IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    1.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240345499A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-17

    申请号:US18610624

    申请日:2024-03-20

    IPC分类号: G03G15/02 G03G15/01

    摘要: An image forming apparatus includes: a rotating photosensitive member; an optical print head including a substrate on which a plurality of light emitting portions emitting light to expose the photosensitive member is provided, a lens condensing the light emitted by the plurality of light emitting portions on the photosensitive member, and a holder holding the substrate and the lens; a cleaning rod abutting on the lens and cleaning the lens; and a guiding member guiding the cleaning rod along a rotational axis direction of the photosensitive member and restricting movement of the cleaning rod in an optical axis direction orthogonal to both the rotational axis direction and a width direction of the substrate orthogonal to the rotational axis direction, the guiding member being separate from the holder.

    IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    2.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240337962A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-10

    申请号:US18613394

    申请日:2024-03-22

    发明人: Naruhito GESHI

    摘要: An image forming apparatus includes a primary transfer unit 42 that is attachable and detachable. The primary transfer unit includes a contact and separation mechanism 62 that causes primary transfer rollers 60 to come into contact with and separate from photoreceptor drums 36. The contact and separation mechanism includes a plurality of arm members 76, a link member 78, a cam member 80, and a first grip 92. In the contact and separation mechanism, the cam member rotates by receiving a driving force from a drive source to cause the link member to reciprocate to a color position and a monochrome position, and the link member is moved to a release position by a user by using the first grip to cause all of the primary transfer rollers to separate from the photoreceptor drums.

    TRANSFER DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    4.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240329556A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-03

    申请号:US18451495

    申请日:2023-08-17

    摘要: A transfer device includes an intermediate transfer member consisting of an endless belt which consists of a layer containing a resin including at least one resin selected from the group consisting of a polyimide resin, a polyamide-imide resin, an aromatic polyether ether ketone resin, a polyphenylene sulfide resin, and a polyetherimide resin, conductive carbon particles, a silicone oil containing at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of dimethylpolysiloxane and organic group-substituted dimethylpolysiloxane or has the layer as an outermost layer, and in which an integral value of a statistical quantity L(r) represented by the following Equation (1) is 0 or more and 0.1 or less at an interparticle distance r of 0.05 μm or more and 0.30 μm or less in a spatial distribution of the conductive carbon particles existing in a 6.3 μm×4.2 μm evaluation region within an outer peripheral surface of the endless belt, a primary transfer device having a primary transfer roll made of a metal that applies an electric field to the intermediate transfer member by coming into contact with an inner peripheral surface of the intermediate transfer member, and performing primary transfer of a toner image formed on a surface of an image holder to the outer peripheral surface of the intermediate transfer member, and a secondary transfer device performing secondary transfer of the toner image transferred to the outer peripheral surface of the intermediate transfer member to a surface of a recording medium.








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    [In Equation (2), 1(|Xi−Xj|≤r) represents an indicator function, Xi and Xj represent coordinates of points i and j respectively, |Xi−Xj| represents a Euclidean distance between the coordinates Xi and Xj, r represents the interparticle distance, s(|Xi−Xj|) represents an edge correction factor s(x) of an evaluation region represented by the following Equation (3), x equals |Xi−Xj|, N represents the total number of particles in the evaluation region, and λ represents a number density of particles in the evaluation region.]








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    [In Equation (3), Lx and Ly represent lengths (μm) of the sides of the evaluation region in an x-axis direction and a y-axis direction respectively, x equals |Xi−Xj|, Xi and Xj represent coordinates of points i and j respectively, and |Xi−Xj| represents a Euclidean distance between the coordinates Xi and Xj.]

    IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    5.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240319652A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-26

    申请号:US18355383

    申请日:2023-07-19

    IPC分类号: G03G15/00 G03G15/01 G03G21/18

    摘要: An image forming apparatus includes a transfer unit that comes into contact with a target object and that transfers an image to the target object, a holding portion that holds the target object including a circumferential surface such that the circumferential surface rotates along a transfer direction of the transfer unit, and a transport unit that transports the target object held by the holding portion along a transport route, that stops transportation of the target object in a case where the transfer unit transfers the image to the target object, and that causes the target object to be separated from the transfer unit before a surface of the target object on which transfer of the image is finished comes into contact with the transfer unit again.

    IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS
    6.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240302768A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-12

    申请号:US18670361

    申请日:2024-05-21

    摘要: An image-forming apparatus includes first and second photosensitive drums, first and second image-forming portion including first and second development rollers configured to bear developers composed of first and second toner particles and organosilicon protrusions formed on surfaces of the first and second toner particles, an intermediate transfer member to which a developer image is to be transferred in first and second contact portions in contact with the first and second photosensitive drums, and a transfer member configured to transfer the developer image to a recording material in a transfer portion. The first contact portion is formed downstream of the transfer portion and upstream of the second contact portion in a movement direction of the surface of the intermediate transfer member. A protrusion formed on the second developer has a lower height than a protrusion formed on the first developer.

    Image forming apparatus
    7.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12038708B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-16

    申请号:US18323619

    申请日:2023-05-25

    发明人: Takayuki Mashimo

    IPC分类号: G03G15/00 G03G15/01 G06K15/12

    摘要: Plural write control units independently control plural print mechanisms corresponding to plural toner colors. A controller stores a setting value for each page into a first memory area. Plural second memory areas respectively correspond to the plural write control units. Further, one write control unit among them transfers the setting value from the first memory area to the second memory area of this write control unit, and applies the setting value stored in the second memory area and causes the corresponding print mechanism to print a page image. Another write control unit among them transfers the setting value to the second memory area of this write control unit from the second memory area of another write control unit among them, and applies the setting value stored in the second memory area and causes the corresponding print mechanism to print a page image.

    Image forming apparatus having voltage control for improved image quality

    公开(公告)号:US12019387B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-25

    申请号:US17980666

    申请日:2022-11-04

    发明人: Tomonori Shida

    IPC分类号: G03G15/16 G03G15/00 G03G15/01

    摘要: An image forming apparatus comprising a transfer means for transferring, a developer image onto a recording material; a discharging unit for discharging the recording material; a first circuit that applies a first voltage of reverse polarity to the developer to the transfer unit; a second circuit that applies a second voltage of identical polarity to the developer to the transfer unit and the discharging unit; and a control unit. The control unit applies a transfer voltage which is a superposition of the first and the second voltage to the transfer unit, and applies a discharging voltage which is a partial voltage from the second voltage. When the discharging voltage is set to the first value, the control unit reduces the discharging voltage in a case where the transfer voltage is lower than a target value.

    Image forming apparatus
    10.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12013653B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-18

    申请号:US18177312

    申请日:2023-03-02

    IPC分类号: G03G15/20 G03G15/00 G03G15/01

    摘要: An image forming apparatus includes a transfer portion, a fixing unit, a conveyance belt configured to convey a sheet from the transfer portion toward the fixing unit, a driving portion configured to drive the conveyance belt, and a controller configured to control the driving portion. The controller is configured to, in a case of switching the image forming apparatus to a standby state in which the image forming apparatus is ready to start an image forming operation and stands by for input of an image forming job, execute preheating in which the fixing unit is preliminarily heated, and cause the driving portion to rotate the conveyance belt while the preheating is executed.