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| 20090190979 | Transfer Material Separating Device, Transfer Device and Image Forming Apparatus - A transfer material separating device includes a transfer material moving member (intermediate transfer belt) adapted to move with a transfer material held in contact with and pressed against it so as to have a liquid developer image transferred onto the transfer material and a transfer material separation/suction section (a suction wheel, a suction wheel support lever, a cam and a spring) for sucking the transfer material moving with the transfer material moving member at the surface opposite to the image transfer surface thereof and separating the transfer material from the transfer material moving member. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20120219338 | Configuration for a Sheet Discharging Device - An apparatus configured to discharge sheets may include pressing mechanism configured to downwardly press discharged sheets. For example, the pressing mechanism may include a first pressing member and a second pressing member. The first pressing member and the second pressing member may be located at least partially overlapping positions in the width-wise direction of the sheet. Additionally or alternatively, each of the first pressing member and the second pressing member may be configured to contact the sheet at different positions along a discharge direction. In one example, the different portions may be spaced apart from each other in the discharge direction. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20090202282 | Image forming apparatus - An image forming apparatus includes a printer body having a developing portion and a fixing portion therein; a plurality of sheet feeding rollers successively disposed along a sheet discharge path of the printer body and driven to discharge a sheet from fixing portion to an upper portion of the printer body; and a rear cover portion having a rear cover provided on a side of the printer body to open and close, a guide rib member to guide the sheet from the fixing portion, an idle roller to rotate in contact with one of the sheet feeding rollers to feed the sheet, and a supplementary guide member to change a position thereof when the rear cover is open to prevent the sheet being discharged to the guide rib member from running into the idle roller. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20080310899 | DISCHARGING UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A discharging unit including: a casing; a discharger to discharge printing medium; a storage plate disposed in the casing below the discharger, to store the printing media discharged by the discharger; and a separation preventing unit to prevent the printing media from being ejected from the discharging unit by selectively protruding from the storage plate. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20090190981 | TRANSFER MATERIAL SEPARATING DEVICE, TRANSFER DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A transfer material separating device includes a transfer material separation air blower unit configured to blow air to a transfer material moving together with a transfer material moving member and separate the transfer material from the transfer material moving member, in which the transfer material separation air blower unit includes a first blowing unit configured to blow air toward a center portion of the transfer material in the direction orthogonal or substantially orthogonal to the direction of movement of the transfer material, and a second blowing unit configured to blow air in the direction substantially orthogonal to the direction of movement of the transfer material to side portions of the transfer material in the direction orthogonal or substantially orthogonal to the direction of movement of the transfer material. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20110268484 | Image Formation Device - An image formation device is configured such that a feed roller and a discharge roller are rotated in a first direction so that the sheet is fed from the fixing unit to the discharge opening at a first speed V | 11-03-2011 |
| 20090190980 | Developing Method, Image Forming Method and Image Forming Apparatus - A transfer material separating device comprises a transfer material separating gas current section for separating a transfer material being moved with a transfer material moving member from the transfer material moving member by blowing gas to the transfer material and a control section for controlling the current of gas being blown from the transfer material separating gas current section to the transfer material, the transfer material separating gas current section including a gas current generating section for generating a gas current, a first gas current duct arranged at a position corresponding to a central part of the transfer material in the direction orthogonal or substantially orthogonal relative to the transfer material conveying direction and having a first gas blowing port connected to the gas current generating section, a second gas current duct arranged adjacent to the first gas current duct in the direction orthogonal or substantially orthogonal relative to the transfer material conveying direction and having a second gas blowing port connected to the gas current generating section and a third gas current duct arranged adjacent to the first gas current duct at the side opposite to the second gas current in the direction orthogonal or substantially orthogonal relative to the transfer material conveying direction and having a third gas blowing port connected to the gas current generating section. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20100067966 | RECONFIGURABLE SHEET TRANSPORT MODULE - A tightly integrated parallel printer includes a reconfigurable media path module that has a baffle that accepts sheets from above at a 12 o'clock position when in a first configuration and accepts sheets from a 6 o'clock position when in a second configuration. The two configurations of the baffle are established to permit one common media entry transport to be mounted in either of two positions, each satisfying one of the desired configurations. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20090103961 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD THEREOF - An image forming apparatus and an image forming method thereof. The image forming apparatus includes an image forming part which forms a color image on a printing medium, a pickup roller which picks up the printing medium, and a controller which controls the pickup roller to try to pick up the printing medium if image forming for a first color among a plurality of colors is completed, and controls the image forming part to form an image corresponding to a second color among the plurality of colors after trying to pick up the printing medium. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20080213016 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND MEDIUM CONVEYING METHOD - An image forming apparatus according to the present invention includes first and second conveying mechanisms disposed at a predetermined distance, a feeding roller for feeding an output medium for supporting a developer image to a predetermined position capable of holding the developer image, a separation roller, or a conveying roller, a cassette for housing the output medium, and a plurality of sensors capable of detecting a time for conveying the output medium between the cassette and the feeding roller and the separation roller or the conveying roller, and is capable of setting its regulating a mount of an applied pressure regulating mechanism based on the detected results of the respective sensors. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20090169280 | IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - The image recording apparatus includes: a recording head; a re-feeding roller configured to re-feed a one-side recorded medium toward the recording head; and a flap provided on an upstream side of the re-feeding roller in a conveying direction of the one-side recorded medium. The flap extends from an upstream end to a downstream end in the conveying direction. The downstream end of the flap is closer to the re-feeding roller than the upstream end in the conveying direction. The flap is configured to support and introduce the one-side recorded medium to the re-feeding roller. A downstream end portion of the flap has: a first region opposing the re-feeding roller; and a second region except the first region. The downstream end portion has a cutout portion provided in at least a part of the second region. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20080205953 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus is provided with an apparatus main body, an image forming assembly arranged in the apparatus main body, a sheet tray on which a sheet is to be placed, a conveyance unit detachably insertable into the apparatus main body, provided between the sheet tray and the image forming assembly and adapted to convey the sheet on the sheet tray toward the image forming assembly, an openable and closable cover member provided on a wall of the apparatus main body facing a downstream end of the conveyance unit in a sheet conveying direction, a vertical conveyance path defined at an inner side of the cover member by closing the cover member for further conveying the sheet conveyed by the conveyance unit upward, and a locking mechanism for preventing the conveyance unit from being pulled out from the apparatus main body with the cover member closed. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20090162120 | PRINTER AND PRINTING METHOD USING RECEIVER MEDIUM HAVING ADJUSTABLE PROPERTIES - Printing apparatii and methods are provided. In one aspect the printing method is provided for recording an image on a receiver medium having an image receiving layer and a support layer and with a stiffening and/or expansion layer therebetween comprising: a medium transport system for conveying a receiver medium to a range of positions wherein a print engine can record an image on the receiver medium; and an activation system is adapted to apply an activating energy or an activating material to the receiver medium to cause said stiffening and/or expansion layer to generally uniformly increase the stiffness and/or thickness of the receiver medium. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090136276 | IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS - An image-forming apparatus is provided which is capable of forming an image on an intended position on a recording medium regardless of the paper sheet width (whether the sheet is wide or narrow). The image-forming apparatus | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090136277 | Image forming apparatus - An image forming apparatus includes: a sheet tray; an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording sheet; a sheet transporting path that allows a transportation of the recording sheet fed from the sheet tray to the image forming unit; and a sheet detecting unit that detects a passage of a rear end, with respect to a direction in which the recording sheet is transported, of the recording sheet along the sheet transporting path. The transportation of the recording sheet is temporarily stopped at the time of, or after a predetermined time from when the rear end is detected by the sheet detecting unit. The transportation of the recording sheet is resumed on the basis of data on a size of the transported recording sheet and a timing of image formation by the image forming unit. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090052964 | ELECTROSTATOGRAPHIC APPARATUS HAVING IMPROVED TRANSPORT MEMBER - The present invention is an electrostatographic reproduction apparatus which includes a primary imaging member for producing an electrostatic latent image on a receiver, a development station for applying toner particles to said latent image which forms a developed toner image on the receiver. A fuser assembly is included for fixing the developed toner image, to form a fused toner image on the receiver. A transport member is provided for transporting the receiver to or from the fuser assembly, the transport member having a substrate bearing an oil-absorbing layer that includes transparent alumina inorganic particles of siloxane coated gamma-alumina, dispersed in an organic binder, and a fluorosurfactant. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20080232880 | Sheet conveying device and image forming apparatus - A sheet conveying device includes a pair of upstream rollers and a pair of downstream rollers each including a drive roller and a driven roller, a calculating unit, and a control unit. The upstream rollers include a measuring unit that obtains speed information of the upstream rollers. The calculating unit calculates a target value based on the speed information. The control unit controls the speed of the drive roller of the downstream rollers based on the target value. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20100003059 | BEARING MEMBER, BELT UNIT, AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - A bearing member includes a bearing part that rotationally supports a rotational body, a load application part formed in the bearing part, wherein the load application part contacts the rotational body and applies a load to the rotational body in a radial direction of the rotational body, and a holding groove formed in the bearing part in a rotation axis direction of the rotational body, wherein the holding groove has an opening at one end, wherein the holding groove is adapted to hold a lubricant that is to be supplied to a sliding contact area between the rotational body and the load application part. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20090035040 | Image forming apparatus - An image forming apparatus includes a circulating transfer path for transferring a sheet. The image forming apparatus is capable of forming images on both surfaces of the sheet by: transferring the sheet having an image formed on a first surface thereof along the circulating transfer path; and forming another image on a second surface of the sheet after the transfer. The circulating transfer path is utilized for securing time taken for the sheet having an image formed thereon to dry. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090214278 | SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS - 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 the first guide member toward the second guide member to a predetermined position in the conveyance passage. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20110085838 | Image forming apparatus capable of duplex printing - A duplex-printable image forming apparatus which is capable of increasing a speed of duplex printing. The image forming apparatus includes: a developing unit which forms a visible image, which is formed of a developer, on a printing medium; a fixing unit which fixes the visible image formed on the printing medium onto the printing medium; a discharging roller unit which can be regularly/reversely rotated such that the printing medium passed through the fixing unit is conveyed to the developing unit along a duplex printing path or is discharged out of the apparatus; and an intermediate conveying unit which is interposed between the fixing unit and the discharging roller unit and selectively holds the printing medium. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20120034008 | SEPARATING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - 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 claw. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20090022534 | SHEET TRANSPORT PATH SWITCHING MECHANISM - A sheet transport path switching mechanism includes a movable guide to be moved rotatably about a support shaft parallel to the width direction of a transport path so as to selectively take either a main posture where the movable guide directs a sheet to the downstream side of a main transport path relative to a branch point, and a branch posture where the movable guide directs a sheet to a branch transport path. An engagement hook is provided in an apparatus body and supports a central region in the longitudinal direction of the movable guide to prevent the movable guide from being deformed due to interference with a sheet fed toward the branch transport path. The mechanism prevents deformation of the movable guide while facilitating reduction in material and production costs and adequately meeting requirements of waste treatment. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20100329761 | CONVEYING PATH SWITCHING STRUCTURE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A conveying path switching structure includes a cover unit and a conveying path switch unit. The cover unit is attached to an image forming apparatus main body so as to be movable between a close state and an open state in which a fixing unit is exposed. The conveying path switch unit is rotatably attached to the cover unit and that switches a conveying path of a record medium between a discharge conveying path and a double-side conveying path. The discharge conveying path is a path where the record medium is conveyed from a discharge part of the fixing unit to a discharge unit that discharges the record medium to outside of the image forming apparatus main body in a close state. The double-side conveying path is a path where the record medium is conveyed again to an image forming unit. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110135363 | SHEET MATERIAL TRANSPORTING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - A sheet-material transporting device includes: plural first endless-belts; a driving-member around which the first endless-belts are trained to circulate; a first driven-member around which the first endless-belts are trained, being slave-rotated; a supporting-member provided at an inner-peripheral-side of the first endless-belts; a second endless-belt provided between the first endless-belts, trained around the driving-member and circulating; a second driven-member provided between the first driven-member and the driving-member, around which the second endless-belt is trained at an opening portion provided in the supporting-member, being slave-rotated; and a detecting-member detecting a sheet-material, the supporting-member including a downstream-side-supporting-member disposed at a downstream-side having a concave-portion formed in an end portion, and an upstream-side-supporting-member disposed at an upstream-side and that is set against the end portion of the downstream-side-supporting-member such that the concave portion forms the opening portion, and a tension-imparting section imparting tension to the second endless-belt being provided at the downstream-side-supporting-member. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20080219732 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus in accordance with the present invention can include a conveying device capable of conveying a recording medium, a support shaft which capable of being movably supported between a medium sensing position near a conveyance path along which the conveying device conveys the recording medium and a retracting position kept away from the medium sensing position, wherein the support shaft is biased to the medium sensing position, a medium sensing member connected to the support shaft and is capable of rotating between a standby position wherein a portion of the support shaft is inside the conveyance path and a detection position wherein a portion of the support shaft is removed from the conveyance path by the recording medium passing along the conveyance path when the support shaft is in the medium sensing position, and a rotation detection device capable of detecting a rotary displacement of the medium sensing member. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20100260527 | PRINT LINE MANAGEMENT FOR CUT SHEET PRINTERS - Multi-colorant and monochromatic digital image print lines are connected to operate sequentially from a single sheet feeder in a first mode and switchable to operate independently from separate feeders in a second mode. The print lines may include sets of monochromatic and multi-colorant marking engines. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100067965 | PASS THROUGH INVERTER - An improved architecture for use in a tightly integrated serial or parallel printer includes an inverter module that comprises a straight pass-through media path, as well as, an invert path. This auxiliary ‘pass-through’ media path of the inverter allows a sheet to enter the inverter ‘backwards’ through the traditional duplex exit path and continue straight out the inverter into the media path of a downstream engine to receive an image thereon. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20080226371 | IMAGE SCANNING APPARATUS AND IMAGE SCANNER - In an image scanning apparatus, documents on a document tray are transferred one by one, and an upper surface height of the documents is lowered to turn off a height detection sensor. Different kinds of control modes are performed according to a document scanning mode. In an image-quality-priority scanning mode, a transfer unit suspends transfer of the document, the document tray is elevated until the upper surface height reaches a target height that is higher by a predetermined distance after the height detection sensor is turned on, and the transfer unit resumes the transfer of the document. In a speed-priority scanning mode, while the transfer of the document is continued by the transfer unit, the document tray is elevated until the document tray reaches the target height. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20120014732 | MOTOR DRIVING CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - Certain embodiments provide a motor driving control device including a motor driver, a storage device, and a control section. The motor driver supplies a motor driving current for driving a motor to the motor. The storage device stores a first data table in which temperature around the motor, a current value of the motor driving current set to prevent the motor from stepping out at the temperature, and a driving voltage set in the motor driver in order to cause the motor driver to output the motor driving current having the current value are associated with one another for each temperature around the motor. The control section controls the motor driver to output the motor driving current having a predetermined current value associated with the temperature around the motor in the first data table. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20100247199 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM STACKING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording medium; a recording medium stacking unit including a stacking member having a stacking surface on which the recording medium having the image formed by the image forming unit is stacked, an outside member that is located at the outside of the stacking surface so as to extend in a substantially vertical direction to the stacking surface and detachably mounted in the recording medium stacking unit, and a support member having a support portion that supports the stacking member; an outside member recognizing unit that recognizes whether the outside member is mounted on the recording medium stacking unit, or not; and a controller that controls one of a maximum number of recording media to be stacked and a maximum height of stack of recording media in the recording medium stacking unit according to whether the outside member recognizing unit recognizes that the outside member is mounted, or not. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20120128396 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The image forming apparatus comprising an image bearing member configured to carry a toner image and a rotatable belt member stretched by a plurality of stretching members and configured to carry and convey a recording material and a transfer member configured to transfer the toner image from the image bearing member to the recording material carried by the belt member by pressing the belt member against the image bearing member and a first lifting member arranged more downstream than the transfer member in a recording material conveyance direction, to which the recording material is conveyed, and configured to locally lift the belt member from the inside thereof in a width direction orthogonal to the recording material conveyance direction and a second lifting member arranged more downstream than the first lifting member in the recording material conveyance direction, is disclosed as one of the aspects of disclosures. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20100209163 | SHEET FEEDING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet feeding device including: a sheet feeding tray; a first air blowing section which blows air against a lateral side of the sheet bundle; a second air blowing section which blows air against a leading edge of the sheet bundle; a sheet adsorption conveyance section which conveys sheets one by one; a sheet type information transmission section; a shielding member arranged to open or shield the ventilating path; a shielding state switching section which switches to any one state of opening, partial shielding and overall shielding, wherein in the partial shielding state, less amount of air is allowed to pass than the opening state; a sheet adsorption detecting section; and a control section which controls to switch among the state of opening, partial shielding and overall shielding of the ventilating path, in accordance with the information from the sheet type and the sheet adsorption detection. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20090060614 | Sheet discharge control system and image forming apparatus including same - A sheet discharge control system used in an image forming apparatus including an image forming unit to form a toner image on a transfer sheet includes a fixer configured to fix the toner image on the transfer sheet by passing the transfer sheet therethrough, a discharge roller located downstream of the fixer in a sheet transport direction, configured to discharge the transfer sheet onto a discharge unit, a transport unit configured to transport the transfer sheet along a transport path between the image forming unit and the discharge unit, a control unit configured to change a sheet transport speed according to one of a number in order of transport or a current position of the transfer sheet. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090060613 | Image transfer apparatus, image fixing apparatus, and registration apparatus - A load torque variation upon entry or exit of a sheet into a nipping portion is reduced while a nipping force necessary for image formation is provided. An image transfer apparatus, an image fixing apparatus, or a registration apparatus comprises an opposite roller, a transfer roller, and a compression spring for pressing the opposite roller onto the transfer roller. A sheet of transfer material is transported into a nipping portion between the opposite roller and the transfer roller, where an image on the opposite roller is transferred to the transfer material. The apparatus includes a retaining unit configured to retain a certain distance between the first rotating body and the second rotating body as long as the thickness of the transfer material that passes through the nipping portion remains the same. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090060612 | Image forming apparatus - The height of an image reading unit or an operating panel in an image forming apparatus is adjusted to facilitate their operation depending on the physical characteristics of a user, such as his height or use of a wheel chair. A second operating panel and a second automatic document feeder (ADF) are disposed on the side of the image forming apparatus, so that a user on a wheel chair can access them easily. The second ADF houses plural sheet trays that are configured to open or close together. When the sheet trays are closed, a first operating panel disposed at the top of the apparatus is activated while the second operating panel on the side is deactivated. When the sheet trays are open, the second operating panel is activated while the first operating panel is deactivated. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090060611 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A contact member makes contact with a surface of an image carrier belt to form a transfer nip. A guiding member guides a recording medium fed by a feeding unit to a guide target point on an upstream side of an entering point of the transfer nip on the surface of the image carrier belt in a moving direction of the image carrier belt. The guiding member is arranged at a position satisfying 100 [μm]>|L−Vt×L/Vp|, where L is distance from the entering point to the guide target point on the image carrier belt, Vp is moving speed of the recording medium, and Vt is surface moving speed of the image carrier belt | 03-05-2009 |
| 20110158725 | IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE - An image recording device is provided, having a recording unit configured to record an image on a sheet, and a tray disposed below the recording unit. The tray includes a sheet holding surface configured to hold the sheet. Additionally, the image recording device includes a sheet feeder disposed between the recording unit and the tray. The sheet feeder includes a roller for feeding the sheet from the tray. The roller is configured to move between a first roller position in which the roller contacts the sheet holding surface of the tray and a second roller position in which the roller is separated from the sheet holding surface. A return guide, disposed between the recording unit and the sheet feeder, defines a second conveying path to guide the sheet having an image recorded on one side thereof back to the feed guide. The return guide has a first opening configured to accommodate the roller of the sheet feeder when the roller is in the second roller position. | 06-30-2011 |
