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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8165491 | Photosensitive cartridge A photosensitive cartridge includes a housing comprising an opening; a photosensitive drum supported by the housing, an electrostatic latent image being formed on the photosensitive drum; a charger that is supported by the housing and charges the photosensitive drum... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8145089 | Image forming apparatus and method of supporting cleaner A technique of easily detaching a cleaner with a simple configuration is provided. At the time of drawing out a drawing unit, an elastic supporting section is allowed to move against the pressing force of the elastic supporting section to a position where the elasti... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8112012 | System and method for cleaning a printer A printer ROS window cleaning system enforces unidirectional cleaning motion through a passageway formed in the printer housing. A guide has a distal portion that engages a cleaning tool from insertion until a cleaning portion reaches the rear of the passageway. A c... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8107847 | Image exposure apparatus, cleaning device of image exposure apparatus, and image forming apparatus An image exposure apparatus is provided and includes: an optical unit that emits light to form an exposure image on a photosensitive material; a casing that houses the optical unit and that has an image exposure window through which the light is allowed to pass for ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8059984 | Carrier bead collection assembly for a xerographic printer A carrier bead collection assembly in a xerographic printer is disclosed. The carrier bead collection assembly may include a tray defining a cavity for retention of carrier beads, wherein the tray is located below a slot in a media transport surface in the xerograph... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8055150 | Image forming apparatus and frame unit thereof including a particle management device An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, an exposure unit to form a latent image on the image carrier by light, and a particle entering prevention device to prevent particles from entering an optical path between the exposure unit and the image carrier.... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8045880 | Sheet feeding device and image forming apparatus A sheet feeding device to feed a sheet in a sheet feeding path is provided. The sheet feeding device includes a plurality of feeding rollers to feed a sheet in the sheet feeding path, and a dust remover unit to remove dust adhered onto a surface of the sheet. The du... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8023855 | Development device, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus A development device includes a developer carrier configured to carry developer and disposed in a development case, partly exposed from an opening of the development case facing an image carrier, a developer-transporting member configured to transport the developer ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7995946 | Image forming apparatus having cleaning member for cleaning transmission member An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive drum, an optical unit provided below the photosensitive drum and including a cover glass for transmitting light emitted toward the photosensitive drum, and a cleaning member configured to clean a surface of the co... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7945187 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes: an image bearing member, on which an electrostatic image is formed; a development unit which is provided with a developer bearing member for bearing and conveying a developer, so as to develop the electrostatic image; a storage p... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7937016 | Transfer device and image forming apparatus including the same A transfer device includes: an image carrier belt; a first roller around which the image carrier belt is wound; a second roller around which the image carrier belt wound around the first roller and shifted; a first transfer roller contacting the first roller via the... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7925179 | Image forming apparatus with dust-proof wall An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member; and an exposure member having a light emitting element, the exposure member exposing the photosensitive member at an exposure position opposed to an opposed positio... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7912398 | Image forming apparatus cleaning device actuated by door or paper feeding cassette An image forming apparatus and a cleaning device capable of conveniently cleaning inner components without an additional driving source. The image forming apparatus includes a main body having a main body frame and a moving part provided movably relative to the main... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7903994 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material, to which apparatus a process cartridge is detachably mountable, wherein said process cartridge includes a photosensitive drum unit and a developing unit, wherein said photosensitive drum unit i... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7885572 | Corona discharge device, photoreceptor charger, and method for making discharge product removing member A corona discharge device (10) comprises a discharge electrode (1) for causing electric discharge, a discharge product removing member (4) provided around the discharge electrode (1), and containing a material capable of removing a discha... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7869735 | Image forming apparatus having paper dust collecting roller An image forming apparatus includes a main casing, a paper-dust collecting roller, a paper-dust removing member, a conveying roller, and an urging member. The paper-dust collecting roller is rotatably supported at a fixed position in the main casing so as to confron... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7853170 | Image forming apparatus having a cleaning member that cleans a transmitting member provided in an optical device An image forming apparatus including a cartridge that has a photosensitive drum and can be attached to and detached from a main body of the image forming apparatus, an optical device that has a cover glass through which light emitted toward the photosensitive drum p... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7809305 | Cleaning unit for roller member supporting belt and image forming apparatus A felt that cleans the surface of a drive roller or secondary transfer supporting roller that stretches an intermediate transfer belt is supported by a Mylar at its one free end, the other end thereof being fixed to a bracket. The felt is swingably brought into cont... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7792457 | Original conveying apparatus, original conveying program, and original conveying method The present invention provides an original conveying apparatus, an original conveying program, and an original conveying method that can change a conveying angle of an original with respect to a scanning point of a scanning apparatus to an angle suitable for removin... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7792458 | Image forming apparatus having toner image forming device An image forming apparatus includes a toner image forming device configured to form a toner image on an image conveying member, a detector configured to optically detect a density of the toner image on the image conveying member, a controller configured to control a... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7787798 | System and method for preventing particulate matter deposition on contact surfaces An element, or elements, of a collection chamber which may remove excess deposition of particulate matter without interrupting or otherwise disturbing the normal operation of the device are provided. These elements may oscillate within a collection chamber and subst... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7761026 | Device for forming image and image forming unit using a shielding member An image forming device includes an image carrier, a cleaning device, a charging device and a shielding member. The image carrier carries a toner image thereon. The cleaning device removes a toner on the image carrier. The charging device charges the image carrier. ... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7720406 | Optical device and image forming apparatus An optical device includes an optical element that transmits or reflects light, and scans the light onto a target surface to form a latent image on the target surface. The optical element includes a conducting portion that is located on at least any one of a light t... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7684725 | Exposure device and image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier that carries a latent image; an exposure device, which includes a light source and an optical member, for focusing, on the image carrier, light emitted by the light source that is used to form a latent image on th... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7454153 | Cleaning of contamination in a printer as a function of a register error Cleaning of contamination in a printer, especially contamination by the use of a fixing aid, in which the contamination is determined by evaluating the register of a print of the printing machine. In the case that the register error is larger than a given amount, a ... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7450879 | Image forming apparatus having a member for removing dust from an image carrier An image forming apparatus is provided which includes a rotating image carrier including a central portion and tip portions, and a rotating developing element for contacting the rotating image carrier and applying a developer to a latent image, wherein an axial dire... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7424263 | Toner recovery belt conveyor, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus using the same A toner recovery device, capable of preventing toner from spilling out of the space between protruding sections and an inner wall of a toner-conveying pipe, and process cartridge and image forming apparatus having this device. Residual toner after transfer, which is... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7409174 | Image forming apparatus featuring a toner supply opening positioned to avoid contamination of an exposure slit An image forming apparatus includes a rotatable image bearing member; an exposure unit, disposed below the image bearing member, including a transmitting portion for transmitting a laser beam to which the image bearing member is exposed; a developing unit disposed a... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7403732 | Image forming apparatus equipped with LED printing head An image forming apparatus includes: a photoreceptor; a charger that electrically charges the photoreceptor; an exposing unit having an LED printing head that forms a latent image on the photoreceptor; a developing unit that develops a toner image corresponding to t... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7386248 | Image developing apparatus having a toner scatter preventing unit and image forming apparatus An image developing apparatus includes an upper case, and a lower case having an opening and containing a developing agent on a lower side of the upper case. A photoconductive drum in the upper case forms an electrostatic latent image on a surface thereof. A chargin... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7376371 | Process cartridge with component geometry suitable for recycle of same A process cartridge is disclosed which is detachably mounted on an apparatus for forming an image using toner, and which has a process cartridge housing. The process cartridge housing includes: a smoothed surface portion including an inner face and an outer face; at... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7369790 | Process cartridge including paper dust removal member An image forming device includes a paper dust removal unit that removes paper dust from a photosensitive member. The paper dust removal unit includes a brush-shaped member affixed to a plate by a two-sided tape. The brush-shaped member is peeled off from the plate s... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369797 | Developing apparatus and process cartridge with protrusions between the bearing and the shaft A developing apparatus includes a developer container for storing a developer which contains toner, a rotary member for stirring and conveying the developer, and a bearing member to hold the rotary member in the developer container. At least one of the bearing membe... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366437 | Image forming apparatus having an optical sensor provided in opposition to a transfer belt formed of an endless belt An image forming apparatus includes: a transfer belt that is formed of an endless belt; a plurality of image forming units that are so arranged as to be aligned in a transfer belt conveyance direction; a plurality of toner supply containers that are detachably fitte... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7359660 | Developing device, process cartridge and image forming apparatus loaded therewith A developing device of the present invention is operable with a two-ingredient type developer by mixing and agitating toner grains and carrier grains to thereby electrify the toner grains. At least the carrier grains are sealed in a space formed in the developing de... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7352377 | Exposure device and image forming apparatus An exposure device is provided with a shutter member having a slit. The shutter member is provided between a member to be scanned and a housing of a main device unit that has an optical transmission member. The shutter member is freely movable between an open positi... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7340195 | Image forming apparatus having a scattered toner sucking port An image forming apparatus includes: an image carrier with an electrostatic latent image formed thereon; a developing device for developing the electrostatic latent image into a toner image, a developer carrier arranged opposite to the image carrier, for allowing a ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7333763 | Developer collecting apparatus and an image forming apparatus having the same Disclosed is a developer collecting apparatus capable of preventing a developer collected from a photoconductive medium from clotting while being supplied to a developing unit. The developer collecting apparatus includes a developer collecting container including an... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7330680 | Drum support bushing with orienting features A photoconductive drum may be located and supported in an image forming apparatus via bushings at each end of a drum axle. The bushings may be produced from a single die cavity and may include orientation features which may be employed to key the bushings with a hou... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7321381 | Image forming apparatus and contamination prevention member for use therein Provided is an image forming apparatus, which comprises a contamination prevention member that covers a top surface of a light window with one side exposed to an outside of a main body, which prevents a contamination material, such as dust, from getting onto the lig... | 01/22/2008 |
