Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Takahiro Inoue

Masahiro Goto

Koichi Suwa

Junichi Kato

Koichi Hiroshima

Shinichi Tsukida

Manabu Takano

Masaki Ojima

Makoto Takeuchi

Akio Noguchi

Yukihide Ushio

Hiroshi Sasame

Yoji Serizawa

Seiji Uchiyama

Kazuro Yamada

Takao Aoki

Shimpei Matsuo

Seiji Yamaguchi

Hideyuki Yano

Hiromichi Yamada

Kouichi Suwa

Hiroshi Sato

Kazushige Sakurai

Keiji Okano

Kazuhiro Hirayama

Akio Suzuki

Tatsuya Kobayashi

Hiroshi Hashimoto

Yasushi Sato

Akihiko Takeuchi

Hisashi Fukushima

Hideki Matsumoto

Shunichi Masuda

Satoru Izawa

Toshio Miyamoto

Yukihiro Ohzeki

Takashi Nakahara

Tetsuo Saito

Kenjiro Hori

Atsutoshi Ando

Tetsuya Sano

Satoru Inami

Satoshi Akiyama

Tatsunori Ishiyama

Tsukasa Kuge

Yoshihiro Murasawa

Jun Asai

Toshio Yoshimoto

Yusaku Takada

Masaharu Tsukada

Kenji Takeda

Motoi Kato

Yoshimi Kuramochi

Syusei Tsukada

Tadashi Onimura

Yuko Okama

Hiroyuki Takeda

Iichiro Yamamoto

Hiromiichi Yamada

Masahiro Gotou

Yuusaku Takada

A timer for measuring the image formation interval, and the fixing temperature is set in response to the measured image formation interval so as to balance satisfactorily the degree of fixation, the amount of the recording material curling, and the recording material wrinkling no matter what timing is used to start the next image formation after the completion of the preceding one.

Temperature control for a fixing apparatus

A developing device includes a developer container for accommodating one component magnetic toner; a rotatable toner carrying member, faced to an image bearing member for bearing an electrostatic image to form a developing zone therebetween, for carrying the toner in the container; a magnet member in the toner carrying member; a regulating member, elastically urged to the toner carrying member to form a nip therebetween, for regulating a toner layer thickness on the toner carrying member; wherein the magnet member has a magnetic pole, upstream of the nip with respect to a movement direction of the toner carrying member, for supplying the toner in the container to the toner carrying member, and wherein the magnet member does not generate a magnetic field effective for chain erection of the toner in a range from an upstream end of the nip to a downstream end of the developing zone.

Developing device comprising a magnetic member

The present invention provides an envelope comprising an envelope body including a pair of sheet-shaped constructural pieces which provide a front surface and a back surface, respectively, and are connected to each other to form an opening at at least one side, and a fixing portion for preventing relative movement between the pair of sheet-shaped constructural pieces in a facial direction.

Envelope for use in image forming apparatus

An image forming apparatus which converts character or pattern information into bit map information (pixel information) and forms an image based thereon. The image forming apparatus includes a light-beam generator for generating a modulated light beam, a light-beam deflector for scanning an image carrier, a device for feeding a sheet to registration rollers and a driver for driving the image carrier. A time period is provided to operate the light-beam deflector and the feeding device before the driver starts to drive the image carrier to form an image.

Image forming apparatus with image carrier and sheet feed drive control

A developing apparatus includes a developer carrying member for carrying developer, opposed to an image bearing member for bearing an electrostatic image; a regulating member for regulating an amount of the developer to be applied on the developer carrying member; and electric field generator for generating an oscillating electric field between the developer carrying member and the regulating member; wherein the amount of the developer to be applied on the developer carrying member is regulated to no less than 0.6 mg/cm.sup.2 and no more than 1.5 mg/cm.sup.2 by the regulating member.

Developing apparatus generating electric field between developer

An image forming apparatus includes a image bearing member having a photosensitive layer, a surface protection layer having fluorine resin material; a charging member contactable to the image bearing member to electrically charge the image bearing member, the charging member is capable of being supplied with an oscillation voltage, and wherein a peak-to-peak voltage of the oscillating voltage applied across a gap between a surface of the charging member and the surface of the image bearing member, is not less than twice a charge starting voltage of the image bearing member in the gap and not more than 1600 volt.

Image forming apparatus comprising contact type charging member

An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording medium, having an image bearing member; an image forming device for forming an image on the image bearing member; a transfer device for transferring the image formed on the image bearing member by the image forming device onto a recording medium; a heat fixing unit for fixing the image transferred to the recording medium by the transfer device onto the recording medium; a power source; and a controller for detecting a temperature increased condition of the heat fixing unit when the power source is turned ON and for determining a temperature adjust temperature of the heat fixing unit at a fixing operation in accordance with the detected result.

Image forming apparatus capable of setting fixing temperature

An image forming apparatus includes a feeder means and a recorder. The feeder feeds a sheet of recording paper to a predetermined position in response to a spare paper feed signal instructing the feeding of the sheet of recording paper to the predetermined position preliminarily, and then feeds the sheet of recording paper being stopped at the predetermined position again in response to a record request signal. The recorder records an image on the sheet of recording paper fed by the feeder means through an electrophotographic process. The recorder means starts preparation to execute the electrophotographic process upon receiving the spare paper feed signal. As a result throughput is increased without causing other problems.

Image forming apparatus with fixer temperature control

A charging apparatus for electrically charging a member to be charged includes a charging member contactable to the member to be charged to electrically charge the member to be charged. The member to be charged includes a core. A voltage source for applying an oscillating voltage between the member to be charged and the charging member such that a frequency f (Hz) of the oscillating voltage, a Young's modulus E.sub.1 (N/m.sup.2) of the member to be charged, a Young's modulus E.sub.2 of the cure an outer circumferential length 1 (m) of the member to be charged, a thickness t.sub.1 (m) of the member to be charged, and a thickness t.sub.2 of the core satisfy: f1.sup.2 /E.sub.1 t.sub.1.sup.3 +E.sub.2 t.sub.2.sup.3&lt;1.5.times.10.sup.-2 Hz.m (200&lt;f&gt;1500 Hz)

Charging device for applying an oscillating voltage to a member to be

An image forming apparatus comprises a data receiver for receiving encoded character or graphic information in the unit of a page from the outside; a pixel converter for converting the encoded character or graphic information into pixel information; an image forming device for forming an image on a recording medium based on the pixel information; and a feeder for feeding the recording medium to said image forming device. In the apparatus, the feeder is adapted to feed the recording medium to a predetermined position prior to the completion of pixel conversion of a page by the pixel converter.

Image forming apparatus with feeder control based on pixel conversion

An image forming apparatus comprises includes a feeder means and recorder. The feeder feeds a sheet of recording paper to a predetermined position in response to a spare paper feed signal instructing the feeding of the sheet of recording paper to the predetermined position preliminarily, and then feeds the sheet of recording paper being stopped at the predetermined position again in response to a record request signal. The recorder records an image on the sheet of recording paper fed by the feeder means through an electrophotographic process. The recorder means starts preparation to execute the electrophotographic process upon receiving the spare paper feed signal. As a result, throughput is increased without causing other problems.

An image forming apparatus has an image supporting member for supporting a toner image, a transfer rotating member forming a nip with the image supporting member and electrostatically transferring the toner image formed on the image supporting member to a recording material, a fixing device for fixing the toner image to the recording material holding the toner image, and a guide member for guiding the recording material so that the angle between the direction of separation of the recording material from the transfer rotating member and the tangent to the image supporting member at the center of the nip is at least 2.degree. in a direction toward the image supporting member. The fixing device has a fixing rotating member, which contacts the toner image on the recording material and to which a bias of the same polarity as that of the toner is applied, and a pressure rotating member in pressure contact with the fixing rotating member so as to hold the recording material between the fixing rotating member and the pressure rotating member.

Electrostatic transfer type image forming apparatus with recording

An image forming apparatus includes a feeder means and a recorder. The feeder feeds a sheet of recording paper to a predetermined position in response to a spare paper feed signal instructing the feeding as the sheet of recording paper to the predetermined position preliminarily, and then feeds the sheet of recording paper being stopped at the predetermined position again in response to a record request signal. The recorder records an image on the sheet of recording paper fed by the feeder means through an electrophotographic process. The recorder means starts preparation to execute the electrophotographic process upon receiving the spare paper feed signal. As a results, throughput is increased without causing other problems.

An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member; a charging member contactable to the image bearing member to electrically charge the image bearing member, wherein an oscillating voltage is applied between the charging member and the image bearing member; wherein a specific weight .sigma. of the image bearing member defined by weight of an effective charging zone of the image bearing member (g) divided by (cross-sectional area thereof (cm.sup.2) .times.length of effective charging zone (cm)) and a frequency f (Hz) of the oscillating voltage satisfy:

Contactable charging device for applying an oscillating voltage, process

The image forming device of the present invention relates to an image forming device having a moving member which moves while pressing a recording material against an image carrying member as the means of transferring the image on the image carrying member to the recording material. Further, the image forming device has a pair of moving members for fixing the image by conveying the recording material sandwiched therebetween, of which the moving member on the side not in contact with the unfixed image is a moving member having an elastic material layer and a resin surface layer. Further, the present invention has the surface of the moving member of the fixing member on the side not in contact with the unfixed image which is better mold releasability with that of the moving member of the image forming device.

Image forming device

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Yokohama, Japan

Takahiro Inoue