Image forming apparatus with guiding surfaces formed of metal and resin for improved resistance to water vapor condensation

    公开(公告)号:US11480897B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-25

    申请号:US17320141

    申请日:2021-05-13

    IPC分类号: G03G15/20 B65H85/00 B65H29/12

    摘要: An image forming apparatus includes a fixing unit, a first guiding unit having a first surface forming a first feeding passage, and a second guiding unit forming a second feeding passage. The second guiding unit includes a first member made of metal and having a first guiding surface on which a leading end of a sheet is guided in a first section including an upstream end portion of the second feeding passage with respect to a sheet feeding direction, and includes a second member made of a resin material and having a second guiding surface on which the sheet is guided in a second section downstream of the first section in the second feeding passage with respect to the sheet feeding direction. The first guiding surface is spaced from a first phantom contact surface extending from an end portion of the first surface and contacting the second guiding surface.

    Cooling device and image forming system

    公开(公告)号:US11175613B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-16

    申请号:US16951315

    申请日:2020-11-18

    摘要: An external cooling device 101 is connectable to an image forming apparatus 100. The external cooling device 101 improves cooling power of a recording material S after toner image fixation. In this case, even when a heating amount of the fixing device 11 is increased, a temperature of the recording material S stacked on a stacking unit 60 can be lowered to not more than a predetermined temperature at which sticking does not occur. Further, the number of sheets stackable on said stacking unit 60 can be increased. By this, a user is capable of adjusting glossiness without concern for the sticking of the recording materials S on the stacking unit 60. Further, the user is not required to frequently carry out the recording material S of the stacking unit 60. That is, it is possible to provide an image forming system 1X capable of flexibly meeting the recording materials S of various kinds.

    Image forming apparatus
    3.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10934116B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-02

    申请号:US16218803

    申请日:2018-12-13

    发明人: Atsushi Yoshida

    摘要: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion configured to form an image on a sheet; a pair of conveyance rotary members arranged downstream of the image forming portion in a sheet conveyance direction and configured to convey the sheet, on which the image is formed, by a conveyance nip; and a guide portion configured to guide the sheet to the conveyance. The guide portion includes a first guide member formed into a sheet shape and having a first stiffness and an abutment surface configured to abut the sheet and a second guide member formed into a sheet shape and having a second stiffness higher than the first stiffness and arranged on a side opposite to the abutment surface of the first guide member, wherein a downstream edge of the first guide member is closer to the conveyance nip than a downstream edge of the second guide member.

    Drive transmission apparatus and image forming apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US10394177B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-27

    申请号:US15641522

    申请日:2017-07-05

    发明人: Atsushi Yoshida

    摘要: The present disclosure provides a drive transmission apparatus including a swing gear mechanism and capable of reducing the workload during assembly and improving efficiency of the assembly operation. A first swing gear, which transmits rotation of a first input gear that is driven by a driving force, is held by a first swing member. The first swing member includes a first engagement portion engaging with a supporting portion, and swings around an axis of the first input gear. The first engagement portion is formed so as to be attached to and detached from the supporting portion if the first swing member is moved in a radial direction with respect to the axis.

    SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    5.
    发明申请
    SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS 审中-公开
    输送装置和图像形成装置

    公开(公告)号:US20170075285A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-03-16

    申请号:US15256993

    申请日:2016-09-06

    IPC分类号: G03G15/00

    摘要: A sheet conveying apparatus includes: a drawer portion that includes a pair of conveying rollers which convey a sheet; a conveying portion that includes a pair of separating rollers which convey the sheet; and a controller that controls operations of the drawer portion and the conveying portion such that, the pair of separating rollers are separated from each other if a jam of a sheet occurs in a state in which a subsequent sheet subsequent to a preceding sheet spans the drawer portion and the conveying portion, the pair of conveying rollers convey the subsequent sheet to a part between the pair of separating rollers, the separation of the pair of separating rollers is released, and the pair of separating rollers convey the subsequent sheet along with the preceding sheet to a position at which the subsequent sheet does not span the drawer portion and the conveying portion using.

    摘要翻译: 片材输送装置包括:抽屉部分,其包括一对输送片材的输送辊; 输送部,其包括一对输送片材的分离辊; 以及控制器,其控制所述抽屉部分和所述输送部分的操作,使得所述一对分离辊在片材的后续片材跨越所述抽屉的状态下发生纸张的卡纸时彼此分离 所述一对输送辊将随后的片材输送到所述一对分离辊之间的一部分,所述一对分离辊的分离被释放,并且所述一对分离辊与前述的一对分离辊一起传送随后的片材 片材到后续片材不跨越抽屉部分的位置和使用的传送部分。

    Image forming apparatus
    6.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11548757B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-10

    申请号:US16921978

    申请日:2020-07-07

    摘要: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion, a reversing portion configured to reverse the sheet received through a first feeding passage by feeding the sheet in a first direction and then in a second direction opposite to the first direction, a sheet feeding portion provided in a second feeding passage branching from the first feeding passage on a side upstream of the reversing portion with respect to the first direction, a first guiding surface forming the second feeding passage for guiding a first surface of the sheet fed by the feeding portion, and a second guiding surface for guiding a second surface, opposite from the first surface, of the sheet fed from the reversing portion in the second direction. The second guiding surface is movable with movement of the first guiding surface for opening the second feeding passage.

    IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    7.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210373477A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-02

    申请号:US17324276

    申请日:2021-05-19

    摘要: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion, an oblique movement correcting portion including a first registration roller pair and a first moving portion, a reversing portion, and a re-feeding portion. The reversing portion includes a reversing roller pair and a second moving portion. The re-feeding portion includes a second registration roller pair. When an image is formed on a second surface of a sheet opposite from a first surface of the sheet, a side end position of the sheet is corrected by the second moving portion and oblique movement of the sheet is corrected, and then the side end position of the sheet is corrected again by the first moving means and the sheet is fed to the image forming portion.

    COOLING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20210072699A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-11

    申请号:US16951315

    申请日:2020-11-18

    IPC分类号: G03G21/20 G03G15/20

    摘要: An external cooling device 101 is connectable to an image forming apparatus 100. The external cooling device 101 improves cooling power of a recording material S after toner image fixation. In this case, even when a heating amount of the fixing device 11 is increased, a temperature of the recording material S stacked on a stacking unit 60 can be lowered to not more than a predetermined temperature at which sticking does not occur. Further, the number of sheets stackable on said stacking unit 60 can be increased. By this, a user is capable of adjusting glossiness without concern for the sticking of the recording materials S on the stacking unit 60. Further, the user is not required to frequently carry out the recording material S of the stacking unit 60. That is, it is possible to provide an image forming system 1X capable of flexibly meeting the recording materials S of various kinds.

    Sheet conveying apparatus and image forming apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US10152012B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-11

    申请号:US15256993

    申请日:2016-09-06

    摘要: A sheet conveying apparatus includes: a drawer portion that includes a pair of conveying rollers which convey a sheet; a conveying portion that includes a pair of separating rollers which convey the sheet; and a controller that controls operations of the drawer portion and the conveying portion such that, the pair of separating rollers are separated from each other if a jam of a sheet occurs in a state in which a subsequent sheet subsequent to a preceding sheet spans the drawer portion and the conveying portion, the pair of conveying rollers convey the subsequent sheet to a part between the pair of separating rollers, the separation of the pair of separating rollers is released, and the pair of separating rollers convey the subsequent sheet along with the preceding sheet to a position at which the subsequent sheet does not span the drawer portion and the conveying portion using.