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8185023 Developer container, developing apparatus and process cartridge  
A developer container for an image forming apparatus includes a developer accommodating chamber, provided with an opening, for accommodating a developer to be supplied to the opening; a feeding...
8185022 Image forming apparatus and process cartridge  
An image forming apparatus is provided including a casing, a process cartridge, and a toner box. The process cartridge includes: a first housing which supports an electrostatic latent image carrier...
8180260 Image forming apparatus comprising a vibration applying member  
An image forming apparatus includes a vibration applying member for vibrating a developer containing unit in a state where a conveying member for conveying a developer is stopped in a developer...
8180261 Image forming apparatus including a developer replenishing device which uses an air feeding device for a two-ingredient type developer  
An image forming apparatus of the present invention includes a developing unit for developing a latent image formed on an image carrier with a two-ingredient type developer, i.e., a toner and...
8180262 Process cartridge, developer supply cartridge and electrophotographic image forming apparatus  
A process cartridge comprises an electrophotographic photosensitive drum and a developing roller for developing an electrostatic latent image formed on the electrophotographic photosensitive drum...
8180259 Developer supply container and developer supplying system  
With a structure in which gear trains 5, 6 of a developer supply container 1 are locked by a locking member 7, and the gear trains 5, 6 receive a drive from a gear 12 of a developer receiving...
8175500 Toner cartridge and image forming apparatus using the same  
A toner cartridge includes: a toner storing portion for storing toner; a toner discharging portion having a toner discharge port; and a screw auger having a rotary shaft and a helical blade for...
8175488 Image forming apparatus and image forming method including transporting developer using an airflow generator  
An image forming apparatus and method for developing a latent image on an image bearing member includes the image bearing member, an air flow generator, and an air intake device. The image bearing...
8170452 Developer supplying unit  
A developer supplying unit of the present invention includes a first driving mechanism which transmits rotational driving to a drive shaft by rotating a first rotational shaft in a normal direction...
8165508 Developer loading method, loaded developer accommodating container, developer replenishment device, and image forming apparatus  
A method for loading a replenishment developer into a developer accommodating container such that when the replenishment of the replenishment developer inside the loaded developer accommodating...
8165505 Developer cartridge adapted to restrict leakage of developer  
A developer cartridge includes a developer storing portion that stores a developer and has a first opening for taking out the developer, and a shutter member slidably mounted to the developer...
8165506 Image forming apparatus and developer container therefor  
An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of developing units respectively including developer inlets, the developing units are arranged side by side in a first direction, a plurality of...
8165507 Image formation apparatus and developer cartridge  
An image formation apparatus is provided, to which developing devices, each having an opening, and developer cartridges for respectively supplying a developing agent to the openings of the...
8165504 Toner cartridge guide unit having toner cartridge lifting unit and image forming apparatus having the same  
A toner cartridge guiding unit includes a guide frame to guide mounting of a toner cartridge, and having a toner feed hole formed opposite to a toner discharge hole of the toner cartridge, a toner...
8160481 Storage container, supply device, and image forming apparatus  
A storage container includes a container body that stores a supplementary material and is detachably attached to an image forming apparatus; a discharge port that is provided at a bottom of the...
8155569 Toner cartridge and image forming apparatus  
A toner cartridge has a toner storage chamber, a discharge outlet, a conveying screw, and a blocking wall. The discharge outlet serves to send out toner stored in the toner storage chamber, and the...
8155555 Developer delivering device and image forming apparatus  
A powder transporting device includes a transporting path that has first and second transporting path transporting paths, a connecting member that is disposed in a connecting portion of the first...
8150277 Image forming apparatus with system for replenishing a plurality of toner cartridges  
There is provided an image forming apparatus that is capable of reducing work burdens imposed on a user in terms of toner cartridge replacement. When a cartridge detection sensor detects that at...
8150299 Toner supplying apparatus and toner supplying method for image forming apparatus  
An image forming apparatus includes plural developing devices arranged at a fixed interval, plural toner cartridges arranged at an interval smaller than the interval among the developing devices,...
8150297 Geneva drive and locking mechanism therefor in a toner metering mechanism for an image forming apparatus  
The present invention provides a toner container system, such as a toner cartridge, having a first reservoir for containing toner and a second reservoir for receiving toner from the first reservoir...
8139245 Managing the processing of print data at printing devices based upon available consumable resources  
An approach is provided for managing the processing of print data at a printing device based upon available consumable resources. A printing device includes a print process configured to determine...
8139962 Image forming apparatus for maintaining a uniform toner concentration  
An image forming apparatus includes a latent image carrier, a latent image forming unit, a developing unit, a toner supplier, a toner concentration detector, a prediction calculator, and a toner...
8139986 Arrangement for conveying toner from a toner supply container into a toner receiving container  
In an arrangement to convey toner from a toner bottle of a toner reservoir into a toner receiving container, the toner bottle has a cover to close an output opening thereof. The cover has an upper...
8139987 Developer supplying cartridge, developer receiving cartridge, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus  
A developer supply cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an image forming apparatus, includes a developer accommodating portion of accommodating a developer; a discharging opening...
8131189 Developer supply container  
If a user is not familiar with the operation for the developer supply container, the rotating operation for the developer supply container may be insufficient, so that developer supply container...
8126374 Image forming apparatus and developer container therefor  
An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of developing units respectively including developer inlets, the developing units are arranged side by side in a first direction, a plurality of...
8126373 Toner supply device and image forming apparatus that prevents toner from being scattered from the device  
A toner supply device includes a toner container, a transport-path forming member, an opening, a shutter member, and a first seal member. The opening is provided at a side wall of the...
8126372 Developer storage case and image forming apparatus  
A developer storage case includes: a storage case that includes: a developer storage space that stores a developer therein; and a discharge opening that discharges the developer stored in the...
8126371 Developing device and image forming apparatus and toner supplying method using the same  
A developing device includes: a developing vessel for storing a developer D containing a toner and a magnetic carrier; a first conveying passage for conveying the developer; a first conveying...
8126375 Toner container and image forming apparatus  
A toner container includes a longitudinal container body and a held portion. The longitudinal container body has a first end and a second end distal to the first end in a length direction of the...
8121498 Image forming apparatus and developer supply method therefor  
An image forming method and apparatus, the apparatus including a latent image carrier configured to carry a latent image thereon, a developing unit disposed facing the latent image carrier to...
8116665 Image forming apparatus and image forming method  
A technology for controlling the generation of damages of a photoconductive surface caused due to the attachment of a carrier to a photoconductor in an image forming apparatus using a two-component...
8107829 Image forming apparatus with a developer circulation mechanism  
An image forming apparatus includes: at least one retaining member configured to temporarily retain remaining developer remaining on a photosensitive member; a belt arranged opposite to a plurality...
8107859 Configuration for an agitation system in a developing device and process cartridge  
A developing device including a flexible agitating blade attached to an agitating member is described. The developing device may receive developer from a developer cartridge via a replenishing...
8103196 Developer containing device and image forming apparatus into/from which developer containing device is installed and removed  
A developer containing device includes: a developer container configured to contain developer and to be inserted into a receptacle defined in an image forming apparatus main body; a developer feed...
8099001 Developer cartridge and developer device for detecting the amount of developer in the developer cartridge  
A developer cartridge and developing device are provided. The developer cartridge is attachable to and detachable from a developing housing, the developing housing comprising a drive gear for...
8099027 Developer containing device and image forming apparatus into/from which developer containing device is installed and removed  
A developer containing device includes: a developer container configured to contain developer and to be inserted into a receptacle defined in an image forming apparatus main body; a developer feed...
8095047 Fluid container device and image forming apparatus  
A toner supply container according to this invention includes a toner containing portion, a support member and a container holding member. The toner containing portion is a cylindrical container...
8095052 Developer supply device  
A developer supply device, comprising a casing having: a developer reservoir at a bottom part of the casing; a developer amount adjustment chamber provided close to a side of the developer...
8091723 Removable lid for use with a toner container  
A lid to selectively plug or unplug a discharge mouth of a toner container mountable to an image forming apparatus for replenishing a toner. In one embodiment, a lid has a body member having a...
8090301 Image forming apparatus  
An image forming apparatus is provided with an image forming portion for forming an image according to image information; an image forming unit arranged to be detachable and integrally including...
8086143 Image forming apparatus for use with carrier including a core and cover layer  
An image forming apparatus including an image bearing member; and a developing device including a developer bearing member, a developer containing portion, a developer supplying passage supplying...
8086147 Image forming apparatus and intermediate transfer unit  
An intermediate transfer unit of an image forming apparatus is provided between a plurality of developer containers for containing developer and a plurality of developing devices. The intermediate...
8086138 Image forming apparatus having developer cartridge including waste container  
An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a housing which comprises a housing side opening through which waste toner passes; a plurality of developing units; a...
8086146 Image forming method and apparatus for effectively supplying developer  
A developer container that contains a two-component developer including a carrier and toner includes a developer containing portion configured to include a plurality of surfaces and to accommodate...
8081907 Developer feeding apparatus and developing apparatus  
Cones whose rotation axes are substantially parallel to each other and whose sides maintain a constant interval therebetween are provided in a driving force transmission unit to transmit a driving...
8081896 Image forming method and apparatus for convenient replacement of developer container  
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming mechanism for forming an image, at least one developer container replaceably provided in the image forming apparatus for containing developer, a...
8078087 Toner carrying device and image forming apparatus  
A toner carrying device includes a flexible sheet, and a sheet moving mechanism for allowing the flexible sheet to move back and forth by pulling the flexible sheet. In the flexible sheet, a toner...
8078088 Image forming device, developing device and toner cartridge  
An image forming device has: a developing cartridge for developing an electrostatic latent image on an image carrying member and a toner cartridge. The developing cartridge contains a developing...
8073366 Developing unit and image forming apparatus having the same  
A developing unit of an image forming apparatus includes a developer cartridge detachably mounted on the developing unit, a developing case in which a developing member and a first supply member...