公开(公告)号：US09170544B2

公开(公告)日：2015-10-27

申请号：US14470096

申请日：2014-08-27

申请人： Ryota Yamashina ,  Hiroshi Seo ,  Arinobu Yoshiura ,  Takumi Waida

发明人： Ryota Yamashina ,  Hiroshi Seo ,  Arinobu Yoshiura ,  Takumi Waida

IPC分类号： G03G15/00 ,  G03G15/20

CPC分类号： G03G15/55 ,  G03G15/2039 ,  G03G15/502 ,  G03G15/5029 ,  G03G2215/00738

摘要： An image forming apparatus for forming an image on each of recording media includes an optical sensor to irradiate each of the recording media with light to detect smoothness of each of the recording media according to a strength of specularly reflected light of the light with which each of the recording media is irradiated, and a processor to compare the smoothness of the recording media to determine whether a normal image can be formed on one of the recording media having a smoothness detected last.

摘要翻译： 用于在每个记录介质上形成图像的图像形成装置包括光学传感器，用于根据光的镜面反射光的强度来照射每个记录介质的光以检测每个记录介质的平滑度， 照射记录介质，以及处理器，用于比较记录介质的平滑度，以确定是否可以在具有最后检测到的平滑度的记录介质中的一个上形成正常图像。

公开(公告)号：US09195183B2

公开(公告)日：2015-11-24

申请号：US14473448

申请日：2014-08-29

申请人： Ryota Yamashina ,  Hiroshi Seo ,  Takashi Seto ,  Arinobu Yoshiura

发明人： Ryota Yamashina ,  Hiroshi Seo ,  Takashi Seto ,  Arinobu Yoshiura

IPC分类号： G03G15/20

CPC分类号： G03G15/2028 ,  G03G15/5054

摘要： An image forming apparatus includes a conveyance passage unit, a fixing device, an optical sensor, a fixing condition adjuster, and a regulator. A recording medium passes through the conveyance passage unit. The fixing device fixes a toner image onto the recording medium. The optical sensor includes a light-emitting device and a light-receiving device to detect smoothness of the recording medium according to strength of light received. The fixing condition adjuster adjusts fixing conditions according to the smoothness detected. The regulator is disposed in the conveyance passage unit to regulate conveyance of the recording medium, such that at least a part of the recording medium passes through an irradiated area including an intersection that is determined by an emission angle of a first optical axis of light emitted by the light-emitting device and a reflection angle of a second optical axis of light received by the light-receiving device.

摘要翻译： 图像形成装置包括输送通道单元，定影装置，光学传感器，定影条件调节器和调节器。 记录介质通过输送通道单元。 定影装置将调色剂图像固定到记录介质上。 光学传感器包括发光装置和光接收装置，用于根据所接收的光的强度检测记录介质的平滑度。 固定条件调节器根据检测到的平滑度调整固定条件。 调节器设置在输送通道单元中以调节记录介质的输送，使得记录介质的至少一部分通过包括由发射的第一光轴的发射角确定的交点的照射区域 并且由光接收装置接收的光的第二光轴的反射角。

公开(公告)号：US20150071661A1

公开(公告)日：2015-03-12

申请号：US14473448

申请日：2014-08-29

申请人： Ryota Yamashina ,  Hiroshi Seo ,  Takashi Seto ,  Arinobu Yoshiura

发明人： Ryota Yamashina ,  Hiroshi Seo ,  Takashi Seto ,  Arinobu Yoshiura

IPC分类号： G03G15/20

CPC分类号： G03G15/2028 ,  G03G15/5054

摘要： An image forming apparatus includes a conveyance passage unit, a fixing device, an optical sensor, a fixing condition adjuster, and a regulator. A recording medium passes through the conveyance passage unit. The fixing device fixes a toner image onto the recording medium. The optical sensor includes a light-emitting device and a light-receiving device to detect smoothness of the recording medium according to strength of light received. The fixing condition adjuster adjusts fixing conditions according to the smoothness detected. The regulator is disposed in the conveyance passage unit to regulate conveyance of the recording medium, such that at least a part of the recording medium passes through an irradiated area including an intersection that is determined by an emission angle of a first optical axis of light emitted by the light-emitting device and a reflection angle of a second optical axis of light received by the light-receiving device.

摘要翻译： 图像形成装置包括输送通道单元，定影装置，光学传感器，定影条件调节器和调节器。 记录介质通过输送通道单元。 定影装置将调色剂图像固定到记录介质上。 光学传感器包括发光装置和光接收装置，用于根据所接收的光的强度检测记录介质的平滑度。 固定条件调节器根据检测到的平滑度调整固定条件。 调节器设置在输送通道单元中以调节记录介质的输送，使得记录介质的至少一部分通过包括由发射的第一光轴的发射角确定的交点的照射区域 并且由光接收装置接收的光的第二光轴的反射角。

公开(公告)号：US09122212B2

公开(公告)日：2015-09-01

申请号：US14161078

申请日：2014-01-22

申请人： Ippei Fujimoto ,  Kazuhito Kishi ,  Masahiro Samei ,  Hiroshi Ono ,  Hiroshi Seo ,  Yasunori Ishigaya ,  Ryota Yamashina ,  Takumi Waida ,  Takeshi Yamamoto

发明人： Ippei Fujimoto ,  Kazuhito Kishi ,  Masahiro Samei ,  Hiroshi Ono ,  Hiroshi Seo ,  Yasunori Ishigaya ,  Ryota Yamashina ,  Takumi Waida ,  Takeshi Yamamoto

IPC分类号： G03G15/20

CPC分类号： G03G15/2042 ,  G03G2215/2035

摘要： A fixing device includes a fixing rotary body, an opposed member opposing the fixing rotary body to form a nipping portion, and a heater to heat the fixing rotary body. The heater includes heat generators arranged in a width direction of a recording medium and separately supplied with power. When an unfixed image on the medium has an image area and a non-image area, power supplied to each of the heat generators is controlled so that, of the heat generators, a first heat generator corresponding to the image area becomes a higher temperature and second heat generators corresponding to the non-image area becomes a lower temperature. When the second heat generators are adjacent to each other, power supplied to one of the second heat generators closer to the image area is set to be greater than power supplied to another of the second heat generators farther from the image area.

摘要翻译： 定影装置包括固定旋转体，与定影旋转体相对的相对构件以形成夹持部分，以及加热器来加热定影旋转体。 加热器包括沿记录介质的宽度方向布置并分开供电的发热体。 当介质上的未定影图像具有图像区域和非图像区域时，控制供应给每个发热体的功率，使得在发热体中，对应于图像区域的第一热发生器变得更高温度， 对应于非图像区域的第二热发生器变为较低温度。 当第二发热体彼此相邻时，供给到靠近图像区域的第二热发生器中的一个的功率被设定为大于向图像区域更远的另一个第二发热体提供的功率。

公开(公告)号：US09075357B2

公开(公告)日：2015-07-07

申请号：US14174134

申请日：2014-02-06

申请人： Kazuhito Kishi ,  Takumi Waida ,  Masahiro Samei ,  Hiroshi Ono ,  Takeshi Yamamoto ,  Ippei Fujimoto ,  Hiroshi Seo ,  Ryota Yamashina ,  Yasunori Ishigaya ,  Takashi Fujita

发明人： Kazuhito Kishi ,  Takumi Waida ,  Masahiro Samei ,  Hiroshi Ono ,  Takeshi Yamamoto ,  Ippei Fujimoto ,  Hiroshi Seo ,  Ryota Yamashina ,  Yasunori Ishigaya ,  Takashi Fujita

IPC分类号： G03G15/20

CPC分类号： G03G15/2042

摘要： A fixing device includes a rotatable fixing member to rotate while contacting an unfixed image; a pressure member to form a fixing nip with the fixing member; a heating member having a plurality of heating elements divided in a direction perpendicular to a conveyance direction of a sheet; a heat performance sensor to detect heating performance of each heating element of the heating member, and a controller to control the heating member. The controller controls each heating element independently such that a temperature of a portion of the fixing member corresponding to a blank area becomes lower than the temperature of a portion of the fixing member corresponding to an image area; and controls the temperature to be maintained at each heating element based on the detection result of the heating performance of each heating element detected by the heat performance sensor.

摘要翻译： 固定装置包括可旋转的固定构件，以在接触未定影图像的同时旋转; 压力构件，用于与所述固定构件形成定影辊隙; 加热构件，其具有沿与片材的输送方向垂直的方向分割的多个加热元件; 用于检测加热构件的每个加热元件的加热性能的热性能传感器，以及用于控制加热构件的控制器。 控制器独立地控制每个加热元件，使得对应于空白区域的固定构件的一部分的温度变得低于对应于图像区域的固定构件的一部分的温度; 并且根据由热性能传感器检测到的各加热元件的加热性能的检测结果来控制在各加热元件上保持的温度。

公开(公告)号：US08948641B2

公开(公告)日：2015-02-03

申请号：US13759349

申请日：2013-02-05

申请人： Ippei Fujimoto ,  Hiroshi Seo ,  Ryota Yamashina ,  Takumi Waida

发明人： Ippei Fujimoto ,  Hiroshi Seo ,  Ryota Yamashina ,  Takumi Waida

IPC分类号： G03G15/20 ,  G03G13/20

CPC分类号： G03G15/205 ,  G03G13/20 ,  G03G15/2046 ,  G03G2215/2035

摘要： A fixing device includes a rotatable fuser member, a rotatable pressure member, a heater, a temperature detector, and a controller. The rotatable fuser member is subjected to heating. The rotatable pressure member is disposed opposite the fuser member. The pressure member presses against the fuser member to form a fixing nip therebetween. The heater is disposed adjacent to the fuser member to heat the fuser member. The temperature detector is directed to at least one of the fuser member, the pressure member, and the heater to detect an operational temperature of the fixing device. The controller is operatively connected to the temperature detector and the heater to control power supply to the heater according to readings of the temperature detector, so as to regulate the detected operational temperature at a setpoint temperature that is variable depending on a print page printed on the recording medium.

摘要翻译： 定影装置包括可旋转的定影器构件，可旋转的压力构件，加热器，温度检测器和控制器。 可旋转的定影器构件经受加热。 可旋转的压力构件设置成与定影器构件相对。 压力部件压靠定影部件，以在它们之间形成定影辊隙。 加热器邻近定影器构件设置以加热定影器构件。 温度检测器指向定影器构件，压力构件和加热器中的至少一个，以检测定影装置的操作温度。 控制器可操作地连接到温度检测器和加热器，以根据温度检测器的读数来控制对加热器的供电，以便根据打印在印刷机上的打印页面可变的设定点温度调节检测到的操作温度 记录介质。

公开(公告)号：US09176438B2

公开(公告)日：2015-11-03

申请号：US14193260

申请日：2014-02-28

申请人： Ryota Yamashina ,  Takumi Waida ,  Hiroshi Seo ,  Takashi Seto

发明人： Ryota Yamashina ,  Takumi Waida ,  Hiroshi Seo ,  Takashi Seto

IPC分类号： G03G15/00 ,  G03G15/20

CPC分类号： G03G15/2046 ,  G03G15/5029 ,  G03G15/6588 ,  G03G2215/00599 ,  G03G2215/00603 ,  G03G2215/00751

摘要： An image forming apparatus includes an image forming device to form a toner image on a recording medium under a prescribed image forming condition, a fixing device to fix the toner image borne on the recording medium thereonto by heating the recording medium based on target fixing temperature, and a detector to detect a type of recording medium. The type is used in setting at least one of the image forming condition and the target fixing temperature. The inequality Tb>Ta is established when Ta represents a time period needed to reach a setting of fixing temperature allocated to the recording medium with its tip detected by the detector after detection of the tip and Tb represents a time period needed for the recording medium with its tip detected by the detector to reach the fixing device after detection of the tip.

摘要翻译： 图像形成装置包括在规定的图像形成条件下在记录介质上形成调色剂图像的图像形成装置，通过基于目标定影温度加热记录介质将调色剂图像承载在其上的定影装置， 以及检测器，用于检测记录介质的类型。 该类型用于设置图像形成条件和目标定影温度中的至少一个。 当Ta表示在检测到尖端后由检测器检测到的尖端到达分配给记录介质的定影温度的设置所需的时间段时，建立不等式Tb> Ta，Tb表示记录介质所需的时间段， 其检测器的尖端在检测到尖端后到达定影装置。

公开(公告)号：US09069302B2

公开(公告)日：2015-06-30

申请号：US14167121

申请日：2014-01-29

申请人： Masahiro Samei ,  Takumi Waida ,  Hiroshi Ono ,  Takeshi Yamamoto ,  Ippei Fujimoto ,  Hiroshi Seo ,  Yasunori Ishigaya ,  Kazuhito Kishi ,  Ryota Yamashina

发明人： Masahiro Samei ,  Takumi Waida ,  Hiroshi Ono ,  Takeshi Yamamoto ,  Ippei Fujimoto ,  Hiroshi Seo ,  Yasunori Ishigaya ,  Kazuhito Kishi ,  Ryota Yamashina

IPC分类号： G03G15/20

CPC分类号： G03G15/2039 ,  G03G2215/2035

摘要： A fixing device includes a fixing rotary body, an opposed member, a heater, and a heating controller. The opposed member opposes the fixing rotary body to form a nipping portion therebetween. The heater includes heat generators arranged in a width direction of a recording medium. When the recording medium fed to the nipping portion has an image area and a non-image area, the heating controller controls the outputs of the heat generators based on image information so that a first heat generator of the heat generators corresponding to the image area is higher in temperature and a second heat generator of the heat generators corresponding to the non-image area is lower in temperature. Based on information other than the image information, the heating controller temporarily shifts an area of the fixing rotary body corresponding to the non-image area to a temperature differing from a normal temperature.

摘要翻译： 定影装置包括固定旋转体，相对构件，加热器和加热控制器。 相对的构件与固定旋转体相对，以在它们之间形成夹紧部分。 加热器包括沿记录介质的宽度方向布置的热发生器。 当馈送到夹持部分的记录介质具有图像区域和非图像区域时，加热控制器基于图像信息控制发热体的输出，使得与图像区域对应的热发生器的第一热发生器为 对应于非图像区域的发热体的温度越高，第二发热体的温度越低。 基于除了图像信息之外的信息，加热控制器将与非图像区域相对应的定影旋转体的区域临时移动到与正常温度不同的温度。

公开(公告)号：US08965230B2

公开(公告)日：2015-02-24

申请号：US13753827

申请日：2013-01-30

申请人： Ryota Yamashina ,  Hiroshi Seo ,  Ippei Fujimoto ,  Takumi Waida

发明人： Ryota Yamashina ,  Hiroshi Seo ,  Ippei Fujimoto ,  Takumi Waida

IPC分类号： G03G15/20

CPC分类号： G03G15/205 ,  G03G2215/2029

摘要： A fixing device includes a rotatable fuser member, a rotatable pressure member, a heater, and a controller. The rotatable fuser member is subjected to heating. The rotatable pressure member is disposed opposite the fuser member. The pressure member presses against the fuser member to form a fixing nip therebetween, through which multiple recording media, each spaced apart from each other by an interval distance in a conveyance direction, are sequentially conveyed at a conveyance speed. The heater is disposed adjacent to the fuser member to heat the fuser member. The controller is operatively connected to the heater to control power supply to the heater through a series of on-off switching control cycles, each including an on-time during which the heater power supply is on, and an off-time during which the heater power supply is off, in synchronization with conveyance of the recording medium.

摘要翻译： 定影装置包括可旋转的定影器构件，可旋转的压力构件，加热器和控制器。 可旋转的定影器构件经受加热。 可旋转的压力构件设置成与定影器构件相对。 压力构件压靠定影部件，在其间形成定影辊隙，通过该定影辊将输送方向间隔开的多个记录介质以传送速度依次传送。 加热器邻近定影器构件设置以加热定影器构件。 控制器可操作地连接到加热器，以通过一系列开 - 关切换控制循环来控制对加热器的供电，每个开关控制周期包括加热器电源打开的导通时间和加热器电源打开期间的关闭时间 与记录介质的输送同步，电源关闭。

公开(公告)号：US20140227001A1

公开(公告)日：2014-08-14

申请号：US14174134

申请日：2014-02-06

申请人： Kazuhito KISHI ,  Takumi Waida ,  Masahiro Samei ,  Hiroshi Ono ,  Takeshi Yamamoto ,  Ippei Fujimoto ,  Hiroshi Seo ,  Ryota Yamashina ,  Yasunori Ishigaya ,  Takashi Fujita

发明人： Kazuhito KISHI ,  Takumi Waida ,  Masahiro Samei ,  Hiroshi Ono ,  Takeshi Yamamoto ,  Ippei Fujimoto ,  Hiroshi Seo ,  Ryota Yamashina ,  Yasunori Ishigaya ,  Takashi Fujita

IPC分类号： G03G15/20

CPC分类号： G03G15/2042

摘要： A fixing device includes a rotatable fixing member to rotate while contacting an unfixed image; a pressure member to form a fixing nip with the fixing member; a heating member having a plurality of heating elements divided in a direction perpendicular to a conveyance direction of a sheet; a heat performance sensor to detect heating performance of each heating element of the heating member, and an controller to control the heating member. The controller controls each heating element independently such that a temperature of a portion of the fixing member corresponding to a blank area becomes lower than the temperature of a portion of the fixing member corresponding to an image area; and controls the temperature to be maintained at each heating element based on the detection result of the heating performance of each heating element detected by the heat performance sensor.

摘要翻译： 固定装置包括可旋转的固定构件，以在接触未定影图像的同时旋转; 压力构件，用于与所述固定构件形成定影辊隙; 加热构件，其具有沿与片材的输送方向垂直的方向分割的多个加热元件; 用于检测加热构件的每个加热元件的加热性能的热性能传感器，以及用于控制加热构件的控制器。 控制器独立地控制每个加热元件，使得对应于空白区域的固定构件的一部分的温度变得低于对应于图像区域的固定构件的一部分的温度; 并且根据由热性能传感器检测到的各加热元件的加热性能的检测结果来控制在各加热元件上保持的温度。