121 |
Digital copying machine |
US09789616 |
2001-02-22 |
US06950199B2 |
2005-09-27 |
Naoya Kikkawa |
A digital copying machine having an information processing apparatus includes image forming means and sheet containing means. The image forming means forms an image on a sheet. The sheet containing means is disposed below the image forming means and contains sheets to be supplied to the image forming means, wherein the information processing apparatus is installed above or below the sheet containing means. |
122 |
HIGH PRINT RATE MERGING AND FINISHING SYSTEM FOR PRINTING |
US11002528 |
2004-12-02 |
US20050158098A1 |
2005-07-21 |
Barry Mandel; Robert Loftus; Steven Moore; Martin Krucinski; Lisbeth Quesnel |
A system for printing media includes a plurality of marking engines for outputting printed media in a stream, a media path system operable to transport the printed media from the marking engines to one or more finishing stations such that the streams are merged and transported one on top of the other and one or more finishing stations capable of compiling media in groups of 2 or more sheets for post-processing the printed media into one or more completed jobs. |
123 |
HIGH PRINT RATE MERGING AND FINISHING SYSTEM FOR PARALLEL PRINTING |
US10761522 |
2004-01-21 |
US20050158094A1 |
2005-07-21 |
Barry Mandel; Robert Lofthus; Steven Moore; Martin Krucinski; Lisbeth Quesnel |
A system for printing media includes a plurality of marking engines for outputting printed media in a stream, a media path system operable to transport the printed media from the marking engines to one or more finishing stations such that the streams are merged and transported one on top of the other and one or more finishing stations capable of compiling media in groups of 2 or more sheets for post processing the printed media into one or more completed jobs. |
124 |
Sheet finisher and image forming system using the same |
US10629654 |
2003-07-30 |
US06905118B2 |
2005-06-14 |
Akihito Andoh |
A sheet finisher of the present invention is included in an image forming system and folds a stack of sheets sequentially transferred from an image forming apparatus thereto. The sheet finisher includes a fold roller pair for holding the stack of sheets being conveyed via a nip thereof. A reinforce roller reinforces the fold of the folded sheet stack in cooperation with a guide plate. A drive mechanism causes the reinforce roller to move in a direction perpendicular to a direction of sheet conveyance. A shock absorbing member is located at a position where the reinforce roller and guide plate contact each other. |
125 |
Medium thickness detecting apparatus |
US10193434 |
2002-07-11 |
US06850717B2 |
2005-02-01 |
Shuuichi Fujikura; Masahiro Fukuda; Toyokazu Shiraishi; Tatsuya Murakami; Naoki Sunaga; Kiyoshi Matsuda |
A medium thickness detecting apparatus detects the thickness of a recording medium. A displacement section is disposed in a transport path through which a recording medium passes. When the recording medium passes the displacement section, the displacement section displaces in a direction substantially normal to the surface of a recording medium. An amplifying section amplifies a displacement of the displacement section by a predetermined factor. A thickness determining section outputs a signal representative of an amplified value of the displacement. The displacement section may be one of two rollers between which the recording medium passes, and displaces upward when the recording medium passes between the two rollers. Alternatively, the displacement section my be positioned to sit on a stage provided in the transport path such that the displacement section is pushed away from the stage when the recording medium passes between the displacement section and the surface. |
126 |
Image forming apparatus |
US10459277 |
2003-06-11 |
US06775495B2 |
2004-08-10 |
Hiroshi Kida |
A main body is separable into a static body and a movable body along a carrier path extending from a sheet feeding unit to a sheet discharge unit, and the static body is provided with an image forming unit. The movable body can be slid straightly with respect to the static body. The carrier path can be wide open along the entire length thereof by sliding the movable body, facilitating the removal of stuck sheet from the carrier path. |
127 |
Semi-insulating material testing and optimization |
US10121436 |
2002-04-12 |
US06670814B2 |
2003-12-30 |
Ming-Kai Tse |
A test system and data analysis procedure are provided for use in electrophotographic printing with a whole set of characteristics determined to be important for efficiency and high quality images. The test system and data analysis procedure characterize dielectric relaxation processes in materials in terms of charge transport parameters that may include intrinsic charge density, charge mobility, and charge injection from the contact surfaces. The materials may include photoconductive drums or belts, charging rolls, developer rolls, intermediate transfer belts and output media such as paper transparencies or textiles. The apparatus consists of a charging source, a voltage detector and a current detector in an open-circuit mode of measurement. The configuration closely simulates the actual application of the materials in electrophotography and thus, can yield information more relevant for the applications. |
128 |
Image forming apparatus |
US10459277 |
2003-06-11 |
US20030206750A1 |
2003-11-06 |
Hiroshi
Kida |
A main body is separable into a static body and a movable body along a carrier path extending from a sheet feeding unit to a sheet discharge unit, and the static body is provided with an image forming unit. The movable body can be slid straightly with respect to the static body. The carrier path can be wide open along the entire length thereof by sliding the movable body, facilitating the removal of stuck sheet from the carrier path. |
129 |
Rubber member for use in electrophotographic apparatus and rubber member for separating paper sheets |
US09922613 |
2001-08-06 |
US06600003B2 |
2003-07-29 |
Hitoshi Shirasaka; Noriko Abe; Kouichi Shizuru; Katsuji Shimabukuro; Mika Sakatani; Shuhei Noda |
The present invention provides an electrophotography rubber member which has a rebound resilience remaining satisfactorily stabilized over changes in environmental conditions and can serve as a member such as a high-performance cleaning blade and provides a similar sheet-separation rubber member which generates no noise. The electrophotography rubber member or sheet-separation rubber member is formed of a rubber elastomer containing a polyurethane formed from a long-chain polyol containing a polyester-polyol having a number average molecular weight of 500-5,000 and an ester concentration of 2-8 mmol/g, wherein the ester concentration is defined by the following relationship: Ester concentration (mmol/g)=(Amount by mol of ester groups)/(Weight of the polyester-polyol). |
130 |
Image forming systems, methods of handling media, and methods of identifying locations of interchangeable media handling devices relative to one another |
US09298620 |
1999-04-23 |
US06594027B1 |
2003-07-15 |
Gustavo M. Guillemin; Ricardo Osuna Leyva; Lawrence Bert Newell, Jr. |
In one aspect, the invention encompasses a method of identifying the location of interchangeable media handling devices relative to one another and relative to an image forming device. A data communication path is provided in parallel data communication with a plurality of media handling devices, and also in data communication with a processor. A power connection path is provided and configured to provide power sequentially to the media handling devices. The media handling devices are initially in an lower power state. Power is provided through the power connection path to the individual media handling devices to change the power state of the media handling devices from the lower power state to an higher power state. The power travels sequentially through the power connection path to each of the media handling devices, and the individual media handling devices send a signal to the processor after they receive power. The processor utilizes the signals received from the media handling devices to identify a relative physical orientation of the media handling devices to one another, and to identify the relative physical orientation of the media handling devices to the image forming device. In another aspect, the invention encompasses a system configured to incorporate the above-described method. |
131 |
IMAGE FORMING DEVICE AND METHOD CAPABLE OF CORRECTING LATERAL MISALIGNMENT |
US09972922 |
2001-10-10 |
US20030068181A1 |
2003-04-10 |
Shungo
Miyata; Kazumasa
Yasui |
A sheet feeding unit is provided with a feeding path, on which a cut sheet serving as an image forming medium having a predetermined size is fed. A sheet edge sensor has sensor elements separately arranged at portions, at which the edge of the cut sheet serving as the image forming medium having the predetermined size can be detected, along a direction perpendicular to the feeding direction of the cut sheet serving as the image forming medium on the feeding path in the sheet feeding unit. An image forming unit forms a predetermined image on the cut sheet serving as the image forming medium to be fed by the sheet feeding unit. An image formation correcting unit corrects image formation according to lateral misalignment of the cut sheet serving as the image forming medium based on a detection result transmitted from the sheet edge sensor when a predetermined image is formed on the cut sheet serving as the image forming medium by the image forming unit. |
132 |
Sheet detecting apparatus and image forming apparatus equipped with sheet detecting apparatus |
US10201991 |
2002-07-25 |
US20030031476A1 |
2003-02-13 |
Ikuo
Takeuchi; Kunio
Tsuruno; Tetsuya
Morita; Keizo
Isemura; Ichiro
Sasaki; Masahiro
Kurahashi; Atsushi
Nakagawa; Kenji
Fukushi |
The quantity of light of an optical sensor including a light emission portion and a light reception portion is adjusted through calculation before sheet detection is performed. In order to perform the light quantity adjustment, a voltage to be applied to the light emission portion of the optical sensor is obtained by performing calculation based on a relation between a voltage applied to the light emission portion before the adjustment and an output from the light reception portion before the adjustment. Then, it is judged whether the obtained voltage exists within a predetermined range and, if a positive result is obtained, the light quantity adjustment is ended. Further, a signal requesting the cleaning of the optical sensor is outputted in accordance with a value of the obtained voltage. |
133 |
Roller for office automation equipment |
US09919804 |
2001-08-02 |
US06491613B2 |
2002-12-10 |
Kazuhiro Takeda; Sumio Oinuma; Naoki Yamaguchi; Hiroshige Hiramatsu; Hitoshi Yoshikawa |
A roller for office automation equipment which does not suffer from impairment of a cross-linking reaction or occurrence of a delay therein, is excellent in permanent set resistance and low-temperature bleedability, and permits achievement of a low hardness. A preferred roller for office automation equipment comprises a base rubber layer, an intermediate layer and a surface layer formed in this sequence on an outer peripheral surface of a shaft, wherein the base rubber layer is formed of a liquid rubber composition containing the following constituents (A) to (D): (A) a liquid rubber, derived from at least one of butadiene and isoprene, and having a structural unit (&agr;) having an alkenyl group on the side chain thereof; (B) a hydrosilyl cross-linking agent; (C) a hydrosilylation catalyst; and (D) a mineral oil containing not more than 0.31 wt. % sulfur. |
134 |
Antistatic composition and method of using same |
US09512043 |
2000-02-24 |
US06432189B1 |
2002-08-13 |
Lawrence Edmond Curts; Earl Clinton McDermid; Henry Joseph Sapanio |
An antistatic composition for treating a substrate such as paper for use in a photocopier or the like, in rolls, or bundles in which sheets of the substrate are individually fed from a bundle of sheets of the substrate, comprises a single phase hydrocarbon oil composition. The hydrocarbon oil may optionally include additional antistatic additives. The composition reduces static between the individual sheets in the bundle, thus reducing paper misfeeds and jams when individual sheets in the bundle are fed into the photocopier. Also disclosed is a method of treating a substrate for use in a photocopier in which sheets of the substrate are individually fed from a bundle of sheets of the substrate, or rolls of a substrate, with an antistatic composition to reduce static between the individual sheets of the substrate. The method includes applying an antistatic composition including a hydrocarbon oil to at least one lateral margin of the bundle of sheets of the substrate. |
135 |
Sensor alignment for a document processing apparatus |
US82772801 |
2001-04-06 |
US6430986B2 |
2002-08-13 |
DIMORA SCOTT JOSEPH |
A multi-sensor alignment testing device for aligning or testing a sensor in a paper processing apparatus. The device comprises a housing, a power supply section, and a signal selector section connected to the housing. The signal selector section is connectable to a power supply section and the sensor. The indicator section is connected to the signal selector section and the sensor. |
136 |
Method for removing pollution material which remain on an engine of an image forming apparatus |
US09176930 |
1998-10-23 |
US06384924B1 |
2002-05-07 |
Bong-Gi Lee |
Disclosed is a method for removing contaminants which remain on an engine of an image forming apparatus, such that when a sheet of paper becomes jammed in the image forming apparatus during a printing operation, a subsequent sheet of paper is enforcedly supplied to the image forming apparatus after removing the jammed paper so that contaminants, for example toner, are removed from the image forming apparatus in such a manner to fix the contaminants to the subsequent sheet of paper. While fixing the contaminants to the subsequent sheet of paper, print data is not fixed onto the subsequent sheet of paper. Accordingly, an optimum quality of printing can be accomplished without a waste of toner. |
137 |
Printing system and printing method for producing a chromatically mixed sheet sequence |
US09854750 |
2001-05-14 |
US06363231B1 |
2002-03-26 |
Hans Manzer; Bernd Krempel; Manfred Lehmann; Rudolf Seeberger; Hans Hahn; Ruediger Siemens; Wolfgang Schullerus; Andreas Berchtold; Peter Rumpel; Manfred Wiedemer; Gerhard Loedermann |
A printer or copier includes a high speed monochrome or two color printer portion and a slower full color printer portion. Print job signals are divided into monochrome and color printed pages and sent to the corresponding printer portion. The printers, or a paper handling path between the printers, is controlled to assemble the printed pages into a predetermined sequence order. |
138 |
Alignment device and method for aligning input/output devices with printers |
US09689298 |
2000-10-11 |
US06311032B1 |
2001-10-30 |
Scott K. Carter, Jr.; Kevin Falk |
This invention relates to alignment devices for input/output devices to printers. Such structures of this type, generally, employ a locating foot that is attached to the input/output device which fits into a locating and referencing means on the underside of the printer stand or under—mounted input device. |
139 |
Digital copying machine |
US09789616 |
2001-02-22 |
US20010030764A1 |
2001-10-18 |
Naoya
Kikkawa |
An object of the present invention is to save an installation space. Another object of the present invention is to provide a digital copying machine which can prevent curl of a sheet due to excessive humidity. The present invention provides a digital copying machine having an information processing apparatus, which has image forming means for forming an image on a sheet, and sheet containing means disposed below the image forming means and adapted to contain sheets to be sullied to the image forming means, wherein the information processing apparatus is installed above or below the sheet containing means. |
140 |
Sheet conveying apparatus and image forming apparatus having the same |
US09467177 |
1999-12-20 |
US06289183B1 |
2001-09-11 |
Hiroaki Miyake |
In a sheet conveying apparatus, starting sound is reduced and downsizing is contrived without causing any increase in cost. The sheet conveying apparatus is provided with a plurality of pairs of rotary members disposed along a sheet conveying path for guiding a sheet, and conveying the sheet, a plurality of rotary driving devices for rotating the pairs of rotary members, and a control device for staggering the starting time of each rotary driving device and starting the rotary driving devices. |