Patents by Inventor Takuya Iwamura
Takuya Iwamura 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).
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Patent number: 11982953Abstract: A conveyance member includes: a shaft that is rotatably disposed in a passage through powder is conveyed; a first conveyance unit that is provided at the shaft to project in a direction away from the shaft, and includes a plurality of first slits obliquely extending toward the shaft and a first film having flexibility; and a second conveyance unit that is provided at the shaft to project in a direction opposite to the first conveyance unit from the shaft, and includes a plurality of second slits obliquely extending toward the shaft and a second film having flexibility.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2022Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventor: Takuya Iwamura
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Publication number: 20230168607Abstract: A conveyance member includes: a shaft that is rotatably disposed in a passage through powder is conveyed; a first conveyance unit that is provided at the shaft to project in a direction away from the shaft, and includes a plurality of first slits obliquely extending toward the shaft and a first film having flexibility; and a second conveyance unit that is provided at the shaft to project in a direction opposite to the first conveyance unit from the shaft, and includes a plurality of second slits obliquely extending toward the shaft and a second film having flexibility.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2022Publication date: June 1, 2023Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.Inventor: Takuya IWAMURA
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Patent number: 10663889Abstract: A developing device includes a rotating member that delivers developer to a latent image on an image carrier while rotating; a supplying member provided in a supply path extending in an axial direction of the rotating member; a stirring member including a stirring shaft extending in the axial direction and provided in a stirring path extending in the axial direction and arranged side by side with the supply path in a direction intersecting the axial direction, the stirring member stirring the developer while rotating by causing the developer to circulate between the supply path and the stirring path; and a preliminary member provided in a preliminary stirring path into which toner is supplied from an outside and provided by extending an end of the stirring path that is on a side where the developer delivered from the supply member is received by the stirring member, the preliminary member including an extension shaft as an extension of the stirring shaft and a helical transporting blade provided on the extensType: GrantFiled: January 22, 2019Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventor: Takuya Iwamura
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Publication number: 20200019091Abstract: A developing device includes a rotating member that delivers developer to a latent image on an image carrier while rotating; a supplying member provided in a supply path extending in an axial direction of the rotating member; a stirring member including a stirring shaft extending in the axial direction and provided in a stirring path extending in the axial direction and arranged side by side with the supply path in a direction intersecting the axial direction, the stirring member stirring the developer while rotating by causing the developer to circulate between the supply path and the stirring path; and a preliminary member provided in a preliminary stirring path into which toner is supplied from an outside and provided by extending an end of the stirring path that is on a side where the developer delivered from the supply member is received by the stirring member, the preliminary member including an extension shaft as an extension of the stirring shaft and a helical transporting blade provided on the extensType: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2019Publication date: January 16, 2020Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventor: Takuya IWAMURA
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Patent number: 9400449Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a latent image forming unit, a developing unit, replenishing unit, and a control unit. The latent image forming unit forms an electrostatic latent image corresponding to an image information signal on an image carrier. The developing unit develops the electrostatic latent image using a two-component developer in which magnetic carriers are mixed with toner to form a visible image. The replenishing unit replenishes the toner to the developing unit. The control unit controls switching between first processing, which includes idling processing for replenishing at least part of residual toner, which is to be replenished to the developing unit and remains without being replenished to the developing unit, to the developing unit and stirring the toner within the developing unit, and second processing, which includes the idling processing and density correction processing for correcting a density of the toner within the developing unit.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2015Date of Patent: July 26, 2016Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Chihiro Hagiwara, Yoshifumi Ozaki, Takuya Iwamura, Shinji Mitsui
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Patent number: 9383682Abstract: A developing device includes a first transport path and a second transport path. In the first transport path, a developer containing toner and a magnetic material is transported in the axial direction of a first transport member that opposes a developer holding element by rotation of the first transport member. The second transport path includes plural flow paths that extend along the axial direction, and plural second transport members provided in the plural flow paths to transport the developer. The plural flow paths each have a length in the axial direction that is shorter than the length of the first transport path in the axial direction. Respective end portions of the first and second transport path are connected such that the developer which has flowed into the second transport path from one end of the first transport path flows into the other end of the first transport path.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2015Date of Patent: July 5, 2016Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshifumi Ozaki, Chihiro Hagiwara, Shinji Mitsui, Takuya Iwamura, Satoshi Tanaka
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Patent number: 9042791Abstract: A powder accommodation container includes an accommodation container body, a regulation member, and a transport member. The accommodation container body has a hole portion to outside and accommodates powder. The regulation member is provided in the hole portion to regulate a passage of the powder accommodated in the accommodation container body. The transport member is arranged in an inside of the accommodation container body to rotate about a rotating shaft and to transport the powder in the inside of the accommodation container body. The transport member has one end side in a short direction that is arranged on the rotating shaft and the other end side that is a free end, the free end includes a flexible member that is in contact with the accommodation container body to be flexed. The flexible member is locatable to face the hole portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2012Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Takuji Matsumoto, Iori Togu, Naofumi Murayama, Shigemasa Nakaya, Takuya Iwamura
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Patent number: 8918034Abstract: A powder accommodation container includes an accommodation container body, a regulation member, and a transport member. The accommodation container body has a hole portion to outside and accommodates powder. The regulation member is provided in the hole portion to regulate a passage of the powder accommodated in the accommodation container body. The transport member is arranged in an inside of the accommodation container body to rotate about a rotating shaft and to transport the powder in the inside of the accommodation container body. The transport member has one end side in a short direction that is arranged on the rotating shaft and the other end side that is a free end, the free end includes a flexible member that is in contact with the accommodation container body to be flexed. The flexible member is locatable to face the hole portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2013Date of Patent: December 23, 2014Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takuji Matsumoto, Iori Togu, Naofumi Murayama, Shigemasa Nakaya, Takuya Iwamura
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Patent number: 8918033Abstract: A powder accommodation container includes an accommodation container body, a regulation member, and a transport member. The accommodation container body has a hole portion to outside and accommodates powder. The regulation member is provided in the hole portion to regulate a passage of the powder accommodated in the accommodation container body. The transport member is arranged in an inside of the accommodation container body to rotate about a rotating shaft and to transport the powder in the inside of the accommodation container body. The transport member has one end side in a short direction that is arranged on the rotating shaft and the other end side that is a free end, the free end includes a flexible member that is in contact with the accommodation container body to be flexed. The flexible member is locatable to face the hole portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2013Date of Patent: December 23, 2014Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takuji Matsumoto, Iori Togu, Naofumi Murayama, Shigemasa Nakaya, Takuya Iwamura
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Patent number: 8744322Abstract: A developing device includes a developing member including a scooping pole generating the magnetic lines of force to scoop up a developer, rotating while holding the developer scooped up by the scooping pole on a surface thereof, and supplying the developer to an image holding body to develop the electrostatic latent image, and an agitation transport unit that is disposed at a position where a developer used for development and separated and falling from the developing member is received, rotates about a rotating shaft extending along a rotating shaft of the developing member, agitates the developer, and transports the agitated developer to a scoop position, wherein the scooping pole is disposed on the downstream side of a line, which connects the rotating shaft of the developing member with the rotating shaft of the agitation transport unit, in a rotation direction of the developing member.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2011Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventor: Takuya Iwamura
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Publication number: 20140105651Abstract: A powder accommodation container includes an accommodation container body, a regulation member, and a transport member. The accommodation container body has a hole portion to outside and accommodates powder. The regulation member is provided in the hole portion to regulate a passage of the powder accommodated in the accommodation container body. The transport member is arranged in an inside of the accommodation container body to rotate about a rotating shaft and to transport the powder in the inside of the accommodation container body. The transport member has one end side in a short direction that is arranged on the rotating shaft and the other end side that is a free end, the free end includes a flexible member that is in contact with the accommodation container body to be flexed. The flexible member is locatable to face the hole portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2013Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Takuji MATSUMOTO, Iori TOGU, Naofumi MURAYAMA, Shigemasa NAKAYA, Takuya IWAMURA
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Publication number: 20140105652Abstract: A powder accommodation container includes an accommodation container body, a regulation member, and a transport member. The accommodation container body has a hole portion to outside and accommodates powder. The regulation member is provided in the hole portion to regulate a passage of the powder accommodated in the accommodation container body. The transport member is arranged in an inside of the accommodation container body to rotate about a rotating shaft and to transport the powder in the inside of the accommodation container body. The transport member has one end side in a short direction that is arranged on the rotating shaft and the other end side that is a free end, the free end includes a flexible member that is in contact with the accommodation container body to be flexed. The flexible member is locatable to face the hole portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2013Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Takuji MATSUMOTO, Iori TOGU, Naofumi MURAYAMA, Shigemasa NAKAYA, Takuya IWAMURA
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Publication number: 20130259537Abstract: A powder accommodation container includes an accommodation container body, a regulation member, and a transport member. The accommodation container body has a hole portion to outside and accommodates powder. The regulation member is provided in the hole portion to regulate a passage of the powder accommodated in the accommodation container body. The transport member is arranged in an inside of the accommodation container body to rotate about a rotating shaft and to transport the powder in the inside of the accommodation container body. The transport member has one end side in a short direction that is arranged on the rotating shaft and the other end side that is a free end, the free end includes a flexible member that is in contact with the accommodation container body to be flexed. The flexible member is locatable to face the hole portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2012Publication date: October 3, 2013Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Takuji MATSUMOTO, Iori TOGU, Naofumi MURAYAMA, Shigemasa NAKAYA, Takuya IWAMURA
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Patent number: 8417161Abstract: A developing device that includes a developing member, a cylindrical layer thickness regulation member and a guide surface. The developing member retains a developer supplied from a developer accommodation portion and, while rotating, supplies the developer to an image-bearing body. The layer thickness regulation member comes up against the developer retained at the surface of the developing member and regulates a layer thickness of the developer. The guide surface guides developer that has been rendered excess by the layer thickness being regulated by the layer thickness regulation member toward the developer accommodation portion. The guide surface is provided such that an angle that is formed between the guide surface and a tangent of the layer thickness regulation member at a point of intersection of a line of extension of the guide surface with the layer thickness regulation member is at least 90°.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2010Date of Patent: April 9, 2013Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventor: Takuya Iwamura
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Publication number: 20120243911Abstract: A developing device includes a developing member including a scooping pole generating the magnetic lines of force to scoop up a developer, rotating while holding the developer scooped up by the scooping pole on a surface thereof, and supplying the developer to an image holding body to develop the electrostatic latent image, and an agitation transport unit that is disposed at a position where a developer used for development and separated and falling from the developing member is received, rotates about a rotating shaft extending along a rotating shaft of the developing member, agitates the developer, and transports the agitated developer to a scoop position, wherein the scooping pole is disposed on the downstream side of a line, which connects the rotating shaft of the developing member with the rotating shaft of the agitation transport unit, in a rotation direction of the developing member.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2011Publication date: September 27, 2012Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventor: Takuya IWAMURA
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Patent number: 8208837Abstract: A developing device includes a conveyance path, a conveyance member, a return path, and a pre-agitation region. The conveyance path conveys a toner while agitating the toner. The conveyance member has a rotational shaft, which is rotatably disposed along an upstream end to a downstream end of the conveyance path, and conveys the toner toward the downstream end due to rotation of the rotational shaft. The return path communicates with the downstream end and an intermediate portion of the conveyance path, thereby forming a circulation path, and returns the toner from the downstream end to the intermediate portion. The pre-agitation region is formed at the upstream end side, extending from the intermediate portion and outside the circulation path, and pre-agitates the toner to be conveyed to the circulation path.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2009Date of Patent: June 26, 2012Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventor: Takuya Iwamura
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Publication number: 20110229216Abstract: A developing device that includes a developing member, a cylindrical layer thickness regulation member and a guide surface. The developing member retains a developer supplied from a developer accommodation portion and, while rotating, supplies the developer to an image-bearing body. The layer thickness regulation member comes up against the developer retained at the surface of the developing member and regulates a layer thickness of the developer. The guide surface guides developer that has been rendered excess by the layer thickness being regulated by the layer thickness regulation member toward the developer accommodation portion. The guide surface is provided such that an angle that is formed between the guide surface and a tangent of the layer thickness regulation member at a point of intersection of a line of extension of the guide surface with the layer thickness regulation member is at least 90°.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2010Publication date: September 22, 2011Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventor: Takuya IWAMURA
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Publication number: 20100232838Abstract: A developing device includes a conveyance path, a conveyance member, a return path, and a pre-agitation region. The conveyance path conveys a toner while agitating the toner. The conveyance member has a rotational shaft, which is rotatably disposed along an upstream end to a downstream end of the conveyance path, and conveys the toner toward the downstream end due to rotation of the rotational shaft. The return path communicates with the downstream end and an intermediate portion of the conveyance path, thereby forming a circulation path, and returns the toner from the downstream end to the intermediate portion. The pre-agitation region is formed at the upstream end side, extending from the intermediate portion and outside the circulation path, and pre-agitates the toner to be conveyed to the circulation path.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2009Publication date: September 16, 2010Inventor: Takuya Iwamura
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Patent number: 7627272Abstract: A developer transport device includes: a developer containing room for containing a developer; a developer transport member disposed in the developer containing room, the developer transport member transporting the developer in a developer transport direction; and a developer damming member disposed in the developer containing room over the developer transport member, the developer damming member damming up the developer located above the developer transport member.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2007Date of Patent: December 1, 2009Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventor: Takuya Iwamura
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Publication number: 20080145105Abstract: A developer transport device includes: a developer containing room for containing a developer; a developer transport member disposed in the developer containing room, the developer transport member transporting the developer in a developer transport direction; and a developer damming member disposed in the developer containing room over the developer transport member, the developer damming member damming up the developer located above the developer transport member.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2007Publication date: June 19, 2008Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventor: Takuya Iwamura