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| Patent # | Description |
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| US-7,822,353 |
Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus is disclosed. The image forming apparatus includes an operations section that operates the image forming apparatus, the operations... |
| US-7,822,351 |
Filling-rate lowering and rolling rate adjusting image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a toner-layer filling-rate lowering unit that causes a toner layer of toner images to be formed on an image carrier so that... |
| US-7,822,083 |
Laser light intensity control device, laser light intensity control
method, and image forming apparatus A disclosed laser light intensity control device includes a semiconductor laser configured to scan a photoconductor by emitting laser beams and form an... |
| US-7,821,682 |
Buffer circuit, image reading apparatus, and image forming apparatus Example embodiments of the present invention relate generally to a buffer circuit capable of suppressing the adverse influence of excessive voltage or current... |
| US-7,821,678 |
Image forming apparatus capable of producing a high-precision light beam
with a simple structure An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier and an optical scanning device. The optical scanning device generates an optical scanning beam and includes... |
| US-7,821,677 |
Method and apparatus for image forming capable of accurately detecting
displacement of transfer images and... An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of image carriers, an image forming mechanism, a seamless belt-like intermediate transfer body or a transfer... |
| US-7,821,661 |
Imaging apparatus, information device including the same, and imaging
method therefor An imaging apparatus (1), including: a recording unit (11) configured to record as an image file (200) an image data generated by conversion from an optical... |
| US-7,821,660 |
System and method for compensating for resource unavailability in an image
processing system A method and system for providing back-up server functionality in an image processing system. Upon detecting that a primary server is unavailable an image... |
| US-7,821,527 |
Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus, which reduces toner spatter and produces a good quality image when forming a toner image using the direct recording method. An image... |
| US-7,821,242 |
Constant voltage circuit and method of controlling ouput voltage of
constant voltage circuit A constant voltage circuit for converting an input voltage input from an input terminal, converting the input voltage to a predetermined constant voltage, and... |
| US-7,820,350 |
Toner, developer, toner container, process cartridge, image forming
apparatus, and image forming method A toner containing a colorant, and a binder resin, wherein the toner is prepared by dissolving or dispersing a colorant, a precursor of the binder resin having a... |
| US-7,820,348 |
Toner recovery apparatus, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus To provide a toner recovery apparatus including: a toner transporting duct; and an endless toner transporting belt; wherein the toner transporting belt is... |
| US-7,819,596 |
Label making method, printer control apparatus, program used by printer
control apparatus, and recording medium... A label making method for making a label where information is printed by a label printer; includes the step of making the label printer recognize a continuous... |
| US-7,819,517 |
Ultraviolet ray irradiation apparatus for fixing printed material In an ultraviolet ray irradiation apparatus capable of forestalling printed material jams between a paper discharge unit of a printing apparatus and a reception... |
| US-7,819,492 |
Image processing apparatus, image processing method and computer-readable
recording medium of image processing... An image forming apparatus includes an image process control unit processing an image data and generating a control signal, and a drive pattern generation unit... |
| US-RE41,890 |
Methods for growing semiconductors and devices thereof from the alloy
semiconductor GaInNAs A method is disclosed for growing a nitrogen-containing Ill-V alloy semiconductor on a semiconductor substrate such as GaAs, which is formed by MOCVD method... |
| US-RE41,875 |
Computer-based network printing system and method for providing a unique
identifier to be input by a user A method and computer-based printing system enable a user of a computer to send an image file to a host computer and subsequently to a printer for printing while... |
| US-7,818,589 |
Data transfer apparatus and image forming apparatus A data transfer apparatus has a plurality of data transfer interfaces, and one of the plurality of data transfer interfaces has a PHY, the PHY being made in a... |
| US-7,817,957 |
Double feed sensing device, double feed determining method and image
forming apparatus The invention provides a double feed sensing device capable of sensing double feed of paper sent out for the first time. The double feed sensing device includes... |
| US-7,817,955 |
Image forming apparatus for securing good cleaning performance without
cleaning blade abrasion An image forming apparatus including an image bearing member to bear a latent electrostatic image, a charging member to charge a surface of the image bearing... |
| US-7,817,954 |
Cleaning unit, image carrier unit including same, and image forming
apparatus including same A cleaning unit, providable to an image carrier unit or an image forming apparatus, includes a cleaning member disposed in contact with a target member to... |
| US-7,817,953 |
Image recording medium, sheet feeding device, and image forming apparatus A pair of registration rollers align a leading edge of a recording medium having a transparent section and a non-transparent section. A boundary sensor detects a... |
| US-7,817,952 |
Fixer and image forming apparatus including the same A fixer configured to fix an image on an recording medium passing through a fixing nip includes a holder including an elastic layer, a fixing rotator including a... |
| US-7,817,946 |
Developing device, image developing method, image forming apparatus, image
forming method, and process cartridge The present invention provides a developing device that allows for maintaining the conveyance amount of a toner within a certain definite range. A developing... |
| US-7,817,928 |
Image forming apparatus and image forming method An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, an intermediate transferring body and a contact type secondary transferring member transferring an image... |
| US-7,817,313 |
Image scanner, image forming apparatus, and image scanning method An image scanner includes first and second carriages, a body, a power source, a power supplier, and a tensioner. In the first carriage moving at a predetermined... |
| US-7,817,309 |
Double filter fax cover page An approach is provided wherein a banner page is detected and modified to insert information appropriate for a fax cover page. According to one embodiment, a... |
| US-7,817,291 |
Image forming device and host terminal connected to the image forming
device In an image forming device, an identification data input unit receives a first user-identification data which identifies a user of the image forming device and... |
| US-7,817,177 |
Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus An optical scanning device includes a light source, a deflector that deflects a light beam from the light source, a first optical system that guides the light... |
| US-7,817,176 |
Light source device, optical scanning device, and image forming apparatus A disclosed device for optically scanning a target surface includes a light source unit configured to emit a light beam; a light intensity detecting unit; a... |
| US-7,817,174 |
Direct image-recording device and image forming apparatus equipped
therewith A direct image-recording device in which a predetermined gap set between an image carrier and a hole forming member can be maintained, and an image forming... |
| US-7,817,033 |
Vehicle locating method and system using a mobile device A system to transmit a location of a vehicle, including: a transmission system including, a first system unit configured to determine a current location using... |
| US-7,816,890 |
Semiconductor unit for protecting secondary battery, battery pack having
the semiconductor unit built-in and... A semiconductor unit for protecting a secondary battery has a current detecting terminal converting a charging current to a negative voltage with respect to a... |
| US-7,816,674 |
Organic thin-film transistor An organic thin-film transistor, including a layer exposing a benzene ring, having a surface separation of from 2.8 to 3.0 .ANG.; and an organic semiconductive... |
| US-7,816,672 |
Wiring pattern, electronic device, organic semiconductor device, layered
wiring pattern, and layered wiring... A wiring pattern is disclosed including: a variable wettability layer including a material whose critical surface tension changes in response to energy provided... |
| US-7,815,990 |
Optical recording medium The optical recording medium according to the present invention comprises a transparent substrate, a recording layer, an optical reflective layer, and a... |
| US-7,815,301 |
Water-based pigment dispersion, production method thereof, water-based
pigment ink, production method thereof,... The object of the present invention is to provide a water-based pigment dispersion containing a pigment, a dispersing agent, a resin emulsion, and water, the... |
| US-7,815,280 |
Liquid-discharge-failure detecting apparatus and inkjet recording
apparatus A liquid-discharge-failure detecting apparatus detects a liquid discharge failure. A light-emitting element emits a beam onto a droplet of liquid discharged from... |
| US-7,814,732 |
Liquid containing bag, liquid cartridge, image forming device, and sealing
method and sealing apparatus for the... A liquid containing bag includes a liquid filling opening part having a tube configuration through which an inside of the liquid containing bag is filled with... |
| US-7,814,528 |
System and method for performing broadcast like data communication between
networked nodes A method of transmitting image data from one node to another in a network includes obtaining image data in the node, transmitting the image data to the other... |
| US-7,814,325 |
System, method and computer readable medium for certifying release of
electronic information on an internet A method of certifying the existence of electronic information released on a network at a time and date. The network connects one or more computer servers and a... |
| US-7,813,692 |
Waste-toner conveying device, cleaning device, and process cartridge A waste-toner conveying device includes a conveying unit that conveys foreign matter accumulated inside a container in a conveying path and that includes a coil... |
| US-7,813,689 |
Fixing device and image forming apparatus A disclosed fixing device fixes unfixed toner onto a recording sheet with the use of toner fixing liquid including a softening agent for softening toner. The... |
| US-7,813,686 |
Toner image fixing device and image forming apparatus A roller member includes a cylindrical core bar. The roller member is rotatably supported at both ends, and forms a nip, to which a recording medium is conveyed,... |
| US-7,813,685 |
Image forming apparatus and brush member used in the same An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, an endless moving member configured to receive the image thereon from the image bearing member, and... |
| US-7,813,683 |
Belt detaching device and image forming apparatus including belt detaching
device A belt member faces a plurality of carrying bodies that respectively carry toner images or developers. A plurality of facing members respectively faces the... |
| US-7,813,680 |
Developing device, and image forming apparatus and process cartridge
comprising the same To downsize a developing device in the developing carrier axial direction without generating image concentration irregularities from recirculation of developer... |
| US-7,813,674 |
Developing toner for electrophotography and electro-photographic device A toner for electrophotography containing at least a fixing resin, a coloring agent and a wax is a toner containing rice wax and carnauba wax as the wax... |
| US-7,813,669 |
Image forming apparatus An operation lever is configured to swing about a rotation axis. Regulating members that regulate the movement of the operation lever along the rotation axis... |
| US-7,813,662 |
Transfer unit and image forming apparatus using the unit An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of image forming units and a plurality of transfer units. The image forming units have corresponding image... |
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