Image forming apparatus with plural corona chargers

    公开(公告)号:US10663879B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-05-26

    申请号:US16269577

    申请日:2019-02-07

    IPC分类号: G03G15/02

    摘要: In an image forming apparatus, a charging process of a photosensitive member is performed by forming a combined surface potential Vd(U+L) by superimposing, on a first charge potential Vd(U) formed on a surface of the photosensitive member by a first corona charger, a second charge potential Vd(L) provided by a second corona charger. The apparatus includes a controller for executing an adjusting operation in which a superimposition start voltage Vg(L)A, which is the second voltage Vg(L) at which formation of the combined surface potential Vd(U+L) is started, is acquired by changing the second voltage Vg(L) applied to a grid electrode of the second corona charger in a state that the first charge potential Vd(U) is formed on the surface of the photosensitive member and in which setting of the second voltage Vg(L) during the charging process is adjusted on the basis of the superimposition start voltage Vg(L).

    Image forming system
    2.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12099321B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-24

    申请号:US18365293

    申请日:2023-08-04

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

    摘要: An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus including a fixing unit, a folding processing portion, and a pressure-bonding portion. A first recording material having a first basis weight is fixed at a first temperature by the fixing unit and then is pressure-bonded by the pressure-bonding portion after a lapse of a first period. A second recording material having a second basis weight is fixed at a second temperature by the fixing unit and then is pressure-bonded by the pressure-bonding portion after a lapse of a second period. The second basis weight is larger than the first basis weight. The second temperature is higher than the first temperature. The second period is longer than the first period.

    Image forming system
    3.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11762321B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-19

    申请号:US17901319

    申请日:2022-09-01

    IPC分类号: G03G15/02 G03G15/00

    CPC分类号: G03G15/6585

    摘要: An image forming system includes an image forming unit, a varnish applying unit, a control unit that executes an operation in an image forming mode in which a toner image is formed on a recording material and a varnish image is formed on the recording material on which the toner image is formed, and an input unit that permits input of a line width adjusting value of either one of a line width of a portion of the varnish image overlapping with an image portion and a line width of a portion of the varnish image overlapping with a non-image portion, wherein the varnish image is formed so as to extend over an image portion where the toner image is formed on the recording material and a non-image portion where the toner image is not formed on the recording material.

    Image forming apparatus that determines lifetime of photosensitive member

    公开(公告)号:US10228648B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-12

    申请号:US15806811

    申请日:2017-11-08

    IPC分类号: G03G15/00

    摘要: An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member including a photosensitive layer and a protective layer provided outside the photosensitive layer; a charging member configured to electrically charge the photosensitive member; an exposure device configured to expose, to light, the photosensitive member charged by the charging member; a detecting member configured to detect a surface potential of the photosensitive member; and an output portion configured to output information on a lifetime of the photosensitive member. The output portion outputs the information on the basis of an exposure amount with which the photosensitive member charged is exposed to light and a detection result of the surface potentials of the photosensitive member by the detecting member before and after the photosensitive member is exposed to the light with the exposure amount.

    IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    6.
    发明申请
    IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS 有权
    图像形成装置

    公开(公告)号:US20160161878A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-06-09

    申请号:US14953602

    申请日:2015-11-30

    IPC分类号: G03G15/02

    摘要: An image forming apparatus includes a rotatable photosensitive member (drum), a first corona charger, a second corona charger, an image forming portion, a voltage applying portion, a surface potential detecting portion, a controller. The controller determines a condition of voltages applied to the first and second corona chargers during image formation, by setting a first voltage condition for the first corona charger so that the surface potential of the drum is a second potential lower in absolute value than the first potential in a state in which the first corona charger operates, and the second corona charger does not operates, and then by setting a second voltage condition for the second corona charger so that the surface potential of the drum is the first potential in a state in which the first corona charger operates under the first voltage condition, and the second corona charger operates.

    摘要翻译: 图像形成装置包括可旋转的感光部件(鼓),第一电晕充电器,第二电晕充电器,图像形成部分,电压施加部分,表面电位检测部分,控制器。 控制器通过设置第一电晕充电器的第一电压条件来确定在图像形成期间施加到第一和第二电晕充电器的电压的条件,使得滚筒的表面电位具有比第一电位的绝对值更低的第二电位 在第一电晕充电器工作的状态下,第二电晕充电器不工作,然后通过设定第二电晕充电器的第二电压条件使得鼓的表面电位为第一电位,其中, 第一电晕充电器在第一电压条件下工作,第二电晕充电器工作。

    Image forming system
    7.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11815850B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-14

    申请号:US17968206

    申请日:2022-10-18

    IPC分类号: G03G15/20 G03G8/00

    CPC分类号: G03G8/00 G03G15/2032

    摘要: An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus, a varnish application apparatus, and a controller. When the image forming apparatus is in a standby state and preheating of varnish in a tank by a heater is completed, if an image forming job of forming a toner image on a first recording material and applying varnish thereto by a varnish coater is received, the controller controls a guide member to guide the first recording material to a first conveyance path. When the image forming apparatus is in a standby state and preheating of varnish in the tank by the heater is not completed, if an image forming job of forming a toner image on a second recording material and not applying varnish thereto by the varnish coater is received, the controller controls the guide member to guide the second recording material to a second conveyance path.

    Image forming system
    8.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11772408B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-03

    申请号:US17498847

    申请日:2021-10-12

    摘要: An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus, a pressure sealing processing apparatus, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to permit execution of the pressure sealing processing process by the pressure sealing processing apparatus on a recording material of which a grammage is smaller than a predetermined grammage, and is configured not to permit execution of the pressure sealing processing process by the pressure sealing processing apparatus on a recording material of which a grammage is equal to or more than the predetermined grammage.

    IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM
    9.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20230127053A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-27

    申请号:US17968224

    申请日:2022-10-18

    IPC分类号: G03G15/20

    摘要: An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus, a varnish application apparatus, and a controller. The varnish application apparatus includes a varnish application unit configured to apply varnish to a recording material, a first conveyance unit configured to convey a recording material in a first conveyance path that passes through the varnish application unit, and a second conveyance unit configured to convey a recording material in a second conveyance path that does not pass through the varnish application unit. When failure is occurred to one or both of the varnish application unit and the first conveyance unit and failure is not occurred to the second conveyance unit, the controller is configured to permit execution of the second image forming job and to convey a recording material by the second conveyance unit in the varnish application apparatus.

    IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    10.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180143574A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-05-24

    申请号:US15806811

    申请日:2017-11-08

    IPC分类号: G03G15/00

    CPC分类号: G03G15/553 G03G15/5037

    摘要: An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member including a photosensitive layer and a protective layer provided outside the photosensitive layer; a charging member configured to electrically charge the photosensitive member; an exposure device configured to expose, to light, the photosensitive member charged by the charging member; a detecting member configured to detect a surface potential of the photosensitive member; and an output portion configured to output information on a lifetime of the photosensitive member. The output portion outputs the information on the basis of an exposure amount with which the photosensitive member charged is exposed to light and a detection result of the surface potentials of the photosensitive member by the detecting member before and after the photosensitive member is exposed to the light with the exposure amount.