公开(公告)号：US20210223724A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-22

申请号：US17147894

申请日：2021-01-13

申请人： Takahiro IMADA ,  Yoshio HATTORI ,  Yoshikuni SASAKI ,  Hiromasa TAKAGI ,  Yasunori ISHIGAYA ,  Takumi WAIDA

发明人： Takahiro IMADA ,  Yoshio HATTORI ,  Yoshikuni SASAKI ,  Hiromasa TAKAGI ,  Yasunori ISHIGAYA ,  Takumi WAIDA

IPC分类号： G03G15/20 ,  G03G21/16

摘要： A fixing device is configured to be detachably attached to an image forming device main body. The fixing device includes a fixing member, a heating source, a pressing member, a conveyance guide member, an exterior member, a relay substrate, and a substrate covering member. The fixing member is configured to heat a toner image so as to fix the toner image on a recording medium. The heating source is configured to heat the fixing member. The pressing member is configured to press against the fixing member to form a nip part. The conveyance guide member is configured to guide the recording medium to the nip part. The exterior member houses at least the fixing member and the pressing member. The substrate covering member covers the relay substrate. The substrate covering member extends from and is integrated with the conveyance guide member.

公开(公告)号：US20200159149A1

公开(公告)日：2020-05-21

申请号：US16676673

申请日：2019-11-07

申请人： Takumi WAIDA ,  Yoshio HATTORI ,  Yasunori ISHIGAYA ,  Yoshikuni SASAKI ,  Takahiro IMADA ,  Hironori YAMAOKA ,  Hiromasa TAKAGI ,  Keitaro SHOJI

发明人： Takumi WAIDA ,  Yoshio HATTORI ,  Yasunori ISHIGAYA ,  Yoshikuni SASAKI ,  Takahiro IMADA ,  Hironori YAMAOKA ,  Hiromasa TAKAGI ,  Keitaro SHOJI

IPC分类号： G03G15/20 ,  G03G15/02

摘要： A fixing device includes a fixing rotator, a pressure rotator, a cleaner, a moving assembly, and a temperature detector. The fixing rotator heats and fixes a toner image onto a recording medium. The pressure rotator presses against the fixing rotator. The cleaner contacts and cleans a cleaning target, which includes one of the fixing rotator and the pressure rotator. The moving assembly moves the cleaner between a contact position where the cleaner contacts the cleaning target and a separate position where the cleaner is apart from the cleaning target. The temperature detector detects a temperature of one of the cleaner and the cleaning target. The moving assembly moves the cleaner from the contact position to the separate position or from the separate position to the contact position during rotation of the cleaning target, in a case in which the temperature detected is greater than a given value

公开(公告)号：US20230008258A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-12

申请号：US17852381

申请日：2022-06-29

申请人： Hiromasa TAKAGI ,  Seiji SAITOH ,  Jun OKAMOTO ,  Tamotsu IKEDA ,  Yoshikuni SASAKI ,  Takahiro IMADA

发明人： Hiromasa TAKAGI ,  Seiji SAITOH ,  Jun OKAMOTO ,  Tamotsu IKEDA ,  Yoshikuni SASAKI ,  Takahiro IMADA

IPC分类号： G03G21/20 ,  G03G15/20 ,  G03G15/00

摘要： An image forming apparatus includes two rotators, a driver driving the rotators, a heating device to heat the rotator, a blower blowing air to the heating device, a temperature detector, a recording medium detector, a cover, an open-close detector, and circuitry. The circuitry detects an abnormal state and stops heat generation, determines whether the cover is closed using the open-close detector, controls the blower to blow air when the cover is closed, determines whether the recording medium is in the nip using the recording medium detector, controls the driver to rotate the two rotators when the cover is closed and no recording medium is in the nip, determines whether a temperature detected is equal to or lower than a threshold value before the cover is opened, and controls the blower to decrease an air volume when the temperature detected is equal to or lower than the threshold value.

公开(公告)号：US20230004107A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-05

申请号：US17825471

申请日：2022-05-26

申请人： Seiji SAITOH ,  Takahiro IMADA ,  Yoshikuni SASAKI ,  Tamotsu IKEDA ,  Hiromasa TAKAGI ,  Jun OKAMOTO

发明人： Seiji SAITOH ,  Takahiro IMADA ,  Yoshikuni SASAKI ,  Tamotsu IKEDA ,  Hiromasa TAKAGI ,  Jun OKAMOTO

IPC分类号： G03G15/20

摘要： A contact-separation device brings a contact-separation member into contact with a contacted member separably and includes a biasing member that generates a biasing force. A presser presses the contact-separation member against the contacted member in a pressing direction with the biasing force from the biasing member. A cam presses the presser in an opposite direction being opposite to the pressing direction. The cam is rotatable and has a cam face. A cam follower has a cam contact face that contacts the cam face of the cam. The cam contact face is curved to project toward the cam. The cam contact face has a curvature that is smaller than a greatest curvature of the cam face of the cam and is greater than a smallest curvature of the cam face of the cam.

公开(公告)号：US20200159148A1

公开(公告)日：2020-05-21

申请号：US16675912

申请日：2019-11-06

申请人： Takahiro IMADA ,  Yoshio Hattori ,  Yoshikuni Sasaki ,  Hironori Yamaoka ,  Yasunori Ishigaya ,  Takumi Waida

发明人： Takahiro IMADA ,  Yoshio Hattori ,  Yoshikuni Sasaki ,  Hironori Yamaoka ,  Yasunori Ishigaya ,  Takumi Waida

IPC分类号： G03G15/20

摘要： A fixing device includes a fixing rotator, a pressure rotator, a cleaner, and a moving assembly. The cleaner contacts and cleans a cleaning target, which includes one of the fixing rotator and the pressure rotator. The moving assembly moves the cleaner between a contact position at which the cleaner contacts the cleaning target and a separate position at which the cleaner is apart from the cleaning target. The moving assembly includes a biasing member that presses the cleaner to move to the contact position. The moving assembly moves the cleaner from the contact position to the separate position against a biasing force of the biasing member. The moving assembly moves the cleaner from the separate position to the contact position while increasing and then decreasing the biasing force of the biasing member greater than the biasing force applied when the cleaner is located at the contact position.

公开(公告)号：US20110064502A1

公开(公告)日：2011-03-17

申请号：US12881862

申请日：2010-09-14

申请人： Takamasa HASE ,  Masanao EHARA ,  Kenji ISHI ,  Tadashi OGAWA ,  Satoshi UENO ,  Hiroshi SEO ,  Takahiro IMADA

发明人： Takamasa HASE ,  Masanao EHARA ,  Kenji ISHI ,  Tadashi OGAWA ,  Satoshi UENO ,  Hiroshi SEO ,  Takahiro IMADA

IPC分类号： G03G15/00

CPC分类号： G03G15/6576 ,  G03G15/2028 ,  G03G15/2053 ,  G03G2215/00662 ,  G03G2215/00776

摘要： A fixing system includes a fixing device that fixes a non-fixed image with heat onto a recording medium. The fixing device includes a fixing roller that generates heat and a pressing roller that presses against the fixing roller. A curl correction device is provided to correct curling of the recording medium passing through the fixing device. The curl correction device includes a heating roller unit that generates heat and an elastic roller that presses against the heating roller unit. A magnetic flux generating device is arranged in the vicinity of the fixing device and the curl correction device and generates magnetic flux.

摘要翻译： 定影系统包括将热固定在记录介质上的非固定图像的定影装置。 定影装置包括产生热量的定影辊和压靠定影辊的加压辊。 提供卷曲校正装置以校正通过定影装置的记录介质的卷曲。 卷曲校正装置包括产生热量的加热辊单元和压靠加热辊单元的弹性辊。 在定影装置和卷曲校正装置附近设置磁通量产生装置，并产生磁通量。

公开(公告)号：US20110052277A1

公开(公告)日：2011-03-03

申请号：US12861255

申请日：2010-08-23

申请人： Satoshi UENO ,  Masanao EHARA ,  Tadashi OGAWA ,  Hiroshi SEO ,  Takahiro IMADA ,  Takamasa HASE

发明人： Satoshi UENO ,  Masanao EHARA ,  Tadashi OGAWA ,  Hiroshi SEO ,  Takahiro IMADA ,  Takamasa HASE

IPC分类号： G03G15/20

CPC分类号： G03G15/2064 ,  G03G2215/2025

摘要： A fixing device for fixing an unfixed toner image on a recording medium includes a fixing member, a pressure member, a sheet guide, and a pressure adjusting mechanism. The fixing member heats the unfixed toner image on the recording medium. The pressure member is disposed opposite the fixing member and presses against the fixing member to define a fixing nip through which the recording medium bearing the unfixed toner image passes to fix the unfixed toner image onto the recording medium. The position of the fixing nip is changeable. The sheet guide disposed adjacent to the pressure member guides the recording medium to the fixing nip and moves in conjunction with movement of the pressure member. The pressure adjusting mechanism operatively connected to the pressure member adjusts an amount of engagement of the pressure member relative to the fixing member. An image forming apparatus includes the fixing device.

摘要翻译： 用于将未定影的调色剂图像定影在记录介质上的定影装置包括固定构件，压力构件，片材引导件和压力调节机构。 定影构件加热记录介质上的未定影调色剂图像。 压力构件与固定构件相对地设置并且压靠固定构件以限定定影夹持部，通过该定影夹持件支承未定影调色剂图像的记录介质通过该固定夹持器将未定影的调色剂图像定影到记录介质上。 定影辊隙的位置是可变的。 与压力构件相邻设置的片材引导件将记录介质引导到定影夹持部并与压力构件的移动一起移动。 可操作地连接到压力构件的压力调节机构调节压力构件相对于固定构件的接合量。 图像形成装置包括定影装置。

公开(公告)号：US20220291615A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-15

申请号：US17574578

申请日：2022-01-13

申请人： Shigeo NANNO ,  Yasunori ISHIGAYA ,  Takahiro IMADA ,  Takumi WAIDA ,  Daisuke HIRANO

发明人： Shigeo NANNO ,  Yasunori ISHIGAYA ,  Takahiro IMADA ,  Takumi WAIDA ,  Daisuke HIRANO

IPC分类号： G03G15/20

摘要： A heating device includes a rotator, a heater, a heater holder, and a first high thermal conduction member. The heater includes a base and a plurality of heat generators being arranged on the base and including neighboring heat generators. The heater has a gap area between the neighboring heat generators. The first high thermal conduction member has a higher thermal conductivity than the base and faces the gap area.

公开(公告)号：US20220155712A1

公开(公告)日：2022-05-19

申请号：US17501290

申请日：2021-10-14

申请人： Takahiro IMADA ,  Yasunori ISHIGAYA ,  Shigeo NANNO ,  Takumi WAIDA ,  Daisuke HIRANO

发明人： Takahiro IMADA ,  Yasunori ISHIGAYA ,  Shigeo NANNO ,  Takumi WAIDA ,  Daisuke HIRANO

IPC分类号： G03G15/20

摘要： A heating device includes a heating rotator, a pressure rotator, a planar heater, and a holder. The pressure rotator is configured to press against the fixing rotator to form a nip through which the recording medium is conveyed. The planar heater includes a plurality of heat generators arranged side by side and at least one separation region between the plurality of heat generators. The holder holds the planar heater and contacts the planar heater in a pressure direction in which the pressure rotator presses the heating rotator. The holder includes at least one clearance structure configured to cause a contact area between the planar heater and a portion of the holder corresponding to the at least one separation region to be smaller than a contact area between the planar heater and a portion of the holder not corresponding to the at least one separation region.

公开(公告)号：US20200249603A1

公开(公告)日：2020-08-06

申请号：US16726941

申请日：2019-12-26

申请人： Yasunori ISHIGAYA ,  Yoshio HATTORI ,  Yoshikuni SASAKI ,  Hironori YAMAOKA ,  Takahiro IMADA ,  Takumi WAIDA

发明人： Yasunori ISHIGAYA ,  Yoshio HATTORI ,  Yoshikuni SASAKI ,  Hironori YAMAOKA ,  Takahiro IMADA ,  Takumi WAIDA

IPC分类号： G03G15/20

摘要： A fixing device includes a first rotator and a second rotator disposed opposite the first rotator. A heater heats one of the first rotator and the second rotator. A cleaner is disposed opposite the second rotator. A temperature detector is disposed opposite the second rotator at an opposed position being within an increased conveyance span where a first sheet is conveyed and being outboard from a decreased conveyance span in an axial direction of the second rotator where a second sheet smaller than the first sheet is conveyed. The temperature detector detects a temperature of the second rotator. A mover moves the cleaner between a contact position where the cleaner contacts the surface of the second rotator and a separation position where the cleaner separates from the surface of the second rotator based on the temperature of the second rotator, that is detected by the temperature detector.