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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8026034 | Enhanced fusing for electrophotographic toners An electrophotographic method for producing fused toner images on a receiver medium comprising the steps of: forming an electrostatic image pattern on an image forming member; developing the image pattern on the image forming member with fusible toner particles ther... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7515860 | Image forming method and image forming apparatus for same An image forming apparatus comprising: a latent image support for supporting a latent image and a developing device configured to us toner to develop the latent image on said latent image support, the estimated average halftone granularity of the toner imager after ... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7427727 | Fixing apparatus and an image formation apparatus A fixing apparatus and an image formation apparatus are disclosed. The fixing apparatus includes two or more heaters with temperature detecting function that generate heat with electric current and detect temperature; a heating unit that includes the heater with the... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7359654 | Image generating apparatus An image generating apparatus is provided which can maximize the throughput without causing thermal damage of the fusing components. It determines a sub-thermistor temperature threshold value for switching small size paper feed intervals in response to a sub-thermis... | 04/15/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7321746 | Image heating apparatus and pressure roller used in the apparatus An image heating apparatus for heating an image formed on a recording material includes a heating device which heats the image formed on the recording material, and a pressure roller which forms a nip portion in cooperation with the heating device, with the recordin... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7257342 | Image forming apparatus An image generating apparatus is provided which can maximize the throughput without causing thermal damage of the fusing components. It determines a sub-thermistor temperature threshold value for switching small size paper feed intervals in response to a sub-thermis... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7253378 | Heat laminating a cover foil to a base foil A base sheet is spanned over a lower roller, and an upper roller pulls a cover sheet along a path and presses it against the base sheet at the lower roller. A preheater housing along the path upstream of the rollers is formed with a chamber open toward the path. A r... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7218873 | Image generating apparatus An image generating apparatus is provided which can maximize the throughput without causing thermal damage of the fusing components. It determines a sub-thermistor temperature threshold value for switching small size paper feed intervals in response to a sub-thermis... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7162194 | Image heating apparatus The present invention provides an image heating apparatus including: a conveying roller for conveying the recording material; a heat supply member which supplies heat to the conveying roller, the heat supply member... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7087861 | Media entrance guide in a thermal processor A thermal processor including an oven for thermally developing an image in a media. The oven includes an entrance and a guide positioned at the entrance. The guide includes a receiver having a major surface configured to contact and receive the media and a separator... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7027764 | Heating device and image forming apparatus A heating apparatus has an excitation coil; magnetic flux generator having a magnetic member core, the magnetic member core having a first magnetic core supported with a holder for the excitation coil and a rotatable second magnetic member core; an induction heat ge... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6961532 | Image heating apparatus An image heating apparatus has an endless film which has a metal layer; a device for increasing the temperature of the film; a regulating member for preventing the lopsided movement of the film; and a lubricating part disposed in a contact part between the film and ... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6954608 | Heating device and image forming apparatus A heating apparatus has an excitation coil; magnetic flux generator having a magnetic member core, the magnetic member core having a first magnetic core supported with a holder for the excitation coil and a rotatable second magnetic member core; an induction heat ge... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6937837 | Image heating apparatus having a limiting member An image heating apparatus includes a rotatable member contactable to a recording material carrying an image; and a limiting member for limiting movement of the rotatable member in a direction of a generating line of the rotatable member, wherein the limiting member... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6617090 | Toner fusing system and process for electrostatographic reproduction A toner fusing system for fixing toner to paper. This system includes a fuser member for contacting and heating the toner in the fusing process. The fuser member has a fuser base, a fluoroelastomer fusing surface layer at least 38 microns thick, and a cus... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6458444 | Ceramic substrate and polishing method thereof The circumferential edge portion of a ductile rotating body containing abrasive grains is used to polish the surface of a ceramic substrate. The angle θ formed between the polished direction D0 of the ceramic substrate and the rotating directi... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6320642 | Heat development apparatus A cooling section 400 for cooling a recording material A, which is a recording material, is disposed in a downstream portion of a heat development section 18. The cooling section 400 has a pair structure consisting of a metal roller 404 and a roller 402 m... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6136447 | Fluororesin-covered fixing rolls Silicone rubber composition comprising an alkenyl-substituted diorganopolysiloxane, an inorganic filler, an organopolysiloxane that contains at least two silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms in each molecule, in a quantity that affords a value from 0.4 to 10 for... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6063463 | Mixed carbon black fuser member coatings A fuser member having a resistive heating layer including a polymer and a mixture of more than one variety of carbon black, the mixture including a first carbon black and a second carbon black of a different variety than the first carbon black.... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6051813 | Method for thermally processing an imaging material employing improved heating means A method useful for thermally developing an image in an imaging material. The imaging material can be transported through a first heating zone within a thermal processor to heat the imaging material from an initial temperature to within a developing tempe... | 04/18/2000 |
| 5999774 | Serial electrophotographic apparatus A serial electrophotographic apparatus has a carriage which is translated in a direction perpendicular to a direction in which recording paper is transported, a processing part effects electrophotographic printing, and a fixing unit effects fixing, wherei... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5939337 | Toner fixation film and toner fixation apparatus using it A toner fixation film has an exothermic layer within which an eddy current is induced with application of a magnetic field and then heat is generated. The exothermic layer is a composite layer in which an exothermic part and resin part coexist. The toner ... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5893016 | Apparatus for printing images on generally cylindrical objects Apparatus for printing images on generally cylindrical objects, such as cans, including: an image bearing surface having an image thereon; and an impression guide which is generally parallel to and spaced from the image bearing surface, which guide suppor... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5881344 | Image forming apparatus and charging device thereof An electrophotographic image forming apparatus using a charge roller for uniformly charging the surface of a photoconductive element, or image carrier, during image formation, and a charging device having the charge roller. The charging efficiency is enha... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5801359 | Temperature control that defects voltage drop across excitation coil in image heating apparatus A temperature detecting apparatus, includes an excitation coil magnetically couplable with metal layer of a heater, the excitation coil being supplied with an AC electric energy; and a detector for detecting a voltage drop, across the excitation coil, whi... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5697037 | Fixing device and film for use in it In a fixing device for heating and melting a toner image and fixing it onto a transfer material, the fixing device has a fixing member surface which comes in contact with a toner image. The fixing member surface has at least a resin and an ion-conductive ... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5621512 | Image fixing device having an endless belt and non-rotating pressure-applying member The present invention provides an image fixing device including a heat fusing roller with heating means inside and an elastic material layer on a peripheral surface of the heat fusing roller, the heat fusing roller being rotatably mounted, an endless belt... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5621510 | Image heating apparatus with driving roller having low thermal expansion coefficient outer layer An image heating apparatus includes a film contactable and movable together with a recording material carrying an unfixed image; a heater for increasing a temperature of the film, wherein the unfixed image is heated by heat from the film; driving roller c... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5471288 | Image heating apparatus and heating film An image heating apparatus includes a heater; a movable film having a first surface in contact with the heater and a second surface contactable with a recording material supporting a toner image; heating a toner image on a recording material by heat from ... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5309210 | Image fixing apparatus using fixing film containing fluorinated resin An image fixing apparatus includes a heater; a film movable with a recording material, wherein the recording material have a visualized image which is heated through the film by heat from the heater; wherein the film includes a heat resistive resin base l... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5305066 | Image heating device employing endless belt An image heating device includes a heater; an endless belt movable together with a recording material carrying an image; wherein the image carried upon the recording material is heated through the endless belt by heat from the heater; a lateral shift cont... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5300997 | Image fixing apparatus An image fixing apparatus includes a heater; a sheet in slidable contact with the heater; and a back-up member cooperative with the heater to form a nip therebetween such that the sheet is interposed in the nip. An unfixed image on a side of a recording m... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5262834 | Image fixing apparatus An image fixing apparatus includes a heater; a film movable while being in contact with a recording material carrying a toner image, wherein the toner image is heated by heat from the heater through the film; wherein the film and the recording material ar... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5241155 | Image fixing apparatus having linear heat generating layer with variable resistance distribution An image fixing apparatus includes a heater which is stationary during an image fixing operation, a linear heat generating layer and a film movable in sliding contact with the heater in which a toner image on a recording material is heated by heat from th... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5210579 | Image fixing apparatus having a parting resin layer for reducing frictional resistance of the film through which the image is heated An image heating apparatus includes a heater; a film slidably contactable to the heater; a back-up rotatable member cooperative with the heater to form a nip therebetween with the film therebetween; a driver for driving the back-up rotatable member; where... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5196675 | Image fixing apparatus having a heater, a movable film and electrical insulating member disposed at latent end An image fixing apparatus includes a movable film movable together and in contact with a recording material supporting a visualized image, the film having a base layer of insulating material and a surface low resistance layer contactable to the visualized... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5173736 | Apparatus and method for fusing marking particles onto a support member An apparatus is provided for fusing marking particles onto a support member. One preferred embodiment of the fusing apparatus includes a journal member, the journal member including a shaft and a base with the shaft and the base being coupled. The fuser a... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5171145 | Image fixing apparatus for heat fixing a toner image through a film An image fixing apparatus includes a heater; a film in contact with the heater, wherein heat from the heater is applied through the film to a toner image on an image supporting member; and wherein the film is in contact with an entire heat generating area... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5162634 | Image fixing apparatus An image heating apparatus includes a heater having a heating surface; a base member for supporting said heater, said base member having an edge; a holder for supporting said base member; a film movable with a recording material in sliding contact with th... | 11/10/1992 |
