Burning method
    3.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10149393B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-04

    申请号:US14742030

    申请日:2015-06-17

    IPC分类号: H05K3/12

    摘要: There is provided a burning method of burning, on a base member, a precursor in which conductive particles are dispersed in a dispersion medium, and the burning method includes: a first pressurization step of pressurizing the precursor heated to a burning temperature or above; and a second pressurization step of pressurizing, after the first pressurization step, the precursor with a pressurization force higher than a pressurization force in the first pressurization step.

    Fixing device with a variable rotational drive

    公开(公告)号:US09927743B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-03-27

    申请号:US15381412

    申请日:2016-12-16

    IPC分类号: G03G15/20

    摘要: A fixing device is equipped with a lower pressure roller, an upper pressure roller and a fixing belt which fix a toner image onto a sheet, by holding and conveying the sheet by a nip portion, and a control unit which controls rotation of the lower pressure roller. The control unit periodically changes a velocity of rotational drive of the lower pressure roller, at a frequency of which a period is shorter than a time needed for the sheet to pass through the nip portion, when the sheet passes through the nip portion.

    Image forming apparatus including a tension modifying mechanism and a contact area adjustment mechanism

    公开(公告)号:US10162291B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-25

    申请号:US15453298

    申请日:2017-03-08

    IPC分类号: G03G15/00 G03G15/20

    摘要: An image formation apparatus includes: a fixing belt wound on a plurality of support rollers including a first pressure applying roller; a second pressure applying roller applying a pressure to the first pressure applying roller and thus forming a nip portion N; a tension modifying mechanism adjusting a tension; a contact area adjustment mechanism adjusting a downstream contact area, which is a contact area of the fixing belt in contact with the first pressure applying roller that is located downstream of the nip portion N; a sheet information obtainer; and a controller controlling an operation of the tension modifying mechanism and an operation of the contact area adjustment mechanism. When sheet information indicates embossed paper, the controller adjusts the operation of the tension modifying mechanism and the operation of the contact area adjustment mechanism to reduce a tension exerted to the fixing belt and also reduce the downstream contact area.

    Processing apparatus and particle securing method

    公开(公告)号:US09874517B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-01-23

    申请号:US14644717

    申请日:2015-03-11

    IPC分类号: G01N21/00 G01N21/49 G01N21/55

    摘要: A processing apparatus includes: a light emission unit configured to emit light to a surface of a particle dispersed liquid applied to a base material, the particle dispersed liquid having particles dispersed in a solvent; a reflected light amount monitoring unit configured to detect an amount of the light reflected, and monitor a temporal variation of the detected value; and a condition adjustment unit configured to adjust a condition for a particle securing process, the particle securing process being performed to remove the solvent and secure the particles onto the base material, wherein, when the temporal variation falls within a predetermined range after the value has reached an extreme value, securing of the particles is determined to have been completed.

    Image forming apparatus having fixing unit with suction part

    公开(公告)号:US09746803B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-08-29

    申请号:US15040649

    申请日:2016-02-10

    IPC分类号: G03G15/20 G03G21/20

    摘要: An image forming apparatus includes: a fixing unit receiving through an inlet a recording medium with a transferred toner image and heat fixing the toner image to the recording medium before discharging the recording medium from an outlet; a suction part for sucking the recording medium through a recording-medium suction opening, the recording medium conveyed on a recording medium conveyance path leading to the inlet; an exhaust passage for discharging to the outside a gas sucked by the suction part; and a filter disposed in the exhaust passage and serving to capture fine particles generated from the fixing unit and sucked in by the suction part.