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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8165516 | Cleaning device with solid lubricating member and image forming apparatus provided with the same A cleaning device cleans a toner forming surface of a rotating image bearing member. The cleaning device includes: a cleaning member for cleaning the image forming surface, the cleaning member having a first length in a width direction which is perpendicular to a ro... | 04/24/2012 |
| 7899381 | Image formation apparatus and image formation method An image formation apparatus includes a roller member that contacts a developer retaining member at a position and is distanced from the developer retaining member at another position. A contact edge of a cleaning blade supported by a supporting member is in contact... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7715776 | Dual blade cleaning system A cleaning system for cleaning a moving surface of an image forming device, such as a photoreceptor. The cleaning system includes first and second links each having three pivot connections for pivotally connecting first and second cleaning blades together in mutuall... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7715777 | Image forming apparatus forming a developed image using an image carrier An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier; a charger that electrically charges the image carrier; an image forming section that forms an electrostatic latent image on the image carrier and develops the electrostatic latent image; a transferring-fixing sec... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7532849 | Cleaning device for removing toner from an image bearing member A cleaning device includes a cleaning blade configured to remove toner adhered on a surface of an image bearing member, and a contact and separation mechanism configured to contact and separate the cleaning blade to and from the surface of the image bearing member, ... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7392007 | Intermediate transfer system and method for cleaning intermediate transfer belt A cleaning blade for removing residual toner left on the surface of an intermediate transfer belt after the second transfer is supported integrally with movement of a tension roller. In the case where the tension roller moves to make a tension of the intermediate tr... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7319841 | Apparatus and method for cleaning residual toner with a scraper blade periodically held in contact with a toner transfer surface A cleaning station for removing residual toner from a moving toner transfer surface includes a rotating brush and a scraper blade that is held away from the toner transfer surface when toner images are being transferred to recording media, such as sheets of paper. O... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7263322 | Fuser smart cleaning and oiling assembly A smart and virgin contact fuser service assembly is disclosed for servicing a toner fuser assembly and includes (a) a cleaning device including a cleaning member having virgin cleaning portions on a cleaning surface, the virgin cleaning portions being feedable in a... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7254364 | Cleaning blade for an image forming apparatus featuring a supporting portion and a cleaning portion having specified hardness and friction properties for the portions An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member on which a toner image is formed and a blade retained so as to be capable of coming into contact with and separating from the image bearing member and adapted, when in contact with the image bearing member,... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7251430 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus has: an image bearing member that bears a toner image and moves; a transfer means that transfers the toner image on the image bearing member to a transfer medium; a first eliminating member that comes in contact with the image bearing memb... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7251448 | Cleaning blade control apparatus and method An apparatus includes a xerographic cleaning blade, an actuator member operatively connected to the cleaning blade and movable over a first stroke from a first actuator position to a second actuator position, and a damper operatively connected to the actuator member... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7218888 | Image formation apparatus An image formation apparatus includes a cleaning device capable of coming into and out of contact with the front surface of a toner image carrier which rotates with toner images adhering on its front surface, and for removing toners adherent on the front surface of ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7209700 | Cleaning unit A cleaning unit includes a cabinet, a cleaning blade, a toner drop preventive sheet, and an auxiliary member. The cabinet has an opening facing an outer periphery of a photosensitive drum. The cleaning blade is operative to scrape down residual toner adhering to the... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7194229 | Method and apparatus for forming superimposed toner images of a plurality of colors When superimposing toner images of a plurality of colors on an image supporting member to form a color image, a free phase ion in a precedent image is removed without distorting the toner image precedently formed on the image supporting member, thereby improving rep... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7159511 | Method of manufacturing print belts A manufacturing line for manufacturing a print belt comprising a support-forming strip and a photopolymerized resin forming printing characters, the line comprises spreader means adapted to spread the resin on the strip, photopolymerizer means adapted to solidify th... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7134658 | Recording apparatus having skew removal A recording apparatus has a paper feeder wherein single sheets of paper can be set, a paper delivery device for transporting paper fed from the paper feeder to a recorder, and a control unit for controlling operation of the paper feeder and the paper delivery device... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7113733 | Image forming apparatus with moveable cleaning or transfer member An image forming apparatus includes a belt member, a secondary transfer member which is abutted against the belt member to secondary transfer a toner image to a recording medium and a contact/separation mechanism which brings the secondary transfer member into conta... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7110699 | Image forming apparatus and process cartridge for use in the same An image forming apparatus of the present invention includes a sheet affixed at one edge portion and including a flat surface in the other edge portion. The flat surface is formed with a plurality of grooves each extending over the image forming range of a photocond... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7082274 | Image forming apparatus with components removable in preselected direction and order An image forming apparatus of the present invention includes a plurality of components that form image forming means and should be mounted or dismounted in a preselected order. Following one of the components with respect to the preselected order cannot be dismounte... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7074540 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus is capable of performing image formation at a processing speed of not lower than 150 mm/s. An electrophotographic photoreceptor comprises a surface layer containing a siloxane-bases resin having charge-transporting properties and a crossli... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7024150 | Separable cleaning device for an image forming apparatus A contaminant removing member for removing contaminants adhering to the surface of the photoconductive member is contacted to and pressed against the surface of the photoconductive member by an engaging and disengaging mechanism only when a contaminant removing oper... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6998218 | Apparatus and method for thermally developing flexographic printing sleeves An improved thermal development apparatus is used to remove uncured photopolymer from the imaged surface of a flexographic printing element. The apparatus typically comprises one or more heatable rolls that are contactable with an imaged surface of a flexographic pr... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6925282 | Retractable agglomeration removable blade with cleaning mechanism and process for agglomeration removal A cleaning system and process for removing residual toner from an imaging surface, including a primary cleaner system for removing the predominant amount of residual toner and debris and a retractable secondary agglomeration cleaning blade mounted downstream from th... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6907217 | Image forming device capable of suppressing distortion in output image A latent image formed on a photosensitive member in exposure operations is developed into a toner image, which is then transferred onto an image bearing member in primary transfer operations. Afterward, the toner image is transferred onto a recording sheet in second... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6901227 | Support bracket/backup shoe assembly for web-cleaning cartridge A cleaning station for removing particulate material from a moving web in an electrostatic printer/copier includes a customer-replaceable web-cleaning cartridge and a support bracket/backup shoe assembly. The latter serves to support the cleaning cartridge for movem... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6823166 | Image bearing apparatus that collects image bearing bodies at a common place A photosensitive belt cleaning roller is constructed to discharge residual toner, removed from a photosensitive belt onto an intermediate transferring belt. Accordingly, the residual toner on the photosensitive belt is first removed by the photosensitive belt cleani... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6760554 | Drop seal actuator An apparatus for cleaning an imaging surface with a cleaning blade including a drop seal actuator that urges a seal into position and then collects toner in a cleaner unit. The seal captures falling accumulated toner from the cleaning blade which may contaminate the... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6701105 | Cleaning member, charging device, transfer device and image forming apparatus The present invention provides a cleaning member including melamine resin foam in at least a portion that contacts an object to be cleaned. A charging device and a transfer device including the cleaning member are provided as well. An image forming appara... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6690898 | Image forming apparatus with movable cleaning element A color laser printer includes a second cleaner, that has a second cleaning roller, a second cleaning box, a second removing roller and a waste toner storage portion, in its casing. In the color laser printer, only the second cleaning roller, which captur... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6663719 | Cleaning system and a method of cleaning A cleaning system and a cleaning method is provided with a cleaning medium comprising a magnetic substance and a magnetic field generating device for applying a magnetic force to the magnetic substance in the cleaning medium so that the magnetic substance... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6640079 | Engage/disengage apparatus and photosensitive medium cleaning device of liquid printer using the same A device for engaging and disengaging an object in one direction and a photosensitive medium cleaning device of a liquid printer using the same are provided. The device for engaging and disengaging includes a housing, a driving motor disposed at the housi... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6459865 | Liquid-developing electro-photographic printer photosensitive body cleaning method A transfer roller cleaning mechanism 12 is brought into contact with a transfer roller 11 so as to remove a harmful substance contained in a developer remaining on the transfer roller 11 after a transfer step. Upon completion of printing of a predetermine... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6430387 | Electrostatographic reproduction machine having a motion-defect-free cleaning method and assembly A motion-defect-free assembly and a method of minimizing cleaning apparatus induced motion quality disturbances in a moving belt photoreceptor of a toner image reproduction machine are provided. The assembly for practicing the method includes at least one... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6205317 | Method of cleaning ink remaining on photoreceptor web when error occurs in printer A method of cleaning ink remaining on a photoreceptor web when an error occurs in a printer including a development unit for supplying ink to a rotating photoreceptor web to develop an electrostatic latent image formed on the photoreceptor web, a transfer... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6035176 | Image forming apparatus with cassette-type cleaner An image forming apparatus having a cassette-type cleaner for removing contaminants sticking to the surface of a photosensitive medium or a transfer roller including a photoreceptor belt circulating along an endless track by a plurality of rollers, a lase... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6035167 | Wet-type image forming apparatus and squeezing method A wet-type image forming apparatus providing a uniform pressure applied to a photoconductor belt is disclosed. A squeezing roller is provided in the development side of the photoconductor belt and a backup roller in provided in the non-development side of... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6035175 | Single revolution clutch with auto-homing feature A single revolution clutch with an auto-home feature. This feature, added to the single revolution clutch, provides a mechanical home position stop. It utilizes the motion of the case to accomplish this. Whenever the clutch is energized, the case is pulle... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6026271 | Image forming apparatus with improved cleaning capability An image forming apparatus is capable of effectively removing a residual toner on a surface of an intermediate transfer roller by a cleaning roller and a predetermined plate form blade without injuring the surface of the intermediate transfer roller. In t... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5999790 | Five cycle color printing architecture with a camming mechanism for engaging and disengaging a transfer and cleaning stations A color marking machine which produces a composite color image in five cycles of a photoreceptive member, said color marking machine including a continuous photoreceptive member; a drive system rotating said photoreceptive member in a first direction; a c... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5963769 | Multicolor image forming apparatus In a multicolor image forming apparatus, an intermediate transfer belt is moved at a first speed. A secondary transfer roll is pressed against the intermediate transfer belt at the time of secondary transfer in order to secondarily transfer a multicolor t... | 10/05/1999 |
