaturated olefin (constituent (a)) and unsaturated carboxylic acid (carboxylate) (constituent (b)); (2) con... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7333744 | Image forming apparatus that charges a photosensitive member by superimposing an alternate current bias voltage on a direct current bias voltage as the charge bias voltage A charge apparatus charges by uniformly superimposing an alternate current bias voltage with a fixed frequency over a direct current bias voltage as the charge bias voltage on a photosensitive member. An exposure apparatus exposes the surface of the charged photosen... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7292806 | Image forming apparatus and an image forming method using a plurality of monochromatic developer cartridges Prior to the execution of a printing operation, a print preparatory operation is conducted only on a priority developer cartridge out of the plurality of monochromatic developer cartridges mounted to the developing unit thereby bringing the cartridge into a printabl... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7289750 | Image forming apparatus and an image forming method using a plurality of monochromatic developer cartridges The apparatus is brought into a printable state by selecting one print preparatory process from first and second print preparatory processes and conducting the selected print preparatory process prior to the execution of the printing operation. That is, the printing... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7277657 | Cleaning device and image forming apparatus including the cleaning device that controls occurrences of background fouling and abnormal image A cleaning device is used in an image forming apparatus to remove residual attachments including toner and paper powders from a surface of a movable intermediate transfer element onto which toner images are transferred from an image carrier. The cleaning device incl... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7251438 | Image forming apparatus using a contact or a proximity type of charging system including a protection substance on a moveable body to be charged An image forming apparatus of the present invention includes a movable body to be charged and a charger including a charging member that contacts or adjoins the body to be charged and applies a voltage, including an AC component, to the charging member for thereby c... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7218879 | Image forming apparatus controlling polarity of residual toner and process cartridge for use in the same An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a charging device configured to uniformly charge a surface of the image carrier with a charging member applied with a bias of a first polarity (e.g. a negative polarity) for charging. A latent image forming devic... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7209699 | Lubricant applying unit, process cartridge, image forming apparatus, and image forming method A lubricant applying unit includes a lubricant composed of metal salt of fatty acid; an applying member that applies the lubricant on a subject under lubricant application; and a spreading member that forms a thin layer of the lubricant applied on the subject. The s... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7177568 | Image forming apparatus and an image forming method Prior to execution of a printing operation, a print preparatory operation is conducted collectively on all developer cartridges mounted to a developing unit, thereby bringing all the developer cartridges into a printable state. Therefore, even if a residual amount o... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7153621 | Electrophotographic photoreceptor and image forming apparatus using the photoreceptor An electrophotographic photoreceptor including a photosensitive layer on an electroconductive substrate, wherein nitrate ion is present on the surface of the photosensitive layer in an amount of from 50 to 300 μg per 1 m2 of the surface of the photosensi... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7068957 | Image forming apparatus and image forming method involving application of a developing bias to a toner carrier Optimization of a density control factor accompanying formation of a patch image is executed every time a predetermined period of time elapses since the end of a preceding image forming operation. Since an image is formed at regular intervals in this manner, it is p... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6954603 | Fuser oil contamination prevention and clean-up method In order to prevent an imaging forming process of an electrostatographic reproduction apparatus from becoming contaminated with fuser release oil, a substantially uniform layer of pigmented marking particles from a development subsystem of the image forming process ... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6904262 | Double-faced image formation system The invention provides a double-faced image formation system that prevents transfer and adhesion of a lubricant to an image retaining conveyer and an intermediate transfer part. The system is provided with, on a return path for reversing and conveying a sheet having... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6868240 | Method for developing in hybrid developing apparatus To avoid developing ghost and selective developing without complicating a developing apparatus and to supply surly charged toner to a developing roll while unevenness of images is not generated to obtain stable images for a long time even when continuous printing, a... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6853822 | Device for removing image disfiguring substances and image forming apparatus using the same A device included in an image forming apparatus for removing a substance that disfigures an image. The device includes an adsorbent support that supports an adsorbent. The absorbent has a molecular structure including voids that have a diameter great enough to pass ... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6792218 | Method of compensating for low toner consumption Artificial toner consumption is triggered to minimize the incidence of “conditioned” toner when a comparison of the rate of toner consumption to the mechanical activity of the electrophotographic printing device indicates that the toner consumption rate is too l... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6654566 | Developer agitating system, electrophotographic image forming apparatus and cartridge A developer agitating system for agitating a developer includes a cartridge detachably mountable to a main body of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus and including a developing member for developing an electrostatic latent image formed on an e... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6567626 | Image forming apparatus In an image forming apparatus for executing an image forming cycle in which a toner image is formed in response to an image formation start command and an image consisting of a fixed toner image is formed on the recording medium by transferring and fixing... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6567632 | Electrophotographic device The rotating speed of a photosensitive body is reduced for preventing deterioration thereof due to ozone in an electrophotographic device which comprises the photosensitive body, a charger which uniformly charges the surface of the photosensitive body, an... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6507718 | Method and apparatus for reducing adhesion of carrier to image bearing member In an image forming apparatus having a reverse development system and using a two-component developer, respective potentials applied when charging an image bearing member and when applying a development bias to a developer bearing member are attenuated wh... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6453131 | Image forming apparatus and warm-up method An electrophotographic image forming apparatus and method of controlling the apparatus during a warm-up operation. During the warm-up operation, a heating unit for heating a fuser will be turned on and a motor for starting rotation of a photosensitive bod... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6389243 | Developing device capable of reliably charging developing agent A developing unit includes a photosensitive drum, a developing drum, and an agitator. When a charge of toner has dropped below a predetermined charging amount before a subsequent image forming operation starts, a pre-driving operation is performed so that... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6240269 | Image forming apparatus having a photosensitive member of amorphous silicon base and system for exposing and charging the photosensitive member An electrophotographic process is implemented with improved ghost memory and with high chargeability even under circumstances of increased process speed or compactified structure and the electrophotographic process forms an image on a photosensitive membe... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6226467 | Developer unit detachably attachable to image forming apparatus A unit detachably attachable to a main body of an image forming apparatus includes developing means for developing a latent image born on an image bearing body and storage means for storing a time which has elapsed from a last developing operation of the ... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6226470 | Method and apparatus for image formation using switchable image generators and density control An image formation device, such as a printer, forms an image in a transfer format. The image formation device is configured to execute a predetermined down sequence to prepare the device for the next image formation operation after completion of an image ... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6212353 | Method and apparatus for cleaning an image transfer member An imaging device comprising an imaging surface on which images are formed; an image transfer surface which receives the images onto an image transfer portion thereof at a first transfer region and from which images are transferred at a second transfer re... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6160977 | Image forming apparatus and device for applying a lubricant to an image In an image forming apparatus of the type sequentially executing charging, exposure, development and image transfer, a device for applying a lubricant to the surface of an image carrier includes a lubricant applying member rotatable in contact with the im... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6075959 | Discharge of photoreceptors An electrophotographic printing machine has a photoreceptive member. The photoreceptive member is charged and then exposed with a light image representation to form a latent image. An electric field, less than that required to re-charge the photoreceptive... | 06/13/2000 |
| 5995785 | Image forming apparatus having a mechanism for preventing stripping off of a lubricant from a cleaning blade An image forming apparatus includes, an image bearing member, a charger which may be a main charger and auxiliary charger for charging the image bearing member, a developing unit for forming a toner image by developing an electrostatic latent image formed... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5879752 | Method of coating a toner conveyor roller In an electrophotographic image forming apparatus of the type using single-ingredient type high resistance toner, a developing roller or similar toner conveyor roller is covered with a dielectric layer which is comparatively thick at opposite end portions... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5862442 | Method for driving agitator A process and apparatus for driving an agitator to prevent the cohesion or compacting of developing material due to non-performance of the printing operation for a long period of time. The method and apparatus for driving the agitator in an image forming ... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5842082 | Image forming apparatus having induced charge density suppressing device for preventing electrostatic hysteresis phenomenon An image forming apparatus which forms an image by transferring a developed image formed on an image holding member onto a transfer material by a transfer unit. The image forming apparatus is further provided with an induced-charge density suppressing uni... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5758234 | Apparatus and method for conditioning a photoconductor An apparatus and method for depositing toner on substantially the entire surface of the photoconductor to minimize print defects associated with surface contamination. This is accomplished by printing a background pattern along with the desired image. A l... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5655183 | Image forming apparatus with a transfer station erase Transfer of a toner image from an image member to either an intermediate member or a receiving sheet is improved by irradiating a photoconductive layer in the image member during transfer. Erasing radiation is allowed to fall on both the in-nip region and... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5572311 | Apparatus for decolorizing toner images and an image forming apparatus A sheet of paper, plastic or the like on which an image has been formed using a toner that is photochemically decolorizable by absorption of near infrared rays is illuminated with near infrared rays under the state wherein the image is heated to a tempera... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5563692 | Automatic apparatus and method for cleaning a charge line A method and apparatus for cleaning the charge line of the transfer charger before copying process in an electrostatic apparatus. The cleaning apparatus comprises cleaning member, such as brush, light-blocking plate, driving motor, a pair of pulleys, wire... | 10/08/1996 |
