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8180246 Image forming apparatus  
An image forming apparatus includes multiple image forming units disposed adjacent to and horizontally aligned with each other to form respective single non-black color images, a first transfer...
8165491 Photosensitive cartridge  
A photosensitive cartridge includes a housing comprising an opening; a photosensitive drum supported by the housing, an electrostatic latent image being formed on the photosensitive drum; a charger...
8145089 Image forming apparatus and method of supporting cleaner  
A technique of easily detaching a cleaner with a simple configuration is provided. At the time of drawing out a drawing unit, an elastic supporting section is allowed to move against the pressing...
8139995 Image forming apparatus  
To remove also VOC gas generated from the discharged sheets, an image forming apparatus comprises an image forming unit which forms an image on a sheet; a tray on which sheets on which images are...
8135301 Developing device and image forming apparatus  
A developing device includes a developer transporting member arranged so that its circumferential surface faces an image carrier for carrying an electrostatic image on its surface, the developer...
8131175 Image forming apparatus having structure to clean optical sensor and method of using the same  
An image forming apparatus has a structure that it is able to clean an ACR sensor in accordance with an ACR operation, and without requiring a user manipulation. The image forming apparatus...
8112012 System and method for cleaning a printer  
A printer ROS window cleaning system enforces unidirectional cleaning motion through a passageway formed in the printer housing. A guide has a distal portion that engages a cleaning tool from...
8107847 Image exposure apparatus, cleaning device of image exposure apparatus, and image forming apparatus  
An image exposure apparatus is provided and includes: an optical unit that emits light to form an exposure image on a photosensitive material; a casing that houses the optical unit and that has an...
8090288 Method and apparatus for cleaning an image forming apparatus  
An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member configured to form a toner image thereon, a corona charger located opposite the photosensitive member and including a discharging wire...
8059984 Carrier bead collection assembly for a xerographic printer  
A carrier bead collection assembly in a xerographic printer is disclosed. The carrier bead collection assembly may include a tray defining a cavity for retention of carrier beads, wherein the tray...
8052781 Integrated waste toner and ozone collection system  
The present disclosure provides for a device that can include a waste collector, a system that transports waste stream of particle matter from a housing, a system that transports a waste stream of...
8055150 Image forming apparatus and frame unit thereof including a particle management device  
An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, an exposure unit to form a latent image on the image carrier by light, and a particle entering prevention device to prevent particles from...
8045880 Sheet feeding device and image forming apparatus  
A sheet feeding device to feed a sheet in a sheet feeding path is provided. The sheet feeding device includes a plurality of feeding rollers to feed a sheet in the sheet feeding path, and a dust...
8025392 Recording apparatus having a movable blocking plate for trapping foreign substances  
A recording apparatus with a conveying mechanism and a blocking member are described. The blocking member reduces foreign substances from soiling a unit or member located adjacent to or below the...
8023855 Development device, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus  
A development device includes a developer carrier configured to carry developer and disposed in a development case, partly exposed from an opening of the development case facing an image carrier, a...
7995946 Image forming apparatus having cleaning member for cleaning transmission member  
An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive drum, an optical unit provided below the photosensitive drum and including a cover glass for transmitting light emitted toward the...
7991304 Diagnostic systems and methods for providing diagnostic information during servicing of an image processing apparatus  
A diagnostic system that provides a service technician with service information during servicing of an image processing apparatus includes at least one counter that is incremented during operation...
7983595 Separator hanger for enabling constrained positioning of a packaging fabric insert in an image forming device  
A separator hanger has a body with forward and rearward portions and a central portion interconnecting the forward and rearward portions. The rearward portion has side wing sections extending...
7959283 Collapsing cover for printer and associated method  
An integrated device enables a customer replaceable unit within an ink jet printer to be enclosed within an enclosing structure as the unit is removed from the printer. The enclosing structure...
7957677 Developing device and image forming apparatus using the same  
A developing device that forms a toner image on an image carrier, including: a cleaning device that recovers a toner that remains on the image carrier; a recovered toner supply port to which a...
7945187 Image forming apparatus  
An image forming apparatus includes: an image bearing member, on which an electrostatic image is formed; a development unit which is provided with a developer bearing member for bearing and...
7937016 Transfer device and image forming apparatus including the same  
A transfer device includes: an image carrier belt; a first roller around which the image carrier belt is wound; a second roller around which the image carrier belt wound around the first roller and...
7925179 Image forming apparatus with dust-proof wall  
An image forming apparatus is provided. The image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member; and an exposure member having a light emitting element, the exposure member exposing the...
7917054 Image developing apparatus and image forming apparatus using the apparatus  
An image developing apparatus includes an upper case; a lower case disposed on a lower side of the upper case, and internally housing a developing agent, and having an opening. A photoconductive...
7912398 Image forming apparatus cleaning device actuated by door or paper feeding cassette  
An image forming apparatus and a cleaning device capable of conveniently cleaning inner components without an additional driving source. The image forming apparatus includes a main body having a...
7903994 Image forming apparatus  
An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material, to which apparatus a process cartridge is detachably mountable, wherein said process cartridge includes a photosensitive...
7899384 Apparatus and method of reducing charge roller contamination  
An image forming equipment, e.g., a laser printer includes a photoconductive (PC) drum and an associated charge roller and incorporates a conductive polymer cleaner blade having an electrical...
7899363 Image forming apparatus  
An image forming apparatus is constituted by a rotatable image bearing member; a charging member for electrically charging the image bearing member in contact with the image bearing member;...
7885572 Corona discharge device, photoreceptor charger, and method for making discharge product removing member  
A corona discharge device (10) comprises a discharge electrode (1) for causing electric discharge, a discharge product removing member (4) provided around the discharge electrode (1), and...
7869735 Image forming apparatus having paper dust collecting roller  
An image forming apparatus includes a main casing, a paper-dust collecting roller, a paper-dust removing member, a conveying roller, and an urging member. The paper-dust collecting roller is...
7853170 Image forming apparatus having a cleaning member that cleans a transmitting member provided in an optical device  
An image forming apparatus including a cartridge that has a photosensitive drum and can be attached to and detached from a main body of the image forming apparatus, an optical device that has a...
7809305 Cleaning unit for roller member supporting belt and image forming apparatus  
A felt that cleans the surface of a drive roller or secondary transfer supporting roller that stretches an intermediate transfer belt is supported by a Mylar at its one free end, the other end...
7809304 Duct for image forming apparatus  
A duct for an image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material, the duct includes a discharge opening for discharging air; a fan, mounted to a neighborhood of the discharge...
7792457 Original conveying apparatus, original conveying program, and original conveying method  
The present invention provides an original conveying apparatus, an original conveying program, and an original conveying method that can change a conveying angle of an original with respect to a...
7792458 Image forming apparatus having toner image forming device  
An image forming apparatus includes a toner image forming device configured to form a toner image on an image conveying member, a detector configured to optically detect a density of the toner...
7787798 System and method for preventing particulate matter deposition on contact surfaces  
An element, or elements, of a collection chamber which may remove excess deposition of particulate matter without interrupting or otherwise disturbing the normal operation of the device are...
7769316 Developing unit and process cartridge for reducing toner scattering, and image forming apparatus using the same  
A developing unit for developing a latent image formed on an image carrier includes a developer carrier, a developer regulator, and a sealing member. The developer carrier bears a developer, and is...
7761026 Device for forming image and image forming unit using a shielding member  
An image forming device includes an image carrier, a cleaning device, a charging device and a shielding member. The image carrier carries a toner image thereon. The cleaning device removes a toner...
7751741 Optical sensor and image forming apparatus including same  
An optical sensor includes a light-emitting element for directing light to an image, a light-receiving element for receiving light reflected by the image, a normal detection optical path for...
7729633 Printer dynamically monitoring printer environment contamination  
An printer, such as a state of the art a high performance, electro-photographic printer. The printer includes at least one smart material sensor enclosed in the printer enclosure that monitors for...
7720406 Optical device and image forming apparatus  
An optical device includes an optical element that transmits or reflects light, and scans the light onto a target surface to form a latent image on the target surface. The optical element includes...
7711309 Sheet feeding device and a cleaning member in sliding contact with a conveying unit  
A sheet feeding device includes: a conveying member of a conveying unit which conveys a sheet; and a cleaning member which is in sliding contact with a circumferential surface of the conveying...
7705871 Optical writing device and image forming apparatus including the optical writing device that prevents scattered toner and powder dust from entering the optical writing device  
An image forming apparatus includes an optical writing device. The optical writing device includes an optical writing unit that emits laser light beams toward image carriers, an outer case that...
7697863 Cooling system for electrical component and image forming apparatus  
A cooling system for an electrical component, comprises: a substrate having a mounting surface on which an electrical component is mounted; an air sucking section that takes in air for cooling the...
7684725 Exposure device and image forming apparatus  
An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier that carries a latent image; an exposure device, which includes a light source and an optical member, for focusing, on the image carrier, light...
7634205 Sheet feeder with electrostatic dust-collecting function  
A sheet feeder with electrostatic dust-collecting function includes a paper path, a feeding roller, a dust-collecting passageway, an electrostatic charge generator and a dust-collecting box. The...
7627272 Developer transport device, developing device, visible image forming device and image forming apparatus  
A developer transport device includes: a developer containing room for containing a developer; a developer transport member disposed in the developer containing room, the developer transport member...
7609994 Image developing apparatus and image forming apparatus using the apparatus  
An image developing apparatus includes an upper case; a lower case disposed on a lower side of the upper case, and internally housing a developing agent, and having an opening. A photoconductive...
7587154 Developing unit and image forming apparatus using the same  
A developing unit for developing an electrostatic latent image formed on the outer peripheral surface of a latent image bearing member rotating in one direction with a developer by mixing...
7551865 Image forming apparatus  
An image forming apparatus includes an intermediary transfer member for primary-transferring the toner at a primary transfer position so that a second color toner image is primary-transferred from...
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