IMAGE FORMING DEVICE
    2.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210286305A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-16

    申请号:US17334140

    申请日:2021-05-28

    IPC分类号: G03G15/00 G03G15/20

    摘要: An image forming device includes a transfer unit that transfers a toner image onto a recording medium that has first and second surfaces and is conveyed in a conveyance direction; a main heating unit arranged downstream of the transfer unit in the conveyance direction, and which contacts and heats the recording medium and fixes the toner image onto the recording medium; a reversing unit that reverses front and back of the recording medium having a first toner image fixed onto the first surface; and a preheating unit arranged between the transfer and main heating units in the conveyance direction and that heats the recording medium having a second toner image transferred onto the second surface. The preheating unit heats the recording medium so that a temperature of the first surface is lower than a softening point of a toner before the recording medium is heated by the main heating unit.

    IMAGE FORMING DEVICE
    3.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210286298A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-16

    申请号:US17335973

    申请日:2021-06-01

    IPC分类号: G03G15/20

    摘要: Provided is an image forming device including: a conveying unit configured to convey a recording medium while rotating, in a state of being in contact with a back surface of the recording medium having a front surface on which a toner image is transferred; a main heating unit configured to heat the conveyed recording medium to fix the toner image on the recording medium; and a preheating unit disposed upstream of the main heating unit in a conveying direction of the recording medium and configured to heat, in a non-contact state, the recording medium being conveyed by the conveying unit, a portion of the conveying unit that is in contact with the recording medium being formed of a material that makes a maximum temperature of the portion be equal to or lower than a temperature of the recording medium when the recording medium is heated by the preheating unit.

    FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    4.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240184232A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-06

    申请号:US18437725

    申请日:2024-02-09

    IPC分类号: G03G15/20 G03G15/00

    摘要: A fixing device includes: a heating section that heats in a non-contact manner a front surface of a recording medium; a feeding section that feeds the recording medium while causing the front surface to be opposed to the heating section; and a maintaining section that, in order to enable the recording medium to be fed by the feeding section while a rear surface that is opposite to the front surface, and that is in an image region where an unfixed-image is formed on the front surface is in a non-contact state, maintains the non-contact state.

    IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    5.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230418193A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-28

    申请号:US17986860

    申请日:2022-11-14

    IPC分类号: G03G15/20 G03G15/00

    摘要: An image forming apparatus includes: a transport unit that transports an object along a transport path; a transfer unit that transfers an image onto the object on the transport path; and a fixing unit that has a heat source for increasing a temperature inside the fixing unit, into which the object onto which the image has been transferred is carried along the transport path, and includes a first opening and closing member that opens a carry-in opening when the object is carried into the fixing unit and closes the carry-in opening after the object is carried into the fixing unit.

    TRANSPORTATION DEVICE, FIXING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20220075299A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-10

    申请号:US17465869

    申请日:2021-09-03

    IPC分类号: G03G15/20

    摘要: A transportation device includes a first transporter, a second transporter movable between a contact position and a separate position toward and away from the first transporter to hold a to-be-transported object between the second transporter and the first transporter in the contact position, and a transportation unit that transports the to-be-transported object to a nip area where the first transporter and the second transporter hold the to-be-transported object therebetween while the second transporter is located in the separate position. The second transporter moves from the separate position to the contact position to hold the to-be-transported object transported to the nip area by the transportation unit between the second transporter and the first transporter to transport the to-be-transported object.

    HEATING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20220066376A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-03

    申请号:US17522298

    申请日:2021-11-09

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

    摘要: A heating device includes: a heating unit configured to heat a transported material being transported in a transport direction in a non-contact manner with respect to the transported material; and a facing portion that is disposed on a side opposite to the heating unit with respect to the transported material and faces the heating unit in a facing direction intersecting the transport direction, wherein a length of the heating unit in the transport direction is longer than a length of the facing portion in the transport direction, or a length of the heating unit in an intersecting direction intersecting the transport direction and the facing direction is longer than a length of the facing portion in the intersecting direction.

    HEATING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20220035280A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-02-03

    申请号:US17327796

    申请日:2021-05-24

    IPC分类号: G03G15/20

    摘要: A heating device includes a heating unit that heats in a non-contact manner an upper surface of a transport material that is transported; and a blowing unit that blows air against a lower surface of the transport material via multiple blowing holes that open with respect to the lower surface, the multiple blowing holes being disposed so that blowing holes that are closest and adjacent to each other in a transport direction of the transport material are shifted from each other in an intersection direction that intersects the transport direction.

    TRANSPORT DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20220032658A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-02-03

    申请号:US17306977

    申请日:2021-05-04

    IPC分类号: B41J11/00

    摘要: A transport device includes a transport unit that transports a sheet-like transport material without holding a one-end-side portion of the transport material in a transport direction; and a blowing unit that blows air against a lower surface of the transport material that is transported by the transport unit via multiple blowing holes that open with respect to the lower surface, an arrangement interval of the multiple blowing holes in a direction of intersection with respect to the transport direction being smaller at two end portions than at a central portion of the blowing unit.