公开(公告)号：US20100052242A1

公开(公告)日：2010-03-04

申请号：US12361110

申请日：2009-01-28

申请人： Katsunori Kikuchihara ,  Takashi Kawabata ,  Masaaki Takahashi ,  Nobuo Hyakutake ,  Taku Fukuhara

发明人： Katsunori Kikuchihara ,  Takashi Kawabata ,  Masaaki Takahashi ,  Nobuo Hyakutake ,  Taku Fukuhara

IPC分类号： B65H7/20

CPC分类号： G03G15/161 ,  G03G15/755 ,  G03G2215/00139

摘要： A warpage leveling unit includes a surface roughening member that is provided to oppose to a side end portion of an image carrier which has an endless-belt-shape, is entrained around a plurality of rollers, and carries an image on a surface of the image carrier, wherein the surface roughening member comes into contact with a surface of the side end portion which is warped.

摘要翻译： 翘曲整平单元包括：表面粗糙化部件，被设置为与具有环形带状的图像载体的侧端部相对，被夹带在多个辊周围，并且在图像的表面上承载图像 载体，其中表面粗糙化部件与被弯曲的侧端部的表面接触。

公开(公告)号：US08272642B2

公开(公告)日：2012-09-25

申请号：US12361110

申请日：2009-01-28

申请人： Katsunori Kikuchihara ,  Takashi Kawabata ,  Masaaki Takahashi ,  Nobuo Hyakutake ,  Taku Fukuhara

发明人： Katsunori Kikuchihara ,  Takashi Kawabata ,  Masaaki Takahashi ,  Nobuo Hyakutake ,  Taku Fukuhara

IPC分类号： B65H5/02

CPC分类号： G03G15/161 ,  G03G15/755 ,  G03G2215/00139

摘要： A warpage leveling unit includes a surface roughening member that is provided to oppose to a side end portion of an image carrier which has an endless-belt-shape, is entrained around a plurality of rollers, and carries an image on a surface of the image carrier, wherein the surface roughening member comes into contact with a surface of the side end portion which is warped.

摘要翻译： 翘曲整平单元包括：表面粗糙化部件，被设置为与具有环形带状的图像载体的侧端部相对，被夹带在多个辊周围，并且在图像的表面上承载图像 载体，其中表面粗糙化部件与被弯曲的侧端部的表面接触。

公开(公告)号：US08050605B2

公开(公告)日：2011-11-01

申请号：US12538543

申请日：2009-08-10

申请人： Nobuo Hyakutake ,  Taku Fukuhara ,  Masaaki Takahashi ,  Takashi Kawabata

发明人： Nobuo Hyakutake ,  Taku Fukuhara ,  Masaaki Takahashi ,  Takashi Kawabata

IPC分类号： G03G15/01

CPC分类号： G03G15/161 ,  G03G15/0131 ,  G03G15/1615 ,  G03G2215/00156

摘要： An image forming apparatus includes: an image carrier having an endless circumferential surface on which a latent image is formed due to an electrostatic potential difference; a developing device that attaches a toner to the image carrier to form a toner image; an endless intermediate transfer belt that is entrained around a plurality of roll members and moves circumferentially, and contacts the image carrier to transfer the toner image to the intermediate transfer belt; a transferring device that further transfers the toner image that has been transferred to the intermediate transfer belt, to a recording sheet; and a load applying member that cooperates with one of the roll members placed inside the intermediate transfer belt, to nip the intermediate transfer belt to apply a load to the intermediate transfer belt, the load applying member contacting a non-image region of the intermediate transfer belt.

摘要翻译： 图像形成装置包括：具有环形圆周表面的图像载体，由于静电电位差而形成有潜像; 显影装置，其将调色剂附着到图像载体上以形成调色剂图像; 围绕多个辊构件夹带并沿周向运动并与图像载体接触以将调色剂图像转印到中间转印带的环形中间转印带; 进一步将已经转印到中间转印带上的调色剂图像转印到记录纸上的转印装置; 以及负载施加构件，其与设置在所述中间转印带内的所述辊构件之一配合，以夹持所述中间转印带以向所述中间转印带施加负载，所述负载施加构件接触所述中间转印的非图像区域 带。

公开(公告)号：US20100247168A1

公开(公告)日：2010-09-30

申请号：US12538543

申请日：2009-08-10

申请人： Nobuo Hyakutake ,  Taku Fukuhara ,  Masaaki Takahashi ,  Takashi Kawabata

发明人： Nobuo Hyakutake ,  Taku Fukuhara ,  Masaaki Takahashi ,  Takashi Kawabata

IPC分类号： G03G15/01

CPC分类号： G03G15/161 ,  G03G15/0131 ,  G03G15/1615 ,  G03G2215/00156

摘要： An image forming apparatus includes: an image carrier having an endless circumferential surface on which a latent image is formed due to an electrostatic potential difference; a developing device that attaches a toner to the image carrier to form a toner image; an endless intermediate transfer belt that is entrained around a plurality of roll members and moves circumferentially, and contacts the image carrier to transfer the toner image to the intermediate transfer belt; a transferring device that further transfers the toner image that has been transferred to the intermediate transfer belt, to a recording sheet; and a load applying member that cooperates with one of the roll members placed inside the intermediate transfer belt, to nip the intermediate transfer belt to apply a load to the intermediate transfer belt, the load applying member contacting a non-image region of the intermediate transfer belt.

摘要翻译： 图像形成装置包括：具有环形圆周表面的图像载体，由于静电电位差而形成有潜像; 显影装置，其将调色剂附着到图像载体上以形成调色剂图像; 围绕多个辊构件夹带并沿周向运动并与图像载体接触以将调色剂图像转印到中间转印带的环形中间转印带; 进一步将已经转印到中间转印带上的调色剂图像转印到记录纸上的转印装置; 以及负载施加构件，其与设置在所述中间转印带内的所述辊构件中的一个配合，以夹持所述中间转印带以向所述中间转印带施加负载，所述负载施加构件接触所述中间转印的非图像区域 带。

公开(公告)号：US20100247129A1

公开(公告)日：2010-09-30

申请号：US12552406

申请日：2009-09-02

申请人： Nobuo Hyakutake ,  Taku Fukuhara ,  Takashi Kawabata ,  Kazutoshi Sugitani ,  Kiyotoshi Kaneyama

发明人： Nobuo Hyakutake ,  Taku Fukuhara ,  Takashi Kawabata ,  Kazutoshi Sugitani ,  Kiyotoshi Kaneyama

IPC分类号： G03G15/16 ,  G03G15/01

CPC分类号： G03G15/6585 ,  G03G15/0194 ,  G03G2215/0081

摘要： An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming section that forms a plurality of images including an image of a low-gloss toner lower in glossiness than any other color toner and an image of a transparent toner; an intermediate transferer to which the plurality of images formed by the image forming section are transferred; and a control section that controls a position for forming the image of the transparent toner, so as to prevent the image of the transparent toner from being transferred under the image of the low-gloss toner on the intermediate transferer.

摘要翻译： 图像形成装置包括：图像形成部，其形成多个图像，所述图像包括光泽度低于任何其它彩色调色剂的低光泽调色剂的图像和透明调色剂的图像; 传送由图像形成部形成的多个图像的中间转印体; 以及控制部分，其控制用于形成透明调色剂的图像的位置，以便防止透明调色剂的图像在低光泽调色剂的图像下转印到中间转印体上。

公开(公告)号：US07933528B2

公开(公告)日：2011-04-26

申请号：US12052449

申请日：2008-03-20

申请人： Tomoaki Yoshioka ,  Nobuo Hyakutake ,  Taku Fukuhara

发明人： Tomoaki Yoshioka ,  Nobuo Hyakutake ,  Taku Fukuhara

IPC分类号： G03G15/00

CPC分类号： G03G15/5058 ,  G03G15/0131 ,  G03G2215/00059 ,  G03G2215/0129

摘要： An image forming apparatus comprises a first image forming unit that transfers a base toner image formed on a first image carrier to an intermediate transfer member and forms an image and second image forming units that are plurally disposed downstream of the first image forming unit in a moving direction of the intermediate transfer member, transfer different color toner images formed on second image carriers to the intermediate transfer member and form images. The base toner image is formed beforehand in a single color region transferred onto the intermediate transfer member from the second image carriers of the second image forming units.

摘要翻译： 图像形成装置包括：第一图像形成单元，其将形成在第一图像载体上的基色调色剂图像转印到中间转印部件上，并且形成图像;以及第二图像形成单元，其在移动中多个位于第一图像形成单元的下游 中间转印部件的方向，将形成在第二图像载体上的不同颜色的调色剂图像转印到中间转印部件上并形成图像。 预先在从第二图像形成单元的第二图像载体转印到中间转印部件上的单一颜色区域中形成基底调色剂图像。

公开(公告)号：US07764900B2

公开(公告)日：2010-07-27

申请号：US11958124

申请日：2007-12-17

申请人： Nobuo Hyakutake ,  Taku Fukuhara

发明人： Nobuo Hyakutake ,  Taku Fukuhara

IPC分类号： G03G15/16

CPC分类号： G03G15/0131 ,  G03G15/161 ,  G03G2215/0129

摘要： An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier that holds a toner-image; an intermediate transfer member onto which the toner-image that has been held on the image carrier is transferred; a transfer unit that transfers onto a recording medium the toner-image that has been transferred onto the intermediate transfer member, the transfer unit transferring thereon a color-toner-image for checking toner-image, which has been formed in a non-image forming region on the intermediate transfer member; an application unit that applies an adhesion force reducing agent to a surface of the transfer unit before the color-toner-image for checking formed on the intermediate transfer member passes through the transfer unit, the adhesion force reducing agent reducing adhesion force to the transfer unit of the color-toner-image for checking; and a cleaning unit that removes the color-toner-image for checking that has been transferred onto the transfer unit and the adhesion force reducing agent.

摘要翻译： 图像形成装置包括保持调色剂图像的图像载体; 已经保持在图像载体上的调色剂图像被转印到其上的中间转印部件; 转印单元，其将已经转印到中间转印部件上的调色剂图像转印到记录介质上，转印单元在其上转印用于检查调色剂图像的彩色调色剂图像，其形成为非图像形成 中间转印部件上的区域; 在形成在中间转印部件上的用于检查的检查用彩色调色剂图像之前通过转印单元的粘合力降低剂施加到转印单元的表面的施加单元通过粘合力降低剂降低对转印单元的粘附力 用于检查的彩色调色剂图像; 以及去除已经转印到转印单元上的检查用彩色调色剂图像和粘附力降低剂的清洁单元。

公开(公告)号：US20090041486A1

公开(公告)日：2009-02-12

申请号：US12052449

申请日：2008-03-20

申请人： Tomoaki Yoshioka ,  Nobuo Hyakutake ,  Taku Fukuhara

发明人： Tomoaki Yoshioka ,  Nobuo Hyakutake ,  Taku Fukuhara

IPC分类号： G03G15/00 ,  G03G15/01 ,  G03G15/043

CPC分类号： G03G15/5058 ,  G03G15/0131 ,  G03G2215/00059 ,  G03G2215/0129

摘要： An image forming apparatus comprises a first image forming unit that transfers a base toner image formed on a first image carrier to an intermediate transfer member and forms an image and second image forming units that are plurally disposed downstream of the first image forming unit in a moving direction of the intermediate transfer member, transfer different color toner images formed on second image carriers to the intermediate transfer member and form images. The base toner image is formed beforehand in a single color region transferred onto the intermediate transfer member from the second image carriers of the second image forming units.

摘要翻译： 图像形成装置包括：第一图像形成单元，其将形成在第一图像载体上的基色调色剂图像转印到中间转印部件上，并且形成图像;以及第二图像形成单元，其在移动中多个位于第一图像形成单元的下游 中间转印部件的方向，将形成在第二图像载体上的不同颜色的调色剂图像转印到中间转印部件上并形成图像。 预先在从第二图像形成单元的第二图像载体转印到中间转印部件上的单一颜色区域中形成基底调色剂图像。

公开(公告)号：US08290384B2

公开(公告)日：2012-10-16

申请号：US12783882

申请日：2010-05-20

申请人： Nobuo Hyakutake ,  Taku Fukuhara

发明人： Nobuo Hyakutake ,  Taku Fukuhara

IPC分类号： G03G15/16

CPC分类号： G03G15/1605 ,  G03G15/0194 ,  G03G15/1675 ,  G03G15/50 ,  G03G2215/0129 ,  G03G2215/1614

摘要： An image forming device includes: image forming sections that form toner images with charged toners of respective colors on respective surfaces of image retainers; a transfer accepting body to whose surface the toner images are transferred electrostatically; transfer members that transfer the toner images to the transfer accepting body; a first charge applying section that switches, according to an instruction, between a first mode of applying the charge to all the transfer members and a second mode of applying the charge to apart of the transfer members; and a second charge applying section that applies, when the charge is applied in the second mode, a charge having the same polarity as that of the charged toners, to the transfer accepting body surface, at an applying point upstream from where the toner images are transferred to the transfer accepting body in a moving direction of the transfer accepting body.

摘要翻译： 图像形成装置包括：图像形成部，其在图像保持器的各个表面上形成具有各种颜色的带电调色剂的调色剂图像; 转印接收体，其表面上的调色剂图像被静电转印; 将调色剂图像转印到转印接受体的转印部件; 第一充电应用部分，根据指示，在向所有传送构件施加电荷的第一模式和将电荷施加到传送构件之间的第二模式中切换; 以及第二充电施加部分，当在所述第二模式中向所述转印接收体表面施加与所述带电调色剂具有相同极性的电荷时，在所述调色剂图像的上游的施加点处， 在转印接受体的移动方向上转印到转印接受体上。

公开(公告)号：US20080317495A1

公开(公告)日：2008-12-25

申请号：US11958124

申请日：2007-12-17

申请人： Nobuo Hyakutake ,  Taku Fukuhara

发明人： Nobuo Hyakutake ,  Taku Fukuhara

IPC分类号： G03G15/16 ,  G03G15/01

CPC分类号： G03G15/0131 ,  G03G15/161 ,  G03G2215/0129

摘要： An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier that holds a toner-image; an intermediate transfer member onto which the toner-image that has been held on the image carrier is transferred; a transfer unit that transfers onto a recording medium the toner-image that has been transferred onto the intermediate transfer member; the transfer unit transferring thereon a color-toner-image for checking toner-image, which has been formed in a non-image forming region on the intermediate transfer member; an application unit that applies an adhesion force reducing agent to a surface of the transfer unit before the color-toner-image for checking formed on the intermediate transfer member passes through the transfer unit, the adhesion force reducing agent reducing adhesion force to the transfer unit of the color-toner-image for checking; and a cleaning unit that removes the color-toner-image for checking that has been transferred onto the transfer unit and the adhesion force reducing agent.

摘要翻译： 图像形成装置包括保持调色剂图像的图像载体; 已经保持在图像载体上的调色剂图像被转印到其上的中间转印部件; 转印单元，其将已经转印到中间转印部件上的调色剂图像转印到记录介质上; 所述转印单元在其上转印已形成在所述中间转印部件上的非图像形成区域中的用于检查调色剂图像的彩色调色剂图像; 在形成在中间转印部件上的用于检查的检查用彩色调色剂图像之前通过转印单元的粘合力降低剂施加到转印单元的表面的施加单元通过粘合力减小剂降低对转印单元的粘附力 用于检查的彩色调色剂图像; 以及去除已经转印到转印单元上的检查用彩色调色剂图像和粘附力降低剂的清洁单元。