Image forming apparatus
    1.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12124208B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-22

    申请号:US18073821

    申请日:2022-12-02

    IPC分类号: G01G21/16 G03G21/16

    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.

    IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS
    2.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240302768A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-12

    申请号:US18670361

    申请日:2024-05-21

    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.

    IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH GUIDE PORTION CAPABLE OF GUIDING INCLINED MANUAL FEED TRAY FROM OPENING TO INTERIOR OF APPARATUS BODY

    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

    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.

    IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    4.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240176264A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-30

    申请号:US18519218

    申请日:2023-11-27

    IPC分类号: G03G15/16 G03G15/00

    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.

    Image forming apparatus
    7.
    发明授权

    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

    IPC分类号: G03G15/20 G03G15/00 B65H29/24

    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.

    IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS
    8.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230236526A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-27

    申请号:US18156951

    申请日:2023-01-19

    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.

    IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    9.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230176517A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-08

    申请号:US18073821

    申请日:2022-12-02

    IPC分类号: G03G21/16 G03G15/00

    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.