| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 399249000 | Removing excess developer (e.g., squeegee) | 24 |
| 20080219707 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS USING A DEVELOPING SOLUTION CONTAINING A LIQUID CARRIER FORMED BY DISPERSING TONER PARTICLES IN A SOLVENT - According to an embodiment, an image shift can be decreased by a photoconductor belt which has a photosensitive layer formed on the surface of a cylindrically formed belt, a pair of rollers which is placed to apply tension to a photoconductor belt, and rotates the photoconductor belt in a specified direction, a charger which is placed opposite to the surface of the photoconductor belt placed between the pair of rollers, and charges the photosensitive layer, a light source which forms a latent image on the charged photosensitive layer, a developing unit which supplies a developing solution to the photosensitive layer having a latent image, develop the latent image, and forms a toner image, and an absorbing roller which is placed on the backside of the photoconductor belt placed between a pair of rollers, and absorbs the photoconductor belt. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080219708 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS USING A DEVELOPING SOLUTION CONTAINING A LIQUID CARRIER FORMED BY DISPERSING TONER PARTICLES IN A SOLVENT - According to an embodiment, an image shift can be decreased by a photoconductor belt which has a photosensitive layer formed on the surface of a cylindrically formed belt, a pair of rollers which is placed to apply tension to a photoconductor belt, and rotates the photoconductor belt in a specified direction, a charger which is placed opposite to the surface of the photoconductor belt placed between the pair of rollers, and charges the photosensitive layer, a light source which forms a latent image on the charged photosensitive layer, a developing unit which supplies a developing solution to the photosensitive layer having a latent image, develop the latent image, and forms a toner image, and an absorbing roller which is placed on the backside of the photoconductor belt placed between a pair of rollers, and absorbs the photoconductor belt. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20090028610 | Electrophotographic Printing - This invention concerns an electrophotographic printing apparatus comprising an image-forming member having a surface on which a latent electrostatic image can be formed, a developer for depositing onto the surface of the image-forming member a layer of ink, the ink comprising charged ink particles and a carrier mediums a supply conduit connectable to an ink tank for supplying ink to the developer and an exit conduit connectable to the ink tank for delivering unused ink from the developer to the ink tank, the supply conduit, developer and exit conduit defining a flow path and a separator for separating the carrier medium from the ink particles, the separator connectable to the flow path to receive unused ink and to reintroduce carrier medium extracted from the unused ink to the flow path. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090035022 | Developer Conveying Apparatus and Image Forming Apparatus Using the Same - A developer conveying apparatus and an image forming apparatus having such a developer conveying apparatus can smoothly convey residual liquid developer. A developer conveying apparatus according to the present invention comprises a developer reservoir | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090060587 | Development Device, Development Method, and Image Forming Device - A development device includes a developer container reserving a liquid developer containing toner particles and a carrier liquid. A developer supply member supplies a developer supporting member with liquid developer. An agitating member is disposed in the developer container and supplies the developer supply member with the liquid developer. A developer supporting member cleaning member removes liquid developer on the developer supporting member. The developer container includes a first developer holding section having at least one communication section for making liquid developer flow in, a second developer holding section for reserving liquid developer recovered by the developer supporting member cleaning member, and a partition member partitioning between the first and second developer holding sections, and at least one flowing section shifted from the communication section in an axial direction of the agitating member and allowing liquid developer to move between the first and second developer holding sections. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090080939 | Apparatus for containing splashes in an ink developer - A splash guard is configured to control the flow of excess liquid generated by an interaction between a first roller and a second roller by splitting the flow of the excess liquid into a first flow and a second flow. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090097883 | Liquid electro-photography printing device binary ink developer having suction cavities - A binary ink developer (BID) for a liquid electro-photography (LEP) printing device includes a sponge roller to absorb unused ink. The BID includes a squeezer roller to release the unused ink absorbed by the sponge roller for reuse. The squeezer roller releases the unused ink absorbed by the sponge roller by compressing the sponge roller. Compression of the sponge roller results in ink foam. The BID includes a mechanism having a wall, and a housing that together with the wall of the mechanism defines a passageway between the housing and the wall. The passageway is exposed externally to the BID. The BID includes one or more suction cavities defined within the wall of the mechanism through which the ink foam moves back from the passageway. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090103949 | Liquid Developer Collection Apparatus and Image Forming Apparatus - A liquid developer collection apparatus and an image forming apparatus can prevent image disturbances and also disturbances of the toner particles on the image section that can be produced by squeezing. The liquid developer collection apparatus includes a first squeezing section | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090148190 | Hard imaging devices and hard imaging methods - Hard imaging devices and hard imaging methods are described. According to one embodiment, a hard imaging device includes a photoconductor, a developer member configured to move to provide a marking agent upon the photoconductor to develop a latent image upon the photoconductor, and a squeegee member configured to form a nip with the developer member and to move to provide the marking agent upon the developer member, wherein the squeegee member is configured to move at a speed slower than a speed of the developer member during the provision of the marking agent upon the developer member using a squeegee member. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090263163 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING INK DRYING LEVEL DURING A PRINTING PROCESS - A system for adjusting air supply applied to evaporate carrier liquid during a one shot process printing job, comprises at least one air supply unit, at least one air knife unit configured for directing air toward at least a separation of the image, wherein each separation includes a single color of a plurality of colors used to form the full colored image, and controller configured for adjusting at least one air supply parameter between separations. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20100040395 | Developing system and image forming apparatus using the same - A developing system comprises: a plurality of image carriers; a plurality of developing devices for developing electrostatic latent images, formed on the plurality of image carriers, with respective liquid developers of different colors of which carrier is nonvolatile solvent; and developer collecting means which are disposed at a plurality of locations for collecting excess developers, wherein the developing devices have developer containers, respectively. The developing system further comprises a carrier storing tank for distributing the carrier to the respective developer containers. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100196055 | WET TYPE DEVELOPING APPARATUS - A wet type developing apparatus is disclosed which can eliminate the need to provide a separately built cleansing unit and, moreover, makes it unnecessary to dismount a developer supply unit for its cleansing operation and to perform its subsequent re-mounting operation. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100278562 | Development Device and Image Forming Device - A development device includes a developer container reserving a liquid developer containing toner particles and a carrier liquid. A developer supply member supplies a developer supporting member with liquid developer. An agitating member is disposed in the developer container and supplies the developer supply member with the liquid developer. A developer supporting member cleaning member removes liquid developer on the developer supporting member. The developer container includes a first developer holding section having at least one communication section for making liquid developer flow in, a second developer holding section for reserving liquid developer recovered by the developer supporting member cleaning member, and a partition member partitioning between the first and second developer holding sections, and at least one flowing section shifted from the communication section in an axial direction of the agitating member and allowing liquid developer to move between the first and second developer holding sections. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100284709 | Wet Type Electrophotographic Printer - To remove a surplus carrier liquid after development on the surface of a photoconductor drum to obtain homogeneous printed images without being affected by an error in rotational accuracy of such as a carrier liquid removing roller, there is provided a wet type electrophotographic printer in which the carrier liquid removing roller | 11-11-2010 |
| 20110217083 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - The image forming apparatus includes a latent image carrier that holds a latent image thereon, a developer carrier that develops the latent image on the latent image carrier by using a liquid developer including a toner and a carrier liquid, a squeeze roller being in contact with the latent image carrier, that holds an image developed by the developer carrier, to squeeze the liquid developer on the latent image, and a control unit that applies a first bias to the squeeze roller, when a first position of the latent image carrier that does not hold the latent image is in contact with the squeeze roller, and that applies a second bias being different from the first bias to the squeeze roller, when a second position of the latent image carrier that holds the latent image is in contact with the squeeze roller. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20120207516 | Collecting Device and Image Forming Apparatus - A collecting device according to the invention includes: a collecting unit that collects a liquid developer containing toner and a carrier liquid; a collected-liquid storage that stores the liquid developer collected by the collecting unit; a first transporting path that transports the liquid developer stored in the collected-liquid storage; a second transporting path that transports the liquid developer stored in the collected-liquid storage; and a control unit that switches transportation of the liquid developer stored in the collected-liquid storage to the first transporting path or the second transporting path. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120294653 | RECOVERY DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMATION DEVICE - Developer is recovered by a development unit, a first squeeze unit, a second squeeze unit, and a photoreceptor cleaning unit, but the developer recovered by the development unit or the first squeeze unit has a relatively high concentration, and is therefore returned to a stirring tank for reuse. The developer recovered by the second squeeze unit or the photoreceptor cleaning unit has a relatively low concentration, and is therefore accumulated in a buffer tank separate from the stirring tank to prevent the toner concentration in the stirring tank from decreasing. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20140016966 | Digital Printing Apparatus and Digital Printing Process - A digital printing apparatus using liquid toner comprising chargeable imaging particles and carrier liquid, comprising an imaging member ( | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140153969 | DIGITAL PRINTER FOR PRINTING TO A RECORDING MEDIUM - In a digital printer a developer element is provided that inks charge images on a charge image carrier with toner. A feed system is provided to apply liquid developer with the toner onto the developer element. The cleaning unit is provided with a cleaning element to clean off residual liquid developer remaining on the developer element after the development of the charge images. A scraping unit rests on the cleaning element made up of a double blade arranged in a blade mount. The double blade provides a cleaning blade and a sealing blade that together form a blade chamber that is filled with fluid. The cleaning blade has at least one row of holes adjacent to a blade edge of the cleaning blade. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140301756 | Method And System For Reduction Of Caking - A method for the reduction of caking of excess liquid developer dispersion that remains present on the surface of a member after transfer of liquid developer dispersion from one member to another member in a digital printing apparatus, comprising the step of adding a dispersing composition to the excess liquid developer dispersion, wherein the dispersing composition comprises a dispersing agent. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20160161886 | LIQUID DEVELOPMENT DEVICE AND IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS - A liquid development device includes a storage section storing a liquid developer in which toner is dispersed, a development member to which the liquid developer stored in the storage section is applied using an application unit, a removing device that, after an electrostatic latent image in a latent image-holding member is developed, removes the liquid developer remaining on the development member, and a shearing device that is provided in a path through which the liquid developer removed using the removing device is returned to the storage section, and applies a shear force to the liquid developer removed using the removing device by making the liquid developer pass through a contact section of two members at least one of which rotates and that have different velocities from each other. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160179035 | Digital Printing Apparatus and Printing Process | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160179036 | Method of Digitally Printing and System Therefor | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160195834 | Method of Digitally Printing and a Digital Printing System | 07-07-2016 |
