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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120027477 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus includes: an image heating member for heating an image formed on each of a plurality of first recording materials and a second recording material; a pressing member for forming a nip, between itself and the image heating member, in which each ... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120014702 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus includes a color toner image forming portion, a transparent toner image forming portion, a heating portion, an obtaining portion that obtains information on an area where a gloss level should partly be increased and an area where the gloss lev... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120002992 | COLOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Provided is a low cost color image forming apparatus in which the density of the image having been fixed is optimally adjusted and jamming in the fixing device is prohibited. The toner adhering amount of each single color toner image to form a color toner image is contr... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20120002987 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD Certain embodiments provide an image forming apparatus including: an image carrier; a latent image forming unit; a developing unit; a fixing unit; a toner cartridge; a battery in the toner cartridge; a temperature sensor in the toner cartridge driven by the battery; a f... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110318030 | FIXING APPARATUS AND FIXING METHOD An fixing apparatus of the present invention includes: a developer image forming section that is provided to an apparatus main body and forms a developer image on a recording medium; a fixing section that is provided to the apparatus main body and fixes the developer im... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110318036 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus includes an image forming station for forming a toner image on a recording material; and a fixing portion including a heating rotatable member, a heating element for heating the heating rotatable member using heat generation by electric power ... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110311246 | Fixing Device, Image Forming Apparatus, and Method for Controlling Fixing Device A fixing device includes a fixing roller that is driven to rotate, a fixing belt that is driven by rotation of the fixing roller, and a driven roller that rotates along with the fixing belt. The fixing device also includes a pressing member that is pressed against the f... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110311250 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS A fixing device for thermally fixing image onto recording sheet by causing recording sheet to pass through fixing nip, while heating electromagnetic induction heating layer provided in heating rotation body by flux generated by flux generator including exciting coil loc... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110311253 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMATION PROCESSING METHOD An image forming apparatus with no staining or deterioration of images can be provided. The image forming apparatus includes: an image holding body that transfers toner onto a sheet; a transfer voltage applying unit that applies a transfer voltage for transferring the t... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110305473 | IMAGE HEATING APPARATUS An image heating apparatus includes a rotatable belt member for heating an image on a recording material; a rotatable member pressing against said belt member; a nip forming member, provided inside said belt member, for cooperating with said rotatable member to form a n... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110280607 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED THEREWITH A fixing device by fixing an image on a recording material at a nip portion, includes: an air blower which blows air sent by a fan on the neighborhood of an exit of the nip portion; a pressure contact and separation switching section which switches from a separated stat... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110275015 | FIXING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND FIXING METHOD A disclosed fixing device applying a bubble-like fixing liquid to resin-containing particles adhered to a medium so that the resin-containing particles are fixed to the medium, the bubble-like fixing liquid being formed by transforming a fixing liquid into foam that dis... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110268464 | PRINTER AND FUSING SYSTEM A system and printer are provided for fusing toner on a receiver medium having a toner pile that extends at least about 50 μm above a receiver. In one aspect, a system has a first energy source to apply a first energy to raise a temperature of a first portion of the to... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110268460 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus includes a fixing portion for fixing an image formed on a recording material, the fixing portion including an endless belt, a heater contacted to an inner surface of the endless belt, a pressing member for forming a fixing nip with the heater ... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110268465 | PRINTING AND FUSING METHOD Methods are provided for printing and fusing a toner on a receiver having a toner pile that extends at least about 50 μm above a receiver. According to one aspect, a first energy is applied to raise a temperature of a first portion of the toner pile to a range of eleva... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110262165 | Image Forming Apparatus An image forming apparatus includes: a developer retaining unit configured to carry a developer; a fixing unit including a rotatable heating member configured to heat a recording sheet to thermally fix the developer on the recording sheet; a motor configured to drive th... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110229178 | FIXING UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS A fixing unit includes a fixing member to fuse a toner image on a recording medium on the recording medium; a pressure member to press against the fixing member to define a first nip between the fixing member and the pressure member through which the recording medium is... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110229170 | FIXING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An excitation coil positioned along an axial direction of a fixing rotational body having a heat generating layer causes the heat generating layer to generate heat by electromagnetic induction. Magnetic flux shielding members positioned outside the excitation coil in a ... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110229179 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus including a fixing liquid applicator to apply a fixing liquid to a recording medium, a transfer device to transfer a toner image from a toner image bearing member onto the recording medium to which the fixing liquid is applied while the toner ... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110222879 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS A fixing device including a rotatable fixing member to fix a toner image on a recording medium, a pressing member to press against the fixing member to form a nip portion therebetween, through which the recording medium passes, and a nip pressure applying mechanism that... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110206401 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS There is provided an image forming apparatus that includes an image forming unit which forms a chromatic toner image and a clear toner image on a recording material, and a fixing unit which fixes these toner images on the recording material, the image forming apparatus ... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110188873 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD Certain embodiments provide an image forming device including: a print portion; a first roller provided in a sheet transportation direction; a heating element provided in either the first roller or an endless belt wound around the first roller and generates heat by magn... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110188872 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Disclosed is a fixing device including a fixing belt to fix a toner image formed on a paper onto the paper, a driving unit to make the fixing belt reciprocate in a direction perpendicular to a feeding direction of the paper when fixing the toner image onto the paper and... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110182607 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS An image forming apparatus includes a color toner image forming portion for forming a toner image with a color toner on a recording material; a clear toner image forming portion for forming a toner image with a clear toner on the recording material, wherein the clear to... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110176821 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS A fixing device, in which an unfixed image carried by a recording medium is passed through a fixing nip part being pressed by a fixing rotative body and a pressuring rotative body, and is fixed to the recording medium, is disclosed, including: a pressing part, and contr... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110170891 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME A pressure lever journaling a pressure roller is rockably connected to a fixation frame journaling a fixing roller. A pivotal position of the pressure lever is adjusted by a motor through driving gears, sector gears, press-contact adjusting levers, and press contact spr... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110142467 | HEATING CONTROLLING DEVICE, HEATING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM, AND METHOD There is provided a heating controlling device having: a receiving section receiving heating instructions for plural heaters; and a controller that, when the receiving section receives a heating instruction to heat another heater while two or more heaters other than the... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110142468 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, FIXING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM USING THE SAME Provided are an image forming apparatus, a fixing device, and an image forming system using the same, including: an image forming section for transferring a toner image onto a recording sheet; a first and second fixing rollers for thermally fixing the toner image on the... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110123208 | Heating Device and Image Forming Apparatus A heating device includes: a heat generating unit generating heat in response to energization of an alternating-current power supply; a zero-crossing signal generating circuit generating a zero-crossing signal in synchronization with a zero-crossing time of the alternat... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110103816 | LASER FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS A fixing device includes: a plurality of laser irradiation sections each of which emits a laser beam whose wavelength exhibits an absorbance of 80% or more with respect to a corresponding toner; and a control device for controlling the plurality of irradiation sections ... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110091229 | FUSING UNIT, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME A fusing unit includes a driving source, a fusing part which includes a heat source and is driven by the driving source to heat and press a transported printing medium to fuse an image transferred to the printing medium, an electric power supplying unit which supplies a... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110069984 | FIXING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FIXING IMAGE According to one embodiment, a fixing device includes a fixing roller having an elastic layer, a fixing belt wound around the fixing roller, a satellite roller to set up the fixing belt between the fixing roller and the satellite roller, a pressing roller to nip hold th... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110064437 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS EMPLOYING THE FIXING DEVICE A fixing device for fixing an image on a recording medium includes an endless flexible fixing member formed into a loop, a heat conductive member disposed within the loop formed by the fixing member, a heater disposed near the heat conductive member to heat the heat con... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110064436 | IMAGE GLOSS CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM An image gloss control apparatus that includes a first control component and a second control component is provided. The first control component controls an image forming/fixing component, which forms an image on a recording medium using a colored image formation materi... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110058839 | HEATING FIXER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS A heating fixer, including a fixing member heating and melting a toner image; a pressure member contacting the fixing member upon application of pressure to form a nip; a variable device varying the pressure of the pressure member to the fixing member with rotation of a... | 03/10/2011 |
| 20110044711 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM An image forming apparatus includes a raster image data generating unit, a halftone image data generating unit, a size control unit, an image forming unit and a flash fixing unit. The raster image data generating unit generates raster image data of a plurality of color ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110026960 | IMAGE HEATING APPARATUS An image heating apparatus includes a belt member; a inclinable steering roller for supporting the belt member; a heating member for contacting to the belt member and heating an image on a recording material; a detecting member for detecting a position of a belt end in ... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110020016 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS According to the embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a paper transporting unit configured to transport a paper, an image forming unit configured to form an image on the paper, a fixing unit configured to generate heat for fixing the image on the paper, and a... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110020024 | OPTIMIZED FUSING FOR HIGH SPEED ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY SYSTEM A fuser and receiver release system and method are provided for improving the release of receivers in high speed of printing systems. This system controls the release of a receiver in conjunction with a fuser in a printing system, and specifically the efficiency and acc... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20100329716 | APPARATUSES USEFUL FOR PRINTING AND CORRESPONDING METHODS Apparatuses useful for printing and methods of are provided. The apparatus includes a user interface for operating the printing apparatus, a fuser for fusing media, the fuser having a plurality of temperature settings, a gloss meter for measuring gloss of an image fused... | 12/30/2010 |
