Patents by Inventor Hisashi Taniguchi
Hisashi Taniguchi 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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Publication number: 20230341806Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a rotatable image bearing member, a charging member, a developing member, a cleaning member, an accommodating portion, and a controller capable of executing an image forming operation and a supplying operation for supplying a metal soap, accommodated in the accommodating portion, onto a surface of the image bearing member by the developing member. The controller carries out control so that when the supplying operation is executed, a surface moving speed of the image bearing member is higher than a surface moving speed of the image bearing member when the image forming operation is executed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2023Publication date: October 26, 2023Inventors: SHINICHI AGATA, HISASHI TANIGUCHI, KEITARO NAKATA, TAKUTO KOBAYASHI
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Publication number: 20230091090Abstract: An image forming apparatus comprising: an image bearing member, a developing member that forms a toner image with a toner including a metal soap having a polarity opposite to that of the toner, a supply member that supplies the toner to the developing member, and a control unit that executes a metal soap supply operation of supplying the metal soap from the developing member to the image bearing member when an operation other than the image forming operation is executed, wherein the metal soap supply operation includes a first mode and a second mode, and a potential difference between the supply member and the developing member, which causes an electrostatic force in the direction from the supply member to the developing member to act on the metal soap, is smaller in the metal soap supply operation in the second mode than in the first mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2022Publication date: March 23, 2023Inventors: Hisashi Taniguchi, Bunro Noguchi, Shinichi Agata, Kodai Hayashi, Keitaro Nakata
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Publication number: 20230093245Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive drum, a development roller configured to supply developer to the photosensitive drum, a transfer roller configured to transfer a developer image formed on the photosensitive drum to a recording material, and a cleaning roller being in contact with the photosensitive drum, configured to clean a part of the recording material adhered to the photosensitive drum, wherein the diameter of the transfer roller is greater than the diameter of the development roller and the diameter of the cleaning roller is greater than the diameter of the development roller.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2022Publication date: March 23, 2023Inventors: Atsushi Toda, Hisashi Taniguchi, Bunro Noguchi, Shunsuke Matsushita
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Patent number: 11526115Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive drum, a development roller configured to supply developer to the photosensitive drum, a transfer roller configured to transfer a developer image formed on the photosensitive drum to a recording material, and a cleaning roller being in contact with the photosensitive drum, configured to clean a part of the recording material adhered to the photosensitive drum, wherein a diameter of the transfer roller is greater than a diameter of the development roller and the diameter of the transfer roller is greater than a diameter of the cleaning roller.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2021Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Atsushi Toda, Hisashi Taniguchi, Bunro Noguchi, Shunsuke Matsushita
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Publication number: 20220324666Abstract: A printing apparatus, in a case of performing double-sided printing on a plurality of sheets, performs an overlap reversing operation by controlling a first sheet to stay in a reversing path to position at least a trailing edge of the first sheet relative to a second direction in a conveying path when conveying the first sheet to the reversing path after completion of a printing operation on a first surface of the first sheet, and controls the reversing roller to convey the first sheet and a second sheet fed by a feed roller next to the first sheet, in a state in which the first sheet staying in the reversing path and a leading edge of the second sheet relative to the second direction overlap each other, after completion of the printing operation on a first surface of the second sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2022Publication date: October 13, 2022Inventor: Hisashi Taniguchi
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Publication number: 20220236661Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member, a charging member for charging the photosensitive member, a cleaning member that comes into contact with the charging member and moves relative to the charging member to clean the charging member, an opening/closing member for exposing an inside of the apparatus, and a driving mechanism that moves the charging member and the cleaning member relative to each other in association with opening/closing of the opening/closing member.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2022Publication date: July 28, 2022Inventors: Bunro Noguchi, Hisashi Taniguchi, Atsushi Toda, Shunsuke Matsushita
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Publication number: 20220236684Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a conveyance apparatus whose detection unit of a printing medium is unlikely to be damaged. One embodiment of the present invention is a conveyance apparatus including: a first guide that is fixed to a main body; a second guide capable of moving to a position at which the second guide forms, together with the first guide, a conveyance path through which a printing medium is conveyed and a position at which the second guide opens the conveyance path; a first lever that is provided to the main body and which detects whether or not the printing medium exists in the conveyance path; and a second lever that shields light, wherein the first lever and the second lever can swing integrally or independently in accordance with the position of the second guide.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2022Publication date: July 28, 2022Inventors: Hisashi Taniguchi, Motoyuki Taguchi
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Patent number: 11396435Abstract: A printing apparatus, in a case of performing double-sided printing on a plurality of sheets, performs an overlap reversing operation by controlling a first sheet to stay in a reversing path to position at least a trailing edge of the first sheet relative to a second direction in a conveying path when conveying the first sheet to the reversing path after completion of a printing operation on a first surface of the first sheet, and controls the reversing roller to convey the first sheet and a second sheet fed by a feed roller next to the first sheet, in a state in which the first sheet in the reversing path and a leading edge of the second sheet relative to the second direction overlap each other, after completion of the printing operation on a first surface of the second sheet.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2019Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Hisashi Taniguchi
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Patent number: 11333992Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member, a charging member for charging the photosensitive member, a cleaning member that comes into contact with the charging member and moves relative to the charging member to clean the charging member, an opening/closing member for exposing an inside of the apparatus, and a driving mechanism that moves the charging member and the cleaning member relative to each other in association with opening/closing of the opening/closing member.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2021Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Bunro Noguchi, Hisashi Taniguchi, Atsushi Toda, Shunsuke Matsushita
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Publication number: 20220082987Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive drum, a development roller configured to supply developer to the photosensitive drum, a transfer roller configured to transfer a developer image formed on the photosensitive drum to a recording material, and a cleaning roller being in contact with the photosensitive drum, configured to clean a part of the recording material adhered to the photosensitive drum, wherein the diameter of the transfer roller is greater than the diameter of the development roller and the diameter of the cleaning roller is greater than the diameter of the development roller.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2021Publication date: March 17, 2022Inventors: Atsushi Toda, Hisashi Taniguchi, Bunro Noguchi, Shunsuke Matsushita
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Patent number: 11209768Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive drum, a development roller configured to supply developer to the photosensitive drum, a transfer roller configured to transfer a developer image formed on the photosensitive drum to a recording material, and a cleaning roller being in contact with the photosensitive drum, configured to clean a part of the recording material adhered to the photosensitive drum, wherein the diameter of the transfer roller is greater than the diameter of the development roller and the diameter of the cleaning roller is greater than the diameter of the development roller.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2021Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Atsushi Toda, Hisashi Taniguchi, Bunro Noguchi, Shunsuke Matsushita
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Publication number: 20210389689Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member, a charging member for charging the photosensitive member, a cleaning member that comes into contact with the charging member and moves relative to the charging member to clean the charging member, an opening/closing member for exposing an inside of the apparatus, and a driving mechanism that moves the charging member and the cleaning member relative to each other in association with opening/closing of the opening/closing member.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2021Publication date: December 16, 2021Inventors: Bunro Noguchi, Hisashi Taniguchi, Atsushi Toda, Shunsuke Matsushita
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Publication number: 20210302902Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive drum, a development roller configured to supply developer to the photosensitive drum, a transfer roller configured to transfer a developer image formed on the photosensitive drum to a recording material, and a cleaning roller being in contact with the photosensitive drum, configured to clean a part of the recording material adhered to the photosensitive drum, wherein the diameter of the transfer roller is greater than the diameter of the development roller and the diameter of the cleaning roller is greater than the diameter of the development roller.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2021Publication date: September 30, 2021Inventors: Atsushi Toda, Hisashi Taniguchi, Bunro Noguchi, Shunsuke Matsushita
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Patent number: 10974526Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a feeding roller configured to feed sheets, including at least a preceding sheet and a succeeding sheet, a conveyance roller configured to convey the sheets fed by the feeding roller, and a printing unit configured to print on at least one sheet, of the sheets conveyed by the conveyance roller. A conveyance control unit controls the conveying of the sheets by the conveyance roller to form an overlap state, in which a leading edge of the succeeding sheet overlaps with the preceding sheet. In a case in which the conveyance roller conveys the succeeding sheet to a printing start position at which a printing operation is started by the printing unit, and the conveyance control unit forms the overlap state, the printing unit is configured to print on an overlapping area in which the preceding sheet and the succeeding sheet overlap.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2019Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hisashi Taniguchi, Syunichi Kunihiro
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Patent number: 10866539Abstract: A unit includes: a conveying member that conveys developer; a frame that stores the developer and includes a first chamber storing the conveying member, a second chamber, a first opening connecting the first chamber and the second chamber, and through which the developer is passed, and a second opening connecting the interior of the second chamber and the exterior of the frame in an orthogonal direction that is orthogonal to a direction of a rotation axis line of the conveying member; and a filter that allows air to pass the second opening and restricts the developer from passing the second opening, and is fixed to the frame, wherein the frame is displaceable with respect to an apparatus main body in a state where the unit is attached to the apparatus main body, and the filter is displaced with respect to the apparatus main body by the displacement of the frame.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2017Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hisashi Taniguchi, Takayoshi Kihara, Shuhei Kawasaki, Shota Nakamura
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Patent number: 10656554Abstract: A control unit of an image forming apparatus controls a developer supply amount per unit time in a coating agent removal sequence based on information about a driven amount of an image-bearing member unit acquired from a first memory of the image-bearing member unit via a communication unit, and information about a driven amount of a developing unit acquired from a second memory of the developing unit via the communication unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2019Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hisashi Taniguchi, Shunsuke Matsushita, Shuhei Kawasaki
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Publication number: 20200122517Abstract: Provided is a tire in which a first intermediate land portion 3b of most vehicle-installed outside includes a sipe extending in a tire width direction, the sipe comprises a first sipe So that communicates with a circumferential groove 2a adjacent to a vehicle-installed outside of the first intermediate land portion 3b, and terminates in the first intermediate land portion 3b, and a second sipe Si that communicates with a circumferential groove 2b adjacent to a vehicle-installed inside of the first intermediate land portion 3b, and terminates in the first intermediate land portion 3b, the first sipes So and the second sipes Si are alternately present in a tire circumferential direction, and a sipe width of the first sipe So is larger than a sipe width of the second sipe Si.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2019Publication date: April 23, 2020Applicant: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONInventor: Hisashi TANIGUCHI
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Publication number: 20200024092Abstract: A printing apparatus, in a case of performing double-sided printing on a plurality of sheets, performs an overlap reversing operation by controlling a first sheet to stay in a reversing path to position at least a trailing edge of the first sheet in a second direction in a conveying path when conveying the first sheet to the reversing path after completion of a printing operation on a first surface of the first sheet, and controls the reversing roller to convey the first sheet and a second sheet fed by a feed roller next to the first sheet, in a state in which the first sheet staying in the reversing path and a leading edge of the second sheet in the second direction overlap each other, after completion of the printing operation on a first surface of the second sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2019Publication date: January 23, 2020Inventor: Hisashi Taniguchi
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Publication number: 20190332030Abstract: A control unit of an image forming apparatus controls a developer supply amount per unit time in a coating agent removal sequence based on information about a driven amount of an image-bearing member unit acquired from a first memory of the image-bearing member unit via a communication unit, and information about a driven amount of a developing unit acquired from a second memory of the developing unit via the communication unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2019Publication date: October 31, 2019Inventors: Hisashi Taniguchi, Shunsuke Matsushita, Shuhei Kawasaki
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Publication number: 20190224996Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a feeding roller configured to feed sheets, including at least a preceding sheet and a succeeding sheet, a conveyance roller configured to convey the sheets fed by the feeding roller, and a printing unit configured to print on at least one sheet, of the sheets conveyed by the conveyance roller. A conveyance control unit controls the conveying of the sheets by the conveyance roller to form an overlap state, in which a leading edge of the succeeding sheet overlaps with the preceding sheet. In a case in which the conveyance roller conveys the succeeding sheet to a printing start position at which a printing operation is started by the printing unit, and the conveyance control unit forms the overlap state, the printing unit is configured to print on an overlapping area in which the preceding sheet and the succeeding sheet overlap.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2019Publication date: July 25, 2019Inventors: Hisashi Taniguchi, Syunichi Kunihiro