Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Michihito Yamazaki

Hiroki Kisu

Erika Asano

Hiroaki Ogata

Kazushige Sakurai

Kimio Nakahata

Masaharu Ohkubo

Keiji Okano

Yasushi Sato

Katsuhiko Nishimura

Motoi Katoh

Kouichi Suwa

Hiroshi Sato

Yasushi Shimizu

Shinsuke Kobayashi

Masaki Ojima

Yasushi Takeuchi

Katsuhiro Sakaizawa

Takahiro Nakase

Junichi Kato

Yukihiro Ohzeki

Kenjiro Hori

Hiroto Hasegawa

Tetsuya Sano

Koichi Okuda

Satoru Inami

Kazumi Yamauchi

Takashi Hino

Hideki Fujita

Yasuzumi Taba

Eiji Funabashi

Hideki Suzuki

Kousuke Takeuchi

Yasuhi Sato

A toner image for measurement of an area coverage modulation of 90% or more is formed on a photosensitive drum in a non-image formation, and a setting condition for defining a developability of a toner image in an image formation is set so that a detection result of an optical sensor detecting the toner image for measurement becomes a preset target value. The target value is set to be lower as a value of the setting condition increases from a lower side to a higher side of the developability. The target value is set so that a color difference &#x394;E of an image having half the maximum image density obtained after the setting condition is set with respect to an image having half the maximum image density obtained after the setting condition is set in a setting mode with use of unused developer is 6.5 or less.

Image forming apparatus with developing contrast control

A sheet transport apparatus which includes a sheet transport path for transporting a sheet, and a regulation member. The regulation member is provided in the sheet transport path, and is brought into contact with a swelling portion occurring on a surface of an envelope in the event that the envelope is transported as the sheet, such that the swelling portion can be pressed.

Sheet transport apparatus and image forming apparatus

The present invention provides an image heating apparatus comprising a heater, a film sliding, and a back-up member. The heater includes a first heat-generating member for generating heat by electric power supply thereto, and a second heat-generating member, provided at the downstream side of the first heat-generating member with respect to the moving direction of the recording material, for generating heat by electric power supply thereto, and the first and second heat-generating members are so controlled that the ratio of the amounts of heat generation thereof varies depending on the presence or absence of the recording material in the nip.

Image heating apparatus

The present invention provides an image heating apparatus comprising a heating member having a first heating resistor and a second heating resistor, a temperature detecting element for detecting a temperature of the heating member, and a power supply control means for controlling power supply to the first and second heating resistors so that detected temperature of the temperature detecting element is maintained a set temperature. The power supply control means sends the power supply to the first heating resistor in a first power supply pattern, and sends the power supply to the second heating resistor in a second power supply pattern different from the first power supply pattern.

An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member; an image forming device for forming an image on the image bearing member, the image forming device being provided with a charging member which is disposed in contact or proximity with the image bearing member to electrically charge the image bearing member; wherein the charging member is supplied with an oscillating voltage, and there is provided a voltage set period in which a peak-to-peak voltage of the oscillating voltage is higher in a period in which the image is not formed on the image bearing member than in a period in which the image is formed on the image bearing member.

Contact charger having an oscillating voltage for charging a

A charging apparatus includes a charging surface for charging a member to be charged, wherein a voltage is applied between the charging apparatus and the member to be charged; and projections for contacting the charging apparatus substantially at three positions to the member to be charged to closely face a charging surface to the member to be charged.

Charging apparatus and process cartridge

A charging member has a charging surface having a concave surface that is positioned on the opposite side of a line H than a side at which an object to be charged is disposed, wherein H is a line that (i) is tangent to a surface of the object to be charged at a point at a downstream end of a contact section or a closest-proximity section between the charging surface and the object to be charged, and (ii) extends downstream from the point of tangency, where the downstream direction is determined with respect to a direction of movement of the object to be charged. By this arrangement, a charging region can be enlarged and periodic fluctuations in a surface potential of the object to be charged can be mitigated.

Charging device, process cartridge and image forming apparatus

A charging member includes an electrode to be supplied with a voltage; a surface layer contactable to a member to be charged; and wherein a cavity is provided between the electrode and the surface layer. The cavity extends in a circumferential direction of the charging member and/or the cavity has a configuration to provide a substantially constant state of contact between the charging member and the member to be charged.

Charging member having a cavity, charging device, process unit, and

A charging member contactable to a member to be charged to electrically charge it includes a charging portion contactable to the member to be charged; a supporting portion for supporting the charging portion, the supporting portion including an elastic layer and a supporting member for supporting the elastic layer; wherein the charging portion is movable toward and away from the supporting portion, and an inside diameter of the charging portion is larger than an outside diameter of the supporting portion.

Charging member having a loosely supported charger portion

A developing apparatus includes a developer carrying member for carrying developer, an elastic blade press-contacted to the developer carrying member to regulate a layer of developer formed on the developer carrying member, where the elastic blade comprises an electrically conductive layer, and a high resistance layer located at the developer carrying member side of the conductive layer, and an electric field generating device for forming an oscillating electric field between the developer carrying member and the conductive layer, wherein a maximum intensity of the electric field is not less than 10.sup.6 V/m.

Developing apparatus using elastic blade

A charging device, for use with an image forming apparatus with a detachable process cartridge, includes a movable member to be charged, and a charging member adjacent to the movable member. An oscillating voltage is applied to the charging member. The charging member includes a charging surface at the same side as the movable member. A tangent line extends from a point on the charging member, the point being the most downstream point in a moving direction of the movable member at a closest portion between the charging member and the image bearing member, toward the downstream side in the moving direction of the movable member. The charging device may include a first charging region and a second charging region provided at a downstream side from the first charging region, wherein a peak-to-peak voltage of unevenness in charging of a potential of the first charging region is greater than a peak-to-peak voltage of unevenness in charging of a potential of the second charging region.

Changing member having a charging surface arranged with respect to a

A developing apparatus including a developer carrying member for carrying a developer, a magnet disposed in the developer carrying member, and an elastic regulating member contacting the developer carrying member to regulate a thickness of a layer of the developer formed on the developer carrying member. The developer carrying member has a roughened surface over a width thereof larger than a width of the portion of the elastic regulating member contacting the developer carrying member while the magnet forms a magnetic field in a marginal region of the roughened surface of the developer carrying member not contacting the elastic regulating member to remove magnetic developer.

Developing apparatus having developer layer regulation means

A developing apparatus including a developing roller for carrying an one component developer to a developing zone for developing an electrostatic latent image. The developing roller is provided with a surface layer which contains long carbon fibers extending substantially parallel to the axis of the developing roller or extending in a direction inclined relative to the roller axis, and a binder for binding the carbon fibers.

Developing apparatus having developer carrying roller with carbon fibers

A developing apparatus using one component developer includes a developing sleeve for carrying the developer to a developing zone. The developing sleeve has an outer coating layer made of resin material in which electrically conductive fine particles are dispersed.

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Michihito Yamazaki