公开(公告)号：US20230288850A1

公开(公告)日：2023-09-14

申请号：US18179058

申请日：2023-03-06

申请人： Keitaro SHOJI ,  Yasunori ISHIGAYA

发明人： Keitaro SHOJI ,  Yasunori ISHIGAYA

IPC分类号： G03G15/20 ,  H05B1/02

CPC分类号： G03G15/2028 ,  H05B1/0241 ,  B65H2301/51432

摘要： A sheet conveyor includes a heating device to heat a recording medium and a recording medium sensor to detect the recording medium. The heating device includes a heater, a first temperature sensor to detect a temperature of the heater, and a second temperature sensor to detect the temperature of the heater. The heater has a first heat-distribution amount region on one side and a second heat-distribution amount region on the other side, in a conveyance orthogonal direction with respect to a reference position. The first heat-distribution amount region is greater in heat distribution amount than the second heat-distribution amount region. The first temperature sensor is disposed farther from the reference position than the second temperature sensor in the conveyance orthogonal direction. The first temperature sensor is disposed in the second heat-distribution amount region. The recording medium sensor is disposed in the first heat-distribution amount region.

公开(公告)号：US20230205118A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-29

申请号：US17963195

申请日：2022-10-11

申请人： Yasunori ISHIGAYA ,  Keitaro SHOJI ,  Tomoya ADACHI ,  Daisuke HIRANO

发明人： Yasunori ISHIGAYA ,  Keitaro SHOJI ,  Tomoya ADACHI ,  Daisuke HIRANO

IPC分类号： G03G15/20

CPC分类号： G03G15/2053 ,  G03G2215/2003

摘要： A heating device includes a first rotator, a heater including a base and a heat generator, and a second rotator contacting the first rotator. The heat generator adjacent to the base defines a heat generation area having one edge close to one edge of the base in a longitudinal direction of the base. A length between the one edge of the base and the one edge of the heat generation area is longer than a length between the other edge of the base and the other edge of the heat generation area. The second rotator has one edge close to the one edge of the heat generation area. A length between the one edge of the second rotator and the one edge of the heat generation area is shorter than a length between the other edge of the second rotator and the other edge of the heat generation area.

公开(公告)号：US20170205742A1

公开(公告)日：2017-07-20

申请号：US15395410

申请日：2016-12-30

申请人： Keitaro SHOJI ,  Yasunori ISHIGAYA ,  Kazuya SAITO ,  Ryohei MATSUDA ,  Hiromasa TAKAGI ,  Ryuuichi MIMBU ,  Toshihiko SHIMOKAWA

发明人： Keitaro SHOJI ,  Yasunori ISHIGAYA ,  Kazuya SAITO ,  Ryohei MATSUDA ,  Hiromasa TAKAGI ,  Ryuuichi MIMBU ,  Toshihiko SHIMOKAWA

IPC分类号： G03G15/20

CPC分类号： G03G15/2039 ,  G03G15/2053

摘要： A fixing device includes an endless fixing belt that is multilayered, an opposing rotator disposed opposite the fixing belt and pressed to the fixing belt to form a nip, a heater disposed inside the fixing belt, and a safety device including a contactless temperature sensor disposed outside the fixing belt and apart from an outer face of the fixing. The fixing belt is to rotate and thermally expand. The contactless temperature sensor detects a temperature of the fixing belt. The safety device stops heating by the heater when the temperature detected by the contactless temperature sensor is at or higher than a predetermined temperature. As the outer face of the fixing belt shifts outward in the radial direction due to thermal, a proportion of the outer face of the fixing belt in a viewing angle of the contactless temperature sensor increases.

公开(公告)号：US09557697B2

公开(公告)日：2017-01-31

申请号：US14643082

申请日：2015-03-10

申请人： Takumi Waida ,  Shuji Hirai ,  Terumichi Ochi ,  Shinji Kato ,  Ryota Yamashina ,  Keitaro Shoji

发明人： Takumi Waida ,  Shuji Hirai ,  Terumichi Ochi ,  Shinji Kato ,  Ryota Yamashina ,  Keitaro Shoji

IPC分类号： G01J4/00 ,  G03G15/00

CPC分类号： G03G15/5029 ,  G03G2215/00616 ,  G03G2215/00734

摘要： A recording media smoothness detector includes a sensor and a calculator. The sensor includes a light source to emit light toward a recording medium and a light detector to detect an amount of light reflected by the recording medium. The calculator includes a first memory to store an initial output value of the sensor and a second memory to store a decreased output percentage of the sensor relative to the initial output value per number of recording media detected. The calculator is configured to calculate a decreased output amount of the sensor from the decreased output percentage of the sensor per number of recording media detected, according to a number of recording media detected by the sensor, to adjust a luminosity of the light source based on the calculated decreased output amount of the sensor and determine a type of the recording medium based on an output of the sensor after the adjustment of the luminosity of the light source and based on the number of recording media detected by the sensor.

摘要翻译： 记录介质平滑度检测器包括传感器和计算器。 传感器包括向记录介质发射光的光源和用于检测由记录介质反射的光量的光检测器。 计算器包括用于存储传感器的初始输出值的第一存储器和用于存储传感器相对于每个检测到的记录介质的初始输出值减小的输出百分比的第二存储器。 计算器被配置为根据传感器检测到的记录介质的数量，根据传感器检测到的每个记录介质的数量，从传感器的输出百分比减小来计算传感器的输出量的减少，以根据传感器检测到的光源的亮度来调节 计算出的传感器的减少的输出量，并且在调整光源的亮度之后并且基于由传感器检测的记录介质的数量，基于传感器的输出来确定记录介质的类型。

公开(公告)号：US20160223964A1

公开(公告)日：2016-08-04

申请号：US15010262

申请日：2016-01-29

申请人： Yutaka IKEBUCHI ,  Yasunori Ishigaya ,  Takuya Seshita ,  Kazuya Saito ,  Yamano Motoyoshi ,  Keitaro Shoji

发明人： Yutaka IKEBUCHI ,  Yasunori Ishigaya ,  Takuya Seshita ,  Kazuya Saito ,  Yamano Motoyoshi ,  Keitaro Shoji

IPC分类号： G03G15/20

CPC分类号： G03G15/2053 ,  G03G15/2064

摘要： A fixing device includes a nip formation pad to form a fixing nip between a first fixing rotator and a second fixing rotator, through which a recording medium bearing a toner image is conveyed. The nip formation pad includes a first planar face, a second planar face disposed downstream from the first planar face in a recording medium conveyance direction and being parallel to the first planar face, and a joint face bridging the first planar face and the second planar face. The joint face includes a first curved portion adjoining the first planar face and having a first curvature in a first direction in which a circumferential face of the second fixing rotator is curved and a second curved portion adjoining the second planar face and having a second curvature in a second direction opposite the first direction.

摘要翻译： 定影装置包括压区形成垫，以在第一固定旋转器和第二固定旋转器之间形成定影夹持部，通过该固定旋转器传送承载调色剂图像的记录介质。 压区形成垫包括第一平面，第二平面，其在记录介质传送方向上设置在第一平面的下游并且平行于第一平面;以及接合面，桥接第一平面和第二平面 。 接合面包括与第一平面相邻的第一弯曲部分，并且具有第一方向的第一曲率，其中第二定影旋转体的周面弯曲，第二弯曲部分邻接第二平面并且具有第二曲率 与第一方向相反的第二方向。

公开(公告)号：US20160161890A1

公开(公告)日：2016-06-09

申请号：US15040691

申请日：2016-02-10

申请人： Keitaro SHOJI ,  Kenji ISHll ,  Hiromasa TAKAGI ,  Takayuki SEKI

发明人： Keitaro SHOJI ,  Kenji ISHll ,  Hiromasa TAKAGI ,  Takayuki SEKI

IPC分类号： G03G15/20

CPC分类号： G03G15/2053 ,  G03G2215/2035

摘要： A fixing device includes a fixing rotator rotatable in a predetermined direction of rotation and an opposed rotator disposed opposite the fixing rotator to form a fixing nip therebetween through which a recording medium bearing a toner image is conveyed. A heater is disposed opposite the fixing rotator to heat the fixing rotator. A nip formation pad is disposed opposite an inner circumferential surface of the fixing rotator. The nip formation pad includes a base, a first thermal conductor sandwiched between the base and the fixing rotator and having a first thermal conductivity greater than a thermal conductivity of the base, and a bulge projecting from the first thermal conductor toward the opposed rotator at a downstream end of the first thermal conductor in a recording medium conveyance direction.

公开(公告)号：US09298146B2

公开(公告)日：2016-03-29

申请号：US14644903

申请日：2015-03-11

申请人： Arinobu Yoshiura ,  Hideo Nagafuji ,  Yuji Arai ,  Kohichi Utsunomiya ,  Shohei Saito ,  Qifeng Cui ,  Yutaka Ikebuchi ,  Motoyoshi Yamano ,  Kenji Ishii ,  Hiromasa Takagi ,  Keitaro Shoji

发明人： Arinobu Yoshiura ,  Hideo Nagafuji ,  Yuji Arai ,  Kohichi Utsunomiya ,  Shohei Saito ,  Qifeng Cui ,  Yutaka Ikebuchi ,  Motoyoshi Yamano ,  Kenji Ishii ,  Hiromasa Takagi ,  Keitaro Shoji

IPC分类号： G03G15/20

CPC分类号： G03G15/2028 ,  G03G15/2042 ,  G03G15/2053 ,  G03G2215/2035

摘要： A fixing device includes: a rotatable fixing member formed as an endless belt; a heat source to heat the fixing member; a nip-forming member being not rotatable and arranged inside the fixing member; and a pressure member arranged outside the fixing member and forming a nip between the pressure member and the fixing member. The nip-forming member is formed of a first heat transmission unit and a sliding sheet. The first heat transmission unit includes an abutting part abutting the fixing member with the sliding sheet therebetween, and a bent part or bent parts extending inside the fixing member at upstream or upstream and downstream of the nip in a transport direction of a recording medium. A retaining part to catch and retain the sliding sheet is provided at a tip of at least the bent part at upstream of the nip in the transport direction.

摘要翻译： 定影装置包括：形成为环形带的可旋转固定构件; 用于加热固定构件的热源; 夹持部件不能旋转并且布置在固定部件的内部; 以及压力构件，其布置在所述固定构件的外部并且在所述压力构件和所述固定构件之间形成辊隙。 夹持部件由第一传热单元和滑动片形成。 所述第一传热单元包括邻接所述固定部件与所述滑动片之间的抵接部，以及在所述辊隙的上游或下游以及所述夹持部的沿所述记录介质的输送方向延伸的所述固定部件内的弯曲部或弯曲部。 在运送方向的夹持部的上游，至少设有弯曲部的前端，设置有夹持并保持滑动片的保持部。

公开(公告)号：US20150125193A1

公开(公告)日：2015-05-07

申请号：US14531313

申请日：2014-11-03

申请人： Kenji ISHII ,  Hiromasa TAKAGI ,  Takayuki SEKI ,  Keitaro SHOJI

发明人： Kenji ISHII ,  Hiromasa TAKAGI ,  Takayuki SEKI ,  Keitaro SHOJI

IPC分类号： G03G15/20

CPC分类号： G03G15/2053 ,  G03G15/2042 ,  G03G2215/2025 ,  G03G2215/2029 ,  G03G2215/2032 ,  G03G2215/2035 ,  G03G2215/2038

摘要： A fixing device includes a fixing rotator, a nip formation pad disposed opposite an inner circumferential surface of the fixing rotator, and a pressure rotator pressed against the nip formation pad via the fixing rotator to form a fixing nip between the fixing rotator and the pressure rotator, through which a recording medium is conveyed. A support is disposed opposite the pressure rotator via the nip formation pad to support the nip formation pad against pressure from the pressure rotator. The nip formation pad conducts heat in a thickness direction thereof perpendicular to an axial direction of the fixing rotator and a recording medium conveyance direction. The nip formation pad includes a multi-conductivity layer having a thermal conductivity varying in the axial direction of the fixing rotator and a support side layer contacting the support and having a thermal conductivity greater than a thermal conductivity of the support.

摘要翻译： 定影装置包括固定旋转体，与定影旋转体的内周面相对配置的压区形成垫，以及经由固定旋转体压靠在压区形成垫上的压力旋转体，在固定旋转体和压力旋转体之间形成定影辊隙 传送记录媒体。 支撑件通过压区形成垫与压力旋转体相对设置，以支撑压区形成垫抵抗来自压力旋转器的压力。 压区形成垫沿与固定旋转体的轴向垂直的厚度方向和记录介质输送方向传导热量。 压区形成垫包括具有在固定旋转体的轴向上变化的热导率的多导电层和与支撑体接触并具有大于载体的热导率的导热性的支撑侧层。

公开(公告)号：US20230288852A1

公开(公告)日：2023-09-14

申请号：US18152462

申请日：2023-01-10

申请人： Yasunori ISHIGAYA ,  Keitaro SHOJI

发明人： Yasunori ISHIGAYA ,  Keitaro SHOJI

IPC分类号： G03G15/20

CPC分类号： G03G15/2053

摘要： A heating device includes a heater including a heat generation portion and a base mounting the heat generation portion. The base includes a first lateral end portion and a second lateral end portion in a longitudinal direction of the base. The first lateral end portion has a first length and the second lateral end portion has a second length that is smaller than the first length in the longitudinal direction of the base. A thermal conduction aid contacts the heater and includes a first lateral end projection and a second lateral end projection that project beyond the heat generation portion in the longitudinal direction of the base. The first lateral end projection has a first volume and the second lateral end projection has a second volume that is greater than the first volume.

公开(公告)号：US10061235B2

公开(公告)日：2018-08-28

申请号：US15395410

申请日：2016-12-30

申请人： Keitaro Shoji ,  Yasunori Ishigaya ,  Kazuya Saito ,  Ryohei Matsuda ,  Hiromasa Takagi ,  Ryuuichi Mimbu ,  Toshihiko Shimokawa

发明人： Keitaro Shoji ,  Yasunori Ishigaya ,  Kazuya Saito ,  Ryohei Matsuda ,  Hiromasa Takagi ,  Ryuuichi Mimbu ,  Toshihiko Shimokawa

IPC分类号： G03G15/20

CPC分类号： G03G15/2039 ,  G03G15/2053

摘要： A fixing device includes an endless fixing belt that is multilayered, an opposing rotator disposed opposite the fixing belt and pressed to the fixing belt to form a nip, a heater disposed inside the fixing belt, and a safety device including a contactless temperature sensor disposed outside the fixing belt and apart from an outer face of the fixing. The fixing belt is to rotate and thermally expand. The contactless temperature sensor detects a temperature of the fixing belt. The safety device stops heating by the heater when the temperature detected by the contactless temperature sensor is at or higher than a predetermined temperature. As the outer face of the fixing belt shifts outward in the radial direction due to thermal, a proportion of the outer face of the fixing belt in a viewing angle of the contactless temperature sensor increases.