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公开(公告)号:US20250102962A1
公开(公告)日:2025-03-27
申请号:US18890028
申请日:2024-09-19
Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
Inventor: Takashi AKAZAWA , Takefumi NISHIO , Toshihiro WAZUMI , Ryoei IKARI , Kei YUASA
Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a developing device that develops a latent image by causing toner to adhere to the latent image via a toner carrier disposed opposite a latent image carrier on which the latent image is formed. The developing device includes a drive transmitter that transmits a driving force to a toner conveyor that conveys the toner, and the drive transmitter performs switching between a first operation of transmitting the driving force for conveying the toner to the toner conveyor and a second operation of vibrating a preventer that is provided in the developing device and prevents the toner from scattering.
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公开(公告)号:US20220121151A1
公开(公告)日:2022-04-21
申请号:US17503767
申请日:2021-10-18
Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
Inventor: Shota SAKURAI , Kei YUASA , Takenobu KIMURA , Tetsuya ISHIKAWA
IPC: G03G21/20
Abstract: Provided is an image forming apparatus including an image carrier, an exposure device, a developing device that supplies a developer to form a toner image, and a hardware processor that controls the image carrier, the exposure device, and the developing device. The image forming apparatus further includes a fume prevention plate that covers a part of an internal space of the developing device where the developing roller is disposed and the developer is stored and that prevents the developer from scattering outside from the internal space, a suction duct, and an air suction device. One end of the suction duct is connected to the internal space and another end of the suction duct is connected to the air suction device. The fume prevention plate includes a movable portion. A position of the movable portion can be changed between a first position and a second position different from the first position.
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公开(公告)号:US20180067418A1
公开(公告)日:2018-03-08
申请号:US15695265
申请日:2017-09-05
Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
Inventor: Shunichi TAKAYA , Hideaki TANAKA , Kazuteru ISHIZUKA , Shota SAKURAI , Kei OKAMURA , Kei YUASA
IPC: G03G15/10
CPC classification number: G03G15/0808 , G03G15/0849 , G03G15/0887 , G03G15/0889 , G03G15/0893 , G03G2215/0658
Abstract: A developing apparatus includes: a developer carrier that carries a developer; a developer casing that contains the developer to be supplied to the developer carrier; an opening/closing part capable of controlling a moving amount of the developer between a first region on one side in an axial direction of the developer carrier and a second region on the other side in the axial direction of the developer carrier by opening or closing the first region and the second region; and a hardware processor that controls an open/closed state of the opening/closing part in accordance with the state of the developer in the first region and the second region.
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公开(公告)号:US20170153573A1
公开(公告)日:2017-06-01
申请号:US15338906
申请日:2016-10-31
Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
Inventor: Tomohiro KAWASAKI , Hiroyuki SAITO , Kazuhiro SAITO , Kei YUASA
CPC classification number: G03G8/00 , G03G15/0121 , G03G15/0865 , G03G15/6585
Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a color toner supply unit configured to supply, to a recording medium, color toner for forming a toner image on the recording medium; a transparent toner supply unit configured to supply, to the recording medium, transparent toner having no releasability from a surface member bonded to a surface of the recording medium on which the toner image is formed; and a control unit configured to control the transparent toner supply unit to supply the transparent toner to cover the color toner supplied from the color toner supply unit to the recording medium.
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公开(公告)号:US20180059578A1
公开(公告)日:2018-03-01
申请号:US15648846
申请日:2017-07-13
Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
Inventor: Shota SAKURAI , Shunichi TAKAYA , Kei OKAMURA , Hideaki TANAKA , Kazuteru ISHIZUKA , Kei YUASA
IPC: G03G15/08
CPC classification number: G03G15/0889 , G03G15/0893
Abstract: A developing device includes: a plurality of development sections arranged in an axis direction of a developer bearing member; a communication section disposed at a boundary of adjacent two development sections of the development sections, and configured to communicate between the two development sections; and a control section configured to perform an operation of moving the developer between the two development sections through the communication section to equalize degradation states of the developer in the two development sections.
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公开(公告)号:US20170261882A1
公开(公告)日:2017-09-14
申请号:US15450406
申请日:2017-03-06
Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
Inventor: Kazuhiro SAITO , Tomohiro KAWASAKI , Hiroyuki SAITO , Kei YUASA
IPC: G03G15/08
CPC classification number: G03G15/0848 , G03G15/0844 , G03G15/0896 , G03G15/5041 , G03G21/00 , G03G21/0094
Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an image carrier; a developing unit which supplies a toner contained in a developer to the image carrier; a lubricant supply unit which supplies a lubricant to the image carrier; a lubricant amount detection unit which detects an amount of the lubricant which is supplied to the image carrier from the lubricant supply unit and is thereafter incorporated into the developing unit from the image carrier; and a control unit which controls the developing unit to discharge the lubricant from the developing unit according to the amount of the lubricant detected by the lubricant amount detection unit.
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公开(公告)号:US20230114018A1
公开(公告)日:2023-04-13
申请号:US17934335
申请日:2022-09-22
Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
Inventor: Kei YUASA
IPC: B41J11/00
Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image former and a flattener. The image former forms an image on a recording medium. The flattener is disposed upstream of the image former in a conveying direction of the recording medium, and flattens the recording medium before the image former forms the image on the recording medium.
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公开(公告)号:US20220121149A1
公开(公告)日:2022-04-21
申请号:US17496388
申请日:2021-10-07
Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
Inventor: Kei YUASA , Takenobu KIMURA , Takashi AKAZAWA , Kei OKAMURA
IPC: G03G21/00
Abstract: Provided is an image forming apparatus including: a transfer member; a first image carrier on which a first toner image using toner of a first color is formed; a second image carrier which is provided on a downstream side relative to the first image carrier in a moving direction (rotating direction) of the transfer member, and on which a second toner image using toner of a second color is formed; a lubricant supply section that supplies a lubricant to the second image carrier; and a control section that controls a supply amount of the lubricant to the second image carrier in accordance with an overlap amount between the first toner image and the second toner image which are transferred from the first image carrier and the second image carrier to the transfer member.
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公开(公告)号:US20200292967A1
公开(公告)日:2020-09-17
申请号:US16818215
申请日:2020-03-13
Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
Inventor: Kazutoshi KOBAYASHI , Junji MURAUCHI , Ryoei IKARI , Shunichi TAKAYA , Kei YUASA
IPC: G03G15/095
Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier that carries a toner image, a developer that develops a toner image on the image carrier, with a developing agent containing toner and carrier, a transferor that transfers the toner image being carried by the image carrier, a collection mechanism that collects the carrier on the image carrier by a magnetic force and an electrostatic force, and a hardware processor that controls removal of the toner adhering to the collection mechanism. The collection mechanism includes a collection roller that incorporates a magnet and that is rotatable while facing the image carrier, and a voltage applicator that applies a voltage to the collection roller. The hardware processor performs a toner removal mode to remove the toner, by setting a peripheral speed of at least one of the image carrier and the collection roller to less than a peripheral speed thereof for image formation.
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公开(公告)号:US20180284644A1
公开(公告)日:2018-10-04
申请号:US15904753
申请日:2018-02-26
Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
Inventor: Kei YUASA , Shunichi TAKAYA , Hideaki TANAKA , Kazuteru ISHIZUKA , Shota SAKURAI , Kei OKAMURA
CPC classification number: G03G15/0849 , G03G9/1131 , G03G15/0812 , G03G15/087 , G03G15/0893 , G03G15/6511 , G03G21/1867
Abstract: A developing apparatus includes: a developer carrying member carrying a developer; a plurality of developer feeders accommodating the developer carried by the developer carrying member and being arranged in an axial direction of the developer carrying member; and a collecting part that collects the developer from the developer carrying member and feeds the developer to a second developer feeder different from a first developer feeder located at a position where the developer is collected from the developer carrying member in the axial direction, among the plurality of developer feeders.
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