Patents by Inventor Hidenori Nihei

Hidenori Nihei 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).

  • Image forming apparatus with improved separability of transfer material
    Patent number: 7769310
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus in which a visible image is transferred to a transfer material includes a pre-transfer exposing unit that makes only a portion of a latent image carrier that corresponds to a leading edge of the transfer material expose, and a transfer-bias applying unit that applies a bias for transferring the visible image. The transfer-bias applying unit starts applying the bias to the transfer material, at least step-by-step, when a predetermined time is passed from a point of time at which the leading edge of the transfer material comes into a contact with the latent image carrier by controlling the pre-transfer exposing unit and a bias applying timing of the transfer-bias applying unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hirokazu Ishii, Satoshi Takano, Hiroshi Saitoh, Ryoh Tanoue, Itaru Matsuda, Yuji Suzuki, Eiji Shimojo, Noboru Onodera, Hidenori Nihei
  • IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20070127941
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus in which a visible image is transferred to a transfer material includes a pre-transfer exposing unit that makes only a portion of a latent image carrier that corresponds to a leading edge of the transfer material expose, and a transfer-bias applying unit that applies a bias for transferring the visible image. The transfer-bias applying unit starts applying the bias to the transfer material, at least step-by-step, when a predetermined time is passed from a point of time at which the leading edge of the transfer material comes into a contact with the latent image carrier by controlling the pre-transfer exposing unit and a bias applying timing of the transfer-bias applying unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2007
    Publication date: June 7, 2007
    Inventors: Hirokazu Ishii, Satoshi Takano, Hiroshi Saitoh, Ryoh Tanoue, Itaru Matsuda, Yuji Suzuki, Eiji Shimojo, Noboru Onodera, Hidenori Nihei
  • Image forming apparatus with improved separatability of transfer material
    Patent number: 7184678
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus in which a visible image is transferred to a transfer material includes a pre-transfer exposing unit that makes only a portion of a latent image carrier that corresponds to a leading edge of the transfer material expose, and a transfer-bias applying unit that applies a bias for transferring the visible image. The transfer-bias applying unit starts applying the bias to the transfer material, at least step-by-step, when a predetermined time is passed from a point of time at which the leading edge of the transfer material comes into a contact with the latent image carrier by controlling the pre-transfer exposing unit and a bias applying timing of the transfer-bias applying unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hirokazu Ishii, Satoshi Takano, Hiroshi Saitoh, Ryoh Tanoue, Itaru Matsuda, Yuji Suzuki, Eiji Shimojo, Noboru Onodera, Hidenori Nihei
  • Image forming apparatus
    Publication number: 20050180767
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus in which a visible image is transferred to a transfer material includes a pre-transfer exposing unit that makes only a portion of a latent image carrier that corresponds to a leading edge of the transfer material expose, and a transfer-bias applying unit that applies a bias for transferring the visible image. The transfer-bias applying unit starts applying the bias to the transfer material, at least step-by-step, when a predetermined time is passed from a point of time at which the leading edge of the transfer material comes into a contact with the latent image carrier by controlling the pre-transfer exposing unit and a bias applying timing of the transfer-bias applying unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2004
    Publication date: August 18, 2005
    Inventors: Hirokazu Ishii, Satoshi Takano, Hiroshi Saitoh, Ryoh Tanoue, Itaru Matsuda, Yuji Suzuki, Eiji Shimojo, Noboru Onodera, Hidenori Nihei