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公开(公告)号:US12124208B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-22
申请号:US18073821
申请日:2022-12-02
CPC分类号: G03G21/1633 , G03G2215/00544 , G03G2215/00548 , G03G2215/00679 , G03G2221/1654
摘要: An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, an image forming unit, an opening and closing cover, a fixed cover that constitutes a part of an exterior of the apparatus body with the opening and closing cover, and is configured to form a boundary portion with an upper edge of the opening and closing cover in a vertical direction, a positioning portion including a first engagement portion provided in the opening and closing cover, and a second engagement portion provided in the fixed cover, a first conveyance guide provided on the opening and closing cover, and a second conveyance guide provided on the fixed cover. The first engagement portion and the second engagement portion are configured to engage with each other to perform positioning of the opening and closing cover and the fixed cover in the vertical direction and positioning of the first conveyance guide and the second conveyance guide.
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公开(公告)号:US20240302768A1
公开(公告)日:2024-09-12
申请号:US18670361
申请日:2024-05-21
发明人: TAKANORI MITANI , TAKAO KUME , SATOSHI NISHIDA , ISAMU TAKEDA , KOHEI OKAYASU
CPC分类号: G03G15/0808 , G03G9/09328 , G03G15/0173 , G03G15/161 , G03G2215/00177 , G03G2215/00679
摘要: An image-forming apparatus includes first and second photosensitive drums, first and second image-forming portion including first and second development rollers configured to bear developers composed of first and second toner particles and organosilicon protrusions formed on surfaces of the first and second toner particles, an intermediate transfer member to which a developer image is to be transferred in first and second contact portions in contact with the first and second photosensitive drums, and a transfer member configured to transfer the developer image to a recording material in a transfer portion. The first contact portion is formed downstream of the transfer portion and upstream of the second contact portion in a movement direction of the surface of the intermediate transfer member. A protrusion formed on the second developer has a lower height than a protrusion formed on the first developer.
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公开(公告)号:US20240288817A1
公开(公告)日:2024-08-29
申请号:US18582922
申请日:2024-02-21
发明人: Nobuhiro FUKUMA
IPC分类号: G03G15/00
CPC分类号: G03G15/6514 , G03G2215/00383 , G03G2215/00392 , G03G2215/00679
摘要: An image forming apparatus includes: a manual feed tray that is provided at an opening in a sidewall of an apparatus body of the image forming apparatus and opens or closes the opening by an opening/closing operation; a guide portion that supports movement of the manual feed tray based on the opening/closing operation between a first position where the manual feed tray is upright along the sidewall to close the opening and a second position where the manual feed tray inclines toward outside of the apparatus body to open the opening, and guides the manual feed tray in the second position from the opening to within the apparatus body to retract the manual feed tray within the apparatus body; a sheet feed mechanism that feeds a sheet on the retracted manual feed tray; and an image forming device that forms an image on the sheet fed from the manual feed.
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公开(公告)号:US20240176264A1
公开(公告)日:2024-05-30
申请号:US18519218
申请日:2023-11-27
CPC分类号: G03G15/1675 , G03G15/607 , G03G15/70 , G03G2215/00679 , G03G2215/066
摘要: An image forming apparatus includes a conveyance unit configured to convey a sheet in a conveyance direction, an image bearing member, a transfer unit, a fixing unit, a sheet discharge unit, a detection unit, and a control unit configured to control conveyance of the sheet by controlling the conveyance unit and the image bearing member. In a case where the control unit has judged that a jam occurred by a jammed sheet based on a detection result of the detection unit, the control unit is configured to perform a conveyance processing of conveying the jammed sheet such that a trailing edge of the jammed sheet reaches a downstream side of the transfer nip in the conveyance direction.
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公开(公告)号:US11958715B2
公开(公告)日:2024-04-16
申请号:US17175844
申请日:2021-02-15
申请人: Ryohsuke Kawasaki
发明人: Ryohsuke Kawasaki
CPC分类号: B65H7/00 , B65H5/062 , G03G15/6529 , G03G15/80 , B65H2403/92 , B65H2403/94 , B65H2513/10 , B65H2801/06 , G03G2215/00679
摘要: A drive mechanism that drives a rotator to rotate includes a main motor, an assist motor, and processing circuitry. The main motor drives the rotator. The assist motor drives the rotator and assists a drive of the rotator by the main motor. The processing circuitry controls a speed of the main motor so that a rotational speed of the rotator is constant, and controls a motor voltage of the assist motor so that the motor voltage of the assist motor changes according to a change in a motor current of the main motor.
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公开(公告)号:US20240045552A1
公开(公告)日:2024-02-08
申请号:US18379031
申请日:2023-10-11
发明人: Hyung Chul KIM , Jung Mok Park
IPC分类号: G06F3/044 , G06F3/041 , G09G3/3208 , B65H5/02 , G03G15/00
CPC分类号: G06F3/0443 , G06F3/0412 , G09G3/3208 , G06F3/0446 , B65H5/025 , G03G15/6555 , G06F2203/04112 , G06F2203/04106 , G06F2203/04102 , G06F2203/04111 , G06F3/04164 , G03G2215/00679
摘要: A flexible touch panel including a flexible substrate bent in a first direction, and a touch sensor unit disposed on the flexible substrate, the touch sensor unit including a bridge extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction.
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公开(公告)号:US11822278B2
公开(公告)日:2023-11-21
申请号:US18049196
申请日:2022-10-24
发明人: Naoto Tokuma
CPC分类号: G03G15/657 , B65H29/242 , G03G15/2017 , G03G15/2064 , B65H2404/264 , B65H2404/2691 , B65H2404/281 , B65H2801/12 , G03G2215/00679 , G03G2215/00945
摘要: An image forming apparatus includes a transfer unit forming a transfer nip portion, a fixing unit forming a fixing nip portion, and first and second belt suction conveyance units to suck a sheet onto a first belt and a second belt, respectively. The fixing nip portion is arranged at a position above the transfer nip portion. In a sheet conveyance direction, an upstream end portion of the first belt in the first belt suction conveyance unit is provided below the transfer nip portion, a downstream end portion of the first belt is provided above an upstream end portion of the second belt in the second belt suction conveyance unit, and a downstream end portion of the second belt is provided below the fixing nip portion. The first and second belts are inclined from a lower position to an upper position from upstream to downstream in the sheet conveyance direction.
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公开(公告)号:US20230236526A1
公开(公告)日:2023-07-27
申请号:US18156951
申请日:2023-01-19
发明人: TAKANORI MITANI , TAKAO KUME , SATOSHI NISHIDA , ISAMU TAKEDA , KOHEI OKAYASU
CPC分类号: G03G15/0808 , G03G15/161 , G03G15/0173 , G03G9/09328 , G03G2215/00679 , G03G2215/00177
摘要: An image-forming apparatus includes first and second photosensitive drums, first and second image-forming portion including first and second development rollers configured to bear developers composed of first and second toner particles and organosilicon protrusions formed on surfaces of the first and second toner particles, an intermediate transfer member to which a developer image is to be transferred in first and second contact portions in contact with the first and second photosensitive drums, and a transfer member configured to transfer the developer image to a recording material in a transfer portion. The first contact portion is formed downstream of the transfer portion and upstream of the second contact portion in a movement direction of the surface of the intermediate transfer member. A protrusion formed on the second developer has a lower height than a protrusion formed on the first developer.
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公开(公告)号:US20230176517A1
公开(公告)日:2023-06-08
申请号:US18073821
申请日:2022-12-02
CPC分类号: G03G21/1638 , G03G15/657 , G03G2215/00544 , G03G2215/00548 , G03G2215/00679 , G03G2221/1654
摘要: An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, an image forming unit, an opening and closing cover, a fixed cover that constitutes a part of an exterior of the apparatus body with the opening and closing cover, and is configured to form a boundary portion with an upper edge of the opening and closing cover in a vertical direction, a positioning portion including a first engagement portion provided in the opening and closing cover, and a second engagement portion provided in the fixed cover, a first conveyance guide provided on the opening and closing cover, and a second conveyance guide provided on the fixed cover. The first engagement portion and the second engagement portion are configured to engage with each other to perform positioning of the opening and closing cover and the fixed cover in the vertical direction and positioning of the first conveyance guide and the second conveyance guide.
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公开(公告)号:US11662683B2
公开(公告)日:2023-05-30
申请号:US17534607
申请日:2021-11-24
发明人: Tomooku Koyama , Jun Agata , Yasuhiro Nakahara , Hiroharu Tsuji
CPC分类号: G03G15/6544 , B65H9/004 , B65H31/02 , B65H31/3027 , B65H37/04 , G03G15/6552 , G03G15/6573 , B65H2301/421 , B65H2701/131 , B65H2801/27 , G03G2215/00421 , G03G2215/00679 , G03G2215/00827 , G03G2215/00848 , G03G2221/1657
摘要: A sheet processing apparatus includes a conveyance unit configured to convey a sheet, a stacking portion on which the sheet conveyed by the conveyance unit is stacked, a first regulation member configured to regulate a position of an edge portion, in a conveyance direction, of the sheet stacked on the stacking portion, a second regulation member configured to regulate a position of an edge portion, in a width direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction, of the sheet stacked on the stacking portion, a binding unit supported movably in the conveyance direction and configured to perform a binding process of binding the sheet stacked on the stacking portion, and a moving unit configured to move the second regulation member in the conveyance direction accompanied with a movement, in the conveyance direction, of the binding unit.
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