Image forming apparatus
    1.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11988975B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-21

    申请号:US17888020

    申请日:2022-08-15

    IPC分类号: G03G15/02 G03G21/00

    CPC分类号: G03G15/0258 G03G21/0023

    摘要: An image forming apparatus includes a rotatable photosensitive member, a charging member, a developing device, a blade, a detecting portion, and a controller. The controller causes the photosensitive member to rotate through one full circumference or more on the following conditions during a predetermined operation: (i) a voltage which is a discharge start voltage or more is applied to the charging member, and (ii) an operation condition of the developing device is a first condition on which an amount of fog toner deposited from the developer carrying member on the photosensitive member is less than an amount of the fog toner in a second condition which is an operation condition of the developing device during a sheet interval before the image formation during the continuous image formation is interrupted.

    CLEANING BODY, CLEANING DEVICE, CHARGING DEVICE, ASSEMBLY, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20240045353A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-08

    申请号:US18188431

    申请日:2023-03-22

    发明人: Fuyuki KANO

    IPC分类号: G03G15/02

    CPC分类号: G03G15/0258

    摘要: A cleaning body includes a core, and a foam elastic layer that is disposed by winding a strip-shaped foam elastic member around an outer peripheral surface of the core in a helical shape from one end to the other end of the core, in which the foam elastic layer has cells and a cell skeleton that is a partition wall present between the cells, the cell skeleton has a tip portion protruding on a contact surface of the foam elastic layer with a body to be cleaned, and a diameter of the tip portion is equal to or less than 50 μm, and in the cells, a ratio Dy/Dx of an average cell diameter Dy in a radial direction of the core to an average cell diameter Dx in a width direction of the foam elastic layer is equal to or greater than 1.2 and equal to or less than 2.1.

    Image forming apparatus with branched ducts for cooling of image forming units

    公开(公告)号:US11822284B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-21

    申请号:US17837597

    申请日:2022-06-10

    发明人: Yuki Tashiro

    IPC分类号: G03G21/00 G03G21/20 G03G15/02

    摘要: An image forming apparatus includes a first image forming unit, a second image forming unit, and an intake unit. The intake unit includes an intake duct provided at one side relative to the first and the second image forming units in an arrangement direction of the plurality of image forming units and configured to take in air outside the image forming apparatus from an intake port, a first fan configured to take in air from a first communication port, and a second fan configured to take in air from a second communication port. The intake unit branches air taken in from the intake duct to the air taken in from the first communication port by the first fan and the air taken in from the second communication port by the second fan, and blows the air to each of the first image forming unit and the second image forming unit.

    Image forming apparatus
    4.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11796934B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-24

    申请号:US17975701

    申请日:2022-10-28

    发明人: Shinya Yasuda

    IPC分类号: G03G15/02 G03G21/18

    摘要: In a case where a cleaning member is located at a cleaning position in attachment of a process cartridge to an image forming apparatus, a stopper located at a first position butts against the process cartridge guided in a direction of attachment by a guide portion such that the process cartridge is disabled from being attached to the image forming apparatus, and in a case where the cleaning member is located at a retraction position in attachment of the process cartridge to the image forming apparatus, a lever portion moves due to a press by a cleaning unit and the stopper moves from the first position to a second position such that the process cartridge is enabled to be attached to the image forming apparatus.

    IMAGE READING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20190082074A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-14

    申请号:US16129561

    申请日:2018-09-12

    发明人: Ryo Takayama

    摘要: An image reading device includes a feeder, a flexible transmission path, and a charge remover. The feeder conveys an image sensor in a forward direction directed from a reading start position toward a reading end position, and a backward direction opposite thereto. The flexible transmission path extends from a connection portion that is electrically connected to the image sensor, to a specific location within a reading range between the reading start position and the reading end position, and curved the connection portion and the specific location. The charge remover includes a conductor which abuts on an upper surface of the flexible transmission path and is grounded. With a reciprocal movement of the image sensor, the charge remover moves between a stop position being away from the reading start position in the forward direction, and a position being on the reading end position side of the stop position.

    CLEANING ROLLER PROVIDED WITH SHAFT AND ELASTIC BODY WOUND THEREABOUT

    公开(公告)号:US20180299819A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-18

    申请号:US16014652

    申请日:2018-06-21

    IPC分类号: G03G21/00 G03G15/02

    摘要: A cleaning roller includes a shaft and an elastic body. The shaft extends in an axial direction where a center axis of the shaft extends. The shaft defines a radial direction and has a circumferential surface. The elastic body is helically wound about the shaft and defines a helical direction. The elastic body has a widthwise dimension in a widthwise direction orthogonal to the helical direction and to the radial direction. The elastic body has a base end portion extending in the helical direction and a distal end portion extending in the helical direction. The base end portion is in contact with the circumferential surface and fixed thereto. The distal end portion has a sharp edge and is positioned farthest from the circumferential surface in the radial direction. The widthwise dimension is gradually reduced from the base end portion to the distal end portion in the radial direction.

    Image forming apparatus and charging device

    公开(公告)号:US09817366B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-11-14

    申请号:US14635373

    申请日:2015-03-02

    IPC分类号: G03G21/20 G03G15/02

    摘要: An image forming apparatus includes: a charging section configured to charge a surface of an image bearing member; an air-intake duct having an air-supply port, and configured to guide air sucked from an outside to the charging section through the air-supply port; an exhaust duct having an air-intake port, and configured to suck air around the charging section through the air-intake port and eject the air thus sucked. The air-intake duct has a configuration in which air guided to the charging section through the air-supply port flows in a direction orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the charging section, or flows toward a center of the charging section in the longitudinal direction.

    IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    10.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20170248865A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-08-31

    申请号:US15222194

    申请日:2016-07-28

    发明人: Kazuma TERANISHI

    IPC分类号: G03G15/02

    摘要: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit that forms an image by forming an electrostatic latent image on an image carrier, which is charged by a charging member to which a normal voltage is applied, on the basis of image information and by supplying a developer to the image carrier; an application unit that applies a special alternating-current voltage to the charging member, the special alternating-current voltage at least having an amplitude that is greater than that of an alternating-current voltage that is applied when forming the image; and an instruction unit that instructs the application unit to apply the special alternating-current voltage at a specific time in a period other than an image forming period during which the image forming unit forms the image.