http://www.freshpatents.com/Electrophotography-dtnewntc399.php USPTO Class 399 - Electrophotography en-us Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:05:00 -0700 1000 Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 141 31 http://www.freshpatents.com/index.php?rss=true http://www.freshpatents.com/images/freshpatentsnav_rss.gif http://www.freshpatents.com/System-and-methods-for-universal-imaging-components-dt20080717ptan20080170866.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:05:00 -0700 A universal cartridge chip for use with an imaging process cartridge installed in an imaging device is disclosed. The universal cartridge chip includes a memory storing imaging process cartridge data. The universal cartridge chip may be installed on the imaging process cartridge in a first orientation or a second orientation.... http://www.freshpatents.com/Image-forming-apparatus-and-power-supplying-method-thereof-dt20080717ptan20080170867.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:05:00 -0700 An image forming apparatus includes an image forming part that forms an image on a recording medium and includes a plurality of photoconductors, a plurality of charging parts that charges the photoconductors, a plurality of developing parts that develops the charged photoconductors, and a plurality of static electricity erasing parts... http://www.freshpatents.com/Image-forming-method-image-forming-apparatus-and-toner-image-pattern-dt20080717ptan20080170868.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:05:00 -0700 An image forming method exposes image bearing members by simultaneously reflecting light beams from light sources, corresponding to different colors, by different reflection surfaces of a polygon mirror which has reflection surfaces and is rotated in one direction, transforms electrostatic latent images formed on each of the image bearing members... http://www.freshpatents.com/Image-forming-apparatus-dt20080717ptan20080170870.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:05:00 -0700 An image forming apparatus includes: a photoreceptor, a charging unit which charges the photoreceptor; an exposing unit which forms a latent image onto the photoreceptor; a developing unit which develops the latent image to a toner image; a sensor which detects a line width of a toner patch formed on... http://www.freshpatents.com/Mass-based-sensing-of-charging-knee-for-active-control-of-charger-settings-dt20080717ptan20080170869.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:05:00 -0700 A xerographic marking engine adjusts a charging actuator, such as an AC peak-to-peak voltage or an AC peak-to-peak AC current, based upon toner patch density measurements made using, e.g., a toner patch density sensor. The sensor is used to detect a knee in a toner mass density curve obtained by... http://www.freshpatents.com/Image-forming-apparatus-and-control-method-thereof-dt20080717ptan20080170871.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:05:00 -0700 Image forming apparatus in which surface electric potentials of a plurality of surface areas are detected by charging a photoconductor with a different applied bias for each predetermined timing and exposing a plurality of surface areas of the photoconductor by scanning the photoconductor with an optical beam, while changing an... http://www.freshpatents.com/Image-forming-apparatus-dt20080717ptan20080170872.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:05:00 -0700 In order to simultaneously prevent both curl generation and fixation performance deterioration upon both-surface image formation of a recording medium P, a fixation temperature control means which subjects a transporting-direction trailing end region of a first surface (front surface) of the recording medium P to fixation at a low heating... http://www.freshpatents.com/Original-conveying-apparatus-original-conveying-program-and-original-conveying-method-dt20080717ptan20080170873.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:05:00 -0700 The present invention provides an original conveying apparatus, an original conveying program, and an original conveying method that can change a conveying angle of an original with respect to a scanning point of a scanning apparatus to an angle suitable for removing a foreign matter on the scanning point and... http://www.freshpatents.com/Image-forming-apparatus-image-forming-method-and-computer-readable-recording-medium-storing-program-dt20080717ptan20080170874.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:05:00 -0700 Disclosed is an image forming apparatus which registers jobs in an order of acceptance of the jobs and which carries out an image forming process and a post-processing for a recording medium according to a content of the registered jobs comprising a comparing unit to compare a time needed for... http://www.freshpatents.com/Image-forming-apparatus-dt20080717ptan20080170875.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:05:00 -0700 An image forming apparatus includes a main frame having a first driving force transmitting part, and a first electrode to supply power, a developing cartridge mounted to the main frame, and having a second driving force transmitting part engaged to the first driving force transmitting part to receive a driving... http://www.freshpatents.com/Developing-unit-and-image-forming-apparatus-using-the-same-dt20080717ptan20080170876.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:05:00 -0700 A developing unit for developing an electrostatic latent image formed on the outer peripheral surface of a latent image bearing member rotating in one direction with a developer by mixing electrostatically chargeable toner and magnetic carrier, includes: a developing roller; a carrier collecting roller; a cooling portion including a forced... http://www.freshpatents.com/Printer-dynamically-monitoring-printer-environment-contamination-dt20080717ptan20080170877.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:05:00 -0700 An printer, such as a state of the art a high performance, electro-photographic printer. The printer includes at least one smart material sensor enclosed in the printer enclosure that monitors for the presence of a contaminant (e.g., toner or developer) above a selected threshold. Each smart material sensor is coupled... http://www.freshpatents.com/Cleaning-device-process-cartridge-and-image-forming-apparatus-dt20080717ptan20080170878.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:05:00 -0700 A cleaning device including a polarity control unit to control a charge polarity of residual toner particles, a cleaning member, a surface of which is movable, to electrostatically remove the residual toner particles, provided on a downstream side from the polarity control unit relative to a surface moving direction of... http://www.freshpatents.com/Seal-and-seal-assembly-for-an-image-forming-apparatus-dt20080717ptan20080170879.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:05:00 -0700 A seal assembly may be used to seal an interface between a roller and a frame in an image forming apparatus. The seal assembly may include an end seal configured to seal an end of a doctor blade in contact with the roller and a roll seal configured to seal... http://www.freshpatents.com/Developing-apparatus-process-cartridge-and-electrophotographic-image-forming-apparatus-dt20080717ptan20080170880.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:05:00 -0700 A process cartridge is detachably mountable to a main assembly of the electrophotographic image forming apparatus. The main assembly includes first and second transmitters, a cartridge positioner, a movable member, and a lock. The cartridge includes a photosensitive drum, a developing roller, a drum coupler transmitting a first driving force... http://www.freshpatents.com/Developing-transferring-module-and-image-forming-apparatus-having-the-same-dt20080717ptan20080170881.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:05:00 -0700 A developing-transferring module includes a sub frame which is detachably mounted to a main frame, a plurality of photosensitive units which are disposed inside the sub frame with a predetermined interval and includes a photosensitive body to which a developer is attached, and a intermediate transferring unit which are provided... http://www.freshpatents.com/Photosensitive-member-cartridge-developer-cartridge-and-process-cartridge-dt20080717ptan20080170882.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:05:00 -0700 A developer cartridge including a frame, a developer housing section, a developer supplying section, a developer electrode, and an input gear is provided. The frame includes a first side wall and a second side wall, and the first side wall and the second side wall extend substantially in a length... http://www.freshpatents.com/Image-forming-device-and-developing-method-thereof-dt20080717ptan20080170883.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:05:00 -0700 A developing method improves the printed image quality of an image-forming device by removing surplus charge potential to make the surface potential of a photoreceptor charged during first and second charging steps be the same for next developing, or by inputting different voltages to the developing units. An image-forming device... http://www.freshpatents.com/Belt-driving-controller-belt-rotating-device-and-image-forming-apparatus-dt20080717ptan20080170884.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:05:00 -0700 A belt driving controller is disclosed. The belt driving controller controls driving of a belt that is wound around plural sustaining rollers by controlling a driving sustaining roller that transmits a driving force to the belt. In two sustaining rollers, a calculating method for recognizing a PLD (pitch line distance)... http://www.freshpatents.com/Developing-device-and-image-forming-apparatus-dt20080717ptan20080170885.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:05:00 -0700 A developing device in which a developer is supplied to a developing roller and the developer is carried while it is stirred, includes: a developer passage through which the developer can be carried; a carrying member which is provided in the developer passage and has a rotary shaft and a... http://www.freshpatents.com/Image-forming-unit-and-image-forming-apparatus-dt20080717ptan20080170886.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:05:00 -0700 An image forming unit includes an image forming unit main body; and a developer storage unit detachably attached to the image forming unit main body. The image forming unit main body includes a developer retaining space for retaining developer and a supply opening for supplying developer to the developer retaining... http://www.freshpatents.com/Toner-container-developer-replenishing-device-and-image-forming-apparatus-dt20080717ptan20080170887.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:05:00 -0700 A toner container for containing toner includes a toner discharge hole, a toner conveyance screw for conveying the toner within the container toward the toner discharge hole, a driving force transmitting portion for transmitting a driving force to the toner conveying screw, and a plurality of supporting legs for supporting... http://www.freshpatents.com/Toner-container-and-developer-replenishing-device-dt20080717ptan20080170888.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:05:00 -0700 A toner container for containing toner includes a first side wall and a second side wall opposite to each other; a toner discharge hole; an agitator for agitating the toner, the agitator rotatable around an agitating shaft bridged between the first side wall and the second side wall; a bearing... http://www.freshpatents.com/Toner-container-and-developer-replenishing-device-dt20080717ptan20080170889.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:05:00 -0700 A toner container contains toner and includes: a container having a toner discharge hole; a toner conveyance screw for conveying the toner within the container toward the toner discharge hole; and a shutter cylinder including a peripheral wall formed with a toner discharge opening at a position corresponding to the... http://www.freshpatents.com/Toner-container-and-developer-replenishing-device-dt20080717ptan20080170890.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:05:00 -0700 A toner container for containing toner includes a toner discharge hole, a toner conveyance screw for conveying toner within the container toward the toner discharge hole, an agitator with an agitating blade for agitating the toner, and a recessed screw accommodation portion recessed in a bottom of the container for... http://www.freshpatents.com/Magnetic-particle-carrying-device-and-developing-unit-process-cartridge-and-image-forming-apparatus-using-the-same-and-surface-treatment-method-of-the-same-dt20080717ptan20080170891.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:05:00 -0700 A magnetic particle carrying device includes a magnetic field generator and a hollow cylindrical structure. The magnetic field generator generates a magnetic field. The hollow cylindrical structure encases the magnetic field generator and attracts magnetic particles on an external surface of the hollow structure using the magnetic field. The external... http://www.freshpatents.com/Auto-color-registration-apparatus-and-method-thereof-dt20080717ptan20080170892.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:05:00 -0700 An auto color registration apparatus and a method thereof capable of improving the precision of a color registration operation, the auto color registration apparatus includes: a color image sensing module to sense color image patterns printed on a transfer belt; a first correction value calculating module to calculate a first... http://www.freshpatents.com/Image-forming-apparatus-and-toner-manufacturing-method-dt20080717ptan20080170893.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:05:00 -0700 An image forming apparatus comprises toner with a coloring agent including magnetic powder as a nucleus arranged on a surface of one side of each toner particle, a toner image forming medium on which a toner image is formed using the toner, and a magnetic substance arranged at an opposite... http://www.freshpatents.com/Fixing-device-and-image-forming-apparatus-equipped-with-the-same-dt20080717ptan20080170894.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:05:00 -0700 A fixing device for image forming apparatus includes: a first nip member in a shape of an endless belt and a second nip member that rotates while pressed against the first nip member. A heat source heats at least one of the nip members. A pressure receiver receives pressure applied... http://www.freshpatents.com/Fusing-roller-and-method-of-manufacturing-the-same-fusing-unit-employing-the-fusing-roller-and-image-forming-apparatus-employing-the-fusing-unit-dt20080717ptan20080170895.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:05:00 -0700 A fusing roller which is heated by a heat source, includes: a core member; a first primer which is formed on a circumference of the core member; an elastic layer which is formed on a circumference of the first primer, and adhered on the circumference of the core member by... http://www.freshpatents.com/Release-promoting-agent-fixing-device-and-image-forming-apparatus-dt20080717ptan20080170896.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:05:00 -0700 respectively, where b≠0, and c>1000. A release-promoting agent is configured to be applied to a heating member in a fixing device that presses the heating member against a recording medium on which a toner image is formed and fixes the toner image to the recording medium, to promote release of the... http://www.freshpatents.com/Lubricant-applicator-process-cartridge-and-image-forming-apparatus-including-the-same-dt20080717ptan20080170897.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:05:00 -0700 An image forming apparatus includes a lubricant applicator and a process cartridge using the same. The lubricant applicator includes a solid lubricant, a lubricant retainer, a lubricant holder, a lubricant application mechanism, a pressure mechanism, a friction resistance reduction mechanism. The lubricant retainer holds the solid lubricant. The lubricant holder... http://www.freshpatents.com/Powder-conveyance-device-toner-conveyance-device-process-cartridge-and-image-forming-apparatus-dt20080717ptan20080170898.php Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:05:00 -0700 A powder conveyance device capable of removing toner (powder) stuck to a conveyor belt easily and reliably comprises a powder conveyor belt having a plurality of concavo-convex portions formed continuously on a conveyance surface thereof, driving means for driving the conveyor belt, and a scraping member that contacts the conveyor...