Intermediate transfer belt, image forming apparatus, and method for producing intermediate transfer belt

    公开(公告)号:US10353322B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-16

    申请号:US15712401

    申请日:2017-09-22

    Abstract: An endless intermediate transfer belt includes a substrate layer, and a surface layer to be disposed on the substrate layer. The surface layer is configured by a polymerized cured product of a radical polymerizable composition including a radical polymerizable monomer having a radical polymerizable functional group, an oxime ester-based photopolymerization initiator having a carbazole structure, and a metal oxide particle subjected to surface treatment. The radical polymerizable functional group corresponds to one or both of an acryloyl group and a methacryloyl group. The metal oxide particle subjected to surface treatment includes a metal oxide particle, and a substance for support, to be supported on a surface of the metal oxide particle.

    Image forming apparatus having fixing unit with suction part

    公开(公告)号:US09746803B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-08-29

    申请号:US15040649

    申请日:2016-02-10

    CPC classification number: G03G15/2028 G03G15/2017 G03G21/206

    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a fixing unit receiving through an inlet a recording medium with a transferred toner image and heat fixing the toner image to the recording medium before discharging the recording medium from an outlet; a suction part for sucking the recording medium through a recording-medium suction opening, the recording medium conveyed on a recording medium conveyance path leading to the inlet; an exhaust passage for discharging to the outside a gas sucked by the suction part; and a filter disposed in the exhaust passage and serving to capture fine particles generated from the fixing unit and sucked in by the suction part.

    Sheet conveying device and image forming apparatus
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    Sheet conveying device and image forming apparatus 有权
    片材输送装置和成像装置

    公开(公告)号:US09348290B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-05-24

    申请号:US14801201

    申请日:2015-07-16

    CPC classification number: G03G15/6529 G03G15/2028 G03G2215/00721

    Abstract: A sheet conveying device that passes a sheet to a nip portion formed between first and second rotating bodies, and conveys the sheet, the sheet conveying device includes a separation state determining unit configured to determine a separation state between the sheet having passed the nip portion and a surface of the first rotating body, a sheet separating unit configured to allow force to act on the sheet, and a control unit configured to control the force acting on the sheet by the sheet separating unit according to a result of the separation state determining unit, wherein the separation state determining unit includes an illumination unit, an imaging unit, and an acquisition unit, and the separation state between the sheet and the first rotating body is determined based on the acquired positional information of a tip of the sheet.

    Abstract translation: 一种片材输送装置,其将片材传送到形成在第一和第二旋转体之间的夹持部分,并输送片材,片材输送装置包括分离状态确定单元,其被配置为确定经过夹持部分的片材与 第一旋转体的表面,被配置为允许力作用在片材上的片材分离单元,以及控制单元,其被配置为根据分离状态确定单元的结果控制由片材分离单元作用在片材上的力 其中,所述分离状态确定单元包括照明单元,成像单元和获取单元,并且基于所获取的所述片材的尖端的位置信息来确定所述片材和所述第一旋转体之间的分离状态。

    Fixing device and image forming apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US10564577B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-18

    申请号:US16241520

    申请日:2019-01-07

    Inventor: Shinichi Yabuki

    Abstract: A fixing device fixes a toner image onto a recording material by applying heat and pressure to the toner image formed on the recording material at a nip provided in a conveyance path of the recording material, and includes: a heating source; a pressure roller and a pressure pad; and a sandwiching member, wherein the pressure pad includes a first main surface and a second main surface, and the first main surface is formed of a long plate-like member, the sandwiching member includes a long plate-like abutting part, and a width-direction center in an area included in the second main surface and corresponding to a recording material passing region provided in the nip bulges toward the abutting part side more than width-direction both ends of the area included in the second main surface and corresponding to the recording material passing region provided in the nip.

    Intermediate transfer member and image forming apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US10241446B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-26

    申请号:US15363601

    申请日:2016-11-29

    Abstract: The present invention relates to an intermediate transfer member and an image forming apparatus. The intermediate transfer member is an intermediate transfer member having a resin-made base material layer and a surface layer; the surface layer is a cured substance of a composition containing a radically polymerizable vinylic compound and a metal oxide fine particle; and the vinylic compound has a structural unit represented by the following formula (1): wherein each R1 independently denotes a C2-8 alkylene group; each R2 independently denotes a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; and m denotes a positive number, and n denotes a positive number of 10 or more.

    Intermediate transfer member, image forming apparatus and image forming method

    公开(公告)号:US10042291B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-08-07

    申请号:US15620948

    申请日:2017-06-13

    Abstract: According to the present invention, increase in a dynamic friction force can be suppressed and cleaning performance of a cleaning member can be improved under any operating environment without additionally providing a special mechanism. An intermediate transfer member includes a substrate layer and a surface layer, the surface layer contains a cured product of a polymerizable monomer, and the monomer contains a compound represented by the following formula (1): A-[(L-B)k-D]m(D)l  (1) wherein A represents a tetra- or higher-valent organic group, B independently represents an alkylene oxide group having 4 to 15 carbon atoms, D independently represents a (meth)acryloyl group, L independently represents —(CO)— or a single bond, k independently represents an integer of 1 or more, l represents an integer of 0 to 3, m represents an integer of 2 or more, and a sum of l and m represents an integer of 3 or more.

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