Image forming apparatus
    1.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US09933748B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-04-03

    申请号:US15356025

    申请日:2016-11-18

    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes one or plural forming devices that form respective images on a recording medium that is being transported, a fixing device provided on a downstream side with respect to at least one of the forming devices in a direction of transport of the recording medium and that fixes the images formed on the recording medium, a delivering device that receives the recording medium transported in a first direction and discharges the recording medium in a second direction that is different from the first direction, and a supplying device that supplies the recording medium to any of the forming devices or to the delivering device. The forming devices, the fixing device, the delivering device, and the supplying device have respective housings and are each joinable to any of the other devices.

    Transfer device and image forming apparatus for suppressing image defects occurring in an image transfer
    2.
    发明授权
    Transfer device and image forming apparatus for suppressing image defects occurring in an image transfer 有权
    用于抑制图像转印中出现的图像缺陷的转印装置和图像形成装置

    公开(公告)号:US09152091B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-10-06

    申请号:US14040050

    申请日:2013-09-27

    CPC classification number: G03G15/1605 G03G15/167

    Abstract: A transfer device includes an intermediate transfer belt that is stretched by multiple rollers, and transports a toner image on an outer peripheral surface, a second transfer member that performs second transfer that transfers the toner image to a recording medium at a second transfer position, an opposed member that abuts an inner peripheral surface of the intermediate transfer belt, and is opposed to the second transfer member at the second transfer position, and an abutment member that is rotatably arranged so as to contact the inner peripheral surface of the intermediate transfer belt at a contact point, the contact point being located on the second transfer member side of a region defined by an imaginary line extended orthogonally to an imaginary normal, the imaginary normal connecting a center of the opposed member and a center of the second transfer member at the second transfer position.

    Abstract translation: 转印装置包括中间转印带,该中间转印带由多个辊拉伸并输送外周表面上的调色剂图像;第二转印部件,其进行第二次转印,其将调色剂图像转印到第二转印位置的记录介质; 相对的构件,其邻接中间转印带的内周面,并且在第二转印位置处与第二转印构件相对;以及抵接构件,其可旋转地布置成与中间转印带的内周表面接触 接触点,接触点位于由与假想法线垂直延伸的虚拟线限定的区域的第二传递构件侧上,假想法线连接相对构件的中心和第二传递构件的中心处 第二转移位置。

    Image forming apparatus
    3.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10705446B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-07

    申请号:US16292345

    申请日:2019-03-05

    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an information processing section that is provided with a housing and an image forming section that is disposed above the housing in a gravitational direction. In the image forming apparatus, a gap exists between the housing and the image forming section, and a ventilation hole is formed in an upper surface of the housing.

    Image forming apparatus
    5.
    发明授权
    Image forming apparatus 有权
    图像形成装置

    公开(公告)号:US09482980B1

    公开(公告)日:2016-11-01

    申请号:US14988093

    申请日:2016-01-05

    Inventor: Sho Watanabe

    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a forming unit and a transfer unit. The forming unit forms a first image using a first toner including a flat pigment containing a first metal or a first metal oxide, and forms a second image using a second toner that does not include any flat pigment containing a second metal or a second metal oxide, a maximum length of the second toner being smaller than that of the first toner. The transfer unit transfers the second image and the first image to a medium in order of the second image and the first image.

    Abstract translation: 图像形成装置包括成形单元和转印单元。 成形单元使用包括含有第一金属或第一金属氧化物的平坦颜料的第一调色剂形成第一图像,并且使用不包括含有第二金属或第二金属氧化物的任何平坦颜料的第二调色剂形成第二图像 第二调色剂的最大长度小于第一调色剂的最大长度。 传送单元按照第二图像和第一图像的顺序将第二图像和第一图像传送到介质。

    Image forming apparatus
    6.
    发明授权
    Image forming apparatus 有权
    图像形成装置

    公开(公告)号:US09086658B2

    公开(公告)日:2015-07-21

    申请号:US14161452

    申请日:2014-01-22

    Inventor: Sho Watanabe

    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes image carriers that carry toner images; an intermediate transfer body that is brought into contact with the image carriers to carry the images before transferring them to a recording material; first transfer devices that include first transfer members and form first-transfer electric fields for transferring the images on the image carriers to the intermediate transfer body; a second transfer device that includes a second transfer member and forms a second-transfer electric field for transferring the images transferred to the intermediate transfer body to the recording material; and an adjusting device that adjusts an electric field to be formed in a second transfer area to a cleaning electric field, which is of the same polarity as and a lower intensity than the second-transfer electric field, when the images on the intermediate transfer body passes through the second transfer area without a recording material passing therethrough.

    Abstract translation: 图像形成装置包括承载调色剂图像的图像载体; 中间转印体,其与图像载体接触以在将图像转印到记录材料之前携带图像; 第一传送装置,其包括第一传送部件,并形成用于将图像载体上的图像传送到中间传送体的第一传送电场; 第二转印装置,其包括第二转印部件,并形成用于将转印到中间转印体的图像转印到记录材料的第二转印电场; 以及调节装置,当在中间转印体上的图像时,调整要形成在第二转印区域中的电场至与第二转印电场具有相同极性和低于强度的清洁电场 通过第二传送区域而不通过记录材料。

    Image forming apparatus for determining a difference in lightness between colors in toner image forming units
    7.
    发明授权
    Image forming apparatus for determining a difference in lightness between colors in toner image forming units 有权
    用于确定调色剂图像形成单元中的颜色之间的亮度差异的图像形成装置

    公开(公告)号:US09442406B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-09-13

    申请号:US14606428

    申请日:2015-01-27

    CPC classification number: G03G15/0131 G03G15/1605 G03G15/5062 G03G15/6585

    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a transfer member, first transfer units, and second transfer units. Images of reference colors and other colors are transferred onto the transfer member being rotated. The first transfer units each transfer the image of a corresponding one of the reference colors. The second transfer units disposed upstream of the first transfer units in a rotational direction of the transfer member each transfer the image of a corresponding one of the other colors. The image of one of the reference colors is transferred by one of the first transfer units disposed most upstream. The other colors include at least one color of lightness lower than lightness of the one of the reference colors of the image transferred by the one of the transfer units. The highest-lightness image among the other colors is transferred by one of the second transfer units disposed most downstream.

    Abstract translation: 图像形成装置包括转印部件,第一转印单元和第二转印单元。 参考颜色和其他颜色的图像被转印到转动的转印件上。 第一传送单元每个传送相应的一个参考颜色的图像。 在转印构件的旋转方向上设置在第一转印单元上游的第二转印单元每个转移相应的其它颜色之一的图像。 参考颜色之一的图像由最上游设置的第一传送单元之一传送。 其他颜色包括至少一种亮度低于通过一个传送单元传送的图像的参考颜色之一的亮度的亮度。 其他颜色中的最高亮度图像由最下游设置的第二传送单元之一传送。

    Image forming apparatus having increased transfer efficiency
    8.
    发明授权
    Image forming apparatus having increased transfer efficiency 有权
    具有提高传送效率的图像形成装置

    公开(公告)号:US09285717B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-03-15

    申请号:US14462754

    申请日:2014-08-19

    CPC classification number: G03G15/1605 G03G15/0189 G03G15/1675

    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a transfer member, plural transfer sections, and a medium transfer section. The transfer member has an endless shape. An image is transferred to the transfer member during circulation of the transfer member. The transfer sections transfer the image to a surface of the transfer member through a first transfer current. The transfer sections include a most-downstream transfer section provided most downstream in a circulation direction of the transfer member. The medium transfer section transfers the image transferred to the transfer member to a recording medium through a second transfer current. A current flows through the most-downstream transfer section even in the case where the image is transferred to the transfer member by at least one of the transfer sections excluding the most-downstream transfer section, and the most-downstream transfer section does not transfer an image to the transfer member.

    Abstract translation: 图像形成装置包括转印部件,多个转印部件和介质转印部件。 转印构件具有环形形状。 在传送构件的循环期间,图像被转印到转印构件。 转印部分通过第一转印电流将图像转印到转印部件的表面。 转印部包括在转印部件的循环方向上最下游配置的最下游转印部。 介质传送部通过第二传送电流将传送到传送部件的图像传送到记录介质。 即使在除了最下游转印部分之外的转印部分中的至少一个转印到转印部件的情况下,电流也流过最下游转印部分,并且最下游转印部分不转印 图像传输成员。

    Image forming apparatus for suppressing non-uniformity of an image caused by a difference in toner particle diameter
    9.
    发明授权
    Image forming apparatus for suppressing non-uniformity of an image caused by a difference in toner particle diameter 有权
    用于抑制由调色剂颗粒直径差异引起的图像不均匀的图像形成装置

    公开(公告)号:US09213260B1

    公开(公告)日:2015-12-15

    申请号:US14521997

    申请日:2014-10-23

    CPC classification number: G03G15/6585 G03G15/0126 G03G15/0189 G03G15/0849

    Abstract: Provided is an image forming apparatus, including a first image portion that uses a first toner, and a second image portion that uses a second toner having a particle diameter greater than a particle diameter of the first toner, wherein, in a case where a first image of the first image portion is formed on a recording medium and a second image of the second image portion is formed on the first image, as compared to a case where only the first image is formed on the recording medium, an amount of the first toner per unit area of the first image increases.

    Abstract translation: 提供了一种图像形成装置,包括使用第一调色剂的第一图像部分和使用粒径大于第一调色剂的粒径的第二调色剂的第二图像部分,其中,在第一 与在记录介质上仅形成第一图像的情况相比,第一图像部分的图像形成在记录介质上,并且第二图像部分的第二图像形成在第一图像上, 第一幅图像单位面积的墨粉量增加。

    Image forming apparatus having imaging units using toner with different particle sizes
    10.
    发明授权
    Image forming apparatus having imaging units using toner with different particle sizes 有权
    图像形成装置具有使用不同粒径的调色剂的成像单元

    公开(公告)号:US09429879B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-08-30

    申请号:US14624915

    申请日:2015-02-18

    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes four first imaging units that use standard toners for colors of yellow, magenta, cyan, and black, respectively. The image forming apparatus further includes a second imaging unit that uses a toner having a particle size smaller than a smallest one of particle sizes of the four standard toners. The image forming apparatus also includes a transfer unit that transfers first images formed by the respective first imaging units and a second image formed by the second imaging unit to a recording medium such that the first images are provided on the recording medium and the second image is provided on the first images.

    Abstract translation: 图像形成装置包括四个第一成像单元,其分别使用用于黄色,品红色,青色和黑色的标准调色剂。 图像形成装置还包括使用粒径小于四个标准调色剂的粒径的最小粒径的调色剂的第二成像单元。 图像形成装置还包括传送单元,其将由各个第一成像单元形成的第一图像和由第二成像单元形成的第二图像传送到记录介质,使得第一图像设置在记录介质上,第二图像是 提供在第一张图像上。

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