IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    1.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20250102962A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-27

    申请号:US18890028

    申请日:2024-09-19

    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a developing device that develops a latent image by causing toner to adhere to the latent image via a toner carrier disposed opposite a latent image carrier on which the latent image is formed. The developing device includes a drive transmitter that transmits a driving force to a toner conveyor that conveys the toner, and the drive transmitter performs switching between a first operation of transmitting the driving force for conveying the toner to the toner conveyor and a second operation of vibrating a preventer that is provided in the developing device and prevents the toner from scattering.

    IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    2.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220121151A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-21

    申请号:US17503767

    申请日:2021-10-18

    Abstract: Provided is an image forming apparatus including an image carrier, an exposure device, a developing device that supplies a developer to form a toner image, and a hardware processor that controls the image carrier, the exposure device, and the developing device. The image forming apparatus further includes a fume prevention plate that covers a part of an internal space of the developing device where the developing roller is disposed and the developer is stored and that prevents the developer from scattering outside from the internal space, a suction duct, and an air suction device. One end of the suction duct is connected to the internal space and another end of the suction duct is connected to the air suction device. The fume prevention plate includes a movable portion. A position of the movable portion can be changed between a first position and a second position different from the first position.

    IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20230114018A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-13

    申请号:US17934335

    申请日:2022-09-22

    Inventor: Kei YUASA

    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image former and a flattener. The image former forms an image on a recording medium. The flattener is disposed upstream of the image former in a conveying direction of the recording medium, and flattens the recording medium before the image former forms the image on the recording medium.

    IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND LUBRICANT SUPPLY CONTROL METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20220121149A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-21

    申请号:US17496388

    申请日:2021-10-07

    Abstract: Provided is an image forming apparatus including: a transfer member; a first image carrier on which a first toner image using toner of a first color is formed; a second image carrier which is provided on a downstream side relative to the first image carrier in a moving direction (rotating direction) of the transfer member, and on which a second toner image using toner of a second color is formed; a lubricant supply section that supplies a lubricant to the second image carrier; and a control section that controls a supply amount of the lubricant to the second image carrier in accordance with an overlap amount between the first toner image and the second toner image which are transferred from the first image carrier and the second image carrier to the transfer member.

    IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    9.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200292967A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-17

    申请号:US16818215

    申请日:2020-03-13

    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier that carries a toner image, a developer that develops a toner image on the image carrier, with a developing agent containing toner and carrier, a transferor that transfers the toner image being carried by the image carrier, a collection mechanism that collects the carrier on the image carrier by a magnetic force and an electrostatic force, and a hardware processor that controls removal of the toner adhering to the collection mechanism. The collection mechanism includes a collection roller that incorporates a magnet and that is rotatable while facing the image carrier, and a voltage applicator that applies a voltage to the collection roller. The hardware processor performs a toner removal mode to remove the toner, by setting a peripheral speed of at least one of the image carrier and the collection roller to less than a peripheral speed thereof for image formation.

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