IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    2.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230418201A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-28

    申请号:US17971658

    申请日:2022-10-24

    发明人: Tomoaki YOSHIOKA

    IPC分类号: G03G15/00

    CPC分类号: G03G15/6529

    摘要: An image forming apparatus includes a transfer unit that transfers an image onto an object by making contact with the object; an attachment table to which the object is attached and that changes a height thereof in accordance with force by which the transfer unit makes contact with the object; and a transport unit that transports the attachment table to which the object has been attached along a transport path.

    IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    3.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230418193A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-28

    申请号:US17986860

    申请日:2022-11-14

    IPC分类号: G03G15/20 G03G15/00

    摘要: An image forming apparatus includes: a transport unit that transports an object along a transport path; a transfer unit that transfers an image onto the object on the transport path; and a fixing unit that has a heat source for increasing a temperature inside the fixing unit, into which the object onto which the image has been transferred is carried along the transport path, and includes a first opening and closing member that opens a carry-in opening when the object is carried into the fixing unit and closes the carry-in opening after the object is carried into the fixing unit.

    IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    4.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20230067141A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-02

    申请号:US17592793

    申请日:2022-02-04

    IPC分类号: G03G15/20

    摘要: An image forming apparatus includes: a transfer cylinder that rotates; a rotating member that is coaxial with the transfer cylinder and rotates integrally with the transfer cylinder; a circulating member that is provided with a holding part that holds a front end portion of a recording medium, is suspended around the rotating member, and transports the recording medium by circulating as the rotating member rotates; and a transfer unit that has a transfer belt that sandwiches the recording medium transported by the circulating member at a nip position together with the transfer cylinder so that an image is transferred onto the recording medium. The nip position is located on one side relative to a center of the transfer unit in a horizontal direction when viewed from an axial direction of the rotating member, and a center of mass of the transfer unit is located on a nip position side relative to the center in the horizontal direction.

    IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    5.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220229384A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-21

    申请号:US17715242

    申请日:2022-04-07

    IPC分类号: G03G15/16 G03G15/20 G03G15/01

    摘要: An image forming apparatus includes: a colorant image former; an image holder configured to hold a colorant image formed by the colorant image forming unit and to be rotationally driven; a transfer member configured to transfer the colorant image onto a recording medium, which is transported from an upstream side, by sandwiching the recording medium between the transfer member and the image holder, and rotationally driving the transfer member to transport the recording medium to a downstream side; and a contact-and-separation mechanism configured to relatively contact or separate the image holder and the transfer member, in which, in response to an abnormality being detected, the image forming apparatus operates in a mode in which the contact-and-separation mechanism relatively separates the image holder and the transfer member, and then rotational driving of the transfer member is stopped after rotational driving of the image holder is stopped.

    IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    7.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230421710A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-28

    申请号:US17994002

    申请日:2022-11-25

    发明人: Tomoaki YOSHIOKA

    IPC分类号: H04N1/00 G03G15/01

    摘要: An image forming apparatus includes: a transport unit that transports a recording medium; a transfer unit that transfers an image formed with particles onto an image formation surface of the recording medium transported by the transport unit by an electric field formed between the transfer unit and the image formation surface by making contact with the image formation surface; and a support unit that supports the recording medium, is transported to the transfer unit together with the recording medium by the transport unit, and is not directly conductive with the transfer unit.

    IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    8.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230418203A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-28

    申请号:US17974461

    申请日:2022-10-26

    发明人: Tomoaki YOSHIOKA

    IPC分类号: G03G15/00 G03G15/04

    CPC分类号: G03G15/657 G03G15/04

    摘要: An image forming apparatus includes: a transport unit that transports a recording medium whose image formation surface has electric conductivity; a transfer unit that makes contact with the image formation surface of the recording medium transported by the transport unit and transfers an image formed with particles onto the image formation surface by an electric field formed between the transfer unit and the image formation surface; and a support unit that has electric conductivity, supports the recording medium so as to be conductive with the image formation surface of the recording medium, and is transported to the transfer unit together with the recording medium by the transport unit.

    IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM
    9.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230418195A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-28

    申请号:US17989698

    申请日:2022-11-18

    发明人: Tomoaki YOSHIOKA

    IPC分类号: G03G15/20

    CPC分类号: G03G15/205

    摘要: An image forming system includes: a transporter that transports an object; a transfer unit that transfers an image onto the object transported by the transporter; a fixing unit that fixes, onto the object, the image transferred by the transfer unit; and a processor configured to: in a first mode, exert control to obtain the state in which the fixing unit enables an image to be fixed; and, in a second mode, exert control to obtain the state in which the fixing unit does not fix an image.

    IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    10.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20230038531A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-09

    申请号:US17967049

    申请日:2022-10-17

    IPC分类号: G03G15/16 G03G15/20

    摘要: Provided is an image forming apparatus including: an annular transfer belt having an outer surface on which an image is transferred; a transferring unit including a transfer cylinder having a transfer area that sandwiches a recording medium with the outer surface of the transfer belt to transfer the image from the outer surface of the transfer belt to the recording medium, and a pair of first rotating bodies disposed on both axial end sides of the transfer cylinder; a pair of circulating members each being wound around the first rotating body and being circulated by rotation of the first rotating bodies; and a holding unit attached to the circulating members, the holding unit configured to hold the recording medium, transport the recording medium with circulation of the circulating members, and pass the recording medium through the transfer area.