公开(公告)号：US20160124374A1

公开(公告)日：2016-05-05

申请号：US14994873

申请日：2016-01-13

申请人： Kazuki YOGOSAWA ,  Kenji SUGIURA ,  Naohiro KUMAGAI ,  Seiichi KOGURE ,  Junpei FUJITA ,  Yuuji WADA ,  Yusuke MITANI

发明人： Kazuki YOGOSAWA ,  Kenji SUGIURA ,  Naohiro KUMAGAI ,  Seiichi KOGURE ,  Junpei FUJITA ,  Yuuji WADA ,  Yusuke MITANI

IPC分类号： G03G21/00

CPC分类号： G03G21/169 ,  B41F23/002 ,  G03G15/161 ,  G03G2215/1661 ,  G03G2221/1618

摘要： A cleaning device includes a cleaner, a plurality of cleaning sub-units, a sub-unit holder, a detachable transmission assembly, and a plurality of joint couplers. The cleaner scrapes off adhered material from a surface of a cleaning target while contacting the surface of the cleaning target. The cleaning sub-units each includes a holder to hold the cleaner and a drive-receive rotator to receive a driving force. The sub-unit holder holds the cleaning sub-units. The detachable transmission assembly includes a driving-force receive rotator to receive a driving force from an external unit and a plurality of drive transmission rotators to transmit the driving force received by the driving-force receive rotator to the drive-receive rotators of the cleaning sub-units. The joint couplers mounted on the drive-receive rotators and the drive transmission rotators couple the drive-receive rotators with the drive transmission rotators in a rotation axial direction.

公开(公告)号：US09256167B2

公开(公告)日：2016-02-09

申请号：US14449270

申请日：2014-08-01

申请人： Atsushi Nagata ,  Kenji Sugiura ,  Naohiro Kumagai ,  Seiichi Kogure ,  Junpei Fujita ,  Yuuji Wada ,  Yusuke Mitani ,  Kazuki Yogosawa

发明人： Atsushi Nagata ,  Kenji Sugiura ,  Naohiro Kumagai ,  Seiichi Kogure ,  Junpei Fujita ,  Yuuji Wada ,  Yusuke Mitani ,  Kazuki Yogosawa

IPC分类号： G03G15/16

CPC分类号： G03G15/1665 ,  G03G15/5058

摘要： An image forming apparatus includes an image bearer; a toner image forming unit, a transfer unit, a detector, and a controller. The toner image forming unit forms a plurality of types of density detection patterns on the surface of the image bearer in mutually-different positions in a surface-movement direction of the image bearer. The density detection patterns have mutually-different lengths in a direction orthogonal to the surface-movement direction of the image bearer. The transfer unit transfers the density detection patterns onto the surface of the transfer member. The detector detects image densities of the density detection patterns transferred on the surface of the transfer member. The controller calculates an image density difference between the density detection patterns on a basis of a detection result obtained by the detector, and corrects a transfer bias for transferring a toner image on a basis of a value of the image density difference.

摘要翻译： 图像形成装置包括图像载体; 调色剂图像形成单元，转印单元，检测器和控制器。 调色剂图像形成单元在图像承载体的表面移动方向上的相互不同的位置的图像载体的表面上形成多种类型的浓度检测图案。 密度检测图案在与图像载体的表面移动方向正交的方向上具有相互不同的长度。 转印单元将浓度检测图案转印到转印部件的表面上。 检测器检测在转印部件的表面上转印的浓度检测图案的图像浓度。 控制器基于由检测器获得的检测结果来计算浓度检测图案之间的图像浓度差，并且基于图像浓度差的值来校正用于转印调色剂图像的转印偏压。

公开(公告)号：US20150378284A1

公开(公告)日：2015-12-31

申请号：US14742730

申请日：2015-06-18

申请人： Yuuji WADA ,  Kenji SUGIURA ,  Naohiro KUMAGAI ,  Seiichi KOGURE ,  Junpei FUJITA ,  Yusuke MITANI ,  Kazuki YOGOSAWA

发明人： Yuuji WADA ,  Kenji SUGIURA ,  Naohiro KUMAGAI ,  Seiichi KOGURE ,  Junpei FUJITA ,  Yusuke MITANI ,  Kazuki YOGOSAWA

IPC分类号： G03G15/16

CPC分类号： G03G15/1695 ,  G03G15/161 ,  G03G15/1675 ,  G03G15/168

摘要： An image forming apparatus includes a transfer device to transfer a toner image onto a recording medium with a transfer bias applied thereto, a recording medium conveyor to deliver the recording medium to a transfer region while controlling an alignment of the recording medium having entered the transfer region in alignment control, and a transfer bias controller to obtain a toner adhesion amount information on a post-alignment-control toner image that passes through the transfer region after the recording medium is free from the alignment control, and to reduce, when the toner adhesion amount per unit area is less than a predetermined amount, the transfer bias after the alignment control is released to a level less than that of a transfer bias that is applied when the toner image having a same toner adhesion amount passes through the transfer region before the recording medium is free from the alignment control.

摘要翻译： 图像形成装置包括：转印装置，用于将调色剂图像转印到具有转印偏压的记录介质上;记录介质传送器，用于将记录介质输送到转印区域，同时控制进入转印区域的记录介质的排列 以及转印偏压控制器，以便在记录介质不受对准控制之后获得通过转印区域的调色剂调色剂图像上的调色剂附着量信息，并且当调色剂附着 每单位面积的量小于预定量，则在对准控制之后的转印偏压被释放到低于在具有相同调色剂附着量的调色剂图像通过转印区域之前施加的转印偏压的水平 记录介质没有对准控制。

公开(公告)号：US09042779B2

公开(公告)日：2015-05-26

申请号：US13765063

申请日：2013-02-12

申请人： Seiichi Kogure ,  Katsuhito Haruno ,  Hiroki Nakamatsu ,  Kazuki Yogosawa

发明人： Seiichi Kogure ,  Katsuhito Haruno ,  Hiroki Nakamatsu ,  Kazuki Yogosawa

IPC分类号： G03G15/16 ,  G03G15/01

CPC分类号： G03G15/1615 ,  G03G15/0131 ,  G03G2215/0158

摘要： An image forming apparatus includes a housing and a transfer unit. The transfer unit detachably attachable relative to the housing includes a drive roller, a driven roller disposed opposite the drive roller, a belt formed into a loop and entrained around the drive roller and the driven roller, a frame to support the shaft of the drive roller, and a support member to movably support the shaft of the driven roller to be parallel to an axial direction of the drive roller and movable in a first direction different from the axial direction. A positioning member disposed in the housing holds the shaft of the drive roller parallel, and a restriction member restricts movement of the driven roller in the first direction to keep the shaft of the driven roller parallel to the shaft of the drive roller as the transfer unit is mounted in the image forming apparatus.

摘要翻译： 图像形成装置包括壳体和转印单元。 相对于壳体可拆卸地安装的传送单元包括驱动辊，与驱动辊相对设置的从动辊，形成为环并且夹在驱动辊和从动辊周围的带，支撑驱动辊的轴的框架 以及支撑构件，其可移动地支撑从动辊的轴平行于驱动辊的轴向方向并且可在不同于轴向的第一方向上移动。 设置在壳体中的定位构件将驱动辊的轴平行地保持，并且限制构件限制从动辊沿第一方向的移动，以使从动辊的轴平行于驱动辊的轴作为转印单元 安装在图像形成装置中。

公开(公告)号：US20140321874A1

公开(公告)日：2014-10-30

申请号：US14255306

申请日：2014-04-17

申请人： Kenji Sugiura ,  Seiichi Kogure ,  Junpei Fujita ,  Junichi Ichikawa ,  Kazuki Yogosawa

发明人： Kenji Sugiura ,  Seiichi Kogure ,  Junpei Fujita ,  Junichi Ichikawa ,  Kazuki Yogosawa

IPC分类号： G03G15/00 ,  G03G21/00 ,  G03G15/16

CPC分类号： G03G21/0035 ,  G03G15/161 ,  G03G15/168 ,  G03G2215/0141 ,  G03G2215/1661

摘要： A cleaner is provided. The cleaner includes at least two cleaning brush members to electrostatically remove residual toner on an object; a memory; a voltage applicator to apply a voltage to the cleaning brush members based on the setup voltage values stored in the memory; a current detector to detect the amounts of currents flowing through contact portions of the object with the cleaning brush members; and a setup voltage changing device to change the setup voltage values based on the amounts of currents detected by the current detector. The setup voltage changing device performs change of the setup voltage values for the cleaning brush members at a time.

摘要翻译： 提供清洁剂。 清洁器包括至少两个清洁刷构件以静电去除物体上的残留调色剂; 记忆 电压施加器，用于基于存储在存储器中的设置电压值向清洁刷构件施加电压; 电流检测器，用于检测通过清洁刷构件流过物体的接触部分的电流量; 以及基于由电流检测器检测的电流量来改变设定电压值的设置电压改变装置。 设置电压改变装置一次执行清洁刷构件的设定电压值的改变。

公开(公告)号：US20140241744A1

公开(公告)日：2014-08-28

申请号：US14185242

申请日：2014-02-20

申请人： Junichi ICHIKAWA ,  Seiichi KOGURE ,  Junpei FUJITA ,  Kazuki YOGOSAWA ,  Kenji SUGIURA

发明人： Junichi ICHIKAWA ,  Seiichi KOGURE ,  Junpei FUJITA ,  Kazuki YOGOSAWA ,  Kenji SUGIURA

IPC分类号： G03G15/16

CPC分类号： G03G15/1605 ,  G03G15/1615 ,  G03G2215/0129

摘要： A transfer device includes a nip forming member to contact a surface of an image bearing member to form a transfer nip therebetween, a pressing device, and a nip pressure changing device. The pressing device includes a plurality of elastic members, to produce a contact pressure between the nip forming member and the image bearing member according to a restoring force of at least one of the elastic members upon deformation of the elastic member. The nip pressure changing device changes an amount of elastic deformation of the elastic member between at least two stages to change a nip pressure of the transfer nip. While the contact pressure is produced by one of the elastic members, the nip pressure changing device changes the amount of elastic deformation of a different elastic member, different from the one that produces the contact pressure, to change the nip pressure of the transfer nip.

摘要翻译： 转印装置包括用于接触图像承载部件的表面以在其间形成转印夹持部的压区形成部件，压紧装置和压区压力改变装置。 按压装置包括多个弹性构件，以在弹性构件变形时根据至少一个弹性构件的恢复力产生夹持形成构件和图像承载构件之间的接触压力。 辊隙压力改变装置在至少两个阶段之间改变弹性构件的弹性变形量，以改变转印辊隙的辊隙压力。 当接触压力由弹性部件之一产生时，辊隙压力改变装置改变不同于产生接触压力的弹性部件的弹性变形量，以改变转印辊隙的辊隙压力。

公开(公告)号：US20110058859A1

公开(公告)日：2011-03-10

申请号：US12923090

申请日：2010-09-01

申请人： Hiroki Nakamatsu ,  Masakazu Imai ,  Katsuhito Haruno ,  Seiichi Kogure

发明人： Hiroki Nakamatsu ,  Masakazu Imai ,  Katsuhito Haruno ,  Seiichi Kogure

IPC分类号： G03G15/01

CPC分类号： G03G15/161 ,  G03G15/0136 ,  G03G15/0194 ,  G03G2215/0132

摘要： A transfer device includes a rotatable intermediate transfer belt wound around and stretched between a pair of rollers, facing a plurality of image bearing members bearing toner images, a plurality of transfer members facing the image bearing members through the intermediate transfer member, to transfer overlappingly the toner images onto the intermediate transfer member forming a composite toner image, a lubricant applicator disposed upstream from the image bearing members in a direction of rotation of the intermediate transfer belt and on the same plane as the image bearing members, to apply a lubricant on the intermediate transfer member, an opposing member disposed opposite the lubricant applicator, to contact the lubricant applicator through the intermediate transfer member, and a pressure member disposed upstream from the image bearing members and downstream from the lubricant applicator in the direction of rotation of the intermediate transfer belt, to press against the intermediate transfer member.

摘要翻译： 传送装置包括一个可旋转的中间转印带，其缠绕在一对辊之间并且被拉伸在一对辊之间，面对多个承载调色剂图像的图像承载部件，多个转印部件通过中间转印部件面向图像承载部件， 将调色剂图像转印到形成复合调色剂图像的中间转印部件上，将润滑剂涂布器沿着中间转印带的旋转方向并与图像承载部件在同一平面上设置在图像承载部件的上游，以在图像承载部件上施加润滑剂 中间转印构件，与润滑剂施加器相对设置的相对构件，以通过中间转印构件接触润滑剂施加器;以及压力构件，其设置在图像承载构件的上游并且在润滑剂施加器的下游沿中间转印件的旋转方向 腰带，按压中间 转移会员

公开(公告)号：US20090052917A1

公开(公告)日：2009-02-26

申请号：US11662616

申请日：2006-07-18

申请人： Seiichi Kogure ,  Shinji Imoto

发明人： Seiichi Kogure ,  Shinji Imoto

IPC分类号： G03G15/10

CPC分类号： B65H5/026 ,  B41J11/007 ,  B65H5/025 ,  B65H2301/5322

摘要： A disclosed image forming apparatus comprises: a conveying belt conveying a record medium attracted to the conveying belt using electrostatic force; a recording head for ejecting droplets on the record medium and forming an image; and a voltage waveform applying unit applying voltage waveforms, in which the shape of a positive waveform and the shape of a negative waveform are different, to the conveying belt so as to apply positive and negative electric charge thereto and generate the electrostatic force.

摘要翻译： 公开的图像形成装置包括：输送带，其使用静电力传送吸引到输送带的记录介质; 用于在记录介质上喷射液滴并形成图像的记录头; 以及电压波形施加单元，其将正波形的形状和负波形的形状不同的电压波形施加到输送带，以便向其施加正电荷和负电荷并产生静电力。

公开(公告)号：US20080106566A1

公开(公告)日：2008-05-08

申请号：US11963181

申请日：2007-12-21

申请人： Seiichi KOGURE ,  Shinji Imoto

发明人： Seiichi KOGURE ,  Shinji Imoto

IPC分类号： B41J29/38

CPC分类号： B41J11/42 ,  B41J11/007

摘要： An image forming apparatus can form a high-quality image while acquiring a stable conveyance performance. A conveyance belt (21) conveys a recording medium (12) by attracting the recording medium (12) by an electrostatic force. A recording head (7) discharges liquid droplets toward the recording medium (12) being conveyed by the conveyance belt (21). Alternating positive and negative electric charges are applied onto the conveyance belt (21). A conveyance speed is controlled in accordance with a charge period length of the alternating positive and negative electric charges applied onto the conveyance belt (21).

摘要翻译： 图像形成装置可以在获得稳定的输送性能的同时形成高质量的图像。 传送带（21）通过静电力吸引记录介质（12）来传送记录介质（12）。 记录头（7）将液滴朝向由输送带（21）输送的记录介质（12）排出。 将交替的正电荷和负电荷施加到输送带（21）上。 根据施加到输送带（21）上的交替的正电荷和负电荷的充电期间长度来控制输送速度。

公开(公告)号：US11494602B2

公开(公告)日：2022-11-08

申请号：US17399060

申请日：2021-08-11

申请人： Takuya Akiyama ,  Seiichi Kogure ,  Atsushi Nakamoto ,  Daisuke Hamada ,  Yuuki Aoki ,  Yutaka Goto

发明人： Takuya Akiyama ,  Seiichi Kogure ,  Atsushi Nakamoto ,  Daisuke Hamada ,  Yuuki Aoki ,  Yutaka Goto

IPC分类号： G06K15/00 ,  H04N1/00 ,  G06K15/02 ,  H04N1/393

摘要： An image forming apparatus includes a rotatable image bearer, a transfer rotator, a detector, and circuitry. The image bearer bears an image. The transfer rotator transfers the image from the image bearer onto a recording medium sandwiched and conveyed between the image bearer and the transfer rotator. The detector detects length information indicating a length, in a direction of conveyance of the recording medium, of the image on the recording medium. The circuitry corrects a correction value, based on the length information detected by the detector and a target value of the length information, to correct an image magnification, in the direction of conveyance of the recording medium, of the image to be formed on the recording medium. The circuitry controls an image forming operation of forming the image on the recording medium with the correction value.