Patents by Inventor Sayo Mabuchi

Sayo Mabuchi has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8583015
    Abstract: A developing device includes: a developer carrying body which supplies developer to a predetermined image carrying body; a layer thickness regulating member which is made of a magnetic material, which has a layer thickness regulating face opposing the developer carrying body so as to form a predetermined gap between the layer thickness regulating face and the developer carrying body and regulating the layer thickness of the developer on the developer carrying body, and which forms a magnetic path between the layer thickness regulating face and the developer carrying body; an installation member on which the layer thickness regulating member is installed; and an elastic sheet member arranged in the gap in a state of contact with a surface of the developer carrying body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Kyocera Mita Corporation
    Inventors: Seishi Ojima, Minoru Wada, Sayo Mabuchi
  • Patent number: 8494418
    Abstract: The development device includes a developer storage part storing a developer, a developer carrier having a carrying surface for carrying the developer and a first magnet, and receiving the developer from the developer storage part on the carrying surface while rotating in a predetermined direction, and supplying the developer to a predetermined image carrier, a magnetic member formed from a magnetic material, forming a predetermined regulatory gap with the carrying surface, and arranged opposite to the first magnet, a second magnet disposed more upstream than the magnetic member when viewed from the rotating direction of the developer carrier, and having a magnetic pole of the same polarity as the first magnet, and a deterioration suppressing part suppressing deterioration of the developer transported to the regulatory gap along with the rotation of the developer carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Kyocera Mita Corporation
    Inventors: Sayo Mabuchi, Minoru Wada, Seishi Ojima
  • Patent number: 8428497
    Abstract: A developing device includes a developer storing portion, a developer carrying body, a first regulating member having a first regulating surface regulating a layer thickness of the developer on the developer carrying body, a second regulating member having a second regulating surface that is set so as to gradually become apart from the developer carrying body toward the upstream side with respect to the rotation direction of the developer carrying body to regulate an amount of the developer conveyed to the first regulating surface, the second regulating surface being arranged with a step formed between the second regulating surface and the first regulating surface, and a sheet member so attached to the second regulating surface as to cover at least a portion of the step between the first regulating surface and the second regulating surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Kyocera Mita Corporation
    Inventors: Minoru Wada, Seishi Ojima, Sayo Mabuchi
  • Patent number: 8112020
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a developing device for use in an image-forming apparatus including a developing roller having a conductive base surface which may be covered with a resin layer containing an ion conductive material and a silicone-modified urethane resin having an ether structure. The resin layer may be a product of a crosslinking reaction of the silicone-modified urethane resin and the ion conductive material in the presence of a crosslinking agent and a crosslinking catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: KYOCERA MITA Corporation
    Inventors: Sayo Mabuchi, Hiroyuki Hamakawa, Akihiro Watanabe, Masashi Fujishima, Hiroshi Yamazaki, Asami Kotera
  • Publication number: 20110150539
    Abstract: The development device includes a developer storage part storing a developer, a developer carrier having a carrying surface for carrying the developer and a first magnet, and receiving the developer from the developer storage part on the carrying surface while rotating in a predetermined direction, and supplying the developer to a predetermined image carrier, a magnetic member formed from a magnetic material, forming a predetermined regulatory gap with the carrying surface, and arranged opposite to the first magnet, a second magnet disposed more upstream than the magnetic member when viewed from the rotating direction of the developer carrier, and having a magnetic pole of the same polarity as the first magnet, and a deterioration suppressing part suppressing deterioration of the developer transported to the regulatory gap along with the rotation of the developer carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: KYOCERA MITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sayo Mabuchi, Minoru Wada, Seishi Ojima
  • Patent number: 7925175
    Abstract: A developing device includes a developer container storing a developer, a developer supplying member supplying a toner stored in the developer container to an image bearing member, a voltage applying unit capable of applying a bias voltage to the developer supplying member, an image density detecting unit detecting a density of toner formed on the image bearing member, and a control unit correcting a toner concentration in the developer on the basis of a result of image density detection of a reference toner image formed on the image bearing member. The control unit is capable of executing a first toner concentration correction between printing operations and executing a second toner concentration correction between predetermined points during continuous printing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Kyocera Mita Corporation
    Inventor: Sayo Mabuchi
  • Publication number: 20110064484
    Abstract: A developing device includes a developer storing portion, a developer carrying body, a first regulating member having a first regulating surface regulating a layer thickness of the developer on the developer carrying body, a second regulating member having a second regulating surface that is set so as to gradually become apart from the developer carrying body toward the upstream side with respect to the rotation direction of the developer carrying body to regulate an amount of the developer conveyed to the first regulating surface, the second regulating surface being arranged with a step formed between the second regulating surface and the first regulating surface, and a sheet member so attached to the second regulating surface as to cover at least a portion of the step between the first regulating surface and the second regulating surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: KYOCERA MITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Minoru Wada, Seishi Ojima, Sayo Mabuchi
  • Publication number: 20110064485
    Abstract: A developing device includes: a developer carrying body which supplies developer to a predetermined image carrying body; a layer thickness regulating member which is made of a magnetic material, which has a layer thickness regulating face opposing the developer carrying body so as to form a predetermined gap between the layer thickness regulating face and the developer carrying body and regulating the layer thickness of the developer on the developer carrying body, and which forms a magnetic path between the layer thickness regulating face and the developer carrying body; an installation member on which the layer thickness regulating member is installed; and an elastic sheet member arranged in the gap in a state of contact with a surface of the developer carrying body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: KYOCERA MITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seishi Ojima, Minoru Wada, Sayo Mabuchi
  • Publication number: 20100272457
    Abstract: A developing device includes a developer container storing a developer, a developer supplying member supplying a toner stored in the developer container to an image bearing member, a voltage applying unit capable of applying a bias voltage to the developer supplying member, an image density detecting unit detecting a density of toner formed on the image bearing member, and a control unit correcting a toner concentration in the developer on the basis of a result of image density detection of a reference toner image formed on the image bearing member. The control unit is capable of executing a first toner concentration correction between printing operations and executing a second toner concentration correction between predetermined points during continuous printing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicant: Kyocera Mita Corporation
    Inventor: Sayo Mabuchi
  • Publication number: 20090311012
    Abstract: This invention relates to a developing device 18 for use in an image-forming apparatus comprising a developing roller 100 having a conductive base surface 19 which may be covered with a resin layer 17 layer comprising an ion conductive material and a silicone-modified urethane resin having an ether structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2009
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Applicant: KYOCERA MITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sayo Mabuchi, Hiroyuki Hamakawa, Akihiro Watanabe, Masashi Fujishima, Hiroshi Yamazaki, Asami Kotera