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公开(公告)号:US12072646B2
公开(公告)日:2024-08-27
申请号:US17967049
申请日:2022-10-17
发明人: Tomoaki Yoshioka , Mitsuaki Kuroda , Kazuyoshi Hagiwara , Shohei Miyagawa , Kei Tanaka , Masaaki Takahashi , Yoko Miyamoto , Toshiaki Baba
CPC分类号: G03G15/1605 , G03G15/20 , G03G15/2053
摘要: Provided is an image forming apparatus including: an annular transfer belt having an outer surface on which an image is transferred; a transferring unit including a transfer cylinder having a transfer area that sandwiches a recording medium with the outer surface of the transfer belt to transfer the image from the outer surface of the transfer belt to the recording medium, and a pair of first rotating bodies disposed on both axial end sides of the transfer cylinder; a pair of circulating members each being wound around the first rotating body and being circulated by rotation of the first rotating bodies; and a holding unit attached to the circulating members, the holding unit configured to hold the recording medium, transport the recording medium with circulation of the circulating members, and pass the recording medium through the transfer area.
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公开(公告)号:US11774896B2
公开(公告)日:2023-10-03
申请号:US17549410
申请日:2021-12-13
发明人: Kazuki Kishi , Tomoaki Yoshioka , Kazuyoshi Hagiwara , Yoko Miyamoto , Toshiaki Baba , Tomohiro Wada , Yosuke Tsutsumi
CPC分类号: G03G15/6529 , B65H9/04 , B65H9/08
摘要: A method for attaching a sheet member to a cylinder body includes: preliminarily fixing a first end portion of the sheet member to a first fixation portion of a cylinder body provided in an apparatus body and having a substantially circular cross section; wrapping the sheet member around the cylinder body by rotating the cylinder body; fixing the first end portion and a second end portion of the sheet member to the first fixation portion and a second fixation portion, respectively; and installing an installation member between the apparatus body and an inner surface of the sheet member before the wrapping of the sheet member around the cylinder body.
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公开(公告)号:US11599045B1
公开(公告)日:2023-03-07
申请号:US17556537
申请日:2021-12-20
摘要: A transfer device includes: a transfer drum that has a groove-like recess extending in an axial direction in an outer circumferential portion thereof, rotates about an axis thereof, and comes into contact with a medium being transported at a portion thereof on an upstream side of the recess in a rotation direction; a nip member, the nip member and the transfer drum forming therebetween a nip part where the medium is nipped; an application member that applies a voltage to the nip part where the medium is nipped, so that an image is transferred to the medium; and a contact mechanism that causes the nip member to come into contact only with a portion on the upstream side of the recess in the transfer drum in the rotation direction at a transfer-start time when the transfer of the image to the medium starts.
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公开(公告)号:US11520252B2
公开(公告)日:2022-12-06
申请号:US17337923
申请日:2021-06-03
IPC分类号: G03G15/16
摘要: An image forming apparatus includes: an annular transfer belt having an outer surface on which an image is transferred; a nip portion that forms a nip region for nipping a recording medium with an outer surface of the transfer belt; a facing portion that faces the nip region from an inner side of the transfer belt and transfers the image from the transfer belt to the recording medium in the nip region by charging the transfer belt; and a transport unit including a holding portion that holds the recording medium, transports the recording medium by moving the holding portion, and causes the recording medium together with the holding portion to pass the nip region while holding the recording medium at the holding portion.
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公开(公告)号:US12116227B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-15
申请号:US17964048
申请日:2022-10-12
发明人: Tomohiro Wada , Tomoaki Yoshioka , Satoshi Shigezaki , Yoko Miyamoto , Toshiaki Baba , Haruka Kobayashi , Kazuyoshi Hagiwara , Kazuki Kishi
CPC分类号: B65H29/06 , B41F21/08 , B65H5/085 , B65H29/04 , B65H29/041 , B65H29/042 , B65H2404/521 , B65H2801/03
摘要: An image forming apparatus includes: a holding body configured to hold a formed image; a conveyance unit configured to convey a recording medium with a leading end of the recording medium gripped by a gripping portion; and a transfer body including a recessed portion that accommodates the gripping portion and is provided along a direction substantially orthogonal to a rotational direction, configured to sandwich the recording medium conveyed by the conveyance unit between the transfer body and the holding body to transfer an image on the holding body to the recording medium conveyed by the conveyance unit, and including a slope surface provided at a leading end of a portion of an outer circumference not including a portion where the recessed portion is provided, the leading end being on a front end side in the rotational direction, a distance from the slope surface to a rotational center becoming larger toward a downstream side in the rotational direction.
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公开(公告)号:US11940744B2
公开(公告)日:2024-03-26
申请号:US17552637
申请日:2021-12-16
CPC分类号: G03G15/1615 , G03G15/0136 , G03G15/0189 , G03G15/167 , G03G15/205 , G03G2215/0193 , G03G2215/1695
摘要: A transfer device includes a transfer drum that rotates in conjunction with a fixing roller, a transfer belt that transfers an image onto a medium while rotating along with the transfer drum in a state where the medium is nipped between the transfer belt and the transfer drum, a pressing member that is disposed in a space enclosed by the transfer belt, and a switching unit that moves the pressing member and switches between a pressed state in which the transfer belt is pressed against the transfer drum and a separated state in which the transfer belt is separated from the transfer drum.
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公开(公告)号:US11474459B2
公开(公告)日:2022-10-18
申请号:US17370491
申请日:2021-07-08
发明人: Yoko Miyamoto , Kazuyoshi Hagiwara , Tomoaki Yoshioka , Toshiaki Baba , Kazuki Kishi , Shinji Okuyama
摘要: A transfer device includes: a transfer member to which a voltage is applied by a power supply device to generate a transfer electric field for transferring a developer image to a recording medium; a transfer cylinder having a recess in which a retaining member that retains a leading end portion of the recording medium is disposed, the transfer electric field being generated between the transfer cylinder and the transfer member at a transfer position; a shunt circuit by which the voltage applied to the transfer member is shunted to a reference potential point; and an operation stopping mechanism that starts and stops an operation of the shunt circuit in response to rotation of the transfer cylinder, the operation being started when the recess reaches the transfer position and stopped when the recess leaves the transfer position.
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公开(公告)号:US11878891B2
公开(公告)日:2024-01-23
申请号:US17547475
申请日:2021-12-10
发明人: Kazuki Kishi , Tomoaki Yoshioka , Kazuyoshi Hagiwara , Yoko Miyamoto , Toshiaki Baba , Tomohiro Wada , Yosuke Tsutsumi
CPC分类号: B65H5/025 , B65H5/085 , G03G15/0131 , G03G15/2028 , G03G15/65 , G03G15/657 , G03G15/6529 , G03G15/6558 , G03G21/168 , G03G21/1685 , G03G2215/00409 , G03G2215/00413 , G03G2215/00687
摘要: A cylinder member includes: a cylinder body having a cross section and including a dent portion; a sheet member wrapped around the cylinder body and including a metal layer contacting the cylinder body and an outer layer; a first attachment member on a sheet member first end portion and removably attached to the dent portion; a second attachment member on a metal layer end portion protruding from the outer layer in the circumferential direction at a sheet member second end portion, the second attachment member being removably attached to the dent portion; a tension-applying mechanism pulling the second attachment member in a dent portion depth direction to apply tension to the metal layer; a projection on one of the second attachment member and metal layer end portion; and a fitting portion on other one of the second attachment member and the metal layer end portion and fitted to the projection.
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公开(公告)号:US11656563B2
公开(公告)日:2023-05-23
申请号:US17552071
申请日:2021-12-15
发明人: Yoko Miyamoto , Hirotaka Tanaka , Kazuyoshi Hagiwara , Kei Tanaka , Tomoaki Yoshioka , Toshiaki Baba , Koichiro Yuasa
CPC分类号: G03G15/162 , G03G15/0131 , G03G15/165 , G03G15/167 , G03G15/1655 , G03G15/1685 , G03G15/657 , G03G15/6529 , G03G15/6558 , G03G21/168 , G03G2215/00379 , G03G2215/00409 , G03G2215/00413
摘要: A jacket includes: a first layer that is on a cylinder body side when the jacket is attached to a rotating cylinder body; and a second layer that is a layer located on a side opposite to the cylinder body with respect to the first layer, has a hardness lower than that of the first layer, and does not exist at a position where at least one of end edges of the cylinder body in a rotation axis direction is located inward of the first layer in the rotation axis direction.
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公开(公告)号:US11966176B2
公开(公告)日:2024-04-23
申请号:US17530153
申请日:2021-11-18
发明人: Hirotaka Tanaka , Tomoaki Yoshioka , Yoko Miyamoto , Toshiaki Baba , Koichiro Yuasa , Kazuyoshi Hagiwara , Kei Tanaka
IPC分类号: G03G15/16
CPC分类号: G03G15/162 , G03G15/161
摘要: A transfer member includes: an inner layer; and an outer layer that is adhered to the inner layer and has a hardness lower than a hardness of the inner layer.
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