Patents by Inventor Masakazu Eto

Masakazu Eto 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: 10372065
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a movable photosensitive member, a toner image forming portion, a movable intermediary transfer member, an image transfer portion, a cleaning blade, a job executing portion, a toner supply executing portion capable of executing a supplying operation for supplying the toner to a contact portion in a non-image-forming period, a storing portion configured to store a first integrated value obtained by integrating a value corresponding to a distance of movement of the intermediary transfer member and a second integrated value obtained by integrating a number of images formed in the job, and a controller configured to cause the toner supply executing portion to execute the supplying operation and configured to set the first and second integrated values at initial values when the first integrated value reaches a first threshold or when the second integrated value reaches a second threshold, during execution of the job.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masakazu Eto
  • Publication number: 20190004453
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a movable photosensitive member, a toner image forming portion, a movable intermediary transfer member, an image forming portion, a cleaning blade, a job executing portion, a toner supply executing portion capable of executing a supplying operation for supplying the toner to a contact portion in a non-image-forming period, a storing portion configured to store a first integrated value obtained by integrating a value corresponding to a distance of movement of the intermediary transfer member and a second integrated value obtained by integrating a number of images formed in the job, and a controller configured to cause the toner supply executing portion to execute the supplying operation and configured to set the first and second integrated values at initial values when the first integrated value reaches a first threshold or when the second integrated value reaches a second threshold, during execution of the job.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventor: Masakazu Eto