公开(公告)号：US20150116718A1

公开(公告)日：2015-04-30

申请号：US14512657

申请日：2014-10-13

申请人： Terumichi OCHI ,  Takumi WAIDA ,  Shinji KATO ,  Toshihiro ISHII ,  Shuji HIRAI ,  Takashi FUJITA ,  Shinichi NAMEKATA ,  Ryota YAMASHINA ,  Arinobu YOSHIURA ,  Motoyoshi YAMANO

发明人： Terumichi OCHI ,  Takumi WAIDA ,  Shinji KATO ,  Toshihiro ISHII ,  Shuji HIRAI ,  Takashi FUJITA ,  Shinichi NAMEKATA ,  Ryota YAMASHINA ,  Arinobu YOSHIURA ,  Motoyoshi YAMANO

IPC分类号： G01N21/47 ,  G03G15/00

CPC分类号： G03G15/5029 ,  G01N21/55

摘要： An optical sensor includes a light-emitting unit to emit light onto a measuring object, a regular reflection light receiver to receive regular reflection light from the measuring object out of the light emitted by the light-emitting unit, and a diffuse reflection light receiver to receive diffuse reflection light from the measuring object out of the light emitted by the light-emitting unit. An angle of incidence of the light emitted onto a surface of the measuring object is not smaller than 75° and not larger than 85°. The diffuse reflection light receiver receives, out of the diffuse reflection light from the measuring object, diffuse reflection light having an angle of reflection with respect to a perpendicular to the surface of the measuring object larger than 0° and smaller than an angle of reflection of the regular reflection light with respect to the perpendicular to the surface of the measuring object.

摘要翻译： 光学传感器包括：发光单元，用于将光发射到测量对象;正射反射光接收器，用于从发光单元发射的光中接收来自测量对象的规则反射光;漫反射光接收器， 从发光单元发出的光中接收来自测量对象的漫反射光。 发射到测量对象表面上的光的入射角不小于75°并且不大于85°。 漫反射光接收器从测量对象的漫反射光中接收到相对于测量对象表面的垂直方向的反射角大于0°并且小于0°的反射角的漫反射光 相对于测量对象表面垂直的正反射光。

公开(公告)号：US20150261161A1

公开(公告)日：2015-09-17

申请号：US14643082

申请日：2015-03-10

申请人： Takumi WAIDA ,  Shuji HIRAI ,  Terumichi OCHI ,  Shinji KATO ,  Ryota YAMASHINA ,  Keitaro SHOJI

发明人： Takumi WAIDA ,  Shuji HIRAI ,  Terumichi OCHI ,  Shinji KATO ,  Ryota YAMASHINA ,  Keitaro SHOJI

IPC分类号： G01J4/00 ,  G03G15/00

CPC分类号： G03G15/5029 ,  G03G2215/00616 ,  G03G2215/00734

摘要： A recording media smoothness detector includes a sensor and a calculator. The sensor includes a light source to emit light toward a recording medium and a light-detecting device to detect an amount of light reflected by the recording medium. The calculator includes a first memory to store an initial output value of the sensor and a second memory to store a decreased output percentage of the sensor relative to the initial output value per number of recording media detected. The calculator is configured to calculate a decreased output amount of the sensor from the decreased output percentage of the sensor per number of recording media detected, according to number of recording media detected by the sensor, to adjust a luminosity of the sensor based on the calculated decreased output amount of the sensor and determine smoothness of the recording medium based on an output of the sensor after the adjustment.

摘要翻译： 记录介质平滑度检测器包括传感器和计算器。 传感器包括朝向记录介质发射光的光源和用于检测由记录介质反射的光量的光检测装置。 计算器包括用于存储传感器的初始输出值的第一存储器和用于存储传感器相对于每个检测到的记录介质的初始输出值减小的输出百分比的第二存储器。 计算器被配置为根据传感器检测到的记录介质的数量，根据传感器检测到的记录介质的数量，从传感器的输出百分比减小来计算传感器的输出量，以根据计算出的传感器的发光度来调节传感器的亮度 降低传感器的输出量，并且在调整之后基于传感器的输出确定记录介质的平滑度。

公开(公告)号：US20150205241A1

公开(公告)日：2015-07-23

申请号：US14592278

申请日：2015-01-08

申请人： Ryota YAMASHINA ,  Keitaro SHOJI ,  Shuji HIRAI ,  Takumi WAIDA ,  Terumichi OCHI

发明人： Ryota YAMASHINA ,  Keitaro SHOJI ,  Shuji HIRAI ,  Takumi WAIDA ,  Terumichi OCHI

IPC分类号： G03G15/00 ,  G03G15/20

CPC分类号： G03G15/5029 ,  G03G15/2039

摘要： An image forming apparatus includes a storage to store recording media, a smoothness detector to detect smoothness of the recording media, a memory unit to store smoothness values detected by the smoothness detector, a transfer device to transfer a toner image onto the recording media, a fixing device to fix the toner image onto the recording media, a temperature controller to determine a target fixing temperature for a second and subsequent recording media based on a predicted value calculated from the smoothness values, and a processor to reset the smoothness values in response to detection of an external factor that causes the smoothness detector to provide a smoothness value out of a predetermined range of the predicted value during an image forming operation from when the processor receives a sheet-feeding permission signal of one of the recording media stored in the storage until the recording medium is ejected.

摘要翻译： 图像形成装置包括存储记录介质的存储器，用于检测记录介质的平滑度的平滑度检测器，存储由平滑度检测器检测的平滑度值的存储单元，将调色剂图像转印到记录介质上的传送装置， 固定装置，用于将调色剂图像固定到记录介质上，温度控制器，用于基于从平滑度值计算的预测值来确定第二和随后的记录介质的目标定影温度，以及处理器，以响应于 在图像形成操作期间，从处理器接收到存储在存储器中的记录介质之一的送纸许可信号时，使得平滑度检测器在预定值的预定范围内提供平滑度值的外部因素的检测 直到记录介质被排出。

公开(公告)号：US20150071660A1

公开(公告)日：2015-03-12

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之一上形成正常图像。

公开(公告)号：US20150227095A1

公开(公告)日：2015-08-13

申请号：US14693550

申请日：2015-04-22

申请人： Takeshi UCHITANI ,  Masahiko SATOH ,  Masaaki YOSHIKAWA ,  Kenji ISHII ,  Tadashi OGAWA ,  Takahiro IMADA ,  Hiromasa TAKAGI ,  Hiroshi YOSHINAGA ,  Arinobu YOSHIURA ,  Teppei KAWATA ,  Takamasa HASE ,  Hajime GOTOH ,  Takuya SESHITA ,  Kazuya SAITO ,  Toshihiko SHIMOKAWA ,  Kensuke YAMAJI ,  Shuutaroh YUASA ,  Akira SUZUKI ,  Shinichi NAMEKATA ,  Ryota YAMASHINA ,  Yasunori ISHIGAYA

发明人： Takeshi UCHITANI ,  Masahiko SATOH ,  Masaaki YOSHIKAWA ,  Kenji ISHII ,  Tadashi OGAWA ,  Takahiro IMADA ,  Hiromasa TAKAGI ,  Hiroshi YOSHINAGA ,  Arinobu YOSHIURA ,  Teppei KAWATA ,  Takamasa HASE ,  Hajime GOTOH ,  Takuya SESHITA ,  Kazuya SAITO ,  Toshihiko SHIMOKAWA ,  Kensuke YAMAJI ,  Shuutaroh YUASA ,  Akira SUZUKI ,  Shinichi NAMEKATA ,  Ryota YAMASHINA ,  Yasunori ISHIGAYA

IPC分类号： G03G15/20

CPC分类号： G03G15/2039 ,  G03G15/205 ,  G03G2215/2035

摘要： A fixing device capable of shifting to a sleep state includes a heat source; a rotatable fixing member that is partly heated by the heat source to heat an unfixed image carrying surface of a recording medium; a rotatable pressing member that is in pressure contact with the fixing member to form a nip portion between the pressing member and the fixing member; a rotation drive unit that directly or indirectly rotates the fixing member; a temperature detecting unit that detects a temperature of the fixing member; and a controller configured to prohibit the fixing device from shifting to the sleep state when the temperature of the fixing member in a region facing the heat source is equal to or more than a predetermined temperature T1 at a point when a predetermined time period t1 has elapsed from the stop of rotation drive of the rotation drive unit.

摘要翻译： 能够转移到睡眠状态的固定装置包括热源; 可旋转的固定构件，其被热源部分地加热以加热记录介质的未固定的图像承载表面; 与所述固定部件压力接触以在所述按压部件和所述固定部件之间形成夹持部的旋转按压部件; 旋转驱动单元，其直接或间接地旋转所述固定构件; 温度检测单元，其检测所述固定构件的温度; 以及控制器，被配置为当经过预定时间段t1的时刻，当面向热源的区域中的固定构件的温度等于或大于预定温度T1时，禁止定影装置转移到睡眠状态 从旋转驱动单元的旋转驱动停止。

公开(公告)号：US20130209120A1

公开(公告)日：2013-08-15

申请号：US13759443

申请日：2013-02-05

申请人： Shinichi NAMEKATA ,  Takeshi UCHITANI ,  Takamasa HASE ,  Shuutaroh YUASA ,  Kazuya SAITO ,  Ryota YAMASHINA ,  Ippei FUJIMOTO ,  Hiroshi SEO ,  Takumi WAIDA

发明人： Shinichi NAMEKATA ,  Takeshi UCHITANI ,  Takamasa HASE ,  Shuutaroh YUASA ,  Kazuya SAITO ,  Ryota YAMASHINA ,  Ippei FUJIMOTO ,  Hiroshi SEO ,  Takumi WAIDA

IPC分类号： G03G15/20

CPC分类号： G03G15/2042 ,  G03G2215/2035

摘要： Heat-equalizing rotation of a fixing member and a pressing member for equalizing the distribution of the temperature of a surface of the fixing member in a width direction is performed after a recording medium having a size less than or equal to a predetermined size in the width direction passes a nip portion and before a recording medium having a size greater than the predetermined size in the width direction passes the nip portion. Further, a termination condition of the heat-equalizing rotation is selected from among a plurality of different kinds of termination conditions, based on image formation related information related to next image formation performed after the heat-equalizing rotation.

摘要翻译： 在具有尺寸小于或等于预定尺寸的记录介质的宽度方向上执行固定构件和用于均衡固定构件的表面在宽度方向上的温度分布的按压构件的均热旋转 方向通过夹持部分，并且在宽度方向上具有大于预定尺寸的尺寸的记录介质通过夹持部分之前。 此外，基于与在热均衡旋转之后进行的下一次图像形成相关的图像形成相关信息，从多个不同种类的终止条件中选择热均衡旋转的终止条件。

公开(公告)号：US20130209122A1

公开(公告)日：2013-08-15

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.

公开(公告)号：US20150234329A1

公开(公告)日：2015-08-20

申请号：US14703508

申请日：2015-05-04

申请人： Takamasa HASE ,  Kenji ISHII ,  Tadashi OGAWA ,  Teppei KAWATA ,  Arinobu YOSHIURA ,  Toshihiko SHIMOKAWA ,  Kensuke YAMAJI ,  Takeshi UCHITANI ,  Shuutaroh YUASA ,  Masaaki YOSHIKAWA ,  Hiroshi YOSHINAGA ,  Hiromasa TAKAGI ,  Naoki IWAYA ,  Takahiro IMADA ,  Hajime GOTOH ,  Takuya SESHITA ,  Ryota YAMASHINA ,  Yasunori ISHIGAYA

发明人： Takamasa HASE ,  Kenji ISHII ,  Tadashi OGAWA ,  Teppei KAWATA ,  Arinobu YOSHIURA ,  Toshihiko SHIMOKAWA ,  Kensuke YAMAJI ,  Takeshi UCHITANI ,  Shuutaroh YUASA ,  Masaaki YOSHIKAWA ,  Hiroshi YOSHINAGA ,  Hiromasa TAKAGI ,  Naoki IWAYA ,  Takahiro IMADA ,  Hajime GOTOH ,  Takuya SESHITA ,  Ryota YAMASHINA ,  Yasunori ISHIGAYA

IPC分类号： G03G15/20

CPC分类号： G03G15/2039 ,  G03G15/205 ,  G03G15/80 ,  G03G2215/2035

摘要： According to an embodiment, provided is a fixing device that includes: a rotatable fixing member that heats a recording medium on a side carrying an unfixed image; a rotatable pressing member that is pressed and is contacted with the fixing member to form a nip portion between the pressing member and the fixing member; a heat source heating the fixing member; a relay switch provided in an energizing path for the heat source; a temperature detection sensor detecting a temperature of the fixing member; and a control unit that controls energization of the heat source according to the temperature detected by the temperature detection sensor. The control unit keeps the relay switch in an off state if the temperature of the fixing member is equal to or more than a predetermined temperature when the fixing member has stopped rotation.

摘要翻译： 根据实施例，提供一种定影装置，其包括：可旋转的固定构件，其在承载未定影图像的一侧加热记录介质; 可旋转的按压构件，其被按压并与所述固定构件接触以在所述按压构件和所述固定构件之间形成夹持部; 加热所述固定构件的热源; 设置在所述热源的通电路径中的继电器开关; 检测所述固定部件的温度的温度检测传感器; 以及控制单元，其根据由温度检测传感器检测到的温度来控制热源的通电。 如果固定部件停止转动时，如果固定部件的温度等于或大于预定温度，则控制单元将继电器开关保持在关闭状态。

公开(公告)号：US20140270822A1

公开(公告)日：2014-09-18

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： G03G15/20

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：US20140219672A1

公开(公告)日：2014-08-07

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。