1838results about "Electrography/magnetography" patented technology

Provided is an image forming apparatus including: an image forming unit configured to form an image on a recording material; an exhaust fan configured to exhaust air inside the image forming apparatus; a CPU configured to control rotation of the exhaust fan; and a memory configured to store in advance a first control setting value for rotating the exhaust fan at a first target rotation speed. The CPU rotates the exhaust fan based on the first control setting value, and permits the image forming unit to form an image when a rotation speed of the exhaust fan becomes equal to or faster than a lower limit rotation speed for suppressing a discharge amount of UFPs. When a predetermined time period has elapsed, the CPU performs feedback control for the exhaust fan such that the exhaust fan is rotated faster than the first target rotation speed.

This invention provides a humanized monoclonal antibody that binds to advanced glycation end product (AGE) modified proteins or peptides on a cellular surface. [Solution] A humanized monoclonal antibody for advanced glycation end products, comprising at least one amino acid sequence selected from a group consisting of eight specific amino acid sequences, each with a different sequence. The antibody may be bound to a carboxymethyllysine-modified protein or peptide on a cell. The antibody can be used in a cell separation process, for example, in magnetic cell separation.

An image-forming apparatus includes a housing, a louver provided on the housing, a fan for discharging air inside the housing in a discharging direction to an outside of the housing, a duct accommodating the fan, a filter, and a first elastic member. The fan is positioned upstream of the louver in the discharging direction. The filter is positioned between the fan and the louver in the discharging direction. The first elastic member is positioned between the duct and the filter and between the fan and the filter in the discharging direction. The first elastic member is in contact with the filter and at least one of a downstream end of the duct and a downstream end of the fan in the discharging direction.

The utility model relates to the technical field of image forming, in particular to a driving head assembly, a box and image forming equipment. The driving head assembly comprises a mounting base, a first driving piece and a second driving piece, and the first driving piece and the second driving piece are oppositely mounted on the mounting base. The driving head assembly has an initial state and a working state, and in the initial state, the first driving part and the second driving part can move relative to the mounting base under the action of external force and are far away from each other in the radial direction of the driving head assembly, so that the driving head assembly is switched to the working state from the initial state. The driving diameter of the driving head assembly is increased, so that the driving force of the image forming equipment is reduced, the service life of the driving head assembly is prolonged, and the working stability of the image forming equipment is improved.

The utility model discloses a heating lamp tube filament for a copying machine, which comprises a lug frame, a lamp tube cover, a lamp tube and an electric heating wire, the electric heating wire is wound on the outer side of the lamp tube, the lamp tube is arranged in the lamp tube cover, two ends of the lamp tube cover are provided with lock heads, the end parts of the lock heads are provided with outer joints, and the outer joints are connected with the lamp tube cover. A lug frame is arranged at the end of the outer connector through a limiting lug, and the lug frame is used for being connected with an inner frame of the copying machine. The electric heating wire is wound on the outer side of the lamp tube, the lamp tube can be subjected to temperature rise control through the electric heating wire, the lamp tube can be used for lighting, heating and lighting can be controlled at the same time, functionality is improved, the lamp tube cover is arranged on the outer side of the lamp tube, explosion-proof protection can be achieved through the lamp tube cover, and use safety of the lamp tube can be improved. Lock heads are arranged at the two ends of the lamp tube cover, the lock heads can be manually screwed and controlled and are convenient to disassemble, outer connectors are arranged at the ends of the lock heads, pin holes are formed in ports of the outer connectors, and the outer connectors can be assembled with plug pins at the ends of the power connection heads in an embedded mode through the pin holes.

Disclosed in the present invention is a process cartridge, comprising: a photoconductor drum, wherein an electrostatic latent image can be formed on the photoconductor drum; a developer accommodating chamber for accommodating a developer therein; a rotatable developer roller, wherein the axial direction of the developer roller extends in the length direction, and the developer roller is configured to transfer the developer to the photoconductor drum to develop the electrostatic latent image on the photoconductor drum; a rotatable toner supply roller, wherein the axial direction of the toner supply roller extends in the length direction, and the toner supply roller is in contact with the developer roller to supply the developer to the developer roller; a developing chamber, wherein the developer roller is located in the developing chamber, and when the process cartridge is mounted to an electronic imaging device, the developing chamber is located above the developer accommodating chamber; and a developing coupling which receives a driving force to enable the developer roller and the toner supply roller to rotate, and when the developer roller and the toner supply roller are driven to rotate, the peripheral speed of the surface of the toner supply roller is smaller than or equal to the peripheral speed of the surface of the developer roller. The solution ensures stable driving of the developer roller, the toner supply roller, etc., in a developing unit.

The invention discloses a processing box which comprises a box body, a photosensitive drum, a developing roller, a hub, a power receiving unit, a developing roller gear and a cantilever, the photosensitive drum and the developing roller are rotatably arranged in the box body, the hub is arranged at one end of the photosensitive drum, and a gear part is arranged on the outer circumference of the hub; the power receiving unit is arranged at one end of the box body and used for receiving rotating driving force and transmitting the rotating driving force to the hub to enable the hub to rotate, the developing roller gear is arranged at one end of the developing roller and used for being meshed with a gear part of the hub, and the cantilever is fixedly arranged at the box body and located at the same end of the box body with the power receiving unit; and in the axial direction of the photosensitive drum, the cantilever is positioned on the outer side of the power receiving unit. According to the processing box, the contact meshing process of the photosensitive drum or the developing roller of the processing box and the driving unit of the electronic imaging device can be smoother, the contact meshing time of the photosensitive drum or the developing roller and the driving unit is greatly saved, and the working efficiency of the processing box is improved.

To prevent the occurrence of unintended additional charging when executing printing based on a hold printing job.SOLUTION: When the number of printed pages of the received held print job is equal to or less than the number of remaining printable pages not requiring additional charging, the image forming apparatus stores the held print job and subtracts the number of printed pages of the held print job from the number of remaining printable pages not requiring additional charging, the image forming apparatus includes a first control unit configured to perform control to execute printing based on the stored held print job when execution of the stored held print job is instructed within a first period, and a second control unit configured to perform control to display that the number of print pages of the received print job is not equal to or less than the number of remaining printable pages that do not require additional charging.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 8

An electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a surface layer containing a binder resin and an inorganic particle. A value of a ratio of a volume of the inorganic particle to a volume of the binder resin in the surface layer is 1.0 or more and 4.0 or less. The binder resin is a polymerization product of a composition containing a polymerizable monomer having a polymerizable functional group. The composition contains a (meth)acrylic monomer having 6 or more polymerizable functional groups. The (meth)acrylic monomer has a molecular weight of 540 or more and 1,300 or less. A content of the (meth)acrylic monomer in the composition is 40 mol % or more with respect to a total molar number of the polymerizable monomer in the composition. A surface of the surface layer has an arithmetic average roughness Rz of 150 nm or more and 400 nm or less.

A cleaning blade includes a blade substrate, a blade support, and a coating layer. The blade substrate includes an elastic body having a tip portion to be in contact with a surface of an object to clean the surface of the object. The blade support supports the blade substrate. The coating layer coats at least the tip portion of the elastic body to form a tip ridge in contact with the surface of the object. The coating layer has a developed interfacial area ratio (Sdr) of 1.2% or more and 1.8% or less in a 100 μm square region inward from the tip ridge of the coating layer on the blade substrate.

To provide an electrophotographic photoreceptor, an image forming apparatus, and an image forming method that can improve image quality and prevent a change in image density in continuous printing.SOLUTION: An electrophotographic photoreceptor of the present invention is an electrophotographic photoreceptor in which at least a photosensitive layer and a surface protective layer are sequentially laminated on a conductive substrate. The surface protective layer contains metallic oxide fine particles containing Ti atoms and second atoms that are metal atoms or semi-metal atoms other than the Ti atoms. When the average value of the equivalent circle diameters of cross sections of the metallic oxide fine particles appearing on a cross section of the surface protective layer is defined as A, and the standard deviation value of the equivalent circle diameters as B, a coefficient of variation (B / A) is within a range of 0.12-0.35.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

To provide an image inspection device, an image inspection method, and an image inspection program with which it is possible to detect an image defect even when the image defect is not only in a non-variable area but also in a variable area.SOLUTION: An image inspection device 300 has an image forming unit 330, a reference image creation unit 380, and an image inspection unit 350. The image forming unit 330 forms an image on a recording medium on the basis of image data. The reference image creation unit 380 creates a reference image used for inspection of the image formed on the recording medium on the basis of the image data. The image inspection unit 350 conducts inspection of the image formed on the recording medium on the basis of the reference image. The reference image creation unit 380 creates the reference image to be compared with a read image for which the image inspection unit 350 conducts inspection, for images on a page including a non-variable area in which the image forming unit 330 forms the same image on a plurality of pages and a variable area in which the image forming unit forms different images on respective pages.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

The utility model provides the spiral powder feeding waste powder box with a stable structure. The conveying device comprises a box body, a spiral conveying rod and a driving gear, the spiral conveying rod is transversely arranged in the box body and fixedly connected with the driving gear arranged at one end of the box body, the box body comprises a bottom box and a box cover, a first limiting plate is arranged on the bottom box, a plurality of second limiting plates and a plurality of third limiting plates are arranged on the box cover, and the first limiting plate and the second limiting plate are arranged on the box cover. After the bottom box and the box cover are combined, the first limiting plate is arranged under the spiral conveying rod, the second limiting plate and the third limiting plate are arranged on the two sides over the spiral conveying rod respectively, and a gap is reserved between the third limiting plate and the spiral conveying rod. The utility model relates to the technical field of printer equipment.

A process cartridge includes a drum unit and a developing unit. The drum unit includes a swing support portion. The developing unit includes a swing supported portion supported by the swing support portion. A first and second contacts for the developing roller and a process member to receive power supply from outside respectively are provided on an end surface of the process cartridge. One of the swing support portion and the swing supported portion is an elongated hole having a longitudinal direction in a first direction, and the other is a protruding portion that engages with the elongated hole. The first and second contacts are arranged on an imaginary line extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The first contact and the second contact have a width that is greater in the first direction than in the second direction.

To provide a connector connection device with a simple structure that can reduce connector wear. [Solution] The connector connection device has a main body-side connector 42 provided on the main body housing 41 that is connected to a unit-side connector 62 provided on the unit housing 61. The main body-side connector 42 has a main body-side flange portion 43 and a shaft member (inclined shaft 51) that is inserted through a main body-side insertion hole 43a provided on the main body-side flange portion 43 and fixed to the main body housing 41. The main body-side flange portion 43 slides in the insertion direction S along the shaft member, and when connected to the unit-side connector 62, the main body-side connector 42 swings in a direction different from the insertion direction S.

To provide a process cartridge capable of moving a developing roller to a contact position and a separate position with respect to a photoconductor drum, in which a contact member is located in a reduced space.SOLUTION: A process cartridge comprises: a drum unit having a swinging support part; and a developing unit having a swinging supported part which is supported by the swinging support part of the drum unit so as to enable the developing roller to swing between a first position and a second position more apart from the photoconductor drum than the first position. A first contact and a second contact for the developing roller and a process member to receive electric power supply from the outside are provided on an edge face of the process cartridge in the direction of the axis of rotation. When seen in the direction of the axis of rotation, one of the swinging support part and the swinging supported part is a long hole the longer direction of which is a first direction, and the other of these is a protrusion engaging with the long hole. The first and the second contacts are arranged so as to lie on a virtual line extending in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction when seen in the direction of the axis of rotation, the first direction having a larger width than the second direction.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

A paper transport device includes: a paper transport path on which paper is transported; and a side cover that is rotatable about a support shaft with respect to a side surface of a device main body and is capable of being disposed at a closed position and an open position, in which the side cover is configured to form at least a part of the paper transport path between the side cover and the device main body at the closed position and to expose at least a part of the paper transport path at the open position, the side cover includes an exterior cover and an internal structure disposed on a device main body side of the exterior cover, the internal structure of the side cover includes a pair of frames disposed at an interval in a lateral direction in which the support shaft of the side cover extends, each of the pair of frames extends in a longitudinal direction intersecting the lateral direction, is fastened to the exterior cover, and includes a proximal end close to the support shaft of the side cover and a distal end far from the support shaft, the internal structure of the side cover includes a connecting member that connects the distal ends of the pair of frames to each other and extends in the lateral direction, and the connecting member includes an extending portion that extends outward in the longitudinal direction with respect to the distal end of each of the pair of frames.

The printer toner cartridge comprises a toner cartridge shell body, a left side plate and a right side plate, a waste toner bin, a containing groove and a filtering and collecting structure are arranged in the toner cartridge shell body, an induced draft fan is arranged on one side of the waste toner bin, and the toner cartridge shell body and the right side plate are jointly provided with a material guiding and air guiding pipe communicating with the induced draft fan and the containing groove. An air inlet is formed in the side, away from the induced draft fan, of the selenium drum shell body, and air inlet and outlet pipes are arranged on the two sides of the filtering and collecting structure. Compared with the prior art, the toner cartridge shell has the advantages that through the waste toner bin and the filtering and collecting structure which are arranged in the toner cartridge shell main body, paper scraps and fibers in waste toner can be filtered, the filtered toner can be recycled and added, toner resources are utilized to the maximum extent, and waste is avoided; meanwhile, the selenium drum, the waste powder bin and the recovery system are integrally arranged, so that later cleaning and maintenance are facilitated, and the production cost is reduced.

An image forming device according to the present invention comprises: a reading means for reading a document to generate image data; a character recognition means for generating a character string of a first language from the image data; an acquisition means for acquiring a character string of a second language obtained by translating the character string of the first language into the second language; a display means for displaying options of at least one language of the first language and the second language; a reception means for receiving selection of at least one language of the first language and the second language displayed on the display means by operation of a user; a storage means for storing reception information received by the reception means; and a recommendation means for recommending, as an option of the second language, at least one language from among the options on the display means, on the basis of the reception information stored in the storage means.

To provide a structure that allows the parts count of a drum cartridge to be reduced, without supplying a voltage to a spring for pressing a developing cartridge against a photoreceptor drum.SOLUTION: This drum cartridge includes a first pressure member 93 for pressing a mounted developing cartridge against a photoreceptor drum. The first pressure member 93 includes a first spring 95 and an electroconductive part 97. The electroconductive part 97 is electrically connected to a developing roller in a state that the developing cartridge is mounted on the drum cartridge. Therefore, a voltage can be supplied to the developing roller via the electroconductive part 97. It is thereby made possible to reduce the parts count of the drum cartridge compared with the case where an electroconductive component for supplying a voltage to the developing roller 40 is provided separately from the electroconductive part 97. Furthermore, the first pressure member 93 includes an insulating part 96 between the first spring 95 and the electroconductive part 97. Thus, it is possible to prevent a voltage from being supplied to the first spring 95.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 11

The application discloses a processing box, which comprises a drum box, a developing box and at least one locking assembly. The drum box is formed with a containing groove. The developing box is formed with a matching groove. The locking assembly comprises an elastic member and a locking member. The elastic member is arranged in the containing groove. The locking member is located between the elastic member and the developing box and is movably connected with the drum box. During switching of the locking assembly from the unlocking position to the locking position, the developing box is pushed downward, the developing box pushes the locking member, the elastic member is switched from the second state to the first state, the matching groove is opposite to the containing groove, and the locking member is matched in the matching groove under the action of the restoring force of the elastic member. During switching of the locking assembly from the locking position to the unlocking position, the force is applied to one end of the locking member, the compressed elastic member is switched from the first state to the second state, and the locking member is separated from the matching groove. According to the processing box, the developing box can be prevented from being separated from the drum box, the service life of the developing box is prolonged, and the dismounting mode is simple and convenient to operate.

To inhibit deterioration of productivity in lamination processing.SOLUTION: A laminate device 20 includes: a plurality of film supply units (a first film supply unit 241 and a second film supply unit 242) which may supply films F1, F2 to be laminated on a sheet; and a laminate processing unit (a laminate unit 24) which laminates the films F1, F2 supplied from the film supply units on the sheet. The film supply units which supply the films F1, F2 are switchable.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

The optimal replacement timing for consumable parts is set for each user. [Solution] The image forming apparatus includes a replaceable toner container 101 and a controller 109 that changes a lifespan calculation algorithm for calculating the lifespan when the toner container 101 is replaced according to the timing estimated from its lifespan.

The utility model discloses a processing box with a novel protective cover, and aims to provide a processing box with a novel protective cover, which can reduce the production cost, improve the production efficiency and is easy to assemble. The processing box comprises a processing box main body, a photosensitive drum and a protective cover are arranged on the processing box main body, the protective cover is a strip-shaped component with a U-shaped cross section and a downward opening, and the photosensitive drum is positioned in the protective cover; the processing box body comprises a frame body, a first end cover and a second end cover, the first end cover and the second end cover are arranged at the two ends of the frame body respectively, the photosensitive drum is located between the first end cover and the second end cover, a first installation hole is formed in the first end cover, a second installation hole is formed in the second end cover, and a limiting block inserted into the first installation hole is arranged at one end of the long-strip-shaped component. And an elastic clamping block clamped in the second mounting hole is arranged at the other end of the second mounting hole. The processing box is applied to the technical field of processing boxes.

To provide an image forming apparatus and a detection method capable of detecting the operation of a protection circuit without complicating its configuration. [Solution] The image forming apparatus 100 includes a charging roller that charges the photoreceptor drum 31 in response to the application of a charging voltage, a protection circuit 50 that stops the operation of the voltage generation circuit 40 that generates the charging voltage when the current flowing through the charging roller exceeds a threshold, a sensor 61 used to detect the density of the toner image formed by the developing apparatus, and a second detection processing unit 74 that uses the sensor 61 to detect the operation of the protection circuit 50.