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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190065 | Developing device and image forming apparatus A developing device and an image forming apparatus capable of carrying out image formation for a long period by making fluctuations in toner concentration and volume level of the developer inside a trickle developing device that uses a two-component developer as sma... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8145101 | Developing device, image forming apparatus and process cartridge in which a shock is applied intermittently to the discharged developer A developing device capable of conveying discharged developer to the outside of the device well by preventing developer from firmly adhering within a discharge conveyance path, as well as an image forming apparatus and a process cartridge having this developing devi... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8145102 | Developing device, process cartridge, image forming apparatus and developer discharge device having a discharge port A developing device, process cartridge and image forming apparatus of a premix developing system, with which developer splashed by the transport member is not discharged from the device, fluctuations of the amount of developer discharged to the outside are not produ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8131187 | Development device, image forming apparatus including the same, and method of removing developer therefrom A development device includes a developer carrier facing an image carrier, a first developer transport path and a second developer transport path disposed vertically, a closably openable developer discharge port provided in the second developer transport path, a det... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8131186 | Developing device In an embodiment, a contact pivoting plate, which comes into contact with a developer swelled by a discharge mixer, is provided in a case. The contact pivoting plate is pivoted according to a detection result of a temperature and humidity sensor to change the magnit... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8107861 | Image forming apparatus and image forming method capable of automatically collecting developer from development device An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a development device, a developer collection device, a detector, and a controller. The image carrier carries a latent image. The development device develops the latent image into a toner image, and includes a dev... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8086145 | Developing device and image forming apparatus using the same A developing device includes: a housing that stores a developing agent including toner and a carrier and that is replenished with the toner and the carrier; an agitation conveyance member that rotates the developing agent to thus agitate and convey the developing ag... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8045897 | Developing device A developing device includes a developer tank configured to contain a developer including a toner and a carrier, the developer tank having a discharge port which is provided in a lateral side surface of the developer tank and configured to discharge the developer, a... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7995955 | Image forming apparatus, developing device and developer discharge mechanism In order to provide an image forming apparatus capable of maintaining the image quality by making smooth flowability of a surplus developer, which is discharged according to supply of a new developer (toner and carrier), toward a collection box, there are provided a... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7991332 | Developing apparatus having a feeding member for feeding a developer A developing apparatus includes a developer container that contains a developer and a supply device that supplies a supply developer to the developer container. A feeding member that feeds the developer is disposed close to a discharge opening in the developer conta... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7881642 | Simplified resetting thumper assembly This is a thumper assembly that is positioned in a developer station of a xerographic marking system. A waste container connected to a drop tube collects waste developer from this station. A magnet prevents magnetic developer from moving through the tube when the co... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7738815 | Image forming apparatus including a toner discharge operation The level of toner color mixture in a developing device is maintained within the range not affecting the color shade of a final color image. In an image forming apparatus including four imaging units and placed along a moving intermediate transfer body, the imaging ... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7634216 | Image forming device The image forming device of the present invention is able to be configured such that it has an image carrier that carries electrostatic latent image, a rotary type developing unit having a plurality of developing machines that stores toner in the interior thereof an... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7561831 | Image forming apparatus, method of controlling same, program for controlling, and recording medium for program An image forming apparatus of the present invention includes main control section for controlling the charging control section and the development bias control section so that a potential difference between the photoconductor potential and the development bias poten... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7526236 | Waste developer collecting device, image forming apparatus, and waste developer collecting method A waste developer collecting device included in a color tandem image forming apparatus which forms an image using K (black), C (cyan), M (magenta), and Y (yellow) developers includes a collecting container which can be attached to a developing device storing the C d... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7437106 | Device and method for the replacement of expired developer In order to replace out-of-date flowing medium in a system, where the medium has a component which ages, out-of-date flowing medium is removed and a quantity of fresh flowing medium or a fresh component are added while maintaining a given level of the flowing medium... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7418223 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus having a plurality of image forming stations each provided with an image bearing member, a developing device for collecting any untransferred toner on the image bearing member and at the same time, developing an electrostatic image with a ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7415229 | Method and system for improved implementation of maintenance routines in a productive system The presently described embodiments relate to improving system productivity where maintenance purge routines are required through use of a digital front end (DFE) job scheduler. This approach utilizes knowledge of future jobs to maximize productivity. So, even if a ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7383002 | Developing device, process cartridge and image forming apparatus A developer vent is provided on the wall of the developer container housing developer including toner and carrier for the developing device to overflow developer. The sectional shape of the discharge dam forming the developer vent in the vertical direction to the de... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7359660 | Developing device, process cartridge and image forming apparatus loaded therewith A developing device of the present invention is operable with a two-ingredient type developer by mixing and agitating toner grains and carrier grains to thereby electrify the toner grains. At least the carrier grains are sealed in a space formed in the developing de... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356289 | Image forming apparatus with toner forced discharge mode An image forming apparatus includes: a developing device which applies a developing bias voltage obtained by superimposing an AC bias voltage onto a DC bias voltage to a photoreceptor, and develops a latent image on the photoreceptor with a developer to form a toner... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356288 | Developing apparatus having improved agitation effect A developing apparatus for use in an image forming apparatus includes a developing roller, a developing agent, a refilling port, a transport member, and an agitation enhancer. The developing agent includes toner particles and carrier particles and is refilled to the... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7349653 | Developing apparatus and image forming method featuring colored and transparent toners A developing apparatus includes a developing device for color receiving colored toner and a carrier and developing an electrostatic image; a developing device for transparence receiving transparent toner and a carrier and developing the electrostatic image; a develo... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349655 | Developing device and method of forming images A developing device configured to carry out development of an electrostatic image using color toner particles and transparent toner particles includes color and transparent developing units configured to store toner particles, carrier particles, and additive particl... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7340189 | Image forming apparatus and image adjusting method An image forming apparatus includes: an image carrying member; a latent image forming unit to form an electrostatic latent image on the image carrying member; a developing unit to develop the electrostatic latent image on the image carrying member to form a toner im... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7315715 | Apparatus, method, and program for image forming An exemplary embodiment of the present invention, includes an image forming apparatus comprising a toner storage device storing a toner, an image forming device including a developer, and a toner transfer device provided between the toner storage device and the imag... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7286790 | Trickle collection system and method, and electrophotographic system using the same A trickle collection system including a trickle port formed in a developer housing and communicating with the interior of the developer housing, and a trickle port housing communicating the trickle port with an external vacuum collection source. The trickle port may... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7277649 | Developing apparatus and image forming method A developing apparatus for developing an electrostatic image with light chromatic toner and dark chromatic toner which have the same hue, the developing device includes a light color developing device for accommodating a developer containing the light chromatic tone... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7269364 | Image forming apparatus and treatment thereof An image forming apparatus includes a toner forced discharge treatment for executing a toner discharge mode in which toner inside a developing device is forcedly consumed, and a toner discharge judgment treatment capable of judging necessity of execution of the tone... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7269382 | Developing apparatus A developing apparatus including a developer carrying member for carrying a developer for developing an electrostatic image, formed on an image bearing member, with the developer, a developer regulating member for regulating the developer carried on the developer ca... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7260345 | Image forming apparatus with a developer consumption control feature An image forming apparatus having an image bearing member on which an electrostatic image is formed, a first developer carrying member carrying a developer thereon, and a second developer carrying member disposed downstream of the first developer carrying member wit... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7257354 | Device and method for the replacement of out-of-date developer In order to replace out-of date flowing medium (16) in a system, comprising a component which ages, a defined amount of out-of-date flowing medium (16) is removed and the same amount of fresh flowing medium or fresh components (14) added and a g... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7248823 | Electrographic ribbon and method implementing a skive A blender for electrographic developer has an outer cylindrical surface having an axis, the blender being adapted to rotate about the axis; and a skive defining an outer edge adjacent said cylindrical surface and spanning a length along said axis. ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7221880 | Waste toner transfer apparatus and electrophotographic printer using the same A waste toner transfer apparatus in an electrophotographic printer transfers waste toner removed by a cleaning unit from an image holding body where a toner image is temporarily held to a waste toner storage container. The waste toner transfer apparatus includes a d... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7206538 | Xerographic developer unit with specialized exit port for developer material In a basic design of a developer unit for electrostatographic printing apparatus, an exit port is defined in the housing of the developer unit, for the passage of waste or surplus toner therethrough. An insert, defining a predetermined spillover barrier height and a... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7203452 | Tandem image forming device having a side-by-side arrangement of image forming sections A tandem image forming device for an image forming apparatus of the present invention includes a plurality of image forming means arranged side by side along an intermediate image transfer belt. The image forming means each include a developing device and a cleaning... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7190924 | Image forming apparatus that eliminates the inadvertence of mixed color toners and image forming method In an image forming apparatus using the cleaner-less processing, a developer vent is provided to a developing device so as to discharge paper dust mixing in the developing device together with developer comprising carrier and toner or carrier only through the develo... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7177557 | Method for calculating toner age and a method for calculating carrier age for use in print engine diagnostics The present invention generally relates to a digital imaging system or a light lens based imaging system. More specifically, the present invention provides an improved method and apparatus for calculating toner age and, additionally, carrier age using a toner concen... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7164485 | Image forming apparatus When image data from an external device is image data for proof printing, the number of pages of image data is calculated. Further, the percentage of a character image region and the percentage of a photographic image region in all the image data are determined. A r... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7155148 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus for forming an image with a developing agent, includes: a collecting-developing-agent occurring part in which the collecting developing agent to be collected in the developing agent occurs; a collection container for accommodating the coll... | 12/26/2006 |
