公开(公告)号：US11656573B1

公开(公告)日：2023-05-23

申请号：US17995789

申请日：2021-03-04

Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.

Inventor： Hiromu Matsumoto

IPC: G03G21/16 ,  G03G15/08

CPC classification number: G03G21/1676 ,  G03G15/0898 ,  G03G21/1695 ,  G03G2221/1648

Abstract: An image forming apparatus (1) includes a process unit (P) which is configured to be turned upward and then detached from an apparatus main body (3). The process unit (P) includes: a photosensitive drum (47); a developing device (51) which forms a developing nip area; a guide member (81) which comes into contact with an upper surface of a sheet and guides the sheet; and a seal member (91) supported between the developing device (51) and the guide member (81) in a turnable manner, wherein the seal member (91) opens a gap between the developing device (51) and the guide member (81) in a state where the process unit (P) is attached to the apparatus main body (3), and when the process unit (P) is turned upward, the seal member (91) is turned to close the gap between the developing device (51) and the guide member (81).

公开(公告)号：US11654698B2

公开(公告)日：2023-05-23

申请号：US17679526

申请日：2022-02-24

Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.

Inventor： Haruki Sayama ,  Masaki Murashima ,  Shota Nakayama ,  Hitoshi Hayamizu ,  Keisuke Yamashita ,  Tomoya Hotani

IPC: B41J11/00

CPC classification number: B41J11/00212

Abstract: A drying apparatus which dries a medium on which an image is formed with ink while conveying the medium includes a conveyance part, a heating part, a measurement part and a controller. The conveyance part conveys the medium in a predetermined conveyance direction. The heating part supplies energy to the image on the sheet conveyed in the conveyance part and dries the image. The measurement part measures a value accompanied with moisture contained in the medium. The controller estimates an amount of moisture contained in the medium based on the value measured by the measurement part, and controls at least one of the conveyance part and the heating part so as to change an amount of the energy supplied to the image based on the estimated amount of moisture.

公开(公告)号：US20230152747A1

公开(公告)日：2023-05-18

申请号：US18054088

申请日：2022-11-09

Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.

Inventor： Naozumi OGAWA

IPC: G03G21/16 ,  G03G15/20

CPC classification number: G03G21/1685 ,  G03G15/2053 ,  G03G2215/00016 ,  G03G2215/00156

Abstract: A driving transmission device includes a storage part, a fixing pin and a supporting part. The storage part has a through hole. The fixing pin rotatably supports a gear. To the supporting part, the fixing pin is fixed. A hole side chamfered portion is formed at an outside opening edge of the through hole. A shaft side chamfered portion is formed at the tip end portion of the fixing pin. A lubricant is applied to a contact area between the fixing pin and the through hole. A hole side boundary portion between an inner circumferential surface of the through hole and the hole side chamfered portion is in contact with an outer circumferential surface of the fixing pin. A shaft side boundary portion between an outer circumferential surface of the fixing pin and the shaft side chamfered portion faces the hole side chamfered portion with a gap.

公开(公告)号：US11652938B2

公开(公告)日：2023-05-16

申请号：US17669036

申请日：2022-02-10

Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.

Inventor： Yoshitaka Tokoro ,  Takafumi Nakagawa

IPC: H04N1/00

CPC classification number: H04N1/00631 ,  H04N1/00602 ,  H04N1/00615 ,  H04N1/00795 ,  H04N2201/0094

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a sheet feeding tray, a sheet discharge tray, and a conveyance mechanism. The conveyance mechanism includes a guide part, a first turning shaft, a second turning shaft, a coupling member and a drive part. The guide part has a sheet discharge port. The first turning shaft supports the guide part so as to be turned around an axis along a width direction crossing to the conveyance direction. The second turning shaft is provided on the downstream side of the first turning shaft and below the guide part. The coupling member has one end portion supported by the second turning shaft in a turnable manner and the other end portion provided so as to be slidable with respect to the guide part. The drive part turns the coupling member around the second turning shaft to change a height of the sheet discharge port.

公开(公告)号：US11650773B2

公开(公告)日：2023-05-16

申请号：US16887551

申请日：2020-05-29

Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.

Inventor： Daisaku Nagano ,  Hooman Majidzadeh Rezvani

IPC: G06F3/12 ,  H04L9/40

CPC classification number: G06F3/1238 ,  G06F3/1222 ,  G06F3/1288 ,  H04L63/0823 ,  H04L63/0884

Abstract: Embodiments facilitate the management of security certificates for third-party services being used to print documents from kiosks in public locales. The system establishes a gateway connection between a cloud-based host server, the third-party service, and the kiosk. When a user wishes to use the third-party service to print a document requested through the kiosk, the host server obtains the security certificate and installs the certificate in the kiosk. The kiosk may then request the document from the third-party service which forwards the document upon authentication of the security certificate details registered in the kiosk.

公开(公告)号：US11650521B2

公开(公告)日：2023-05-16

申请号：US17861130

申请日：2022-07-08

Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.

Inventor： Yuji Toyota

IPC: G03G15/08

CPC classification number: G03G15/0889 ,  G03G2215/0819

Abstract: A developing device includes a developing container, a first stirring conveyance member, a second stirring conveyance member, a developer carrying member, a toner concentration sensor, and a scraper. The first stirring conveyance member includes a rotary shaft, a first conveyance blade that is formed on an outer circumferential surface of the rotary shaft and conveys a developer in a first direction, and a second conveyance blade that has the opposite phase to the first conveyance blade and has a lower radial height than the first conveyance blade. The scraper is arranged substantially parallel to the rotary shaft at a position shifted in an axial direction from intersections between the first conveyance blade and the second conveyance blade and has a phase of 45° to 135° with respect to the closest one of the intersections on an upstream side in the first direction.

公开(公告)号：US20230146687A1

公开(公告)日：2023-05-11

申请号：US17979283

申请日：2022-11-02

Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.

Inventor： Shinji NEMOTO

IPC: B65D81/05 ,  B65D81/02

CPC classification number: B65D81/053 ,  B65D81/025 ,  B65D2581/053

Abstract: A packing member includes a storage case for storing an article to be packed and a plurality of cushion members that are disposed in the storage case so as to face the article to be packed. The plurality of cushion members each have coupling portions, and, of the plurality of cushion members, adjacent cushion members are coupled together by the coupling portions.

公开(公告)号：US20230145435A1

公开(公告)日：2023-05-11

申请号：US17905635

申请日：2021-03-02

Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.

Inventor： Minoru TAKAHASHI

IPC: H04N1/00

CPC classification number: H04N1/0097 ,  H04N1/00938

Abstract: An electronic device and a program that can facilitate expansion of a data collection function are provided. An image forming apparatus includes a data collection service that provides a service related to a data collection function, and a data collection application that uses the data collection service. The data collection application sets, in the data collection service, an acquisition timing, which is a parameter related to the data collection function, and a data item. The data collection service performs specific processing in the data collection function according to the parameter set by the data collection application (S401 to S403).

公开(公告)号：US11644668B2

公开(公告)日：2023-05-09

申请号：US17404592

申请日：2021-08-17

Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.

Inventor： Daisuke Mimura

IPC: G03G15/04 ,  G02B26/12 ,  G03G15/043

CPC classification number: G02B26/125 ,  G03G15/043

Abstract: A laser scanning device includes a polygon mirror, one or more lenses, and a plurality of light shielding plates. The polygon mirror reflects a light beam during rotation of the polygon mirror. The lenses allow the light beam reflected off the polygon mirror to pass through the lenses. The plurality of light shielding plates are arranged at a distance from each other and block an undesirable beam, which is part of the light beam, reflected off at least one of the lenses and heading for an optical device. The plurality of light shielding plates form an air channel that allows an air current generated by the rotation of the polygon mirror to flow through the air channel.

公开(公告)号：US11644087B2

公开(公告)日：2023-05-09

申请号：US17189559

申请日：2021-03-02

Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.

Inventor： Akihiro Yamaguchi

IPC: F16H7/02 ,  G03G21/16 ,  F16H55/36 ,  G03G15/00

CPC classification number: F16H7/02 ,  F16H55/36 ,  G03G15/757 ,  G03G21/1647

Abstract: A drive transmission device is provided with a drive pulley driven by a motor, a driven pulley in which a bulging part crowned in a shape bulging outward in the radial direction is formed over the entire circumference of the outer peripheral surface, a belt wound around the drive pulley and the driven pulley, and a first measurement unit for measuring rotation unevenness of the drive pulley. The drive pulley has a uniform diameter in the axial direction which is a smaller diameter than that of the driven pulley. The belt is bent and deformed along the bulging part of the driven pulley so that the axial center portion is expanded outward the axial end portion. The axial end of the belt contacts the outer peripheral surface of the drive pulley, but does not contact the outer peripheral surface of the driven pulley.