公开(公告)号：US09158275B2

公开(公告)日：2015-10-13

申请号：US13964875

申请日：2013-08-12

申请人： FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.

发明人： Kazuki Inami ,  Yasunori Momomura ,  Yuki Nagamori ,  Koji Otsuka ,  Masafumi Kudo

IPC分类号： G03G21/20 ,  G03G15/02

CPC分类号： G03G21/206 ,  G03G15/0291 ,  G03G2215/027 ,  G03G2221/1645

摘要： A blower pipe includes an inlet port, an outlet port, a flow path that connects the inlet port and the outlet port and is bent at least in one location, and plural flow control members that are provided in mutually different regions in a direction in which air in the flow path is caused to flow and that control the flow of the air, wherein a flow control member of the plural flow control members closest to the inlet port (a) cuts off a portion of a bent portion of the flow path while air crossing the portion, (b) makes an elongated gap to pass air, and (c) satisfies following condition; when a virtual straight line which passes through both end portions of the elongated gap is drawn, the virtual straight line lies downstream of an extension line of a wall immediately before the flow path is bent.

摘要翻译： 吹风管包括入口端口，出口端口，连接入口端口和出口端口并至少在一个位置弯曲的流路，以及多个流量控制构件，其设置在相互不同的区域中， 导致流路中的空气流动并且控制空气的流动，其中最靠近入口端口（a）的多个流量控制构件的流量控制构件切断流路的弯曲部分的一部分，同时 穿过该部分的空气，（b）使空气通过延长的间隙，（c）满足以下条件; 当穿过细长间隙的两个端部的虚拟直线被拉出时，虚拟直线位于在流动路径弯曲之前的壁的延伸线的下游。

公开(公告)号：US08824915B2

公开(公告)日：2014-09-02

申请号：US13042811

申请日：2011-03-08

申请人： Yuichi Makino

发明人： Yuichi Makino

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

CPC分类号： G03G15/0258 ,  G03G15/0291 ,  G03G21/203 ,  G03G21/206 ,  G03G2215/027

摘要： An image forming apparatus includes a corona charger, including a charging electrode, for charging a photosensitive member; a cleaning member for cleaning the charging electrode; a shutter in the form of a sheet for opening and closing an opening provided between the charging electrode of the corona charger and the photosensitive member; a driving unit for driving the shutter and the cleaning member; a fan for supplying the air toward the photosensitive member through the opening of the corona charger; and a controller for controlling the fan such that an air supply operation of the fan is stopped before the shutter operates to close the opening.

摘要翻译： 图像形成装置包括：电晕充电器，包括用于对感光构件充电的充电电极; 用于清洁充电电极的清洁部件; 用于打开和关闭设置在电晕充电器的充电电极和感光构件之间的开口的片材形式的快门; 用于驱动所述活门和所述清洁构件的驱动单元; 用于通过所述电晕充电器的开口将空气供给所述感光构件的风扇; 以及用于控制风扇的控制器，使得在快门操作之前停止风扇的供气操作以关闭开口。

公开(公告)号：US08805238B2

公开(公告)日：2014-08-12

申请号：US13475188

申请日：2012-05-18

申请人： Arichika Tanaka ,  Kuniaki Tanaka

发明人： Arichika Tanaka ,  Kuniaki Tanaka

IPC分类号： G03G21/18 ,  G03G15/02

CPC分类号： G03G15/0291 ,  G03G2215/0177 ,  G03G2215/027

摘要： An image forming apparatus includes a latent-image forming member including a latent-image carrier and support portions, a charging member including a discharge electrode and a control electrode, restraining portions that restrain both ends of the control electrode in a width direction, and abutting portions that are provided on the support portions, that include curved surfaces, and that are abutted against the control electrode. The curved surfaces have a center of curvature that coincides with a rotational center of the latent-image carrier, and are at a position where a distance from the latent-image carrier in a radial direction is equal to a distance between the latent-image carrier and the control electrode. When the charging member is attached to the latent-image forming member, the control electrode is abutted against the curved surfaces by the restraining portions and is deformed along the curved surfaces.

摘要翻译： 图像形成装置包括具有潜像载体和支撑部的潜像形成部件，包括放电电极和控制电极的充电部件，限制控制电极的宽度方向的两端的抵接部， 设置在支撑部分上的部分，其包括弯曲表面，并且抵靠控制电极。 弯曲表面具有与潜像载体的旋转中心一致的曲率中心，并且处于与潜像载体在径向方向上的距离等于潜像载体之间的距离的位置 和控制电极。 当充电构件附接到潜像形成构件时，控制电极通过约束部分抵靠弯曲表面并且沿着弯曲表面变形。

公开(公告)号：US08761641B2

公开(公告)日：2014-06-24

申请号：US13368980

申请日：2012-02-08

申请人： Arichika Tanaka ,  Kuniaki Tanaka

发明人： Arichika Tanaka ,  Kuniaki Tanaka

IPC分类号： G03G15/02

CPC分类号： G03G15/0291 ,  G03G2215/0177 ,  G03G2215/027

摘要： An image forming apparatus has a latent image forming portion that includes a latent image carrier having a cylindrical shape, and a supporting member disposed at both ends of the latent image carrier and rotatably supporting the latent image carrier, a charging unit that includes a discharge electrode supplying electric charge to the latent image carrier, and a grid electrode having a shape curved around the latent image carrier, a first supporting portion that supports the curved grid electrode from the latent image carrier side, a second supporting portion that supports the curved grid electrode from the discharge electrode side, and a pinching unit that pinches the grid electrode between the first supporting portion and the second supporting portion in a contact state.

摘要翻译： 图像形成装置具有潜像形成部，该潜像形成部包括具有圆筒形状的潜像载体，以及支撑部件，其设置在潜像载体的两端并可旋转地支撑潜像载体，充电单元包括放电电极 向潜像载体提供电荷，以及具有围绕潜像载体弯曲的形状的栅格电极，从潜像载体侧支撑弯曲栅格电极的第一支撑部分，支撑弯曲栅格电极的第二支撑部分 以及在接触状态下将栅电极夹在第一支撑部和第二支撑部之间的夹持单元。

公开(公告)号：US08526844B2

公开(公告)日：2013-09-03

申请号：US12985130

申请日：2011-01-05

申请人： Yuzo Ichikawa ,  Yasuo Takayama

发明人： Yuzo Ichikawa ,  Yasuo Takayama

IPC分类号： G03G15/02

CPC分类号： G03G15/02 ,  G03G2215/027

摘要： There is provided a cleaning device including: a cleaning member disposed that cleans the discharge member; a guide member disposed along the length direction of the discharge member and guides the cleaning member in the length direction of the discharge member; and a drive device which, when executing a cleaning operation where the drive device reciprocally moves the cleaning member along the guide member from a standby position set on one length direction end portion of the discharge member or a return operation where the drive device returns the cleaning member along the guide member to the standby position, applies to the cleaning member a driving force in an opposite direction of a moving direction in which movement of the cleaning member is to be started and thereafter applies to the cleaning member a driving force in the moving direction.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种清洁装置，包括：清洁部件，其设置成清洁排出部件; 引导构件，其沿着所述排出构件的长度方向设置，并且在所述排出构件的长度方向上引导所述清洁构件; 以及驱动装置，当执行清洁操作时，其中所述驱动装置沿着所述引导构件从设置在所述排出构件的一个长度方向端部上的待机位置往复地移动所述清洁构件或所述驱动装置返回所述清洁的返回操作 沿着引导构件到待机位置的构件向清洁构件施加驱动力，该驱动力沿着移动方向的相反方向移动，在移动方向上，清洁构件的运动将被启动，然后对清洁构件施加移动中的驱动力 方向。

公开(公告)号：US08503896B2

公开(公告)日：2013-08-06

申请号：US12569704

申请日：2009-09-29

申请人： Katsumi Inukai ,  Masamitsu Takahashi

发明人： Katsumi Inukai ,  Masamitsu Takahashi

IPC分类号： G03G15/02

CPC分类号： G03G15/0266 ,  G03G15/0291 ,  G03G2215/027

摘要： An image formation device for forming an image on a print medium by an electrophotographic process comprises a photosensitive body on which a developer image to be transferred to the print medium is formed by the electrophotographic process including charging of the photosensitive body, a charging unit which includes a charging wire and a grid and thereby electrically charges the photosensitive body, a charging power unit which applies wire potential to the charging wire, a wire potential measuring unit which measures the wire potential, and a charging control unit which controls the amount of electric charge supplied from the charging unit to the photosensitive body by controlling the wire potential based on the wire potential measured by the wire potential measurement unit. The charging control unit includes a control range restricting unit which restricts a control range of the wire potential within a prescribed electric potential.

摘要翻译： 一种用于通过电子照相方法在打印介质上形成图像的图像形成装置包括：感光体，通过包括感光体的充电在内的电子照相处理形成要传送到打印介质的显影剂图像的感光体，包括 充电线和格栅，从而对感光体进行电荷充电，将线电位施加到充电线的充电电源单元，测量线电位的线电位测量单元，以及控制电荷量的充电控制单元 通过基于由线电位测量单元测量的线电位控制线电位从充电单元提供给感光体。 充电控制单元包括控制范围限制单元，其限制在规定电位内的线电位的控制范围。

公开(公告)号：US20130164023A1

公开(公告)日：2013-06-27

申请号：US13623321

申请日：2012-09-20

申请人： Takashi Shimizu ,  Koji Abe ,  Junichi Hashimoto

发明人： Takashi Shimizu ,  Koji Abe ,  Junichi Hashimoto

IPC分类号： G03G15/02 ,  G03G21/18

CPC分类号： G03G15/0258 ,  G03G15/0291 ,  G03G2215/0141 ,  G03G2215/027

摘要： A photosensitive member unit includes: a first image forming unit including a first photosensitive member rotatable on a first axis line; and a second image forming unit including a second photosensitive member rotatable on a second axis line parallel with the first axis line and disposed in parallel with the first image forming unit at a first side in an orthogonal direction perpendicular to the first and second axis lines. The first image forming unit includes a charger and a cartridge containing portion. The charger includes: a charging member; a cleaning member for cleaning the charging member; and an operating member for operating the cleaning member. The operating member is inoperable when the developing cartridge is installed in the cartridge containing portion, and is exposed to be operable in the cartridge containing portion when the developing cartridge is removed from the cartridge containing portion.

摘要翻译： 感光构件单元包括：第一图像形成单元，包括可在第一轴线上旋转的第一感光构件; 以及第二图像形成单元，其包括可在与第一轴线平行的第二轴线上旋转的第二感光构件，并且在与第一和第二轴线垂直的正交方向上的第一侧与第一图像形成单元平行设置。 第一图像形成单元包括充电器和盒容纳部。 充电器包括：充电部件; 用于清洁充电部件的清洁部件; 以及用于操作清洁构件的操作构件。 当显影盒安装在盒容纳部分中时，操作构件不可操作，并且当显影盒从盒容纳部分移除时，操作构件可暴露于在盒容纳部分中可操作。

公开(公告)号：US20120251180A1

公开(公告)日：2012-10-04

申请号：US13238628

申请日：2011-09-21

申请人： Yuki NAGAMORI ,  Koji OTSUKA ,  Kuniaki TANAKA ,  Arichika TANAKA

发明人： Yuki NAGAMORI ,  Koji OTSUKA ,  Kuniaki TANAKA ,  Arichika TANAKA

IPC分类号： G03G15/02

CPC分类号： G03G15/0291 ,  G03G2215/027

摘要： A charging device includes a discharge electrode that extends along an axial direction of a member to be charged; and a potential control plate disposed between the member to be charged and the discharge electrode and curved along a peripheral surface of the member to be charged. The potential control plate includes three or more structural lines that are arranged in a circumferential direction of the member to be charged and that linearly extend along the axial direction, and connecting portions arranged in the axial direction, each connecting portion connecting two or more of the three or more structural lines to each other, the two or more structural lines being next to each other in the circumferential direction. The structural lines connected by one of the connecting portions and those connected by another one of the connecting portions are at least partly different from each other.

摘要翻译： 充电装置包括：沿着待充电部件的轴向延伸的放电电极; 以及电位控制板，设置在待充电部件与放电电极之间，并沿着被充电部件的周面弯曲。 电位控制板包括沿着轴向方向直线延伸的沿轴向方向配置的三条以上的结构线，以及沿轴向配置的连接部，将连接两个以上的连接部 三个以上的结构线彼此相邻，两个或更多个结构线在圆周方向上彼此相邻。 由一个连接部分连接的结构线和由另一个连接部分连接的结构线至少部分地彼此不同。

公开(公告)号：US08244147B2

公开(公告)日：2012-08-14

申请号：US13194244

申请日：2011-07-29

申请人： Masanobu Nakajima ,  Takahiro Nakase ,  Naoyuki Yamamoto

发明人： Masanobu Nakajima ,  Takahiro Nakase ,  Naoyuki Yamamoto

IPC分类号： G03G15/16

CPC分类号： G03G15/0291 ,  G03G15/751 ,  G03G2215/027

摘要： An image forming apparatus is constituted by an image bearing member; a corona charging member including a wire; a heat generating member for generating heat by energization; a shielding member, including the heat generating member, capable of shielding a portion of the corona charging member opposing to the image bearing member from the image bearing member by being moved between the corona charging member and the image bearing member; an energization control member for controlling energization of the heat generating member; and moving member for moving the shielding member to a first position at which the shielding member shields the portion and a second position retracted from the first position. When the shielding member is located at the first position, at least a part of the heat generating member is disposed between the corona charging member and the image bearing member.

摘要翻译： 图像形成装置由图像承载部件构成; 包括线的电晕充电部件; 通过通电产生热量的发热部件; 包括所述发热元件的屏蔽部件能够通过在所述电晕充电部件和所述图像承载部件之间移动而将与所述图像承载部件相对的所述电晕充电部件的一部分从所述图像承载部件屏蔽起来; 通电控制部件，用于控制发热部件的通电; 以及用于将屏蔽构件移动到屏蔽构件遮蔽该部分的第一位置和从第一位置缩回的第二位置的移动构件。 当屏蔽构件位于第一位置时，发热构件的至少一部分设置在电晕充电构件和图像承载构件之间。

公开(公告)号：US08224191B2

公开(公告)日：2012-07-17

申请号：US12291882

申请日：2008-11-14

申请人： Hitoshi Asaka

发明人： Hitoshi Asaka

IPC分类号： G03G15/00

CPC分类号： G03G15/55 ,  G03G15/502 ,  G03G2215/027

摘要： A main control section 41 displays a prompt for cleaning of a discharge wire 15-2 to a user together with a prompt for maintenance work for replacement of a toner container (consumable item) 21 to the user on a display screen of a touch panel section 53, for example, when a replacement timing of the toner container (consumable item) 21 that has been reached is detected. The user who sees the content of the display carries out cleaning work of the discharge wire 15-2 at the same time with maintenance work for replacement of the toner container 21. This can contribute to an improvement in user convenience and also increase the operating capacity of an apparatus body to the extent possible.

摘要翻译： 主控制部分41在触摸面板部分的显示屏幕上向用户显示用于清洁放电线15-2的提示以及用于更换调色剂容器（消耗品）21的维护工作的提示。 例如，当检测到已达到的调色剂容器（消耗品）21的更换时机时。 看到显示内容的用户同时进行放电线15-2的清洁工作，同时进行更换调色剂容器21的维护工作。这有助于提高用户便利性，并且还可以提高操作容量 的设备主体。