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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8041269 | Development apparatus having two developer bearers and two development chambers A development apparatus includes a first developer chamber configured to store and supply the developer, a first developer bearer configured to convey the developer supplied from the first developer chamber to a first development domain, defined by a portion of the ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7941079 | Image forming apparatus A developing apparatus includes first and second developer bearing members configured to bear developer and a connecting member configured to connect the first and second developer bearing members to each other such that the second developer bearing member is swinga... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7725061 | Developing apparatus A developing apparatus including a first development sleeve carrying a developer toward a first development area, a second development sleeve carrying the developer from the first sleeve toward a second development area, a first magnet roller disposed in the first s... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7706728 | Apparatus and methods for loading a donor roll utilizing a slow speed trim roll An apparatus for loading one or more donor rolls of a developer unit, comprising a developer housing having a reservoir for a developer material, a rotatable first donor roll that delivers the toner onto a moving photoconductive member, a trim roll that receives dev... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7660551 | Apparatus and methods for loading a donor roll An apparatus for loading one or more donor rolls of a developer unit, comprising a developer housing having a reservoir for a developer material, a rotatable first donor roll that delivers the toner onto a moving photoconductive member, a rotatable first magnetic br... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7610002 | Developing apparatus and image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a rotatable image bearing member; a first rotatable developer carrying member for carrying a magnetic one component developer to a first developing position to develop a latent image on the image bearing member; a second rotatable... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7574164 | Developing device and electrophotographic apparatus using the same An electrophotographic apparatus includes: a photoconductor; and two developing rollers facing the photoconductor. A developer fed out from between the two developing rollers is supplied to the photoconductor by the two developing rollers to form a toner image on th... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7561838 | Developing apparatus featuring magnetic seal members disposed in developer delivery regions A developing apparatus including a first development sleeve carrying a developer toward a first development area, a second development sleeve carrying the developer from the first sleeve toward a second development area, a first magnet roller disposed in the first s... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7546069 | Xerographic developer unit having multiple magnetic brush rolls with a grooved surface A magnetic roll having longitudinal grooves machined in its rotating sleeve enables a pair of rolls to be rotated in a direction opposite to the direction of a photoreceptor moving through a development zone and a trim blade to be mounted proximate one of the rolls ... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7519318 | Electrophotolithographic image forming device and image developing method An electrophotographic image forming device is provided which includes an image holder on which an electrostatic latent image is formed. A magnetic roller has a magnetic brush including nonmagnetic toner and a magnetic carrier using a magnetic force. Donor rollers a... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7512366 | Apparatus and methods for loading a donor roll utilizing a slow speed trim roll An apparatus for loading one or more donor rolls of a developer unit, including: a developer housing having a reservoir for a developer material, the developer material comprising toner, a rotatable first donor roll that delivers the toner onto a moving photoconduct... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7466946 | Developing unit and image forming apparatus A developing unit includes a plurality of developing rolls over which a developer is conveyed and supplied onto an image carrier which is rotatably supported; and at least one pair of the developing rolls being adjacent to each other. In the pair of the developing r... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7406279 | Xerographic developer unit having multiple magnetic brush rolls rotating with the photoreceptor A development subsystem is used to develop toner particles transported by semiconductive carrier particles. The development subsystem includes a developer housing for retaining a quantity of developer having semiconductive carrier particles and toner particles, a fi... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7389073 | Electrostatographic developer unit having multiple magnetic brush rolls having dissimilar compositions A development station in an electrostatographic imaging machine supports longer operational life without undue variation in the mass of developer on roll parameter. The development station includes a developer housing, for retaining a quantity of developer having se... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7366453 | Xerographic developer unit having multiple magnetic brush rolls rotating against the photoreceptor A development subsystem is used to develop developer having semiconductive carrier particles and toner particles. The development subsystem includes a developer housing, for retaining a quantity of developer having semiconductive carrier particles and toner particle... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362989 | Developing apparatus for image forming apparatus The developing apparatus includes developer containing parts and a replenishment portion. The developer containing parts contains a developer circularly conveyed in the developer containing parts. The replenishment portion includes a replenish aperture and a regulat... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362990 | Image forming apparatus There is described an image forming apparatus for forming a high-density image by using the reversal developing method and suppressing an occurrence of irregularities. The apparatus includes an image bearing member, a latent image forming device to form an electrost... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362991 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus having a photosensitive drum bearing an electrostatic image, and a developing sleeve carrying a developer for developing the electrostatic image, the developing sleeve is in non-contact with the photosensitive drum, and is designed to be f... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7356292 | Electrostatographic developer unit having multiple magnetic brush rolls with a magnetic restrictor for carrier particle emission control A development station in an electrostatographic imaging machine impedes the flow of carrier particles out of the development station as the developer moves from an upper to a lower magnetic roll. The development station includes a developer housing, for retaining a ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7313348 | Xerographic developer unit having variable pitch auger A developer system, including: a developer housing having a sump containing developer material including toner particles; a developer member rotatably mounted in the housing for transferring toner particles to a latent image on the photoreceptive member in a develop... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7295801 | Image forming device and transfer sheet conveyance and guide mechanism thereof An image forming device sheet conveyance and guide mechanism 6 has a first pre-transfer guide plate 61 and a second pre-transfer guide plate 62. The first pre-transfer guide plate 61 is provided on the transfer roller side upstream of the... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7272348 | Developing method using a developer with a specified degree of compression and shearing stress A developing method using a developing device including at least: a first developer bearing member arranged to be opposed to an image bearing member; and a second developer bearing member arranged on a downstream side of a rotation direction of the image bearing mem... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7263318 | Image forming apparatus including an index feature for extending the life of a photosensitive member The image forming apparatus has an electrophotographic photosensitive member and a developing device for using a developer including toner and carrier, wherein the developing device develops an electrostatic image on a photosensitive member by putting the developer ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7260347 | Image forming apparatus A developing apparatus having: a first developer carrying member close to a developer regulating member for regulating an amount of developer; a second developer carrying member to which the developer is delivered from the first developer carrying member; and a mode... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7236727 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member for bearing and conveying an electrostatic image; a first developer carrying member for carrying and conveying a developer toward a first developing position; and a second developer carrying member for carr... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7231168 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus which can stably form an image of high quality by the use of a first developer carrying member and a second developer carrying member. On the first developer carrying member, development is performed by a method whereby a magnetic carrier ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7218881 | Developing apparatus features first and second developing members and image forming apparatus having the same A developing apparatus provided with first and second members disposed on an upstream and downstream sides, respectively, and opposed to an image bearing member. When a closest distance between the first developing member and the image bearing member is defined as S... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7209690 | Developing apparatus A developing apparatus including: a developer carrying member for carrying a developer, the developer carrying member being provided with an elastic layer and adapted to develop, with a developer, an electrostatic image formed on an image bearing member; wherein the... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7199898 | Developing device and image forming apparatus A developing device including: a first developer carrying member for carrying a developer to develop a latent image formed on an image bearing member; a first regulating member, disposed on one end of a longitudinal direction of the image bearing member, for regulat... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7167668 | Development device A development device includes developer accommodation vessels in which developers having magnetism are accommodated, development units for developing electrostatic images on an image bearing member with the developers, developer replenishment paths for communicating... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7149467 | Waste toner system for an image forming device A waste toner removal system for an image forming device. The invention includes a mechanism for removing the waste toner from the cartridge and transporting it through a toner chute to a waste toner tank. One or more actuators within the device allow for the connec... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7099609 | Developing device A developing apparatus includes a developing container for containing a developer comprising toner and a carrier, said developing container is partitioned into a first chamber and a second chamber constituting a circulation path of the developer; a first developing ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7090956 | Image forming method and image forming apparatus In an image forming method, when viewed from the moving direction of a photosensitive body 1, there is disposed, on the upstream side, a first developing roller 61 opposed to and adjacent to the photosensitive body 1 and rotatable in the opposit... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7079795 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member having a surface on which an electrostatic latent image is to be formed; a black developing device, containing a black developer including toner and carrier, for developing the electrostatic latent image; a... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7054583 | Developing device including two developer carrying members A developing device having a first developing sleeve for supplying developing agent to the first developing area A, and a second developing sleeve for supplying developing agent, handed from the first developing sleeve, to a second developing area B, the surfaces of... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7054584 | Developing apparatus with first and second developing bearing members each including a magnetic field generator wherein a peak position magnetic force of the second developing members is a defined value A developing apparatus for developing an electrostatic image formed on an image bearing member includes a first developer bearing member for bearing magnetic developer to transport it to a first developing portion, a first magnetic field generator stationarily provi... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7022448 | Electrophotographic toner and image-forming system An electrophotographic toner containing: a fixing resin, a colorant, and wax. The wax at least contains hydrocarbon wax having a number-average molecular weight of not higher than 600, and polyethylene wax having a number-average molecular weight of not higher than ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7024153 | Skiving device and methods of use A skiving device including at least one nozzle tip and at least one roller is described, as well as methods of using the skiving device. Skives made with the skiving device are clean, neat, and do not damage underlying layers. ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7010253 | Developing apparatus featuring first and second developing members provided in first and second toner container chambers, respectively The present invention relates to a developing apparatus for developing an electrostatic image formed on an image carrier, comprising a developing container, a first developing member formed at the first chamber for conveying developer to a first developing portion, ... | 03/07/2006 |
