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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8175488 | Image forming apparatus and image forming method including transporting developer using an airflow generator An image forming apparatus and method for developing a latent image on an image bearing member includes the image bearing member, an air flow generator, and an air intake device. The image bearing member is configured to bear the latent image on the surface thereof.... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175489 | Image forming apparatus and process cartridge An image forming apparatus is provided that includes multiple process cartridges. Each process cartridge includes a photosensitive element, an electrification unit, and a process frame. The electrification unit includes a discharging unit and an electrification fram... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8165489 | Image forming apparatus having cooling fans An image forming apparatus includes a first fan and a second fan that are configured to generate air in a main body of the apparatus, a controller configured to control operations of the fans, and a detector configured to detect a malfunction of a first fan. When th... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165490 | Image forming apparatus including a collecting portion inside guide members to collect and store liquid droplets An image forming apparatus includes a transfer unit, a fixing unit, a discharging unit, and multiple guide members. The transfer unit transfers an image onto a transfer sheet. The fixing unit fixes the image to the transfer sheet by application of heat and conveys t... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8150292 | Developing unit and image forming apparatus comprising same A developing unit includes a unit main body having an internal space defined by a predetermined frame and capable of supplying a developer to the outside while agitating the developer within the internal space, a unit-side cooling duct attached to the unit main body... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8139973 | Air discharging apparatus and image forming apparatus An air discharging apparatus to discharge pressurized air at a predetermined timing is disclosed. The disclosed air discharging apparatus includes an air pump including a cylinder and a piston configured to reciprocate in the cylinder; an opening and closing member ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139974 | Exhaust device, image forming apparatus including the same, recording medium on which control program for exhaust device is recorded An exhaust device provided in an image forming apparatus is provided. In the exhaust device, an initial condition setting unit sets an initial drive output value of a exhaust fan at a time of starting an image forming operation based on a calculation value calculate... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8135301 | Developing device and image forming apparatus A developing device includes a developer transporting member arranged so that its circumferential surface faces an image carrier for carrying an electrostatic image on its surface, the developer transporting member being rotated in a circumferential direction while ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8116653 | Aerator and image forming apparatus which restrains air from flowing to a heat generating object An aerator includes a ventilating member that opposes a heat generating object and through which air flows, and an inlet device that takes in air from an outside and sends the air to the ventilating member. The ventilating member includes a discharging portion that ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8116654 | Image heating apparatus An image heating apparatus includes a heating rotor which heats a toner image while nipping and conveying a recording material on which the toner image is borne, a fan which cools the heating rotor, a blowing port which is arranged facing the heating rotor and throu... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8090286 | Image forming apparatus and toner supply container used therefor In a toner supply container, an air blowing mechanism includes an air blowing fan, an air blowing tube, and an air inlet coupling member. The air inlet coupling member is in close contact with a side wall of the toner container around an air inlet, and includes a sk... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8086130 | Image forming apparatus having fan for supplying air to recording sheet having passed through fixing unit An image forming apparatus includes an image formation unit such as a process section for forming an image on a recording sheet. The apparatus may include a fixing unit for fixing the image formed by the image formation unit on the recording sheet, a reversible roll... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8086131 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus has: a rotary member which conveys a sheet; a blowing device which blows a cooling air to cool the rotary member; and a blow-off member which blows the cooling air from the blowing device toward the rotary member. The cooling air is blown ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8078079 | Air duct and toner cartridge using same A cartridge for containing toner material used in an image-forming device according to one example embodiment includes a developer roll, two J-seals that provide interfaces with the developer roll at the ends thereof, and an air duct that conducts airflow across the... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8078080 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a heat source, a toner containing member containing toner, and an electric fan for generating air flow in an air flow path formed between the heat source and the toner containing member. In the image forming apparatus, a temperatu... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8073356 | Image forming apparatus having air flow holes An image forming apparatus with a plate having holes is described. An image forming apparatus includes image carriers, side walls, and a plate disposed below the image carriers. The plate includes a plurality of holes along the sides of the plate near the side walls... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8068759 | Image forming apparatus and cooling method used therein An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit including an image carrier and a development device, a transfer unit to transfer an image formed on the image carrier onto a sheet, a fixing device to fix the image on the sheet, a sheet transport unit, a she... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8032049 | Image forming device with duct An image forming device is provided to be able to make efficient use of an internal space while improving the detection accuracy, with which a detected body is detected. The image forming device according to the invention comprises a housing, a duct, through which a... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8014696 | Image forming device An image-forming device includes a main casing, a process casing, a photosensitive member, a charger, a first duct member, a fan, and a duct moving unit. The process casing is accommodated in the main casing and removably mounted thereon. The process casing has a ca... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8014695 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a sheet, includes: an image forming section which forms the image on the sheet; a fixing device which fixes the image onto the sheet; a first duct which covers the fixing device and ventilates air heated by the fixi... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8005393 | Image forming apparatus with cooling air blowing portions A sheet conveying apparatus includes a pair of first guides formed with a first opening; a pair of second guides; and a pair of third guides, wherein an air which has passed through a first opening of the pair of first guides is deflected to one pair of guides of th... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8000626 | Image forming apparatus including holding portion having air vent An image forming apparatus includes a placement tray on which a recording medium is placed and which is attachably and detachably assembled into a housing. The placement tray includes a holding portion having an upwardly concave configuration at one end of the place... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7991318 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a developer carrier arranged to face the image carrier to form a developing nip portion, which carries developer containing toner for developing a latent image formed on the image carrier, a developing unit havin... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7974547 | Heat exhaust plenum attach/detach mechanism A simple and cost effective method of simplifying and speeding heat exhaust plenum attachment and detachment from a machine that uses metal for exterior covers and air output grills includes placing magnetic sheeting around that portion of the plenum that mates with... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7953342 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus, having: an image carrier to carry a toner image; a transfer unit to transfer the toner image on the image carrier onto a sheet through a rotating member disposed to face the image carrier; a fixing unit to heat and fix the transferred ton... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7953341 | Automatic document feeder, image reading system including same, and image forming apparatus including same An automatic document feeder, included in an image reading system that can be included in an image forming apparatus, is configured to transfer an original document to an image reader included in the image reading system, and includes a first drive unit configured t... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7953343 | Air guide mechanism and image forming apparatus An air guide mechanism includes a box unit that incorporates a heating element therein; an air fan unit that is disposed within the box unit; and a guide unit that is disposed on a side of the box unit, wherein the guide unit guides the air to a portion of a round a... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7949280 | Image heating apparatus An image heating apparatus includes a heating rotary member, which heats an image on a recording material at a nip portion, an air blowing device for blowing air toward an air blowing port to cool a predetermined area of the heating rotary member, a shutter, which o... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7945186 | Image forming apparatus including a heat shielding device An image forming apparatus includes an image forming device that forms a toner image on a recording medium, a heat fixing device provided adjacent to the image forming device to fix the toner image onto the recording medium by heat, and a heat shielding device that ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7941069 | Process cartridge having air inlets and outlets for cooling gears disposed in the process cartridge A process cartridge includes a photoconductor driven by gears, a developing roller, an agitator. The process cartridge is mounted on an image forming apparatus that forms an image with toner. The process cartridge includes an air inlet and an air outlet on a side pl... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937014 | Image forming apparatus with cooling fan for cooling image holding members An image forming apparatus includes plural image holding members that hold toner images, a belt unit, an apparatus side portion, and a fan unit. The belt unit includes a belt member disposed facing the plural image holding members. The apparatus side portion is disp... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7917051 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus wherein a printing medium can be prevented from being stained with toner leaking out of a developing device. As a photosensitive drum rotates in a direction, an air flow in the rotating direction is generated around the photosensitive drum... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7899353 | Method and apparatus for fusing toner onto a support sheet Fuser assemblies for fusing toner on support sheets, electrophotographic apparatuses, and methods of fusing toner on support sheets are disclosed. The fuser assembly includes a fuser belt; a thermally-insulated enclosure surrounding at least a portion of the fuser b... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7894740 | Method and apparatus for directly transferring powder toner, and method and apparatus for filling with powder toner Methods of transferring powder toner and filling a toner container or a development mechanism of an electronographic image forming apparatus with powder toner include the steps of providing a toner fluidization mechanism on a surface of deposit of the powder toner s... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7890014 | Image forming apparatus with air blowing device for cooling rotary member An image forming apparatus has: a rotary member which conveys a sheet; a blowing device which blows a cooling air to cool the rotary member; and a blow-off member which blows the cooling air from the blowing device toward the rotary member. The cooling air is blown ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7890015 | Cooling mechanism of fixing device In a cooling mechanism for a fixing device according to an embodiment of the invention, a duct that flows outer air taken in by a fan is attached firmly to a slit formed between a bent coil part at an end part of a coil and a magnetic core in an induction heating de... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7877038 | Image forming apparatus capable of reducing temperature difference of a photosensitive body An image forming apparatus includes: a photosensitive body; a driver to drive the photosensitive body; a supporting bracket to support the driver; and a heat insulator disposed between the supporting bracket and the driver to shield the photosensitive body from heat... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7877037 | Image forming device having duct for blowing air on charger An image-forming device includes a main casing, a process casing, a photosensitive member, a charger, a first duct member, a fan, and a duct moving unit. The process casing is accommodated in the main casing and removably mounted thereon. The process casing has a ca... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7869734 | Image forming apparatus including a holding portion having an air vent An image forming apparatus includes a placement tray on which a recording medium is placed and which is attachably and detachably assembled into a housing. The placement tray includes a holding portion having an upwardly concave configuration at one end of the place... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7856193 | Endless member driving device and image forming apparatus An endless member driving device, includes: an endless member that rotates by receiving a driving force; a cooling path that extends in a widthwise direction along at least one of an obverse surface and a reverse surface of the endless member; and a gas transfer uni... | 12/21/2010 |
