Patents by Inventor Makoto Sakanobe
Makoto Sakanobe 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: 8306470Abstract: A cleaning device includes a cleaning blade member that has a tip abutting a surface of an image carrier so as to remove a residue remaining on the surface of the image carrier; an attaching member that includes a first attachment piece to which a base end of the cleaning blade member is attached, and a second attachment piece which is provided so as to intersect the first attachment piece at a predetermined angle; a housing member to which one of the first attachment piece and the second attachment piece is fixed at both ends along a longitudinal direction thereof; and an external force exerting member that exerts an external force in a direction which intersects a surface of the other one of the first attachment piece and the second attachment piece, which is not fixed to the housing member.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2009Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hiroaki Akamatsu, Makoto Sakanobe, Yuichi Fukuda, Ryosuke Takahashi
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Patent number: 8023878Abstract: A cleaning device includes a cleaning blade that contacts a surface of a member to be cleaned to remove a residue remaining on the surface of the member to be cleaned, and that includes multiple layers, wherein a leading end portion of the cleaning blade shifts in a separating direction from the surface of the member to be cleaned due to a difference in thermal expansion property among the multiple layers when temperature rises.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2009Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuichi Fukuda, Noriaki Kojima, Makoto Sakanobe, Hiromi Nagai, Hiroaki Akamatsu, Masahiro Katahira
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Patent number: 7873314Abstract: A cleaning member includes a cleaning part whose one end portion comes into contact with a surface of an image carrier, and a supporting part that supports the cleaning part and applies a force for pressing the one end portion of the cleaning part to the surface of the image carrier, wherein a surface of a first portion including the one end portion of the cleaning part is bonded to the supporting part with a first adhesive layer, and a surface of a second portion including the other end portion opposite to the one end portion of the cleaning part is bonded to the supporting part with a second adhesive layer having a Type-A durometer hardness which is lower than that of the first adhesive layer.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2009Date of Patent: January 18, 2011Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Makoto Sakanobe, Hiroaki Akamatsu, Yuichi Fukuda, Ryosuke Takahashi
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Publication number: 20100247189Abstract: A cleaning device includes a cleaning blade member that has a tip abutting a surface of an image carrier so as to remove a residue remaining on the surface of the image carrier; an attaching member that includes a first attachment piece to which a base end of the cleaning blade member is attached, and a second attachment piece which is provided so as to intersect the first attachment piece at a predetermined angle; a housing member to which one of the first attachment piece and the second attachment piece is fixed at both ends along a longitudinal direction thereof; and an external force exerting member that exerts an external force in a direction which intersects a surface of the other one of the first attachment piece and the second attachment piece, which is not fixed to the housing member.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2009Publication date: September 30, 2010Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroaki Akamatsu, Makoto Sakanobe, Yuichi Fukuda, Ryosuke Takahashi
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Publication number: 20100247188Abstract: A cleaning device includes a cleaning blade that contacts a surface of a member to be cleaned to remove a residue remaining on the surface of the member to be cleaned, and that includes multiple layers, wherein a leading end portion of the cleaning blade shifts in a separating direction from the surface of the member to be cleaned due to a difference in thermal expansion property among the multiple layers when temperature rises.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2009Publication date: September 30, 2010Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuichi Fukuda, Noriaki Kojima, Makoto Sakanobe, Hiromi Nagai, Hiroaki Akamatsu, Masahiro Katahira
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Patent number: 7756462Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an image carrier that carries an image; a developing unit that develops the image on the image carrier into a toner image; a transfer unit that transfers the toner image carried on the image carrier onto a transfer medium; and a cleaning unit that cleans residual toner, having not been transferred by the transfer unit, from the image carrier. The cleaning unit includes a cleaning roller member provided in contact with the image carrier and supplied with a predetermined bias voltage, having a surface layer of a conductive fiber cloth, and a conductive roller member provided in contact with the cleaning roller member and supplied with a predetermined bias voltage.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2007Date of Patent: July 13, 2010Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jin Iwasaki, Makoto Sakanobe, Yoshitaka Kuroda, Kanji Shintaku, Satoshi Shigezaki
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Publication number: 20100054831Abstract: A cleaning member includes a cleaning part whose one end portion comes into contact with a surface of an image carrier, and a supporting part that supports the cleaning part and applies a force for pressing the one end portion of the cleaning part to the surface of the image carrier, wherein a surface of a first portion including the one end portion of the cleaning part is bonded to the supporting part with a first adhesive layer, and a surface of a second portion including the other end portion opposite to the one end portion of the cleaning part is bonded to the supporting part with a second adhesive layer having a Type-A durometer hardness which is lower than that of the first adhesive layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2009Publication date: March 4, 2010Inventors: Makoto Sakanobe, Hiroaki Akamatsu, Yuichi Fukuda, Ryosuke Takahashi
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Patent number: 7471924Abstract: This invention relates to a cleaning unit including a cleaning blade that keeps a front end of rubber material in contact with the surface with a pressure so as to scrape residual toner left on the surface of the photoreceptor and a fiber body having multiple fibers in contact with the surface of the photoreceptor in the upstream in the cyclic moving direction of the surface of the photoreceptor with respect to the cleaning blade, the cleaning blade satisfying A??2.5×B+102 and 6.3?B?19.6, where A designates a contact angle (°) with pure water under 23° C., 55% RH and B designates 100% modulus (MPa) at 23° C.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2006Date of Patent: December 30, 2008Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Satoshi Shigezaki, Hiroe Okuyama, Makoto Sakanobe, Kanji Shintaku, Satoya Sugiura, Tatsuya Soga, Jin Iwasaki, Yoshitaka Kuroda
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Publication number: 20070292178Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an image carrier that carries an image; a developing unit that develops the image on the image carrier into a toner image; a transfer unit that transfers the toner image carried on the image carrier onto a transfer medium; and a cleaning unit that cleans residual toner, having not been transferred by the transfer unit, from the image carrier. The cleaning unit includes a cleaning roller member provided in contact with the image carrier and supplied with a predetermined bias voltage, having a surface layer of a conductive fiber cloth, and a conductive roller member provided in contact with the cleaning roller member and supplied with a predetermined bias voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2007Publication date: December 20, 2007Inventors: Jin Iwasaki, Makoto Sakanobe, Yoshitaka Kuroda, Kanji Shintaku, Satoshi Shigezaki
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Publication number: 20070020005Abstract: This invention relates to a cleaning unit comprising: a cleaning blade that keeps a front end of rubber material in contact with the surface with a pressure so as to scrape residual toner left on the surface of the photoreceptor and a fiber body having multiple fibers in contact with the surface of the photoreceptor in the upstream in the cyclic moving direction of the surface of the photoreceptor with respect to the cleaning blade, wherein the cleaning blade satisfies conditions A??2.5×B+102 and 6.3?B?19.6, where A designates a contact angle (°) with pure water under 23° C., 55% RH and B designates 100% modulus (MPa) at 23° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2006Publication date: January 25, 2007Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Satoshi Shigezaki, Hiroe Okuyama, Makoto Sakanobe, Kanji Shintaku, Satoya Sugiura, Tatsuya Soga, Jin Iwasaki, Yoshitaka Kuroda
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Patent number: 6668153Abstract: A cleaning blade of an image forming apparatus is formed of urethane rubber, a modulus of repulsion elasticity (JIS K6255) is not less than 20% at 10° C. to not more than 70% at 40° C., a 300% modulus (JIS K6251) is not less than 200 kgf/cm2, and a tear strength (JIS K6252 crescent type) is not less than 35 kgf/cm. A tension set (JIS K6262) of the cleaning blade (3) is preferably not more than 2.5%, and is more preferably not more than 1.0%, and is still more preferably not more than 0.5%.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2002Date of Patent: December 23, 2003Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Makoto Sakanobe, Noriaki Kojima, Takashi Fuchiwaki, Yasunori Unagida, Hiroyuki Koide, Yoshinori Nakano
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Publication number: 20030086738Abstract: A cleaning blade of an image forming apparatus is formed of urethane rubber, a modulus of repulsion elasticity (JIS K6255) is not less than 20% at 10° C. to not more than 70% at 40° C., a 300% modulus (JIS K6251) is not less than 200 kgf/cm2, and a tear strength (JIS K6252 crescent type) is not less than 35 kgf/cm. A tension set (JIS K6262) of the cleaning blade (3) is preferably not more than 2.5%, and is more preferably not more than 1.0%, and is still more preferably not more than 0.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2002Publication date: May 8, 2003Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Makoto Sakanobe, Noriaki Kojima, Takashi Fuchiwaki, Yasunori Unagida, Hiroyuki Koide, Yoshinori Nakano
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Patent number: 6453146Abstract: A cleaning blade for a latent image holding member, an apparatus for forming an image and a process for forming an image are provided at a low cost, in which even in an apparatus for forming an image using a spherical toner, good cleaning property of the latent image holding member is ensured irrespective to the temperature environment upon use without deteriorating an image quality. The cleaning blade for removing a remaining toner by making in contact with a latent image holding member under pressure, as well as an apparatus for forming an image and a process for forming an image using the same are provided. The cleaning blade contains an elastic material having a 300% modulus of about from 14,700 to 29,400 kPa and a tearing strength of about 68,600 N/m or more.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2001Date of Patent: September 17, 2002Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., LTDInventors: Taichi Yamada, Satoshi Shigezaki, Yoshinari Ueno, Masahiro Takagi, Satoshi Inoue, Makoto Sakanobe, Tomoki Kutsuwada, Yoshinori Nakano
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Publication number: 20020048473Abstract: A cleaning blade for a latent image holding member, an apparatus for forming an image and a process for forming an image are provided at a low cost, in which even in an apparatus for forming an image using a spherical toner, good cleaning property of the latent image holding member is ensured irrespective to the temperature environment upon use without deteriorating an image quality. The cleaning blade for removing a remaining toner by making in contact with a latent image holding member under pressure, as well as an apparatus for forming an image and a process for forming an image using the same are provided. The cleaning blade contains an elastic material having a 300% modulus of about from 14,700 to 29,400 kPa and a tearing strength of about 68,600 N/m or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2001Publication date: April 25, 2002Applicant: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Taichi Yamada, Satoshi Shigezaki, Yoshinari Ueno, Masahiro Takagi, Satoshi Inoue, Makoto Sakanobe, Tomoki Kutsuwada, Yoshinori Nakano
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Patent number: 5452060Abstract: An endless belt transporting apparatus in a transfer unit or an image carrying member in an image forming apparatus, providing a flatness correcting member, mounted between support frames, for obtaining a flatness of the endless belt, and stepped portions formed at both side edge of the flatness correcting member. A pressing member for pressing deformed end portions of the belt may be disposed in opposition to the flatness correcting member.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 1993Date of Patent: September 19, 1995Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventor: Makoto Sakanobe
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Patent number: 5289235Abstract: A screen lamp can be mounted easily. A belt type photoreceptor 15 is rotatably provided along a plurality of rollers 14 and 14-1, and a screen lamp 28 is mounted on there are side of the belt type photoreceptor 15 with respect to the rollers 14-1. The rollers 14-1 maintain a predetermined clearance between the belt type photoreceptor 15 and the screen lamp 28. And a pattern exposing device which ensures small size, simple construction and low cost is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 1991Date of Patent: February 22, 1994Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Makoto Sakanobe, Yoshikazu Tamura