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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6952535 | Image forming apparatus, program updating method and recording medium An image forming apparatus is provided with hardware resources used by an image forming process, a storage section which stores one or more programs for carrying out processes of user services and control services related to the image forming process, a network cont... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6920299 | Image forming apparatus and intermediate transfer unit detachably mountable thereon The invention provides an image forming apparatus including an intermediate transfer belt composed of a resinous material, a transfer member for transferring a toner image on the intermediate transferring belt onto a transfer material, and an opposing member provide... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6917781 | Developer regulating member for an image forming apparatus In an image forming apparatus where toner is supplied to a photosensitive member via a toner supply roller and a developing roller, the toner being charged by the friction contact between toner supply roller and the developing roller, a regulating blade is in contac... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6904243 | Image forming system and method and photoconductor having wear indicator Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with imaging systems and wear indicators are provided. In one example system, an imaging device is provided that generates and transfers an image to a print media. A photoconductor includes a photosensitive surface ... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6901228 | Developing agent container including a sealing element for preventing developing agent from leaking out A developing agent container includes a housing having a feeding element that feeds a developing agent and a sealing element made of felt of polyester-base fibers to prevent toner leakage from both ends of a developing roller with respect to an axial direction when ... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6882814 | Charging member, charging apparatus and image forming apparatus A charging member electrically charges a member to be charged in a state that said charging member forms a nip with the member to be charged and electroconductive particles are present at the nip. The charging member includes an elastic foam member provided at a sur... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6879789 | Sealing member, toner accommodating container and image forming apparatus A toner supply container detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus includes a container body with a discharge opening formed thereon. A sealing member, which unsealably seals the discharge opening, includes an engageable projection engageable with an engagi... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6856773 | Image forming apparatus with electrostatic potential-based developer correction The present invention concerns controlling a potential used to form an electrostatic image for image formation. According to the invention, an electrostatic latent image is formed on an image bearing member using, for example, a potential stored in a memory. The pot... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6850722 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member; a plurality of first developing devices for developing an electrostatic latent image formed on the image bearing member at a developing position using a developer which includes a toner and a carrier; a ro... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6847793 | Temperature control for an image heating apparatus An image forming apparatus is provided with a heating device, a conveying device, and a control device, wherein the control device has a mode for changing the set temperature from a first temperature to a second temperature higher than the first temperature when the... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6836639 | Cleaning apparatus having a cleaning member, a cleaning frame, and a connecting portion connecting both end surfaces of the frame A cleaning apparatus includes a cleaning member for cleaning off toner from an image bearing member, a support member for supporting the cleaning member, and a receiving portion for receiving the toner cleaned off by the cleaning member, the receiving portion having... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6834173 | Image-forming-apparatus process cartridge having a locking portion to prevent the cartridge from disengaging from the image forming apparatus and an image forming apparatus mounting such a cartridge A cartridge removably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus includes a developing member, a developer accommodating portion, a locking portion to engage a locking portion of the main assembly of the apparatus to prevent the c... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6823155 | Process cartridge and image forming apparatus A process cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, includes a developer discharging member; a cartridge positioning portion for engagement with a main assembly positioning portion provided in the main assem... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6819898 | Image forming apparatus including stopping member and backstop member to stop rotation of revolver type developing unit An image forming apparatus includes a main body, an image carrier provided in the main body and configured to retain electrostatic latent images on its surface, and a developing unit including a holding unit holding plural developing devices, rotatably supported by ... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6819899 | Image forming apparatus employing work function relationships An image forming apparatus including a latent image carrier and a developing device for charging a toner into a negative polarity by triboelectric charging, wherein the work function of the toner is set to be larger than the work function of the surface of the laten... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6819883 | Toner supply arrangement for a developing device A developing device has a structure in which a toner is supplied from a toner supplying container to a first toner container by a toner supplying device and also the toner is conveyed from the first toner container to a second toner container by a toner conveying me... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6816699 | Fixing device having heat applying rotary body and pressure applying rotary body, and image forming apparatus equipped with the fixing device A fixing device for use in an image forming apparatus capable of forming both-side images on a sheet by using a sheet reversing and conveying device. The fixing device has a heat applying rotary body with an elastic layer made of rubber and a toner releasing layer o... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6813449 | Process and apparatus for forming an image using non-aqueous liquid ink An image forming process for forming an image on a recording medium includes applying a melting colored powder to the recording medium to fix the powder heating and applying liquid inks containing a colorant in a non-aqueous solvent to the recording medium. An image... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6813455 | Double-sided printing device and method, image forming apparatus and control method therefor, and storage medium There is provided a double-sided printing device that can eliminate a user having to care about the orientation of double-sided recording sheets when such recording sheets are set. A type of a recording sheet to be fed from a feed cassette is designated. An obverse ... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6810230 | Electromagnetic induction image heating device and image forming apparatus An excitation coil is arranged so as to be opposed to a rotatable heat generating roller of a conductive material, and on a rear side of the excitation coil, a core of a magnetic material is provided. The core is composed of a central core that is formed continuousl... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6810220 | Control for a fixing device in an image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus which includes a fixing device including a fixing roller, a pressure roller pressed into contact with the fixing roller, and a thermistor in contact with a non-paper-passage region on the surface of the fixing roller, the fixing roller inc... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6810225 | Conductive member and electrophotographic apparatus incorporating the conductive member The present invention provides a conductive member used for a charging unit a development unit, a transfer unit, and a cleaning unit, which are used for electrophotographic apparatus or an electrostatic recording process. The conductive member includes an elastic la... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6810222 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING AN IMAGE CARRIER, A LATENT IMAGE FORMING MEANS, AND A DEVELOPING DEVICE CAPABLE OF PREVENTING DEVELOPER FROM ESCAPING THE DEVELOPING DEVICE, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE THEREFORE An image forming apparatus of the present invention includes a developing device including a sleeve and a magnet roller fixedly accommodated in the sleeve. The magnet roller includes a main magnetic pole and an auxiliary magnetic pole adjoining it at a downstream si... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6810219 | Image forming apparatus capable of forming images on recording materials of various types and sizes An image forming apparatus is provided which is capable of forming images on recording materials of various types and sizes. The image forming apparatus includes a storing member for storing recording materials having an arbitrary size, a size-information input devi... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6807380 | Wireless communication system and image forming device Tag side antennas attached at cartridge accessories and main body side antennas can be disposed sufficiently close to one another and facing one another without an increase in size of a device, even if the tag side antennas cannot be attached so as to cover end surf... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6804481 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes image forming device for forming an image on a first image bearing member, a transfer member, capable of contacting the first image bearing member, for transferring the image on the first image bearing member to a second image bea... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6801729 | Imaging apparatus with image fixing throughput control based on sheet size and method of operation thereof An image forming apparatus has an image forming unit and a film-heat-type fuser over which a sheet with an unfixed toner image passes and on which are positioned a first temperature-measuring device centered on the fuser so that a sheet always passes over that devic... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6801738 | Image forming apparatus having variable/controlled timing for successive feeding of recording material at image transfer position An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member; a rotatable charging member, forming a nip with the image bearing member, for electrically charging the image bearing member; developing structure for developing an electrostatic image formed on the image ... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6801746 | Method and system for reducing toner rub-off in an electrophotographic apparatus by using printers' anti-offset spray powder Apparatus and method for reducing toner rub-off from a copy made by an electrophotographic process wherein printers' anti-offset powder (e.g. finely-powdered starch) is sprayed onto the copy after the toner image has been fused to the copy. If a release oil is prese... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6801723 | Image-forming device having a patterned roller and a method for providing traceability of printed documents A method and apparatus for an image-forming device having at least one patterned roller for affecting the amount of toner present on a print medium when the print medium is advanced through a paper path of the image-forming device and contacts the at least one patte... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6799013 | Paper discharging device of image forming apparatus and method thereof A method and device for discharging paper, the paper discharging device having a rotary shaft rotating by a driving source, a hollow shaft into which the rotary shaft is slidably inserted, the hollow shaft rotating with the rotary shaft and reciprocating on the rota... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6798995 | Machine managing method, machine managed by such method, machine managing device, machine managing system, and machine managing program A terminal of a service provider is characterized in that it includes: a storage unit for registering unique information on a machine of a contract signer; a communications unit for detecting information on a remaining amount of a consumable article in the machine v... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6799001 | Process cartridge detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus and image forming apparatus including image control means for adjusting an image on a transferring material A cartridge includes at least a developing device and is detachably mountable to an image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus includes an image controller for adjusting an image on a transferring material either by directly detecting the density of a tone... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6799006 | Image forming method and system with a finishing capability An image forming system of the present invention includes an image forming method and section for forming an image on a sheet fed thereto. A stapler included in a finisher staples a stack of sheets each carrying image formed by the image forming section thereon. A c... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6795663 | Multi-function peripheral and method for controlling the same, and storage medium storing software for controlling the same A multifunction copying apparatus, a control method of the apparatus, and a recording medium storing control software according to this invention can reduce the number of operations before the user reaches a necessary operation and improve the operability, by storin... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6792222 | Image formation apparatus for amplifying differences in potential for image and non-image sections of photo sensor A potential difference between a surface potential of a photo sensor and a surface potential of an intermediate transfer belt is set such that a discharging occurs at an image section and no discharging occurs at a non-image section. Once a discharging has occurred ... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6792219 | Transfer control for an image forming apparatus A transfer bias applying power supply 81 applies a transfer bias current of a fixed amount to a transfer roller 31 by executing a constant current control operation. A voltmeter 78 measures the amount of voltage generated by the transfer roller ... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6788907 | Apparatus and method for managing printing mode switching in a printing apparatus A printing apparatus is provided which includes a print mechanism configured to print in a plurality of color modes, and a controller configured to select an active color mode switching option from among a plurality of color mode switching options, and instruct the ... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6785493 | User-replaceable fuser cartridge for electrophotographic printing systems A user-replaceable fuser cartridge (32) for an electrophotographic printing system. The fuser cartridge (32) includes a first mechanism (40) for partially encasing a fuser (34). When installed, the first mechanism (40) moves in a p... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6785478 | Image formation apparatus and method for controlling the feed of a recording sheet prior to a print command An engine control unit and corresponding method of controlling the engine in which the engine control unit receives a print reservation command for plural pages prior to a print request command from a printer control unit. When the engine control unit received the p... | 08/31/2004 |
