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Mouse device with a built-in printer
A mouse device for use as an input device of a computer is provided that includes a housing in which recording paper is loadable, and a printer unit provided within the housing for printing on the recording paper print information received from the computer.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8135309 | Compact, long life charging device A coronode charging device includes a support member, a filament, an adjustment mechanism and a voltage source. The lament is disposed along the support member in a configuration that creates a plurality of active regions and a plurality of inactive regions of the f... | 03/13/2012 |
| 7933537 | Xerographic charging device having planar two pin arrays In a xerographic printing apparatus, including a charge receptor, the charge receptor being movable in a process direction; and a charge device for applying a charge to a surface of the charge receptor, the charge device having a corona member including a pin array ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7764907 | Charging apparatus and image forming apparatus There is provided a charging apparatus having high durability, in which no rusts etc. are generated, and by which a potential of a photoreceptor drum being charged can be controlled stably within an appropriate range for a long period of time owing to hardly impaire... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7729639 | Charging apparatus and image forming apparatus There is provided a charging apparatus which has high durability and suffers from no rust etc. and of which controllability of charged potential of a photoreceptor is hardly impaired even with a some amount of contaminants such as a toner so that control of charged ... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7570902 | Charging device, photoconductive drum unit, and image forming device A photoconductive drum unit includes a frame, a photoconductive drum, and a scorotron charging unit. The charging unit includes a pair of mounting members, a discharging electrode filament, a shield casing, a grid, and a connecting member. The mounting members are m... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7463850 | Charging device for a process cartridge and an image forming apparatus A charger of a process cartridge may be configured so that a charging wire is laid across an upper frame. An upper frame may be provided with a stopper at which one end of the charging wire is caught, and with a wire pulling member that pulls the charging wire at th... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7418224 | Corotron pin guard An improved coronode assembly includes pin guards that are positioned closely spaced from and extending above a coronode in order to provide protection for a user reaching past the coronode to remove a sheet jam, and prevent coronode damage when the coronode is hand... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7412186 | Cleaning system for a charging device in a xerographic printer In a xerographic printing apparatus, a charge device is used to apply a charge to a photoreceptor. The shuttle includes a wiper that cleans a sidewall of the charge device. A tab is disposed adjacent the sidewall to retain toner or dirt accumulated by the scraper. T... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7398035 | Nanostructure-based solid state charging device Electrophotographic charging devices and methods for charging a receptor with a solid state charging device are disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, the solid state charging device can include a dielectric layer, a first electrode disposed adjacent to a first surf... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7356286 | Charger, image forming apparatus and process cartridge A charger is opposed to a charging subject member and charges the charging subject member by generating corona discharge. The charger includes: a discharge electrode; and a pair of facing electrodes that are disposed to face with each other being the discharge elect... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7336919 | Multilayer fuser member including current elements A fuser member adapted to fuse toner onto the surface of a recording medium as the recording medium passes a nip area of the fuser member comprises a electrically conductive polymer layer, a resistive layer, an electrically conductive layer, a primer layer, and a re... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7295797 | Charge generating device and method thereof for reducing development of nitrogen oxide species formation A charge generating device comprising a discharge electrode; and a conductive shield comprising a nonconductive substrate coated with one or more materials selected from the group including gold, platinum, lead, titanium and alloys thereof. ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7251439 | Shield for charging device in xerographic printing device having reduced rate of contamination A xerographic printing device, including a charging device having a shield. In some embodiments of the shield of the charging device in the xerographic printing device, a plurality of holes are provided in an evenly spaced linear fashion extending nearly a full leng... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7236719 | Charger frame, photosensitive member cartridge, and image forming apparatus A photosensitive member cartridge includes a charger that includes a wire that generates a corona discharge, and a first fixing portion that secures at least one end of the wire in a longitudinal direction of the wire, wherein the first fixing portion includes a fir... | 06/26/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7209698 | Method and apparatus for image forming capable of using minuscule spherical particles of toner, a process cartridge in use for the apparatus and a toner used in the image forming for obtaining an image with a high thin line reproducibility An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member configured to bear a toner image on a surface thereof. A charging mechanism is configured to uniformly charge the surface of the image bearing member. An intermediate transfer mechanism is configured to tra... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7200233 | System and method for fast data encryption/decryption using time slot numbering A system for fast data encryption/decryption is provided. The system includes a transmitter system having a transmitter direct digital synthesizer (DDS). The DDS includes at least three transmitter pseudo-noise (PN) component code generators PNx, PNy... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7187888 | Corona generating device having a wire composite A charging device including a coronode having a wire composite including a core having a dielectric material and a coating layer of conduct material thereon. ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7174114 | Apparatus and method for reducing contamination of an image transfer device An apparatus and method for reducing contamination of an image transfer surface in an image transfer device includes a charging device for charging the image transfer surface. An airflow control system ventilates the charging device and restricts airflow adjacent th... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7162187 | Image forming apparatus and image forming method In an image forming apparatus, a toner image is formed on a photosensitive element and a transfer roller, which carries a transfer medium, is pressed against a photosensitive element at a pressure of from 20.4 N/cm2 to 200 N/cm2. ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7149458 | Xerographic charging device having three pin arrays In a xerographic printing apparatus, a scorotron places a uniform charge on a photoreceptor for forming electrostatic latent images. Three conductive pin arrays are disposed in a housing defined by sidewalls and a screen adjacent the photoreceptor. There can be prov... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7149455 | Image forming device having a cleaning member for cleaning an image formation surface An image forming device includes an image forming section, a plurality of recording-medium supply units, a transportation guide forming a plurality of transportation paths, a full-width cleaning member, a plurality of recording-medium separating members, and at leas... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7136612 | Connection assembly for a xerographic charging device A scorotron used in xerography is connected to a voltage source within a printing apparatus through a pin. The pin is anchored in an insulative end block which defines channels therein, each channel enclosing a portion of a corona member which extends the length of ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7130564 | Method and apparatus for image forming capable of removing residual toner without using a toner cleaning system, process cartridge for use in the apparatus and toner used for the image forming An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member configured to form an electrostatic latent image on a surface thereof, and a separating mechanism configured to separate an irregular charge toner from a residual toner remaining on the surface of the image... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7127190 | Charger cleaning device, charger cleaning method and image forming apparatus The present invention drives cleaning member moving devices for moving cleaning members of a plurality of chargers at the same time by a single cleaning motor to miniaturize an image forming apparatus and reduce the cost. Further, at the end time of cleaning, all th... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7092659 | Discharge methods and systems in electrophotography Latent charge images are provided on a photoconductor element having a photoconductive layer with a conductive stripe. This process is performed by charging the photoconductive layer with a charge having a particular vector to form a uniform charge on the photocondu... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7079786 | Image forming apparatus In an image forming apparatus according to the present invention, the force of a tension spring returning to its original position is utilized to vibrate or impact a conductive member using a predetermined timing, one end of the conductive member being fixed and the... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7050743 | Self-regenerative xerographic coatings The invention is directed to self-regenerative, polymeric coatings and methods of using the coatings in xerography to increase the life and effectiveness of catalytic surfaces, such as, for example, charging device surfaces, by neutralizing ozone and nitrogen oxide ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7043176 | Apparatus and method for damping a corona wire in an electrographic printer The present invention is in the field of electrographic printers (including copiers). More specifically this invention relates to a corona charging device used to charge the surface of a photoconductor. At least one wire in a corona charger in an electrographic prin... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7043182 | Developer regulating member, developing device, electrophotographic image forming process cartridge, and image forming apparatus including the developer regulating member A developing device includes a developer carrier and a developer regulating member including a developer regulating part opposing a surface of the developer carrier to regulate the developer carried and conveyed by the developer carrier. The developer regulating mem... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7039342 | Charging device and image forming apparatus where the charging device is composed of a sufficient amount of nickel to suppress oxidation A charging device has a discharging electrode, a stabilizer plate having a rectangular section and accommodating the discharging electrode, and a grid arranged in a opening of the stabilizer plate, and at least one member of the discharging electrode, the stabilizer... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7035571 | Grid, scorotoron charger having the grid, process unit having the scorotoron charge, and image forming device installing the process unit A grid has a frame body in a U-shaped cross-section defining a main plate section and two side plate sections. A rectangular opening is formed at the main plate section, and a plurality of grid wires extend in a lengthwise direction of the main plate section and at ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7031628 | Systems and methods for setting up grid voltages in a tandem pin charging device Systems and methods for setting up grid voltage for a tandem pin charging device for charging a photoreceptor in a xerographic printing machine. A charge-generating emitter ratio of a first charging unit is determined and a first grid voltage is set based on the cha... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7003243 | Charger and image forming apparatus A charger in one embodiment of this invention includes an electrode cleaning mechanism having a film-like elastic sheet which is deformed by a provided predetermined stress, wherein deposits deposited on the edge of a sawtooth electrode are removed, and a potential ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6974560 | Electro-kinetic air transporter and conditioner device with enhanced anti-microorganism capability An electro-kinetic air conditioner for removing particulates from the air creates an airflow using no moving parts. The airflow is subjected to UV radiation from a germicidal lamp within the device. The conditioner includes an ion generator that has an electrode ass... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6970662 | Systems and methods for in situ setting charge voltages in a dual recharge system Systems and methods for measuring and setting grid voltages in an image forming device may include setting a first charging device of a first image forming station to a first voltage level and setting a second charging device of the first image forming station to be... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6963705 | Control system for wiping a corona wire in a xerographic printer In a xerographic printing apparatus, a corotron having a wire is used to apply a charge to a photoreceptor. The wire is cleaned by a motorized shuttle which travels in two directions along the wires. The shuttle is controlled by detection of an increased current con... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6953556 | Air conditioner devices An air conditioner includes an ion generator that provides ions and safe amounts of ozone. The ion generator includes a high voltage generator that provides a voltage potential difference between first and second electrode arrays. At least one of the first and secon... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6947688 | Image-forming apparatus including first and second charging members with a target potential charging feature According to the present invention, in an image-forming apparatus having at least two chargers for charging a rotating image carrier, in accordance with change in bias applied to a second charger disposed on the downstream side in a rotational direction of the image... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6944413 | Image forming apparatus for preventing the adhesion of discharge products in a charger thereby preventing image defects An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier (1), a corona charger (5) in which a discharge electrode (11) is arranged in a conductive shield (9) having an open face on a side facing the image carrier (1) and a face in whic... | 09/13/2005 |
