IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT

    公开(公告)号:US20240329586A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-03

    申请号:US18617666

    申请日:2024-03-27

    IPC分类号: G03G15/00

    CPC分类号: G03G15/55 G03G15/5016

    摘要: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit that forms an image on a medium; a transport unit that transports the medium; and a light emission unit that indicates status of either one, or both, of the image forming unit and the transport unit by using a plurality of light sources including a first light source, a second light source, and a third light source, wherein the light emission unit is configured to perform light emission based on a first light emission mode in which the first light source and the second light source are on at a same time and perform light emission based on a second light emission mode in which the first light source and the third light source are on at a same time.

    Image forming apparatus
    3.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12072662B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-27

    申请号:US17227431

    申请日:2021-04-12

    IPC分类号: G03G21/12 G03G15/00

    摘要: An image forming apparatus includes a first seal, on which a first discrimination mark is displayed, provided at a position corresponding to a first mounting portion for mounting a first collecting container for collecting residual toner, and a second seal, on which a second discrimination mark is displayed, provided at a position corresponding to a second mounting portion for mounting a second collecting container for collecting residual toner. A notifying device notifies, in a case that one of the first collecting container and the second collecting container becomes full, information prompting exchange of the collecting container which becomes full and identifying the collecting container to be exchanged by indicating the first discrimination mark or the second discrimination mark.

    Image forming apparatus abnormality detection

    公开(公告)号:US12072656B1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-27

    申请号:US18184750

    申请日:2023-03-16

    发明人: Koji Takahashi

    IPC分类号: G03G15/00

    CPC分类号: G03G15/55 G03G15/5016

    摘要: According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, a charging roller, an exposure unit, a developing device, a transfer roller, and a control unit. The charging roller charges the image bearing member. The exposure unit forms an electrostatic latent image on the surface of the image bearing member. The developing device develops the electrostatic latent image formed on the surface of the image bearing member into a toner image. The transfer roller transfers the toner image from the image bearing member. The control unit detects a resistance detection voltage of the transfer roller as a voltage for detecting that there is an abnormality in the image bearing member.

    REPLENISHING SYSTEM
    5.
    发明公开
    REPLENISHING SYSTEM 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240168425A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-23

    申请号:US18420989

    申请日:2024-01-24

    IPC分类号: G03G15/00 G03G15/08

    摘要: A replenishing system includes a first image forming apparatus including a first image forming portion, a first accommodating portion and a first mounting port, a second image forming apparatus including a second image forming portion, a second accommodating portion and a second mounting port different from the first mounting port in a shape, a first accommodating device including a first interface portion and accommodating a consumable agent, a second accommodating device including a second interface portion different from the first interface portion in a shape and accommodating a consumable agent. The first interface portion is mountable on the first mounting port, the consumable agent accommodated by the first accommodating device is capable of being replenished, the second interface portion is not mountable on the first mounting port, each of the first and second interface portions is mountable on the second mounting port, and the consumable agent accommodated by the first and second accommodating device are capable of being replenished each other.

    IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    7.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240152090A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-09

    申请号:US18497155

    申请日:2023-10-30

    发明人: KOKI SATO

    IPC分类号: G03G21/16 G03G15/00

    摘要: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a casing, a door, a guide portion, a swing member, a regulation portion, and an operating portion. The guide portion includes a first area where the door is rotatable from the closed position to the first opened position, and a second area where the door is rotatable from a position where the door is opened more than the first opened position to the second opened position. The regulation portion switches a regulating state where the guided portion is regulated from moving from the first area to the second area, and an allowable state where the guided portion is allowed to move from the first area to the second area. When the guided portion is positioned at the second area in the regulating state, the regulation portion allows the guided portion to move from the second area to the first area.

    Image forming system
    8.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11977348B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-07

    申请号:US17968287

    申请日:2022-10-18

    IPC分类号: G03G15/00 G03G15/22

    摘要: An image forming system includes an image forming apparatus configured to form a toner image on a recording material, a varnish application apparatus configured to apply a varnish to the recording material, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to apply a first application amount of varnish to the recording material per unit area in a case of executing the image forming job for forming a varnish layer on a recording material having a first grammage, and is configured to apply a second application amount of varnish to the recording material per unit area in a case of executing the image forming job for forming the varnish layer on a recording material having a second grammage lower than the first grammage, the second application amount being higher than the first application amount.