公开(公告)号：US20110052264A1

公开(公告)日：2011-03-03

申请号：US12705442

申请日：2010-02-12

申请人： Shiro SUZUKI ,  Atsushi OGIHARA ,  Masahiro SATO ,  Atsuyuki KITAMURA

发明人： Shiro SUZUKI ,  Atsushi OGIHARA ,  Masahiro SATO ,  Atsuyuki KITAMURA

IPC分类号： G03G15/01

CPC分类号： G03G15/0152 ,  G03G15/0121 ,  G03G15/0163 ,  G03G15/0173 ,  G03G21/1647 ,  G03G21/1676 ,  G03G2215/0177 ,  G03G2221/1657

摘要： A developing device includes: plural developing units; a rotary body, where the plural developing units are attached, that rotates so as to place one of the plural developing units in a developing position to develop a subject of development; a first driving unit that drives the rotary body; a second driving unit that drives at least one of the plural developing units; and a regulatory mechanism that regulates a position of the rotary body using a rotational force caused in the rotary body in accordance with driving by the second driving unit.

摘要翻译： 显影装置包括：多个显影单元; 旋转体，其中安装有多个显影单元，其旋转以将多个显影单元中的一个放置在显影位置以形成显影对象; 驱动旋转体的第一驱动单元; 驱动多个显影单元中的至少一个的第二驱动单元; 以及调节机构，其使用根据第二驱动单元的驱动在旋转体中产生的旋转力来调节旋转体的位置。

公开(公告)号：US20110318067A1

公开(公告)日：2011-12-29

申请号：US12906603

申请日：2010-10-18

申请人： Tetsuji OKAMOTO ,  Masahiro SATO ,  Atsushi OGIHARA ,  Junichi MURAKAMI ,  Koichi WATANABE ,  Shuichi NISHIDE ,  Atsuyuki KITAMURA

发明人： Tetsuji OKAMOTO ,  Masahiro SATO ,  Atsushi OGIHARA ,  Junichi MURAKAMI ,  Koichi WATANABE ,  Shuichi NISHIDE ,  Atsuyuki KITAMURA

IPC分类号： G03G15/01

CPC分类号： G03G15/6564 ,  G03G2215/00556

摘要： An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier that is rotatable; a transfer member that is rotatably disposed so as to face the image carrier, the transfer member transferring an image carried by the image carrier to a sheet; a leading end gripping member that is attached to the transfer member, the leading end gripping member gripping a leading end of the sheet in the transport direction on an outer peripheral surface of the transfer member; a trailing end holding member that holds a trailing end of the sheet in the transport direction between the trailing end holding member and the outer peripheral surface of the transfer member; and a controller that changes a distance between the leading end gripping member and the trailing end holding member when holding the sheet on the basis of a length of the sheet in the transport direction.

摘要翻译： 图像形成装置包括可旋转的图像载体; 转印构件，其被可旋转地设置成面对图像载体，所述转印构件将由所述图像载体承载的图像转印到片材上; 前端夹持构件，其安装在所述转印构件上，所述前端夹持构件在所述转印构件的外周面上沿所述输送方向夹持所述纸的前端; 后端保持构件，其在所述后端保持构件和所述转印构件的外周面之间沿所述输送方向保持所述片材的后端; 以及控制器，当基于输送方向上的片材的长度来保持片材时，改变前端夹持构件和后端保持构件之间的距离。

公开(公告)号：US20130223895A1

公开(公告)日：2013-08-29

申请号：US13557942

申请日：2012-07-25

申请人： Atsushi OGIHARA ,  Shuichi NISHIDE ,  Wataru SUZUKI ,  Koichi WATANABE ,  Tetsuji OKAMOTO ,  Masahiro SATO ,  Atsuyuki KITAMURA

发明人： Atsushi OGIHARA ,  Shuichi NISHIDE ,  Wataru SUZUKI ,  Koichi WATANABE ,  Tetsuji OKAMOTO ,  Masahiro SATO ,  Atsuyuki KITAMURA

IPC分类号： G03G15/01

CPC分类号： G03G15/1665

摘要： In an image forming apparatus, the following inequalities (1) and (2) are satisfied: (L1−L3)×(V2/V1)

摘要翻译： 在图像形成装置中，满足以下不等式（1）和（2）：（L1-L3）×（V2 / V1）

公开(公告)号：US20130071151A1

公开(公告)日：2013-03-21

申请号：US13371053

申请日：2012-02-10

申请人： Tetsuji OKAMOTO ,  Atsushi OGIHARA ,  Wataru SUZUKI ,  Koichi WATANABE ,  Shuichi NISHIDE ,  Masahiro SATO ,  Atsuyuki KITAMURA

发明人： Tetsuji OKAMOTO ,  Atsushi OGIHARA ,  Wataru SUZUKI ,  Koichi WATANABE ,  Shuichi NISHIDE ,  Masahiro SATO ,  Atsuyuki KITAMURA

IPC分类号： G03G15/01

CPC分类号： G03G15/162 ,  G03G15/0173 ,  G03G2215/0177

摘要： An image forming apparatus includes an image carrying member, a transfer member, a leading-end holding member, and a trailing-end holding member. The leading-end holding member is mounted on the transfer member and holds, on an outer peripheral surface of the transfer member, a leading-end portion of a recording medium fed to a sheet feeding position that is further upstream than a transfer position in a rotation direction of the transfer member. The trailing-end holding member rotates along the outer peripheral surface. The trailing-end holding member presses the recording medium against the outer peripheral surface while waiting at a waiting position that is further upstream than the transfer position and downstream than the sheet feeding position, and holds a trailing end portion on the outer peripheral surface while rotating together with the transfer member when the trailing end portion of the recording medium arrives at the waiting position.

摘要翻译： 图像形成装置包括图像承载构件，转印构件，前端保持构件和后端保持构件。 前端保持构件安装在转印构件上，并且在转印构件的外周面上保持供给到进纸位置的记录介质的前端部分，该供纸位置比在 转印构件的旋转方向。 后端保持构件沿着外周面旋转。 后端保持构件在等待位于比传送位置更靠近的位置并且比送纸位置更下游的等待位置的同时将记录介质压靠在外周面上，并且在旋转时将后端部保持在外周面上 当记录介质的后端部到达等待位置时，与传送构件一起。

公开(公告)号：US20120251149A1

公开(公告)日：2012-10-04

申请号：US13247284

申请日：2011-09-28

申请人： Masahiro SATO ,  Atsuyuki KITAMURA ,  Atsushi OGIHARA ,  Tetsuji OKAMOTO ,  Koichi WATANABE ,  Shuichi NISHIDE ,  Wataru SUZUKI

发明人： Masahiro SATO ,  Atsuyuki KITAMURA ,  Atsushi OGIHARA ,  Tetsuji OKAMOTO ,  Koichi WATANABE ,  Shuichi NISHIDE ,  Wataru SUZUKI

IPC分类号： G03G15/00 ,  G03G15/08 ,  G03G15/01 ,  G03G15/16

CPC分类号： G03G21/1647 ,  G03G15/0173 ,  G03G2215/0177 ,  G03G2221/163 ,  G03G2221/1642 ,  G03G2221/1657

摘要： An image forming apparatus includes a main body portion including an image carrier, an image-carrier driving unit, a latent-image forming unit, a developing-unit attachment section, and a transfer-unit attachment section. The developing-unit attachment section receives a first developing unit having plural developing members or a second developing unit having a single developing member. The transfer-unit attachment section receives a first transfer unit, which includes a first transfer member capable of retaining a recording medium and a first transfer driving unit that rotates the first transfer member, and a second transfer unit, which includes a second transfer member that cannot retain the recording medium. When the first developing unit and the first transfer unit are attached to the developing-unit attachment section and the transfer-unit attachment section, respectively, the first transfer driving unit is mechanically connected to the first developing unit.

摘要翻译： 图像形成装置包括：主体部分，包括图像载体，图像载体驱动单元，潜像形成单元，显影单元附着部分和转印单元安装部分。 显影单元附接部接收具有多个显影元件的第一显影单元或具有单个显影元件的第二显影单元。 转印单元附接部分接收第一转印单元，该第一转印单元包括能够保持记录介质的第一转印元件和使第一转印元件旋转的第一转印驱动单元和包括第二转印元件的第二转印元件， 不能保留记录介质。 当第一显影单元和第一转印单元分别附接到显影单元附接部分和转印单元附接部分时，第一转印驱动单元机械地连接到第一显影单元。

公开(公告)号：US20130223896A1

公开(公告)日：2013-08-29

申请号：US13564485

申请日：2012-08-01

申请人： Shuichi NISHIDE ,  Masahiro SATO ,  Tetsuji OKAMOTO ,  Atsushi OGIHARA ,  Koichi WATANABE ,  Wataru SUZUKI ,  Atsuyuki KITAMURA

发明人： Shuichi NISHIDE ,  Masahiro SATO ,  Tetsuji OKAMOTO ,  Atsushi OGIHARA ,  Koichi WATANABE ,  Wataru SUZUKI ,  Atsuyuki KITAMURA

IPC分类号： G03G15/01

CPC分类号： G03G15/1665

摘要： An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a transfer body, an elastic layer, a gripper, and a pressing member. The gripper is located in a cutout region in which a cutout is formed. The gripper grips a leading end portion of the recording medium wrapped around the transfer body and releases the leading end portion that is to be separated from the transfer body. At least part of the pressing member is located closer to a trailing-end side of the recording medium than the gripper. The pressing member presses a leading end side of the recording medium, whose leading end portion is gripped by the leading-end gripper, against the elastic layer.

摘要翻译： 图像形成装置包括图像载体，转印体，弹性层，夹持器和按压部件。 夹持器位于形成切口的切口区域中。 夹持器夹住缠绕在转印体上的记录介质的前端部分，并释放与转印体分离的前端部分。 按压构件的至少一部分比夹具更靠近记录介质的后端侧。 按压构件将前端部由前端夹持器夹持的记录介质的前端侧压靠弹性层。

公开(公告)号：US20130078012A1

公开(公告)日：2013-03-28

申请号：US13407145

申请日：2012-02-28

申请人： Masahiro SATO ,  Atsuyuki KITAMURA ,  Atsushi OGIHARA ,  Tetsuji OKAMOTO ,  Koichi WATANABE ,  Wataru SUZUKI ,  Shuichi NISHIDE

发明人： Masahiro SATO ,  Atsuyuki KITAMURA ,  Atsushi OGIHARA ,  Tetsuji OKAMOTO ,  Koichi WATANABE ,  Wataru SUZUKI ,  Shuichi NISHIDE

IPC分类号： G03G15/01

CPC分类号： G03G15/167 ,  G03G2215/00409 ,  G03G2215/00565 ,  G03G2215/00675 ,  G03G2215/0177

摘要： An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a transfer member, a gripper that grips a leading end portion of a recording medium, and a restraining portion that is disposed so as to face an outer peripheral surface of the transfer member and that is movable relative to the transfer member. The restraining member restrains a trailing end portion of the recording medium that is gripped by the gripper from rising. The restraining portion has widths in a rotational axis direction of the transfer member and in a transport direction of the recording medium and is capable of facing the recording medium in a faceable region, and a part of the faceable region over which the restraining portion faces the trailing end portion of the recording medium is larger than a part of the faceable region over which the restraining member does not face the trailing end portion.

摘要翻译： 图像形成装置包括图像载体，转印构件，夹持记录介质的前端部的夹持器和被配置为面对转印构件的外周表面并且是可移动相对的限制部分 到转移构件。 限制构件限制由夹持器夹紧的记录介质的后端部分上升。 限制部分具有沿着转印部件的旋转轴线方向并且在记录介质的输送方向上的宽度，并且能够面对面对区域中的记录介质，并且限制部分面向的区域的一部分 记录介质的尾端大于限制构件不面向后端部的面部区域的一部分。

公开(公告)号：US20110194878A1

公开(公告)日：2011-08-11

申请号：US12880611

申请日：2010-09-13

申请人： Junichi MURAKAMI ,  Atsuyuki KITAMURA ,  Masahiro SATO ,  Atsushi OGIHARA ,  Tetsuji OKAMOTO ,  Koichi WATANABE ,  Shuichi NISHIDE

发明人： Junichi MURAKAMI ,  Atsuyuki KITAMURA ,  Masahiro SATO ,  Atsushi OGIHARA ,  Tetsuji OKAMOTO ,  Koichi WATANABE ,  Shuichi NISHIDE

IPC分类号： G03G15/01

CPC分类号： G03G15/167

摘要： An image forming apparatus includes: an image carrier; a transfer member transfers the image carried on the outer circumferential surface of the image carrier onto a recording medium; a holding member that holds, on an outer circumferential surface of the transfer member, the recording medium fed to the transfer member; and a control unit that performs control so that in first image formation operation in which images of plural colors carried by the image carrier are sequentially transferred onto a single recording medium one color at a time, the holding member holds the recording medium on the transfer member, and in second image formation operation in which an image of a single color carried by the image carrier is transferred onto a single recording medium, the holding member does not hold, the recording medium on the transfer member.

摘要翻译： 图像形成装置包括：图像载体; 转印构件将承载在图像载体的外周表面上的图像转印到记录介质上; 保持构件，其在所述转印构件的外周面上保持供给到所述转印构件的记录介质; 以及控制单元，其进行控制，使得在第一图像形成操作中，由图像载体承载的多种颜色的图像一次一次地顺序地转印到单个记录介质上，保持构件将记录介质保持在转印构件上 并且在由图像载体承载的单色图像被转印到单个记录介质上的第二图像形成操作中，保持构件不保持在记录介质上的转印构件。

公开(公告)号：US20120076540A1

公开(公告)日：2012-03-29

申请号：US13036494

申请日：2011-02-28

申请人： Shiro SUZUKI ,  Yoshifumi OZAKI ,  Akihiko NODA ,  Atsuyuki KITAMURA

发明人： Shiro SUZUKI ,  Yoshifumi OZAKI ,  Akihiko NODA ,  Atsuyuki KITAMURA

IPC分类号： G03G15/01 ,  G03G15/09

CPC分类号： G03G15/0812

摘要： A developing device includes: a developer holding body including: a hollow development rotary body which is opposed to an image holding body capable of holding a toner image and has a smooth surface whose surface roughness is lower than or equal to 5 μm in terms of maximum height; and a magnet member which is fixedly housed in the development rotary body and in which a plurality of magnetic poles are arranged alongside its periphery, the developer holding body operating in such a manner that developer containing toner and carrier is held on the development rotary body by magnetic force produced by the magnetic poles of the magnet member as the development rotary body is rotated; a layer regulating rotary body as defined herein; and a development driving device as defined herein.

摘要翻译： 显影装置包括：显影剂保持体，包括：中空显影旋转体，其与能够保持调色剂图像的图像保持体相对，并且具有表面粗糙度以最大值表示为5μm以下的光滑表面 高度; 以及固定地容纳在显影旋转体中并且多个磁极沿着其周边布置的磁性构件，显影剂保持体以使包含调色剂和载体的显影剂被保持在显影旋转体上的方式操作， 由作为显影旋转体的磁性构件的磁极产生的磁力旋转; 如本文所定义的层调节旋转体; 以及如本文所定义的显影驱动装置。

公开(公告)号：US20090269115A1

公开(公告)日：2009-10-29

申请号：US12409051

申请日：2009-03-23

申请人： Masahiro SATO ,  Atsuyuki KITAMURA ,  Junichi MURAKAMI ,  Tetsuji OKAMOTO ,  Koichi WATANABE ,  Shuichi NISHIDE

发明人： Masahiro SATO ,  Atsuyuki KITAMURA ,  Junichi MURAKAMI ,  Tetsuji OKAMOTO ,  Koichi WATANABE ,  Shuichi NISHIDE

IPC分类号： G03G15/00

CPC分类号： G03G15/234 ,  G03G15/6564 ,  G03G15/6567 ,  G03G2215/00734 ,  G03G2215/0177

摘要： An image forming apparatus includes: an image carrier; a developing device that supplies one of plural color developers to the image carrier and forms a developer image; a transfer unit that transfers the developer image to a recording medium; a fixing unit that fixes the developer image; a transport path for transporting the recording medium from a supply position to an exit port; a return path for transporting the recording medium subjected to the fixing process to a position upstream of the transfer unit for performing subsequent processes on a developer image of another color developer; and a plane, including a junction of the transport path and the return path and a center of rotation of the developing device, being provided at a 90°—or wider angle with respect to a plane including a transfer position and the center of rotation of the developing device, on an upstream side of the another plane in a transport direction of the recording medium.

摘要翻译： 图像形成装置包括：图像载体; 显影装置，其将多个彩色显影剂中的一个提供给图像载体并形成显影剂图像; 将显影剂图像转印到记录介质的转印单元; 固定单元，其固定显影剂图像; 用于将记录介质从供给位置传送到出口的传送路径; 用于将经过定影处理的记录介质传送到转印单元上游位置的返回路径，用于对另一彩色显影剂的显影剂图像进行后续处理; 并且包括输送路径和返回路径的接合点和显影装置的旋转中心的平面相对于包括转印位置和旋转中心的平面以90°或更宽的角度设置 显影装置在记录介质的输送方向上的另一平面的上游侧。