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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8165481 | Image forming method and apparatus that detect an image density An image forming method includes detecting a toner degradation state by detecting an image density on an electrostatic latent image carrier with high sensitivity and low cost. The degraded toner is processed based on the detected information, so that the waste toner... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8090277 | Image forming apparatus In a copier having an image data converter that sets the C density, the M density and the Y density to a density obtained by multiplying the density of black in the RGB system by a CMY mixture ratio and sets the K density to a density obtained by multiplying the den... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8023838 | Control device and method for controlling an electrophotographic printer or copier In a method or system for controlling an electrophotographic printer or copier that has at least one developer station, a toner discharge from the developer station is detected during the print operation and a developer regeneration process is started when the detec... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7630656 | Image forming apparatus To provide an image forming device that is capable of preventing deterioration of the image quality through preventing deterioration of the toner even if frequency of making a copy is low. The image forming device includes: a developing part having a developing roll... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7366457 | Color image forming apparatus having toner recycling The image forming apparatus having a plurality of developing devices corresponding to a plurality of colors includes at least a predetermined color for developing an electrostatic image as toner images, an image bearing member bearing thereon the toner images develo... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7359072 | Printing apparatus A facsimile apparatus detects whether or not an ink ribbon internally mounted in an ribbon cassette amounted to the facsimile apparatus is a standard ink ribbon. When the apparatus detects a non-standard ink ribbon, the apparatus notifies a user by printing a messag... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356269 | Apparatus and method for sensing waste toner in an electrophotographic image forming apparatus An electrophotographic forming apparatus includes a light-emitting portion, a light-receiving portion, a waste toner sensing unit which is pivotably installed in a main body where the waste toner container is attachably and detachably mounted between the light-emitt... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7346286 | Method and apparatus for image forming effectively detecting deterioration of developer A developer container includes a developer container configured to contain a developer including a toner and a carrier, a developer delivering mechanism configured to deliver the developer toward an image bearing member of an image forming apparatus, and a detecting... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7342690 | Method and apparatus for reading image An image reading apparatus of the present invention can suppress an image distortion caused by the vibration of a carriage by varying at least one of the level of a current supplied to a drive motor in accordance with a variation of an environmental temperature and ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7324764 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a developing device that develops an electrostatic latent image formed on an image carrier with a toner, and a toner cartridge that replenishes the developing device with the toner. Excess toner on the image carrier is collected i... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7280773 | Image forming apparatus for determining completion of a toner-end recovery operation An image forming apparatus of the present invention includes a toner content controller configured to set the target value of a toner content sensor for determining, after a developing unit has been driven for a preselected period of time since the detection of the ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7280258 | Logo data generating system, logo data generating method, and data storage medium A logo data generating system and logo data generating method indicate the amount of ink required to print a logo during the logo editing and creation process. The system includes a source image capture controller for capturing a source image that is the foundation ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7272331 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member; a developing device for developing an electrostatic image formed on the image bearing member with a developer into a developed image; transferring means for transferring the developed image onto an image r... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7269362 | Image forming apparatus, control method and toner consumption calculating apparatus and method When the remaining toner amount within a developer is relatively large, a control target value of a toner amount is set to Ttgt1, and a lower limit value of a toner amount which can regarded proper is set to TL1. When the density of a patch image forme... | 09/11/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7260336 | Image forming apparatus and image forming method for performing density control of toner images In a density control technique wherein a density of a toner image formed as a patch image is detected for performing density control based on the detected result, detection errors are decreased so as to properly set a density control factor. The density control fact... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7248805 | Image forming apparatus and developing unit An electrophotographic image forming apparatus includes a developing device including a developer reservoir for accommodating a mixed developer. The mixed developer includes a plurality of types of toner having a generally identical hue and different reflection dens... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7248060 | Test apparatus for evaluating electrical properties of liquid toner and test method for the same A test apparatus to evaluate the electrical properties of a liquid toner in which a printing quality of the liquid toner may be predicted by evaluating the electrical properties of the liquid toner without performing printing. The test apparatus to evaluate the elec... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7242878 | Image forming apparatus and management system An image forming apparatus includes a developing device for developing an electrostatic latent image, formed on an image-bearing member, with toner; a developer supply container which contains developer containing toner and a carrier and is detachably mountable to a... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7231153 | Systems and methods for monitoring replaceable units Systems and methods for monitoring a replaceable component of a device may include a monitor located on the replacement component. The monitor may include a controller, a memory, and a first communicator that communicates with a second communicator in the device. Th... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7209685 | Developing device, image forming apparatus and process cartridge including replenishment openings A developing device for developing a latent image formed on an image carrier of the present invention is generally made up of a developing section and a developer storing section. The developing section includes a developer carrier for conveying a one-component type... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7202675 | Device and method for measuring toner current A toner current measuring device able to measure a toner current. The toner current measuring device having provided therein a toner deposit capacitor c1 including an electrode 11 and an electrode 12 disposed in opposition, a reference ca... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7190913 | Toner monitoring systems and methods Embodiments herein generally relate to printing systems and methods that use toner and more particularly to a system and method that observes the distribution, for different levels of transfer field, of mass per area of toner remaining on the drum/belt as the drum/b... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7164491 | Identifying apparatus, apparatus to be identified, identifying method, and printing apparatus An encoder of a process unit encodes an identification code output by the CPU of a main unit, thereby obtaining a response code. The response code is returned to the main unit. The logic of the encoder is changeable. At shipment, a first logic is set in the encoder.... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7162190 | Toner feeder The toner feeder is removably mounted in an image forming apparatus including a rotation driver for rotating a toner container and a rotation controller for controlling the rotation driver. The toner feeder comprises a toner container for containing toner, and a sup... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7151901 | Image forming apparatus and associated method of detecting developer deterioration An image forming apparatus including a latent carrier and a charging device. The charging device is configured to charge a surface of the latent carrier. An exposure device is configured to expose a surface of the latent carrier for forming a latent image thereon. A... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7149439 | Method and device for estimating toner concentration and image forming apparatus equipped with such device A method and device for estimating toner concentration in a two-component developer consisting of toner and carrier for an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, and an image forming apparatus equipped with such device. The above method and device calculate an... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7124097 | Method and system for ordering a consumable for a device A method for ordering one or more consumables for a device includes selecting one or more of the consumables used in the device to order using the device and submitting the order for the selected consumables using the device to one or more suppliers. A device for or... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7110706 | Toner replenisher and method for an electrographic imaging machine The invention relates to a toner replenisher and method for an electrographic imaging machine, including flow of toner through a toner replenisher and sealing between a toner replenisher and a toner bottle. According to the numerous aspects of the invention, a toner... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7099779 | Information processing apparatus, monitoring method and program, and memory medium In a network print environment in which printers of various residual amount outputting methods exist mixedly, in an information processing apparatus for monitoring a supplement of consumables which are used in the printer which can communicate via a communication li... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7095966 | Image forming apparatus and unit, and storage medium mounted in the unit An image forming apparatus which forms an image by using a unit having at least a member associated with image formation and storage unit storing information, comprising, an image carrier, developing unit for developing a latent image formed on said image carrier by... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7085506 | Method for controlling the state of developer material A method for maintaining developer material within in a predefined state through the scheduling of increased toner throughput coordinated among multiple developer housings. The method monitors developer material health at each developer station within a plurality of... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7079794 | Material state management via automatic toner purge A method for operating a printing machine to maintain developer material within in a predefined state by monitoring the state of materials in a developer and automatically scheduling corrective action before print quality becomes significantly impacted. The correcti... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7076188 | Toner cartridge having reduced toner capacity and method of using the same A toner cartridge included with an image forming device when initially sent to a user. The cartridge has a limited toner capacity. The user is able to print with the small capacity cartridge upon initially receiving the image forming device. Once the toner is exhaus... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7076192 | Powder conveying device and image forming apparatus using the same A powder conveying device of the present invention includes a powder storing portion storing powder, and a pipe configured to guide the powder from the powder storing portion to a destination positioned below the powder storing portion. The pipe extends downward fro... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7061391 | Method, system, and program for monitoring a consumable resource used by a system Provided is a method, system, and program for monitoring depletion of a consumable resource in a monitored system. Information is received on at least one unit of work to be processed by the monitored system, wherein the monitored system would deplete the consumable... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7035573 | Developing apparatus having developer carrying screw with a plurality of inclination angles An object of the present invention is to provide a developing apparatus capable of reducing unevenness of density of an image in a longitudinal direction of a photosensitive member. For this purpose, in the present invention, a developing apparatus includes a develo... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7024126 | Developing unit and density control method in electrophotography A developing unit maintains constant density in an electrophotographic imaging process. The developing unit has: a) a developer with a developing surface and a first voltage is applied to the developer; b) a deposi... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7009719 | Systems and methods for controlling an image forming system based on customer replaceable unit status Informing the user when consumables and/or customer replaceable units will have to be resupplied, changed and/or replaced, relative to the jobs sent to the image forming system, is a beneficial way to avoid unnecessary printing delays. When a job is added to a job q... | 03/07/2006 |
