Image forming apparatus for forming image on sheet

    公开(公告)号:US10409208B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-10

    申请号:US15965089

    申请日:2018-04-27

    IPC分类号: G03G15/00 G03G15/08

    摘要: An image forming apparatus includes a conveyance section, an image forming section, a fixing section, a sheet output tray, a toner container, a suitable product determining section, and a control section. The suitable product determining section determines whether the toner container loaded in an apparatus body is a suitable product. When the suitable product determining section determines that the toner container is not a suitable product, on condition of successive feeding of sheets, the control section allows, after every predetermined number of sheets have been subjected to an image forming operation, a fixing aging operation for stopping the image forming operation and rotating rotating bodies of the fixing section to be performed. When the suitable product determining section determines that the toner container is a suitable product, the control section keeps the fixing aging operation conditional on successive feeding of sheets from being performed.

    Image forming apparatus that forms image on sheet

    公开(公告)号:US10156822B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-18

    申请号:US15899693

    申请日:2018-02-20

    IPC分类号: G03G15/00 G03G15/08

    摘要: An image forming apparatus includes a transport unit, an image forming unit, an output tray, a toner container, and a processor that realizes a function of a conformity decision unit, a change reception unit, and a controller. The controller discharges, when the conformity decision unit decides that the toner container is not a conforming product, a quality check sheet to the output tray each time a predetermined number of sheets have been printed, or each time a predetermined time has elapsed. The change reception unit receives a change of a quality adjustment value from a user. The controller controls the operation of the transport unit and the image forming unit, according to the quality adjustment value that has been changed and received by the change reception unit.

    DEVELOPER CONVEYANCE DEVICE, DEVELOPMENT DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    3.
    发明申请
    DEVELOPER CONVEYANCE DEVICE, DEVELOPMENT DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS 有权
    开发商输送设备,开发设备和图像形成设备

    公开(公告)号:US20140023403A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-01-23

    申请号:US13944684

    申请日:2013-07-17

    IPC分类号: G03G15/08

    摘要: A developer conveyance device includes a housing and a conveyance member. The conveyance member is supported to the housing and rotates to convey developer. The conveyance member includes a shaft portion, a helical member, and a plurality of reinforcement members. The plurality of reinforcement members are disposed in a circumferential direction of rotation of the conveyance member. When viewing a cross section in a direction intersecting with the rotational axis, an outer circumferential surface of the helical member includes a facing region and a non-facing region, which are defined for one reinforcement member of the plurality of reinforcement members, the facing region being a region where the one reinforcement member of the plurality of reinforcement members is projected on an opposite side of an outer circumferential surface of the helical member through the rotational axis, and the non-facing region being a region of the outer circumferential surface of the helical member which is different from the facing region. The other reinforcement member of the plurality of reinforcement members is disposed in the non-facing region.

    摘要翻译: 显影剂输送装置包括壳体和输送构件。 传送构件被支撑到壳体并旋转以传送显影剂。 输送构件包括轴部,螺旋构件和多个加强构件。 多个加强构件设置在输送构件的旋转圆周方向上。 当在与旋转轴线相交的方向上观察横截面时,螺旋构件的外周面包括被限定为多个加强构件中的一个加强构件的面对区域和不面对区域,面对区域 作为多个加强构件中的一个加强构件通过旋转轴线突出在螺旋构件的外周面的相反侧的区域,并且面向非区域是位于螺旋构件的外周面的区域 螺旋构件不同于面对区域。 多个加强构件的另一个加强构件设置在不面向区域中。

    DEVELOPER CASE THAT SUPPRESSES CLOGGING DUE TO DEVELOPER, DEVELOPER REPLENISHMENT UNIT HAVING THE SAME, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME
    4.
    发明申请
    DEVELOPER CASE THAT SUPPRESSES CLOGGING DUE TO DEVELOPER, DEVELOPER REPLENISHMENT UNIT HAVING THE SAME, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME 有权
    发展中国家发展中国家发展中国家发展中国家发展中国家发展中国家发展中国家发展中国家发展中心

    公开(公告)号:US20130084107A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-04-04

    申请号:US13630718

    申请日:2012-09-28

    IPC分类号: G03G15/08

    CPC分类号: G03G15/0891 G03G15/0877

    摘要: A developer case includes a main body, a first transportation portion, a first transportation member, a supply member, a discharge port, and a second transportation portion. The main body contains developer. The first transportation portion has a first region that receives developer from the main body and a second region that extends from the first region in a first direction. The first transportation member transports developer in the first direction. The supply member supplies developer to the first region. Developer is discharged through the discharge port. The second transportation portion has an inlet port communicating with the second region. Developer that has not been discharged through the discharge port is supplied to the second transportation portion through the inlet port. The second transportation portion transports developer in a second direction.

    摘要翻译: 显影剂盒包括主体,第一输送部,第一输送部件,供给部件,排出口以及第二输送部。 主体包含开发者。 第一输送部分具有从主体接收显影剂的第一区域和从第一区域沿第一方向延伸的第二区域。 第一批运输工具运输开发商的第一个方向。 供应商向第一个地区供应开发商。 显影剂通过排放口排出。 第二输送部具有与第二区域连通的入口。 未通过排出口排出的显影剂通过入口供给到第二输送部。 第二输送部分沿第二方向输送显影剂。

    Developer case that suppresses clogging due to developer, developer replenishment unit having the same, and image forming apparatus having the same
    5.
    发明授权
    Developer case that suppresses clogging due to developer, developer replenishment unit having the same, and image forming apparatus having the same 有权
    抑制由显影剂堵塞的显影剂盒,具有该阻挡剂的显影剂补充单元,以及具有该堵塞的图像形成装置

    公开(公告)号:US08989634B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-03-24

    申请号:US13630718

    申请日:2012-09-28

    IPC分类号: G03G15/08

    CPC分类号: G03G15/0891 G03G15/0877

    摘要: A developer case includes a main body, a first transportation portion, a first transportation member, a supply member, a discharge port, and a second transportation portion. The main body contains developer. The first transportation portion has a first region that receives developer from the main body and a second region that extends from the first region in a first direction. The first transportation member transports developer in the first direction. The supply member supplies developer to the first region. Developer is discharged through the discharge port. The second transportation portion has an inlet port communicating with the second region. Developer that has not been discharged through the discharge port is supplied to the second transportation portion through the inlet port. The second transportation portion transports developer in a second direction.

    摘要翻译: 显影剂盒包括主体,第一输送部,第一输送部件,供给部件,排出口以及第二输送部。 主体包含开发者。 第一输送部分具有从主体接收显影剂的第一区域和从第一区域沿第一方向延伸的第二区域。 第一批运输工具运输开发商的第一个方向。 供应商向第一个地区供应开发商。 显影剂通过排放口排出。 第二输送部具有与第二区域连通的入口。 未通过排出口排出的显影剂通过入口供给到第二输送部。 第二输送部分沿第二方向输送显影剂。

    DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH SAME
    6.
    发明申请
    DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH SAME 有权
    开发设备和图像形成设备

    公开(公告)号:US20130315631A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-11-28

    申请号:US13899791

    申请日:2013-05-22

    IPC分类号: G03G15/08

    CPC分类号: G03G15/0891 G03G15/0893

    摘要: A developing device includes a developing roller, a developer supply path, a developer conveyance path, a supply-side conveying member and an agitating-side conveying member. The developing roller is rotatably supported in the housing. The developer supply path is arranged along the developing roller. The developer conveyance path is arranged along the developer supply path. The supply-side conveying member is a conveying member arranged in the developer supply path and includes a first receiving portion arranged to face the communication path at an upstream side in the first direction and configured to receive the developer from the developer conveyance path, and has a hollow spiral shape at a side downstream of the first receiving portion. The agitating-side conveying member is a conveying member arranged in the developer conveyance path and includes a first transferring portion arranged to face the first receiving portion at a downstream side in the second direction.

    摘要翻译: 显影装置包括显影辊,显影剂供给路径,显影剂输送路径,供给侧输送部件和搅拌侧输送部件。 显影辊可旋转地支撑在壳体中。 显影剂供应路径沿显影辊布置。 显影剂输送路径沿着显影剂供给路径布置。 供给侧传送部件是布置在显影剂供应路径中的传送部件,包括第一接收部,其布置成在第一方向的上游侧面对连通路径并且构造成从显影剂传送路径接收显影剂,并且具有 在第一接收部分的下游侧的中空螺旋形状。 搅拌侧输送构件是布置在显影剂输送路径中的输送构件,并且包括在第二方向的下游侧面对第一容纳部的第一转印部。

    Image forming apparatus that executes cleaning operation on fixing section

    公开(公告)号:US10281840B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-07

    申请号:US15964943

    申请日:2018-04-27

    IPC分类号: G03G15/08

    摘要: An image forming apparatus includes a conveyance section, an image forming section, a fixing section, a sheet output tray, a toner container, a suitable product determining section, and a control section. The suitable product determining section determines whether the toner container loaded in an apparatus body is a suitable product. When the suitable product determining section determines that the toner container is not a suitable product, the control section allows the conveyance section, the image forming section, and the fixing section to form, on a sheet, a solid image having a circumferential length of one of rotating bodies of the fixing section or longer, and allows the sheet on which the solid image is formed to pass through a fixing nip, to thereby periodically allow a cleaning operation of removing a contamination adhering to surfaces of rotating bodies of the fixing section to be performed.

    Developing device and image forming apparatus therewith, and developer carrying member therein
    8.
    发明授权
    Developing device and image forming apparatus therewith, and developer carrying member therein 有权
    显影装置和图像形成装置及其中的显影剂承载构件

    公开(公告)号:US09400453B1

    公开(公告)日:2016-07-26

    申请号:US14964077

    申请日:2015-12-09

    发明人: Eiji Nimura

    IPC分类号: G03G15/09

    摘要: A developing device includes a housing, a developer carrying member, and a magnet member. The housing contains magnetic developer. The developer carrying member is rotatably supported on the housing and carries the developer on its circumferential surface. The magnetic member has a shaft fixed inside the developer carrying member and a plurality of developer carrying member-side magnetic poles fixed to the shaft in its circumferential direction. An even number of the developer carrying member-side magnetic poles are formed by plastic magnets, one or more other of the developer carrying member-side magnetic poles are formed by rubber magnets, and one or more pairs of the plastic magnets located opposite each other across the shaft have the same shape and are fixed in axial symmetry with respect to the shaft.

    摘要翻译: 显影装置包括壳体,显影剂承载构件和磁体构件。 外壳包含磁性显影剂。 显影剂承载构件可旋转地支撑在壳体上并在其圆周表面上承载显影剂。 磁性构件具有固定在显影剂承载构件内部的轴和沿其圆周方向固定到轴的多个显影剂承载构件侧磁极。 显影剂承载构件侧磁极的偶数数量由塑料磁体形成,一个或多个显影剂承载构件侧磁极由橡胶磁体形成,并且一对或多对塑料磁体彼此相对定位 横跨轴具有相同的形状并且相对于轴以轴向对称的方式固定。

    Developing device and image forming apparatus including the same
    9.
    发明授权
    Developing device and image forming apparatus including the same 有权
    显影装置和包括其的图像形成装置

    公开(公告)号:US09152085B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-10-06

    申请号:US13681668

    申请日:2012-11-20

    IPC分类号: G03G15/08

    CPC分类号: G03G15/0889 G03G15/0893

    摘要: A developing device includes a first agitating member and a second agitating member. Each of the first and second agitating members includes a screw having a helical portion formed helically so as to define a hollow portion, and a plurality of ribs formed on the helical portion in the longitudinal direction of the screw. On at least one of the first and second agitating members, there is disposed a paddle opposed to the communicating portion on a downstream side in a transport direction of the developing powder. The paddle has a flat surface in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, and a width of a distal end of the paddle is smaller than a width of a proximal end of the paddle disposed to the agitating member in a plan view.

    摘要翻译: 显影装置包括第一搅拌构件和第二搅拌构件。 第一和第二搅拌构件中的每一个包括具有螺旋形状以形成中空部分的螺旋部分的螺钉和形成在螺钉的纵向方向上的螺旋部分上的多个肋。 在第一和第二搅拌构件中的至少一个上,在显影粉末的输送方向的下游侧设置有与连通部相对的桨叶。 桨叶在垂直于纵向方向的方向上具有平坦的表面,并且桨的远端的宽度小于在平面图中设置到搅拌构件的桨的近端的宽度。

    Developer conveyance device, development device, and image forming apparatus
    10.
    发明授权
    Developer conveyance device, development device, and image forming apparatus 有权
    显影剂输送装置,显影装置和图像形成装置

    公开(公告)号:US09104136B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-08-11

    申请号:US13944684

    申请日:2013-07-17

    IPC分类号: G03G15/08 G03G15/09

    摘要: A developer conveyance device includes a housing and a conveyance member. The conveyance member is supported to the housing and rotates to convey developer. The conveyance member includes a shaft portion, a helical member, and a plurality of reinforcement members. The plurality of reinforcement members are disposed in a circumferential direction of rotation of the conveyance member. When viewing a cross section in a direction intersecting with the rotational axis, an outer circumferential surface of the helical member includes a facing region and a non-facing region, which are defined for one reinforcement member of the plurality of reinforcement members, the facing region being a region where the one reinforcement member of the plurality of reinforcement members is projected on an opposite side of an outer circumferential surface of the helical member through the rotational axis, and the non-facing region being a region of the outer circumferential surface of the helical member which is different from the facing region. The other reinforcement member of the plurality of reinforcement members is disposed in the non-facing region.

    摘要翻译: 显影剂输送装置包括壳体和输送构件。 传送构件被支撑到壳体并旋转以传送显影剂。 输送构件包括轴部,螺旋构件和多个加强构件。 多个加强构件设置在输送构件的旋转圆周方向上。 当在与旋转轴线相交的方向上观察横截面时,螺旋构件的外周面包括被限定为多个加强构件中的一个加强构件的面对区域和不面对区域,面对区域 作为多个加强构件中的一个加强构件通过旋转轴线突出在螺旋构件的外周面的相反侧的区域,并且面向非区域是位于螺旋构件的外周面的区域 螺旋构件不同于面对区域。 多个加强构件的另一个加强构件设置在不面向区域中。