公开(公告)号：US20240255890A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-01

申请号：US18400097

申请日：2023-12-29

申请人： Yutaka GOTO ,  Seiichi KOGURE ,  Hiroshi KIKUCHI ,  Hirotaka HATTA ,  Hideki KIMURA ,  Yusuke ISHIZUKA ,  Takuya AKIYAMA ,  Yuuki AOKI

发明人： Yutaka GOTO ,  Seiichi KOGURE ,  Hiroshi KIKUCHI ,  Hirotaka HATTA ,  Hideki KIMURA ,  Yusuke ISHIZUKA ,  Takuya AKIYAMA ,  Yuuki AOKI

IPC分类号： G03G21/00 ,  G03G15/16

CPC分类号： G03G21/0047 ,  G03G15/161 ,  G03G21/0076 ,  G03G2221/001 ,  G03G2221/1627

摘要： An image forming apparatus includes a toner image bearer, a transfer device, a cleaner, a bias power source, and circuitry. The toner image bearer bears a toner image. The transfer device performs a transfer process The cleaner contacts the toner image bearer to remove transfer residual toner that is subject to the transfer process and remove untransferred toner that is not subject to the transfer process. The bias power source applies one of a first bias and a second bias different from the first bias to the cleaner. The circuitry controls the bias power source to output the first bias to the cleaner in response to a start of an image forming operation to remove the untransferred toner from the toner image bearer and control the bias power source to switch an output from the first bias to the second bias.

公开(公告)号：US10036993B2

公开(公告)日：2018-07-31

申请号：US15422042

申请日：2017-02-01

申请人： Konica Minolta, Inc.

发明人： Yasunori Shigenaga

IPC分类号： G03G15/00 ,  G03G21/00 ,  G03G15/02

CPC分类号： G03G21/0023 ,  G03G15/0266 ,  G03G15/5037 ,  G03G21/0029 ,  G03G21/0076

摘要： An image forming apparatus includes a potential applier, a cleaning device and a hardware processor. The cleaning device includes an abutting member abutting a surface of the image carrier and removes residual toner on the surface of the image carrier by means of the abutting member after a toner image formed on the surface of the image carrier is transferred to a transfer material. In a cleaning mode for removing a foreign matter attached to the abutting member of the cleaning device, the hardware processor controls the potential applier to alternately apply a first potential and a second potential which is lower than the first potential to the image carrier so as to periodically change a potential of the abutting member without causing saturation.

公开(公告)号：US20180067443A1

公开(公告)日：2018-03-08

申请号：US15453488

申请日：2017-03-08

申请人： FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.

发明人： Masaki HIRAKATA ,  Takashi IMAI

IPC分类号： G03G21/00

CPC分类号： G03G15/75 ,  G03G21/0005 ,  G03G21/0011 ,  G03G21/007 ,  G03G21/0076 ,  G03G2221/001

摘要： An image forming apparatus includes an electrophotographic photoreceptor, a charging device, an electrostatic latent image forming device, a developing device, a transfer device, and a cleaning device, and further includes an intercepting device that includes an intercepting member separated from the electrophotographic photoreceptor by a gap so that a distance from the surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor to the intercepting member is about 0.3 to 0.9 (inclusive) times a volume-average particle size of toner particles. The intercepting member is used to intercept residual toner particles at a position downstream of the transfer device and upstream of the cleaning device in a rotation direction of the electrophotographic photoreceptor, the residual toner particles remaining on the surface of the electrophotographic photoreceptor.

公开(公告)号：US20180046128A1

公开(公告)日：2018-02-15

申请号：US15660311

申请日：2017-07-26

申请人： Daisuke TOMITA ,  Nobuo KUWABARA ,  Yasuhiro MAEHATA ,  Norio KUDOH ,  Yasuhito KUBOSHIMA ,  Kento AOKI

发明人： Daisuke TOMITA ,  Nobuo KUWABARA ,  Yasuhiro MAEHATA ,  Norio KUDOH ,  Yasuhito KUBOSHIMA ,  Kento AOKI

IPC分类号： G03G21/00

CPC分类号： G03G21/0011 ,  G03G21/0076 ,  G03G21/10

摘要： A cleaning device, which is included in a process cartridge and an image forming apparatus, includes a cleaning blade configured to remove a material attached to a surface of an image bearer, a cleaning case configured to contain the material removed by the cleaning blade, and a removed material receiver configured to receive the material failed to enter into the cleaning case when the material is removed by the cleaning blade, the removed material receiver having a first range at both ends in a width direction of the cleaning blade and a second range at a center in the width direction of the cleaning blade. A volume per unit length in a width direction of the first range is greater than a volume per unit length in a width direction of the second range.

公开(公告)号：US20170336750A1

公开(公告)日：2017-11-23

申请号：US15588598

申请日：2017-05-06

申请人： KONICA MINOLTA, INC.

发明人： Masayasu HAGA

IPC分类号： G03G21/00 ,  G03G15/00

CPC分类号： G03G21/0094 ,  G03G15/5041 ,  G03G21/007 ,  G03G21/0076 ,  G03G2215/0135 ,  G03G2221/001 ,  G03G2221/0084

摘要： An image formation apparatus includes: an image carrier; a developing device which develops an electrostatic latent image formed on the image carrier as a toner image; a transfer device which transfers the toner image to a medium; a cleaning device which recovers toner remaining on the image carrier after the toner image is transferred; and a lubricant application adjustment mechanism which applies a lubricant on the image carrier and recovers toner present on the image carrier upstream of the cleaning device; and a controller which controls the lubricant application adjustment mechanism. The controller causes the lubricant application adjustment mechanism to recover more toner when the toner image formed on the image carrier has a larger image area ratio.

公开(公告)号：US09429895B2

公开(公告)日：2016-08-30

申请号：US14610036

申请日：2015-01-30

申请人： Hajime Teraji ,  Hiromichi Ninomiya ,  Takeshi Kojima ,  Michiya Okamoto ,  Takuma Iwasaki ,  Shinya Karasawa ,  Daisuke Sawada ,  Kentaroh Nodera ,  Masanori Moro

发明人： Hajime Teraji ,  Hiromichi Ninomiya ,  Takeshi Kojima ,  Michiya Okamoto ,  Takuma Iwasaki ,  Shinya Karasawa ,  Daisuke Sawada ,  Kentaroh Nodera ,  Masanori Moro

IPC分类号： G03G21/00 ,  B08B1/00 ,  B08B1/04

CPC分类号： G03G21/0029 ,  B08B1/005 ,  B08B1/007 ,  B08B1/04 ,  G03G21/0035 ,  G03G21/0076 ,  G03G2215/1661

摘要： A cleaning device comprises: a to-be-cleaned member; a cleaning member that cleans the surface of the to-be-cleaned member; a conveying member that conveys a substance removed from the surface of the to-be-cleaned member to outside of the device; a rotatable collecting member that conveys with its surface the substance toward the conveying member; and a partitioning member that guides the substance from the collecting member to the conveying member. The collecting member comprises a conveying portion that carries and conveys the substance; and a protrusion that protrudes toward an upstream side of the conveying portion in a rotating direction of the collecting member. One end of the partitioning member faces the rotating collecting member, and the other end faces the conveying member. The conveying portion and the protrusion are brought into contact with the partitioning member by the rotation of the collecting member.

摘要翻译： 清洁装置包括：待清洁部件; 清洁被清洁部件的表面的清洁部件; 输送构件，其将从待清洁构件的表面移除的物质输送到所述装置的外部; 可旋转收集构件，其表面物质朝向输送构件传送; 以及将物质从收集构件引导到输送构件的分隔构件。 收集构件包括承载和输送物质的输送部分; 以及在收集部件的旋转方向上朝向输送部的上游侧突出的突起。 分隔构件的一端面向旋转收集构件，另一端面向输送构件。 输送部和突起通过收集构件的旋转与分隔构件接触。

公开(公告)号：US09342048B2

公开(公告)日：2016-05-17

申请号：US14718155

申请日：2015-05-21

申请人： Yoshinori Sasaki

发明人： Yoshinori Sasaki

IPC分类号： G03G15/00 ,  G03G21/20

CPC分类号： G03G21/203 ,  G03G21/0011 ,  G03G21/0035 ,  G03G21/0076 ,  G03G2221/001

摘要： An image-forming apparatus include an image bearer; a cleaning device to clean a surface of the image bearer; an air-blowing device to blow outside air; a temperature/humidity detector to detect temperature and humidity outside of the image-forming apparatus; and a controller to determine absolute humidity from detected temperature and humidity. Based on the absolute humidity, a waiting time from a time when a previous image-forming operation ends until the air-blowing device stops, in a stand-by state of an image-forming operation, and an unused time from a time when the air-blowing device stops until the air-blowing device resumes, the controller determines whether or not a polishing operation of the image bearer by the cleaning device after the air-blowing device is unused is executed in starting the operation of the blowing device.

摘要翻译： 图像形成装置包括图像载体; 用于清洁图像承载体的表面的清洁装置; 吹出外部空气的吹风装置; 用于检测图像形成装置外部的温度和湿度的温度/湿度检测器; 以及控制器，用于根据检测到的温度和湿度确定绝对湿度。 基于绝对湿度，从先前的图像形成操作结束的时间到制冷装置停止的等待时间，处于成像操作的待机状态以及从 吹风装置停止直到吹风装置恢复，控制器在启动吹风装置的操作时执行在吹风装置未使用之后由清洁装置进行的图像载体的抛光操作是否被执行。

公开(公告)号：US20160033923A1

公开(公告)日：2016-02-04

申请号：US14806214

申请日：2015-07-22

申请人： KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.

发明人： Noriaki SUMIKURA ,  Kosuke UCHIDA

IPC分类号： G03G21/00

CPC分类号： G03G21/0005 ,  G03G15/011 ,  G03G15/04 ,  G03G15/04036 ,  G03G15/052 ,  G03G21/0076 ,  G03G21/1619 ,  G03G21/1647 ,  G03G21/1666 ,  G03G2215/04 ,  G03G2215/0402 ,  G03G2215/0404 ,  G03G2221/00 ,  G03G2221/0005 ,  G03G2221/001 ,  G03G2221/1636

摘要： A light scanning device includes a housing, a plurality of permeable members, a plurality of cleaning members, a plurality of cleaning holders, a linear member, and a driving unit. The plurality of permeable members close the respective plurality of the emission ports. The plurality of cleaning holders extend over the plurality of the permeable members adjacent to one another. The plurality of the cleaning holders each have a holding unit that holds at least the two cleaning members. The linear member is connected to the plurality of the cleaning holders. The driving unit causes the linear member to run circularly. The cleaning members each slide on the corresponding permeable member in association with the linear member running circularly. The cleaning holders each connected to the linear member at a center of the holding unit in an extending direction of the holding unit.

摘要翻译： 光扫描装置包括壳体，多个可渗透构件，多个清洁构件，多个清洁保持器，直线构件和驱动单元。 多个可渗透构件封闭相应的多个排放口。 多个清洁保持器在彼此相邻的多个可渗透构件上延伸。 多个清洁保持器各自具有至少保持两个清洁部件的保持单元。 线状构件连接到多个清洁保持器。 驱动单元使线性构件循环运动。 清洁部件各自在与圆形运行的直线部件相关联的相应的可渗透部件上滑动。 所述清洁保持器在所述保持单元的延伸方向上在所述保持单元的中心处连接到所述线性构件。

公开(公告)号：US09213271B2

公开(公告)日：2015-12-15

申请号：US14541279

申请日：2014-11-14

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： G03G21/10 ,  G03G15/16 ,  G03G15/00 ,  G03G21/00

CPC分类号： G03G15/161 ,  G03G15/70 ,  G03G21/0035 ,  G03G21/0047 ,  G03G21/007 ,  G03G21/0076 ,  G03G2215/1661

摘要： A cleaner includes a cleaning member electrostatically removing toner on an object; a first electricity supplier supplying a first voltage (or current) with polarity opposite to that of toner to the cleaning member; a toner collecting member collecting toner from the cleaning member; and a second electricity supplier supplying a second voltage with the polarity greater than the first voltage to the toner collecting member. The first and second electricity suppliers set plural setting values of the first and second voltages smaller than the targeted values of the first and second voltages, and first and second control members of the first and second electricity suppliers output first and second control signals while changing in step-by-step manner so that first and second output members of the first and second electricity suppliers apply the first and second voltage in step-by-step manner before the first and second voltages reach the targeted voltages.

摘要翻译： 清洁器包括静电除去物体上的调色剂的清洁部件; 向所述清洁部件提供极性与调色剂极性相反的第一电压（或电流）的第一电力供应商; 从清洁部件收集调色剂的调色剂收集部件; 以及向所述调色剂收集构件提供极性大于所述第一电压的第二电压的第二电力供应器。 第一和第二电力供应商将第一和第二电压的多个设定值设置为小于第一和第二电压的目标值，并且第一和第二电力供应商的第一和第二控制构件在改变时输出第一和第二控制信号 使得第一和第二电力供应商的第一和第二输出构件在第一和第二电压达到目标电压之前以逐步的方式施加第一和第二电压。

公开(公告)号：US20150346684A1

公开(公告)日：2015-12-03

申请号：US14718155

申请日：2015-05-21

申请人： Yoshinori SASAKI

发明人： Yoshinori SASAKI

IPC分类号： G03G15/00 ,  G03G21/20

CPC分类号： G03G21/203 ,  G03G21/0011 ,  G03G21/0035 ,  G03G21/0076 ,  G03G2221/001

摘要： An image-forming apparatus include an image bearer; a cleaning device to clean a surface of the image bearer; an air-blowing device to blow outside air; a temperature/humidity detector to detect temperature and humidity outside of the image-forming apparatus; and a controller to determine absolute humidity from detected temperature and humidity. Based on the absolute humidity, a waiting time from a time when a previous image-forming operation ends until the air-blowing device stops, in a stand-by state of an image-forming operation, and an unused time from a time when the air-blowing device stops until the air-blowing device resumes, the controller determines whether or not a polishing operation of the image bearer by the cleaning device after the air-blowing device is unused is executed in starting the operation of the blowing device.

摘要翻译： 图像形成装置包括图像载体; 用于清洁图像承载体的表面的清洁装置; 吹出外部空气的吹风装置; 用于检测图像形成装置外部的温度和湿度的温度/湿度检测器; 以及控制器，用于根据检测到的温度和湿度确定绝对湿度。 基于绝对湿度，从先前的图像形成操作结束的时间到制冷装置停止的等待时间，处于成像操作的待机状态以及从 吹风装置停止直到吹风装置恢复，控制器在启动吹风装置的操作时执行在吹风装置未使用之后由清洁装置进行的图像载体的抛光操作是否被执行。