Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Agc Inc.

Koki Watanabe

Jiro Shirakata

Koji Takematsu

Shinichiro Wakahara

Shinichiro Hosoi

Daijiro Kato

Jun Asai

Keizo Ogara

Shouhei Takeda

Koichiro Nishimura

Kazuhumi Muto

Akihiro Shimizu

Koichi Murata

Hideto Abe

Keigo Matsuura

Kazushige Nishiyama

Hideki Fujita

Makoto Uno

Eikou Mori

Eiichiro Anraku

Ryuta Takashita

Takafumi Kawakami

A fluorinated ether compound and a composition capable of forming a light resistant surface layer and an article are provided. The fluorinated ether compound of the present invention has a poly(oxyfluoroalkylene) chain, a reactive silyl group and a group (A) represented by &#x2014;NR&#x2014;C(O)&#x2014; (wherein R is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group), wherein the carbonyl carbon in the group (A) is bonded to a carbon atom, and the poly(oxyfluoroalkyiene) chain is located at the nitrogen end of the group (A).

Fluorine-containing ether compound, composition and article

A photo interrupter unit includes a photo interrupter and a supporting portion configured to support the photo interrupter detachably. The photo interrupter includes a light emitting portion configured to emit light, a photo sensing portion configured to receive the light emitted from the light emitting portion, and a claw portion configured to be elastically deformable. The supporting portion includes a mounting surface on which the photo interrupter is mounted, a hole portion defining a hole into which the claw portion is inserted, provided in the mounting surface and configured to engage with the claw portion, and a projection projecting from the mounting surface, and configured to regulate a position of the photo interrupter in a deforming direction in which the claw portion is elastically deformable in a state where the claw portion and the hole portion are engaged.

Photo interrupter unit, sheet conveyance apparatus and image forming apparatus

A particle adhesion preventing member used for an image forming apparatus that forms an image using charged toner, and configured to prevent adhesion of the charged toner, includes a conductive member, and an insulating member that is attached to the conductive member, including a porous member made of an ethylene propylene diene ternary copolymer having a density of 0.01 g/cmor more and 0.2 g/cmor less or silicon having a density of 0.01 g/cmor more and 0.3 g/cmor less, and being negatively charged with negatively charged particles adhering onto a surface thereof.

Particle adhesion preventing member, electric field forming member, and image forming apparatus

A sheet post-processing apparatus which is capable of reliably producing desired labels and suppressing increases in user office expenses, job time, and environmental load. A laser cutting unit cuts a sheet being conveyed along a sheet conveying path or a sheet discharged onto a post-processing tray, with a laser beam, and a CPU circuit section and a sheet post-processing apparatus control section control the laser cutting unit such that the laser cutting unit cuts a label sheet as the sheet, based on layout information in a label sheet mode of the image forming apparatus.

Sheet post-processing apparatus

An image heating apparatus of electromagnetic induction heating-type capable of providing a proper relative heat-generation distance with a magnetic flux generation member even when the magnetic flux generation member is bent by its own weight or thermally deformed includes at least an exciting coil, a holder for holding the exciting coil, and a rotatable fixation roller for generating heat by magnetic flux from the exciting coil to heat a material to be heated. The holder has an outer diameter &#x3c6;dat a central portion and an outer diameter &#x3c6;dat an end portion in a longitudinal direction of the holder perpendicular to a conveyance direction of the material to be heated. The outer diameters &#x3c6;dand &#x3c6;dsatisfies: &#x3c6;d&#x3c;&#x3c6;d

Image heating apparatus

The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus comprising: an operating part which operates the image forming apparatus; an optional first speaker which outputs information guiding operation of the operating part; and a second speaker which outputs sound information that is different from operation guidance information; wherein when the first speaker and the second speaker disposed such that a surface of the first speaker is directed to a front surface of the image forming apparatus that is opposed to the operating part, and a surface of the second speaker is directed to a side surface of the image forming apparatus that is different from the first speaker.

Image forming apparatus

An image heating device has a magnetic flux generator, a heat generating element for generating heat by a magnetic flux from the magnetic flux generator; a magnetic flux confining member, the magnetic flux confining member including a magnetic flux confining portion for confining the magnetic flux directed toward a predetermined region of the heat generating element at a predetermined magnetic flux confining position and a connecting portion connecting with the magnetic flux confining portion in a longitudinal direction of the heat generating element to hold the magnetic flux confining portion; and a moving unit for moving the magnetic flux confining member to a magnetic flux confining position or to a retracted position where the magnetic flux confining member is retracted from the magnetic flux confining position, wherein the connecting portion has a regulating member for preventing movement to the magnetic flux confining position.

An image heating member includes a first region having a Curie temperature higher than a preset temperature, and a second region having a Curie temperature lower than the Curie temperature of the first region. A width of the first region in a conveying direction of a recording material is equal to or larger than a width of the recording material of a maximum size to be fed. The second region is provided outside the first region.

Image heating device using induction heating system

An image heating apparatus includes a heating roller for heating an image on a recording material; a coil unit disposed in said heating roller and including a coil for induction heat generation in said heating roller; a supporting member for rotatably supporting said heating roller, wherein said supporting member including a holding portion for substantially non-rotatably holding said coil unit.

Image heating apparatus and method for manufacturing image heating apparatus

An image forming apparatus has a fixing apparatusthat performs electromagnetic induction-heating due to an operation of magnetic fluxes emitted from a magnetic flux generating unit, and a high-frequency power supply circuit which supplies a high-frequency current to the magnetic flux generating unit. The high-frequency power supply circuit is disposed in a casing frame of a main body of the apparatus.

Image forming apparatus with casing having metal plates on each peripheral side

An image heating apparatus includes a coil for generating magnetic flux, a rotatable heat generation member for generating heat by the magnetic flux generated by the coil to heat a recording material, and a magnetic flux adjusting member for adjusting a distribution of the magnetic flux from the coil toward the heat generating member. The apparatus further includes a motor, a first drive transmission member, and a second drive transmission member for moving the magnetic flux adjusting member.

In order to prevent non-sheet passing portion temperature rise occurred in a non-sheet passing area of an electromagnetic induction heating member, leakage of magnetic flux is reduced by setting a Curie temperature of the heating memberto be smaller than an acceptable upper limit temperature and setting a thickness of the heating member so that a thickness tk in a Curie temperature arrival area (P&#x2212;P) is larger than a thickness tn in a Curie temperature non-arrival area Pwhich is a conveyance area of a material to be heated having a minimum passing size.

Induction image heating apparatus

An image heating apparatus includes magnetic flux generating means; a rotatable heat generation member for generating heat by a magnetic flux generated by the magnetic flux generating means to heat a recording material; a magnetic flux adjusting member, disposed between the magnetic flux generating means and the heat generation member, for adjusting a magnetic flux effective region for the heat generation member, with respect to a longitudinal direction which is perpendicular to a feeding direction of the recording material; moving means for moving the magnetic flux adjusting member to a predetermined magnetic flux adjusting position to adjust a temperature distribution of the heat generation member with respect to the longitudinal direction; and a drive receiving portion, disposed at opposite end portions of the magnetic flux adjusting member, for receiving a driving force from the moving means.

A manufacturing method for an image heating apparatus for heating an image on a recording material by a heat from a heat generating element for producing heat by a magnetic flux generated by magnetic flux generating means, the apparatus including a magnetic flux confining member for confining a magnetic flux directing toward a predetermined region of the heat generating element from the magnetic flux generating means, and a first drive transmission member, provided at one end of the magnetic flux confining member, for transmitting rotational drive to the magnetic flux confining member and a second drive transmission member, provided at the other end of the magnetic flux confining member, for transmitting rotational drive to the magnetic flux confining member, the method comprising an adjusting step of adjusting such that first and second drive transmission members are supported by the magnetic flux confining member with a predetermined rotational position relation, using marks provided on the first and second drive transmission members, respectively.

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Moriya, Japan

Koki Watanabe