CLEANING DEVICE AND POWDER PROCESSING APPARATUS USING SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20240241473A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-18

    申请号:US18357738

    申请日:2023-07-24

    IPC分类号: G03G21/10 G03G21/20

    摘要: According to an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a cleaning device including: an elastic plate-shaped cleaning unit that has a tip portion disposed in contact with a surface of an object-to-be-cleaned which moves in a predetermined direction, is provided to be inclined in a direction facing a moving direction of the object-to-be-cleaned, and cleans hot-melt powder remaining on the object-to-be-cleaned; a facing unit that is disposed in contact with a back surface side of the object-to-be-cleaned and is provided to face the cleaning unit across the object-to-be-cleaned; and a heating unit that heats a contact portion of the cleaning unit to a temperature lower than a softening point of the powder by heating the facing unit.

    METHOD FOR PRODUCING RECYCLED DEVELOPER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE USING SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20240085848A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-14

    申请号:US18271975

    申请日:2022-03-07

    IPC分类号: G03G21/10 B41M1/04 G03G15/08

    摘要: A method is disclosed for producing a recycled developer from a waste developer generated by development of a water-developable flexographic printing original plate that has a photosensitive resin layer made from a photosensitive resin composition containing a water-dispersible resin. The method includes: leaving the waste developer to stand still in a tank so as to emerge and flocculate the photosensitive resin composition dispersed in the waste developer and thus form a solid-liquid mixed phase containing a resin flocculate beneath a liquid surface of the waste developer; and discharging the solid-liquid mixed phase containing the resin flocculate from an outlet formed on a side surface of the tank and obtaining, as a recycled developer, a liquid left in the tank, characterized in that a level of the waste developer in the tank at the time of starting the discharge is higher than the lowest position of an aperture of the outlet.

    IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    3.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230408973A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-21

    申请号:US18331671

    申请日:2023-06-08

    IPC分类号: G03G21/20 G03G15/09 G03G21/10

    摘要: An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a cleaning unit, a development device, and a control unit. The development device includes a toner collection mechanism having a developer carrier and a filter. The control unit is capable of executing a scattered toner recovery mode at non-image forming time, in which the filter is vibrated, a potential difference is generated in the direction for the toner to move from the developer carrier to the image carrier, the developer carrier is rotated in a reverse direction to that at image forming time, and the image carrier is rotated in the same direction as that at the image forming time, so that scattered toner, which has dropped from the filter and adhered to the developer carrier, is recovered by the cleaning unit via the image carrier.

    IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    4.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230273568A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-31

    申请号:US18313422

    申请日:2023-05-08

    发明人: Shougo Sato

    IPC分类号: G03G21/18 G03G21/12 G03G21/10

    摘要: A first side frame is apart from a second side frame in a first direction. A photosensitive drum is rotatable about a drum axis extending in the first direction. The photosensitive drum is rotatably supported between the first side frame and the second side frame. A grip portion extends in the first direction. A first connector extends in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The first connector connects the first side frame and a first end portion of the grip portion. The second connector extends in the second direction. The second connector connects the second side frame and a second end portion of the grip portion. A scanner unit is configured to expose the photosensitive drum to light. The scanner unit is located between the photosensitive drum and the grip portion as viewed in a third direction which is perpendicular to the first and second directions.

    IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    8.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180253037A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-09-06

    申请号:US15909807

    申请日:2018-03-01

    发明人: Hitoshi Kubota

    IPC分类号: G03G15/16 G03G21/10

    摘要: A belt unit removably attached to an apparatus body includes a cleaning unit configured to clean a belt, and a sheet metal configured to hold a blade for cleaning the belt is fixed to the cleaning unit. The sheet metal is in contact with a supporting portion of the apparatus body, whereby vibrations of the sheet metal is reduced.

    CLEANING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    9.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180224797A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-08-09

    申请号:US15881964

    申请日:2018-01-29

    IPC分类号: G03G21/00

    摘要: A cleaning device includes a blade and a seal member including a first portion having first, second and third surfaces and including a second portion having a fourth surface. The first surface opposes a free end surface of the blade. The second surface is connected with the first surface. The third surface is connected with the first and second surfaces and is perpendicular to the free end surface. The fourth surface is parallel to the third surface and the free end surface. A first interior corner line is formed by the free end surface and the third surface so as to be substantially parallel to a thickness direction of the blade. A second interior corner line is formed by the third surface and the fourth surface so as to be connected with said first interior corner line and be substantially parallel to a height direction of the blade.