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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7912416 | Printing system architecture with center cross-over and interposer by-pass path A printing system comprises a paper path architecture for parallel printing using multiple marking engines. The media path configuration enables all the media feed trays to be located in one place, relative to the marking engines. A cross-over module is located betw... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7680448 | Printing integration system This disclosure relates to a printing integration system. Specifically, this disclosure provides a means to integrate one or more pairs of substantially vertically aligned marking engines using an intersection transport. The intersection transport includes a media s... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7657219 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus including: a paper feed cassette; a paper pickup roller; an image forming portion; a fixing unit; a paper discharge portion for discharging paper P with a developer image fused and fixed thereon; and an inversion roller and a paper dischar... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7515866 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus is disclosed that includes an image forming part configured to form an image on a recording medium, a feed part for feeding the recording medium, a manual feed part for manually feeding the recording medium, and a shutter member configured... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7515865 | Recording medium feeding device and image forming apparatus A recording medium feeding device includes: a delivery roller provided so as to abut on a surface of recording media and for delivering the recording media to a downstream side in a direction of conveyance of the recording media in accordance with the rotation of th... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7444108 | Parallel printing architecture with parallel horizontal printing modules An intergrated printing system is provided that includes at least two substantially horizontially aligned printing modules including an entrance media path and an exit media path; and at least one interface media transport including at least two substantially horizo... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7437119 | Image forming apparatus and feeding tray An image recording apparatus includes: a feeding tray; a side end guide provided on the feeding tray along a recording medium feeding direction and being capable of shifting in a direction orthogonal to the recording medium feeding direction; an arm member capable o... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7421241 | Printing system with inverter disposed for media velocity buffering and registration Parallel printing systems and methods incorporate inverter assemblies for not only inverting media during transport through the system but also to register the media or provide a velocity buffer transports with different drive velocities. The inverter assemblies can... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418233 | Image forming apparatus A fuser allows a sheet medium on which a toner image has formed to path through while heating the sheet medium, thereby fusing the toner image on the sheet medium. A plurality of first rollers are arrayed in a first direction. A plurality of second rollers are array... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7415239 | Conveying apparatus and recording apparatus having the same A conveying apparatus which synchronously conveys a conveyed object includes a first conveyance roller disposed at a downstream side of a conveyance path for conveyance of the conveyed object and a second conveyance roller disposed at an upstream side of the conveya... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7406293 | Sheet post-process apparatus and waiting tray A waiting tray comprises left and right lower face support members for supporting both sides of a sheet and a distal end lower face support member for supporting a distal end lower face, wherein, even if a sheet is easily bent, the sheet is reliably retained on the ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7403740 | Sheet feeding unit and image forming apparatus A sheet feeding unit according to the invention includes a sheet stacking tray on which the sheet is stacked, a sheet feeding device which feeds the sheet stacked on the sheet stacking tray, and a unit frame which supports the sheet stacking tray and the sheet feedi... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7395024 | Sheet package, package member and printer A sheet package which can be loaded in a sheet storage chamber (6) of a printer (1) comprises a stack of sheets (7) as print media for the printer and a package member (8) covering the exterior of the stack of sheets. The package member i... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7391993 | Image forming device with interlocked mechanism A toner image formed on a photosensitive drum 12a in an image forming unit 12 is transferred to an intermediate transfer belt 11. The toner image of the intermediate transfer belt is transferred onto recording paper by a transfer roller | 06/24/2008 |
| 7386269 | Image forming apparatus, image processing method, program and recording medium An image forming device comprises an image-processing unit which performs a predetermined image processing of an input image data. An output unit prints an image on a copy sheet based on the image data after the image processing. A Z-folding device is connected to t... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7364149 | Sheet finishing apparatus A sheet finishing apparatus of the present invention takes in sheets of paper ejected from an image forming apparatus through a taking-in port and clamping and conveying the sheets of paper by a pair of pinch rollers for post processing, has a sheet guidance member ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364153 | Sheet feeding device and image forming apparatus A sheet feeding device includes a cassette configured to accommodate recording media, and a recording media feeding member configured to feed out the recording media accommodated in the cassette. The cassette includes a tray main body part including a stacking plate... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366459 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus, comprising a case that accommodates an image forming unit; a sheet cassette that is capable of moving relative to the case; and a cover disposed above the sheet cassette, wherein the cover covers a side of the case in which the sheet cass... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7359663 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus has a plurality of developing units for developing toner images of different colors, an intermediate transfer belt for transferring the toner images of the respective colors onto a surface of the belt or onto a recording sheet transported ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7347637 | Hybrid paper supply module and image forming apparatus equipped with such hybrid paper supply module Mechanism unit(s) 6 functioning as automatic-feed cassette(s) and mechanism unit(s) 7 functioning as manual-feed tray(s) together form a single integral module, constituting hybrid paper supply module 5. Manual-feed mechanism unit(s) 7 is... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7341247 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes an image forming member to form an image to an recording material, a plurality of sheet finisher units, each of which performs different sheet finishing to the recording material on which the image has formed, a plurality of indic... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7341387 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a cover member that is capable of being opened and closed, wherein the cover member includes a discharge tray that is capable of holding printed recording medium, and an automatic document reader that is provided above the dischar... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7333748 | Detachably attached recording medium supplying apparatus with laterally attached conveying part and image forming apparatus A recording medium supplying apparatus includes a recording medium holding part that holds recording media, and a recording medium conveying part that conveys a recording medium from the recording medium holding part. Herein, the recording medium holding part is dis... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333764 | Paper guide and electrophotographic forming apparatus having the same A paper guide which does not make stripes on an image on a printing paper. The paper guide of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus includes a guiding member for guiding the printing paper into a fusing unit, a plurality of guiding ribs formed on the guidin... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7318585 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus to reverse a sheet, includes a branched conveyance path branched from a connection point between an entry and conveyance path and a reversal and conveyance path provided downstream of the entry and conveyance path. When a sheet conveyor fe... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7300050 | Image forming apparatus The present invention provides an image forming apparatus in which an automatic double-side unit 81 is provided free to open and close on the side of an apparatus body 1a, and a manual paper feeding device 61 is provide adjacent to the au... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7292803 | Developing unit having foldable handle and image forming apparatus having the same An image forming apparatus is provided having a developing unit including a handle. The developing unit of the image forming apparatus includes at least one of a photosensitive body and a developing roller developing a developer on the photosensitive body. A case pr... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7292819 | Method for image forming capable of performing fast and stable sheet transfer operations Image forming methods and apparatuses capable of performing stable and fast sheet transfer operations are provided. In a continuous feed mode, a preceding sheet and a succeeding sheet are successively fed from a sheet tray through first and second transfer rollers t... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7292820 | Integrated media input tray including electronics A removable media tray for an image forming apparatus includes a housing, an exit port in the housing, a primary media stack, and a multi-purpose tray (MPT) input. Within the tray are first and second pick mechanisms operative to select a media sheet from the primar... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7286779 | Apparatus for suppressing deformations in a belt of an image forming device A scale is provided on a back side edge of an intermediate transfer belt for detecting an amount of movement of the belt. In a tandem type image forming apparatus, a sensor is provided as a scale-reading unit that reads the scale. Materials used for the intermediate... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7274903 | Integrated fuser unit and drive system for use in an electrophotographic imaging process An integrated fuser unit has a drive system with a motor and a drive train mounted in the fuser unit frame. A swing arm assembly engages and disengages the hot roll from the drive train. ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7272343 | Image forming apparatus having a conveyance unit and a front-side plate frame structure of such an image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus has an internal paper-eject structure to provide an easy maintenance work and an easy operation for removing jammed papers. An internal eject part is provided above an image forming part. A conveyance unit is provided between the image for... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7267338 | Image processing apparatus An image processing apparatus ejects the sheet to witch image processing unit perform to an ejection tray or a staple stacker by a pair of ejection rollers and the like. A sheet path for guiding the sheet to the ejection rollers is opened and closed in conjunction w... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7269385 | Sheet guide, fixing device and image forming apparatus A sheet guide sheet guide for guiding a recording sheet includes an outermost surface layer brought into contact with a recording sheet, which is formed of a material having a water contact angle of approximately 50° or less and one of a pencil hardness of 9H or mo... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7263328 | Image forming system, control method, recording medium, and program An image forming system has an image forming apparatus which has a printing unit which can perform a printing process of data of a storage unit which can store data of a plurality of jobs and which has a conveying unit which can convey a sheet from the print unit to... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7258340 | Sheet registration within a media inverter Parallel printing systems and methods incorporate inverter assemblies for not only inverting media during transport through the system but also to register the media and to provide a velocity buffer transport with different drive velocities. The inverter assemblies ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7245850 | Photosensitive member cartridge The invention provides a photosensitive member cartridge, that has, for example, a case including a bottom wall, an upper wall, and side walls. A photosensitive drum and a transfer roller are rotatably disposed in a space surrounded by the bottom wall, the upper wal... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7231167 | Photosensitive member cartridge The invention provides a photosensitive member cartridge, that has, for example, a case including a bottom wall, an upper wall, and side walls. A photosensitive drum and a transfer roller are rotatably disposed in a space surrounded by the bottom wall, the upper wal... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7224923 | Photosensitive member cartridge The invention provides a photosensitive member cartridge, that has, for example, a case including a bottom wall, an upper wall, and side walls. A photosensitive drum and a transfer roller are rotatably disposed in a space surrounded by the bottom wall, the upper wal... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7218878 | Photosensitive member cartridge The invention provides a photosensitive member cartridge, that has, for example, a case including a bottom wall, an upper wall, and side walls. A photosensitive drum and a transfer roller are rotatably disposed in a space surrounded by the bottom wall, the upper wal... | 05/15/2007 |
