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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5126784 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus for feeding a photosensitive recording sheet having a leader on which characteristic information for the photosensitive recording sheet, such as exposure and development characteristics, is recorded. The apparatus having the cap... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5121156 | Apparatus for detecting the proper functioning of a thermal fixing unit in an image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus has a thermal fixing unit which includes a heater to thermally fix an image on a recording medium. The temperature in the apparatus goes down when a replaceable unit is exchanged. A temperature sensor detects the reduction in te... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5111237 | Image forming apparatus A light-and pressure-sensitive recording sheet and an original, overlapping each other, are introduced into an image forming apparatus, and are exposed to radiation on a transparent drum by means of a light source in the drum, whereupon a latent image, ba... | 05/05/1992 |
| 5107294 | Image recording apparatus having detection unit for detecting malfunction of take-up roller An image recording apparatus for forming a latent image on a photosensitive recording medium and for developing the latent image on a developer sheet. The apparatus includes a winding unit for winding up the photosensitive recording medium subjected to de... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5097288 | Image forming apparatus with a thermal fixing device An image forming apparatus has a thermal fixing device having a first thermistor in the thermal fixing device for detecting the temperature in the thermal fixing device and a second thermistor being substantially at the center of the apparatus out of the ... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5049926 | Image recording apparatus having a mechanism for varying copying magnification An image recording apparatus for recording an image corresponding to an original on a photosensitive recording medium by irradiating light onto the original and converging light from the original onto the photosensitive recording medium. The apparatus inc... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5047797 | Image recording apparatus capable of adjusting a density of an image reproduced on a recording medium An image recording apparatus for recording an image of an original on a photosensitive recording medium. Light emitted from a light source is irradiated onto the original to optically scan the original, and light reflected from or transmitted through the ... | 09/10/1991 |
| 5045763 | Motor-control device for image forming apparatus Motor-control device for an image forming apparatus includes a motor, an encoder, a microcomputer, and a driving circuit. The encoder generates a pulse signal in response to rotation of the motor. The microcomputer includes a CPU, a RAM and a ROM. The CPU... | 09/03/1991 |
| 5041879 | Sheet supplying device having control unit for sheet supplying operation A sheet supplying device for supplying an uppermost sheet of a stack of sheets in a sheet cassette used in an image forming apparatus includes suction cups movable into and out of contact with the uppermost sheet in the sheet cassette, an evacuator for de... | 08/20/1991 |
| 5028953 | Image forming apparatus having sheet feeding condition detecting means An image forming apparatus for performing an exposure process of exposing a microcapsule sheet to light and performing a pressure-developing process of contacting the microcapsule sheet having the latent image thereon with a developer sheet under pressure... | 07/02/1991 |
| 4994849 | Imaging device An imaging device includes a first motor for feeding one of two sheets and a second motor for feeding the other sheet. The amounts of feeding of the sheets is detected and used to control the motors to maintain a predetermined relationship between the she... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4984011 | Image recording apparatus An image recording apparatus for recording an image corresponding to an original on a recording medium including a photosensitive recording medium and an image forming sheet. The apparatus comprises a light source for irradiating the original, scanning de... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4984009 | Imaging device having means to accurately superpose sheets in the developing process An imaging device for forming a visible image by pressurizing and feeding an exposed recording sheet with a developing sheet detects that the recording sheet and the developing sheet are accurately overlapped with each other before the pressurizing operat... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4977437 | Method and apparatus for performing pressure developement with a pair of pressurizing rollers An image recording apparatus for recording an image of an original on a developer sheet with the use of a microcapsule, in which the developer sheet and the microcapsule sheet having a surface coated with immense number of photosensitive and pressure-rupt... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4939584 | Image recording system An image transfer system including a photosensitive medium having a layer of microcapsules formed on a substrate, an exposing device having a cathode ray tube for emitting a radiation for imagewise exposing the photosensitive medium, and a CRT control dev... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4937592 | Image recording--of recording sheets In an image recording apparatus, a desired recording sheet is automatically selected from a sheet feeding section that is provided with plural types of image recording sheets at least one of which is a photosensitive and pressure-sensitive recording sheet... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4935749 | Image transfer system with preliminary-exposure device An image transfer system wherein latent images formed on a photosensitive medium by exposure to a radiation according to image signals are developed into visible images, the photosensitive medium having a basic minimum amount of exposure to the radiation,... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4933705 | Apparatus and method for loading a photosensitive recording sheet to an image recording apparatus An apparatus and a method for loading a photosensitive recording sheet such as a photosensitive and pressure-sensitive recording sheet or the like to an image recording apparatus such as a photocopier or the like. The apparatus comprises a supplying roll ... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4922288 | Image recording apparatus In an image recording apparatus utilizing a photo and pressure sensitive recording medium, an exposure unit emits a light to shine upon an original, and directs the light reflected from the original, toward the recording medium to expose the same thereby ... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4920374 | Picture recording apparatus Disclosed is a method of recording a picture onto a photosensitive and pressure-sensitive paper, which comprises the steps of: forming in advance a mask original form of a film having a light-transmitting portion and a non-light-transmitting portion corre... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4920375 | Imaging device In an imaging device such as a copying machine employing a continuous-form photo and pressure sensitive recording medium, a pair of rollers are adapted to be brought into and out of contact with each other for executing a pressure developing operation. At... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4918536 | Facsimile recording system using photosensitive microcapsule recording medium An image recording system including a photosensitive medium having a layer of microcapsules formed on a substrate, each of the microcapsules having a photosensitive resin which is curable upon exposure to a radiation, and a colorless chromogenic material ... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4868602 | Imaging device An imaging device employing a continuous recording sheet which carries thereon a plurality of photo and pressure sensitive microcapsules. Each microcapsule contains therein a dye precursor and a photo-curable resin. By exposing the recording sheet to an o... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4810614 | Method of recording information on photosensitive and pressure-sensitive sheet utilizing mask original form Disclosed is a method of recording a picture onto a photosensitive and pressure-sensitive paper, which comprises the steps of: forming in advance a mask original form of a film having a light-transmitting portion and a non-light-transmitting portion corre... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4798485 | Electronic typewriter with a detector switch An electronic typewriter having a single detector switch for detecting whether a lid over a printing mechanism is open or closed and whether a carriage is in the original position or not. The detector switch is stimulated by two stimulators; one being pro... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4758108 | Printing apparatus with carriage drive utilized to feed print and erase ribbons and/or to feed the print ribbon and shift the erase ribbon A printer, including a first and a second feed mechanism supported by a carriage for feeding a print ribbon and an erase ribbon, respectively, at least one rotatable shaft supported by the reciprocating carriage rotatably in opposite directions, a one-way... | 07/19/1988 |
| 4714943 | Imaging device An imaging device wherein a latent image is formed on a photo and pressure sensitive recording sheet by exposing a light thereon and the latent image is then developed by applying a pressure thereon. The degree of pressing is automatically and/or manually... | 12/22/1987 |
