The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2007
Tadayuki Ueda, Kokubunji, JP;
Shigeo Ogino, Toyokawa, JP;
Masaaki Goto, Hachioji, JP;
Hiroyuki Watanabe, Hachioji, JP;
Akifumi Isobe, Hidaka, JP;
Yoshihito Sasamoto, Hachioji, JP;
Takashi Nara, Niiza, JP;
Tadayuki Ueda, Kokubunji, JP;
Shigeo Ogino, Toyokawa, JP;
Masaaki Goto, Hachioji, JP;
Hiroyuki Watanabe, Hachioji, JP;
Akifumi Isobe, Hidaka, JP;
Yoshihito Sasamoto, Hachioji, JP;
Takashi Nara, Niiza, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A tandem type color image forming apparatus which executes color misregistration correction, including: a detecting section which detects a width of a transfer sheet; an image forming section having an image carrier, on which arranged side by side are an image area where formed is an image for transfer and a non-image area where formed is an imprint image; and a control section which selects a complex or a single correction mode based on the transfer sheet width, to execute correction processing; where the complex correction mode is an operation mode of forming in parallel the image for transfer in the image area and the imprint image in the non-image area, and the single correction mode is an operation mode of suspending to form the image for transfer in the image area, and executing only to form the imprint image in the non-image area or in the image area.