258 85 http://www.patentstorm.us/ http://www.patentstorm.us/images/logo.gif http://www.patentstorm.us/rss/class/applications/rss-399.xml Recent patent applications filings in USPTO Class 399 Electrophotography. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:02:39 patents@patentstorm.us en http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20120040286/description.html

Application Number:  20120040286

Publication Date:  2012-02-16

Inventors:  MASHTARE, Dale R.; BREWINGTON, Grace T.; CONDELLO, Anthony S.

Fixing systems and methods for fixing marking material to a substrate are provided. An exemplary embodiment of the fixing systems includes a pre-heating device including: a first fixing member including a first surface; a second fixing member including a second surface forming a first nip with the first surface; and a first thermal energy source for heating at least one of the first surface and the second surface; wherein the first surface and the second surface contact and pre-heat a substrate ...
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Application Number:  20120040284

Publication Date:  2012-02-16

Inventors:  YOSHINO, Susumu; HIRAOKA, Satoshi; YANAGIDA, Kazuhiko; SEITOKU, Shigeru; YAMASAKI, Sumiaki; SHIOZAKI, Hirofumi

An electrostatic image developing toner that includes a toner particle including a binder resin containing a resin selected from an acrylic resin, a styrene-acrylic resin, and a styrene-(meth)acrylic acid ester copolymer. The resin has a crosslinked structure formed by using at least one of boric acid and boric acid ...
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Application Number:  20120040282

Publication Date:  2012-02-16

Inventors:  HEUFT, Matthew A.; Mahabadi, Hadi K.; Hu, Nan-Xing; Côté, Adrien P.

An imaging member for a xerographic liquid immersion development machine having an outermost layer including a solvent resistant structured organic film (SOF) having a plurality of segments and a plurality of linkers arranged as a covalent organic framework, wherein the structured organic film may be multi-segment ...
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Application Number:  20120039649

Publication Date:  2012-02-16

Inventors:  Drawe, Jeffrey W.; BREWINGTON, Grace T.; Condello, Anthony S.; Mandel, Barry P.; Mashtare, Dale R.

Fixing systems apply at a fixing nip low or ambient temperatures and moderate pressures or relatively high pressures to a substrate on which marking material is deposited. Fixing systems are integrated with a base print engine of a printing system, or added inline as a module to a printing system. Fixing systems and printing systems containing fixing devices and systems, including multi-stage fixing systems accommodate a broad range of ...
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Application Number:  20120039648

Publication Date:  2012-02-16

Inventors:  McGrath, Rachael L.; Sambhy, Varun; Law, Kock-Yee; Mashtare, Dale R.

Various embodiments provide low adhesion coatings that can be used for an image-side member in an image fixing system of an electrophotographic printer or an ink jet printer, wherein the low adhesion coatings can exhibit a low sliding angle ranging from about 1° to about 30° with a solid ink, a toner, hexadecane and/or ...
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Application Number:  20120039647

Publication Date:  2012-02-16

Inventors:  Badesha, Santokh; Phelps, Robert W.; Bray, Daniel M.; BREWINGTON, Grace T.; Seyfried, Richard W.; Condello, Anthony S.; Zhang, Bin; Mashtare, Dale R.; Beachner, James R.; Lynn, Christopher G.

Fixing devices including extended-life components and methods of fixing marking material to a substrate are provided. An exemplary embodiment of the fixing devices for fixing toner to a substrate in printing includes a first fixing member including a first surface; a thermal energy source for heating the first surface of the first fixing member to a fixing temperature; and a second fixing member including a second surface. The first surface and the second surface form a fixing nip configured to ...
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Application Number:  20120039646

Publication Date:  2012-02-16

Inventors:  Condello, Anthony S.; Mashtare, Dale R.

Fixing devices for fixing marking material to a web, printing apparatuses and methods of fixing marking material to a web are provided. An exemplary embodiment of the fixing devices includes a first roll including a heated outer surface; a second roll forming a fixing nip with the outer surface of the first roll at which a continuous web on which marking material is disposed is received; a third roll positioned to contact the web prior to entering the fixing nip; and an adjustment mechanism ...
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Application Number:  20120039645

Publication Date:  2012-02-16

Inventors:  Levy, Michael J.; McConville, Paul J.; LeFEVRE, Jason M.

Fixing devices for fixing marking material to a substrate, printing apparatuses and methods of fixing marking material to a substrate are provided. An exemplary embodiment of the fixing devices includes a first roll including an outer surface; a second roll forming a fixing nip with the outer surface of the first roll at which is received a pre-heated substrate on which marking material is disposed; a release agent applicator system including a supply of a release agent having a viscosity of ...
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Application Number:  20120039644

Publication Date:  2012-02-16

Inventors:  Mizuno, Kyoichi; KAWACHI, Kunihiro

A sheet conveying apparatus is provided with a decurling mechanism to correct a curl formed on a sheet; a pair of guides including a first guide member and a second guide member arranged to oppose to the first guide member, the pair of guides constituting a conveyance passage to guide a sheet discharged from the decurling mechanism toward the downstream side in the sheet conveying direction; and an auxiliary guide arranged to protrude obliquely in the sheet conveying direction from the side of ...
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Application Number:  20120039643

Publication Date:  2012-02-16

Inventors:  Brewington, Grace T.; CHANG, Shu; Knapp, John F.; Seyfried, Richard W.; Condello, Anthony S.; Mashtare, Dale R.

Fixing systems, printing apparatuses and methods for fixing marking material to a substrate are provided. An exemplary embodiment of the fixing systems includes a pre-heating device for pre-heating a substrate and marking material disposed on a surface of the substrate; a fixing device disposed downstream from the pre-heating device, the fixing device including fixing members which oppose each other and form a fixing nip; and a first thermal energy source for heating at least one of the fixing ...
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Application Number:  20120039642

Publication Date:  2012-02-16

Inventors:  McConville, Paul J.; Badesha, Santokh S.; Chang, Shu; Moffat, Karen A.; Brewington, Grace T.; Bray, Daniel M.; Knapp, John F.; Condello, Anthony S.; LeFevre, Jason M.; Mashtare, Dale R.; Wosnick, Jordan H.

Multi-stage fixing systems for fixing toner to a substrate, printing apparatuses and methods of fixing marking material to a substrate are provided. An exemplary embodiment of the multi-stage fixing systems includes a softening device for softening toner applied to a substrate by a marking device; and a fixing device for fixing the softened toner to the substrate. The fixing device includes a first fixing member including a first surface; a first thermal energy source for actively heating the ...
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Application Number:  20120039641

Publication Date:  2012-02-16

Inventors:  Doda, Kazuhiro; Kanari, Kenji; Inaba, Yuichiro; Shimura, Masaru

Deflection recessed in a bow shape at the axial central portion in the longitudinal direction of the transfer member is avoided to prevent failure in image caused by the transfer nip being improperly forming at the central portion. The pressing force of the transfer member against an image bearing member resulting in failure in transfer is made uniform in the longitudinal direction. The transfer member forming the transfer nip are pressed toward the photosensitive drum at the central portion in ...
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Application Number:  20120039640

Publication Date:  2012-02-16

Inventor:  Kang, Kyung-pyo

A transfer belt driving controller includes an idle roller that is installed on a rotating shaft of one of a plurality of supporting rollers in such a way that the idle roller may freely rotate, and is wrapped and rotated by a transfer belt, where the plurality of supporting rollers are arranged in the transfer belt and to be a predetermined distance apart from each other; an encoder wheel that rotates with the idle roller; an encoder that detects information regarding rotation of the encoder ...
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Application Number:  20120039639

Publication Date:  2012-02-16

Inventors:  Sano, Tetsuya; Nishizawa, Yuki; Suzuki, Akimichi

A circumferential length of a belt is measured within a short period of time. A plurality of marks is provided on a belt. Distances between the marks are set to be all different from each other. The distance between the marks is set to allow the mark to be identified by measuring a period of time between the detection of one mark and that of the next mark even if the length of the belt is changed to some degree by the expansion of the belt or the like. Then, a period of time between the ...
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Application Number:  20120039638

Publication Date:  2012-02-16

Inventor:  Park, Jong-hyun

A development device using a developing agent including a toner and a carrier, in which the development device includes a development roller that attaches the developing agent to a circumference surface of the development roller and transfers the developing agent to a development region in which the development roller faces a photo receptor; and a regulation portion to regulate an amount of the developing agent transferred to the development region, where the regulation portion includes first, ...
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Application Number:  20120039637

Publication Date:  2012-02-16

Inventors:  OBA, Shota; INABA, Shigeru; OCHI, Takashi; KURAMOTO, Shinichi; NAKAJIMA, Yoshitaka

A developing device includes: a developing member including a magnetism-generating member having plural magnetic poles polarized in a circumferential-direction thereof, and a rotating member that is rotated about the magnetism-generating member; a developer-pumping pole provided in the magnetism-generating member, and that pumps up the developer, which is supplied from a developer accommodating portion, to the rotating member surface; a developer-peeling-off pole provided in the ...
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Application Number:  20120039636

Publication Date:  2012-02-16

Inventors:  Lee, Hyun-cheol; Moon, Ji-won; Sim, Yun-kyu

A developing unit of an image forming apparatus includes a developer cartridge detachably mounted on the developing unit, a developing case in which a developing member and a first supply member are provided, a developer supply passage to supply a developer stored in the developer cartridge to the developing case, and a developer supplement unit mounted in a portion connecting the developing case and the developer supply passage, to agitate the developer supplied through the developer supply ...
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Application Number:  20120039635

Publication Date:  2012-02-16

Inventors:  LIU, Ren-Hao; Shih, Ming-Tsung; Tsai, Shao-Yuan

A toner cartridge includes a housing having a first mouth and a second mouth, a rotator having a first opening and a second opening and being rotatably mounted on the housing in such a manner that the first and second mouths are accessible through the first and second openings respectively, and a sliding cover having a through hole and being slidably disposed on the housing in such a manner that the second mouth is closeable by the sliding cover. When the rotator is erroneously forced to rotate ...
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Application Number:  20120039634

Publication Date:  2012-02-16

Inventor:  TAKESHITA, Haruo

A two component developer storage product to replenish a two component developer containing at least toner and carrier includes: a cylindrical container having an opening at one end thereof; a lid to close the opening; a toner layer stored in the cylindrical container; and a carrier layer stored in the cylindrical container; wherein the toner layer and the carrier layer are stacked, and the cylindrical container has a spiral projection on an inner spherical surface thereof, and is configured ...
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Application Number:  20120039633

Publication Date:  2012-02-16

Inventor:  ITABASHI, Nao

A process unit includes: a photosensitive member; a developing unit; a developer cartridge; a guide portion; and an operation portion. The photosensitive member has a surface. The developing unit has a developing agent bearing member for bearing a developing agent to be supplied to the surface of the photosensitive member. The developer cartridge includes a casing defining an internal space for accommodating the developing agent, and a pressed portion provided at the casing and configured to be ...
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Application Number:  20120039632

Publication Date:  2012-02-16

Inventor:  MASE, Soichiro

A developing apparatus includes a developing roller and a feed roller accommodated in a developing chamber of a developing frame, a first agitating member accommodated in a storing chamber of the developing frame for agitating the developer by rotating in a prescribed rotational direction while moving the developer in the rotational direction, a second agitating member accommodated in a developer accommodation chamber of a developer cartridge, a wall portion provided between the storing chamber ...
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Application Number:  20120039631

Publication Date:  2012-02-16

Inventors:  Jones, James H.; Huck, Donald R.; Morton, Matthew J.; Causey, Anthony D.

A drive gear for a generally cylindrical imaging component. The drive gear includes a body for engaging the generally cylindrical imaging component; a cylindrical shaft attached to the body, the cylindrical shaft having an end surface; and three prongs extending longitudinally outward from the end ...
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Application Number:  20120039630

Publication Date:  2012-02-16

Inventors:  Ishio, Kozo; Takamura, Hiroaki; Mitsumori, Teruyuki; Oota, Masaya; Sano, Shiho; Oowada, Takeshi; Sugihara, Masakazu; Senokuti, Teruki; Yasutomi, Shiro; Hirabaru, Yumi

An image forming apparatus containing an electrophotographic photoreceptor and a toner for developing an electrostatic charge image, where the electrophotographic photoreceptor has an electroconductive substrate with a surface roughness Ra of from 0.01 μm to 0.3 μm; the toner for developing an electrostatic charge image is a toner for developing an electrostatic charge image containing toner matrix particles formed in an aqueous medium; the toner has a volume median diameter (Dv50) of from ...
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Application Number:  20120039629

Publication Date:  2012-02-16

Inventor:  SATO, Shougo

An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a housing which comprises a housing side opening through which waste toner passes; a plurality of developing units; a plurality of toner cartridges which correspond to the plurality of developing units comprising a first containing unit for containing the toner to be supplied to the toner carrier; wherein at least one of the toner cartridges comprises a second containing unit for containing the waste toner, the second ...
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Application Number:  20120039628

Publication Date:  2012-02-16

Inventor:  Miller, Steven

Provided is a printer cartridge having a resilient pliable body. The resilient pliable body of the printer cartridge conforms to obstructions located in different positions inside the printer cartridge receiving cavity of different models and brands of printers. When the resilient pliable front of the printer cartridge contacts an obstruction in the cartridge receiving cavity of a printer, it is displaced in that area so that it is not an obstruction any longer, allowing the printer cartridge ...
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Application Number:  20120039627

Publication Date:  2012-02-16

Inventors:  KUBO, Tatsuya; Tateyama, Susumu; Fujinuma, Yoshitaka

A developing device, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus, include at least one developing roller. A plurality of transport members with screw and shaft portions, transport developing agent housed within the device in a longitudinal direction, and form a circulation path. A discharge aperture, formed in a transport path wall of one transport member, discharges developing agent to the outside when a surface of the developing agent transported by one of the plurality of transport ...
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Application Number:  20120039626

Publication Date:  2012-02-16

Inventors:  KIM, Hyun Ho; Kim, Ha Na; Park, Jee Su

The image forming apparatus includes a developing cartridge mounted perpendicular to a horizontal printing medium delivery path. The developing cartridge contains a developer storage region, a supply roller, and a developing roller, which are successively arranged from the top to the bottom at one side of an optical path through which a vertically irradiated beam from a light scanning unit reaches a photoconductive medium, thereby ensuring the minimum body ...
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Application Number:  20120039625

Publication Date:  2012-02-16

Inventors:  Tateishi, Tomoya; Sakurai, Hiromi; Sekido, Kota

In an image forming apparatus, when the openable and closable member is closed, the regulating member is mounted to the main body of the apparatus in a second state that is elastically changed from a first state; when the openable and closable member is opened, the regulating member is elastically returned to the first state; in this state, when the openable and closable member is closed, an abutting portion of the openable and closable member abuts on an abutting portion of the regulating ...
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Application Number:  20120039624

Publication Date:  2012-02-16

Inventors:  Niimura, Takeshi; Uchida, Wataru

An electrophotographic image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material includes: a process cartridge, including a photosensitive drum and process means actable on the photosensitive drum, for being detachably mountable to a main assembly of the developing cartridge, including a developing roller for developing an electrostatic latent image formed on the photosensitive drum with a developer and including a developer accommodating portion, for being detachably mountable to ...
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Application Number:  20120039623

Publication Date:  2012-02-16

Inventors:  MORI, Hirotaka; HIRAMATSU, Hiroshige; OKADA, Mayu; MAKINO, Masato

An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a conveyance belt which conveys a recording sheet via a position opposing the image carrier, a belt cleaner which removes adhered matters on the conveyance belt, a driving unit which drives the image carrier and the conveyance belt, a bias applying unit which applies a cleaning bias to the belt cleaner, and a controller which controls the driving unit and the bias applying unit such that when the ...
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Application Number:  20120039622

Publication Date:  2012-02-16

Inventor:  CHO, Young Kee

A developing cartridge having a memory unit and an image forming apparatus in which the developing cartridge is separably installed. Once the developing cartridge is installed in the image forming apparatus, the memory unit of the developing cartridge is arranged to face a recording medium delivery path. The memory unit is connectable to a connection unit of a board placed in a lower region of the image forming ...
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Application Number:  20120039621

Publication Date:  2012-02-16

Inventor:  MOROI, Shohhei

An image forming apparatus including applications and system side software for providing system side services to the applications is provided, in which the image forming apparatus includes: an authentication module for displaying an authentication screen on an operation panel of the image forming apparatus, wherein the authentication module allows the image forming apparatus to display a screen for using the image forming apparatus instead of the authentication screen if authentication data ...
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Application Number:  20120039620

Publication Date:  2012-02-16

Inventors:  Höllig, Uwe; Schleusener, Martin

In a method or system for generation of a toner image layer with a preset layer thickness on a surface of a photoconductor, the two-component mixture of electrically charged toner particles and carrier particles is directed on an auto-surface of a roller adjacent a surface of an applicator element to be inked. At least a portion of the toner particles is transferred onto the surface of the applicator element. An electrical field is generated that exerts at least one force on a portion of the ...
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Application Number:  20120039619

Publication Date:  2012-02-16

Inventors:  Winter, Hans; Gassner, Günther

In a method or system for controlling a printer or copier, a separation of a position mark printed on a web-shaped carrier material in a longitudinal direction of the carrier material relative to a transverse fold present in the carrier material is preset as a parameter. Arrival of the position mark is monitored with a sensor arrangement arranged before a transfer printing area while the carrier material is moved past the sensor arrangement. A real position of the transverse fold is determined ...
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Application Number:  20120034555

Publication Date:  2012-02-09

Inventors:  Grabowski, Edward F.; Yu, Robert C. U.; Tong, Yuhua

The presently disclosed embodiments relate generally to the formulation of an anticurl back coating layer that renders imaging apparatus flexible members and components their desirable flatness, for use in electrostatographic, including digital apparatuses. More particularly, the embodiments pertain to an imaging member comprising an anticurl back coating layer formulated to comprise a polymer blend of an anti-static polymer and a low surface energy A-B diblock copolymer polymer and an adhesion ...
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Application Number:  20120034009

Publication Date:  2012-02-09

Inventor:  SATO, Ryuichi

A recording medium post-processing apparatus includes a recording medium stacking member; a first binding member that moves to an inside of a stacked area, binds the recording media by deforming the recording media, and moves to an outside of the stacked area after binding the recording media; and a guiding member disposed between the first binding member and the recording media and fixed to the first binding member, the guiding member guiding the recording media so that a gap between the ...
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Application Number:  20120034008

Publication Date:  2012-02-09

Inventor:  TAKIGUCHI, Toshiki

A separating device includes an intermediate transfer belt drive roller disposed in a convey path so as to convey a recording medium, a separating claw disposed to be opposed to the intermediate transfer belt drive roller so as to separate the recording medium by the tip. A part of the intermediate transfer belt drive roller to which the separating claw is opposed is made of material having higher hardness than the tip of the separating ...
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Application Number:  20120034007

Publication Date:  2012-02-09

Inventor:  Kougami, Masashi

A sheet moisturizing device including paired moisturizing rollers, which are configured to be in contact with each other and to apply liquids onto a recording sheet while nipping to convey the recording sheet, wherein the paired moisturizing rollers are configured to include a mandrel, and a moisturizing layer which is formed on the mandrel and is formed of a porous body carrying independent cells which are not interconnected with each other, and a liquid supplying member which is configured to ...
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Application Number:  20120034006

Publication Date:  2012-02-09

Inventors:  KIKUCHI, Hisashi; HOZUMI, Yoshiki; SAKAKIBARA, Yuu; ASAOKA, Akira; MURAISHI, Takaya; SUGIURA, Kenji

A cleaning device including: multiple cleaning members arranged consecutively in a direction of movement of a cleaning target to remove adhered substances from the cleaning target; multiple casings to individually hold and at least partially enclose the multiple cleaning members, respectively, the casings and the cleaning members together constituting multiple sub-units; and a sub-unit holder to hold the multiple sub-units, from which the sub-units are individually ...
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Application Number:  20120034005

Publication Date:  2012-02-09

Inventors:  MIZUNO, Kyoichi; KAWACHI, Kunihiro

A sheet conveying apparatus is provided with a decurling mechanism to correct a curl formed on a sheet; a pair of guides including a first guide member and a second guide member arranged to oppose to the first guide member, the pair of guides constituting a conveyance passage to guide a sheet discharged from the decurling mechanism toward the downstream aide in the sheet conveying direction; and an auxiliary guide arranged to protrude obliquely in the sheet conveying direction from the side of ...
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Application Number:  20120034004

Publication Date:  2012-02-09

Inventor:  ISHII, Hirokazu

A fixing unit for fixing a toner image includes a fixing device and a guide member. The fixing device includes a fixing roller having a heater inside thereof and a pressing roller disposed opposite the fixing roller. The pressing roller presses against the fixing roller and fixes a toner image formed on a transfer medium. The guide member guides the transfer medium to the fixing device. The guide member includes a metal base member including at least one coating ...
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Application Number:  20120034003

Publication Date:  2012-02-09

Inventors:  ODA, Tomoyuki; TAKENAKA, Hidenori; HOBO, Jumpei

An image forming apparatus has a conveying element for conveying a sheet, an image forming section for forming an image on the sheet with liquid developer, and a fixing device including a rubbing mechanism for rubbing the image on the sheet. A fixing device has a rubbing mechanism for rubbing an image which is formed with liquid ...
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Application Number:  20120034002

Publication Date:  2012-02-09

Inventor:  Goto, Takuya

A development device includes: a developer carrier that is positioned to oppose an electrostatic latent image carrier and that supplies a developer to the electrostatic latent image carrier; a developer supply member that is positioned to oppose the developer carrier and that supplies the developer to the developer carrier; a developer charging member that is positioned to oppose the developer supply member and that charges the ...
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Application Number:  20120034001

Publication Date:  2012-02-09

Inventor:  Sato, Tsutomu

A toner cartridge comprises a toner container which contains toner, a driving member which rotationally drives a conveying member, an agitating member which agitates a toner in the toner container while being rotated, a driven member which rotates in association with the driving member which is for rotationally driving the agitating member, and a rotational body which rotates according to rotation of the driven member, has a plurality of slits in rotational circumference for identifying a type ...
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Application Number:  20120034000

Publication Date:  2012-02-09

Inventor:  Sato, Tsutomu

A toner cartridge provided in an image forming apparatus in a removable manner for supplying toner to the image forming apparatus, the cartridge comprises a toner cartridge main body which contains the toner, a discharging opening for supplying the toner contained in the toner cartridge main body to the image forming apparatus and a shutter which opens the discharging opening when the toner cartridge main body is inserted in the image forming apparatus and closes the discharging opening when ...
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Application Number:  20120033999

Publication Date:  2012-02-09

Inventor:  ICHIKAWA, Yoshiki

A toner cartridge comprising:

• • a cartridge body that has a toner discharge port on an one end side in its longitudinal direction;
  • a shutter for opening and closing the toner discharge port;
  • a screw-shaped shaft for conveying a toner in the cartridge body to ...
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  • Application Number:  20120033998
  • Publication Date:  2012-02-09
  • Inventors:  Suzuki, Yuji; Takami, Nobuo; Kimura, Noriyuki; Kimura, Hideki; HORI, Eisuke; Kikuchi, Kenji
  A toner supply assembly includes a toner container mount and a toner container including a container body, a cap having a toner outlet, and a shutter for the toner outlet, to move horizontally. The cap includes a shutter guide rail, a contact portion, and a pressed rail provided on a lateral side. The shutter includes a shutter body to engage the shutter guide rail and a deformable portion deformable vertically and including a stopper to contact the contact portion of the cap for inhibiting the ...
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• Application Number:  20120033997
• Publication Date:  2012-02-09
• Inventors:  FUJITA, Tetsumaru; Sakaya, Kohta

A development device includes a developer carrier configured to carry on a surface thereof a developer, the developer carrier being disposed to face a latent image carrier, a developer tank having the developer carrier, a developer container configured to house the developer to be supplied to the developer tank, the developer container being connected to the developer tank through a partition having an opening, and a developer carrier member configured to carry the developer in the developer ...
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Application Number:  20120033996

Publication Date:  2012-02-09

Inventors:  TAKEHARA, Atsushi; Nakatake, Naoki; Kubota, Tomohiro; Tsuritani, Sho

An image forming apparatus, including an image developer to develop an electrostatic latent image and a toner provider to provide a toner from a toner container to the image developer in a direction of gravitational force. The toner container is capable of taking a first position of directing a toner outlet in a horizontal direction; a second position of directing the toner outlet in a direction of gravitational force; and a position of being removed, directing the toner outlet upward relative ...
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Application Number:  20120033995

Publication Date:  2012-02-09

Inventor:  TSUNODA, Arihiro

An image forming apparatus includes: a first image forming unit including an image carrier and a developer carrier which is in contact with the image carrier at a first pressure, and which carries a first developer; and a second image forming unit including an image carrier, and a developer carrier which is in contact with the image carrier at a second pressure greater than the first pressure and which carries a second ...
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