Abstract: The carrying apparatus comprises a carrying device for carrying an object to be carried, along a carrying route, a heating device for heating the object being carried along the carrying route, a control device for temporarily stopping and keeping the object being carried along the carrying route, and a detection device for detecting whether the object is positioned at the heating device, when carrying of the object is temporarily stopped by the control device, wherein if the detection device detects the object positioned at the heating device, the control device controls operation of the carrying device so as to carry the object until the detection device does not detect the object any more, and then to stop carrying of the object.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus and method cause a connecting/conveying device to convey a recovered toner from a cleaner part to recovered toner housing means to house therein the recovered toner, and cause control means to separately control recovered toner supply means and new toner supply means to supply the recovered toner, which is stored in the recovered toner housing means, and/or a new toner, which is stored in new toner housing means, to the developing device. The control means restricts the supply of the recovered toner from the recovered toner housing means to the developing device when the no-residual-amount detecting means detects no residual amount of the new toner in the recovered toner housing means.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus and method cause a connecting/conveying device to convey a recovered toner from a cleaner part to recovered toner housing means to house therein the recovered toner, and cause control means to control recovered toner supply means and new toner supply means in accordance with a toner concentration ratio in a developing device, which is detected by toner concentration ratio detecting means, to supply the recovered toner, which is stored in the recovered toner housing means, and a new toner, which is stored in new toner housing means, to the developing device.

Abstract: The carrying apparatus comprises a carrying device for carrying an object to be carried, along a carrying route having a straight part and an arc-like corner part, a straight escape part provided in the carrying device, and a control device for letting the object carried along the carrying route escape temporarily to the escape part and for keeping it therein, if necessary.

Abstract: The carrying apparatus comprises a carrying device for carrying an object to be carried, along a carrying route, a control device for temporarily stopping and holding the object carried by the carrying device, on the carrying route, if necessary, an open/close door provided in the carrying device, for opening/closing the carrying route, and a limiter device for limiting opening of the open/close door, based on detection of the object by the detection device.

Abstract: The carrying apparatus comprises a carrying device for carrying an object to be carried, along a carrying route, a heating device for heating the object being carried along the carrying route, a control device for temporarily stopping and keeping the object being carried along the carrying route, if necessary, and a detection device for detecting whether the object is positioned at the heating device, when carrying of the object is temporarily stopped by the control device, wherein if the detection device detects the object positioned at the heating device, the control device controls operation of the carrying device so as to carry the object until the detection device does not detect the object any more, and then to stop carrying of the object.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus and method cause a connecting/conveying device to convey a recovered toner from a cleaner part to a recovered toner housing to house therein the recovered toner, and cause a controller to control a recovered toner supply and a new toner supply in accordance with a toner concentration ratio in a developing device, which is detected by a toner concentration ratio detector, to supply the recovered toner, which is stored in the recovered toner housing, and the new toner, which is stored in the new toner housing, to the developing device. The controller separately controls the recovered toner supply and the new toner supply in accordance with the contents detected by the toner concentration ratio detecting means, to cause to change the combination of the amounts of the recovered toner and new toner to be supplied to the developing device.

Abstract: The carrying apparatus comprises a carrying device for carrying an object to be carried, along a carrying route having a corner part, a control device for temporarily stopping and holding the object carried by the carrying device, and a detection device for detecting the object positioned at a corner part of the carrying route, wherein if the detection device detects the object when the control device stops carrying the object, the control device controls the carrying device such that the carrying device carries the object until the detection device does not detect the object any more and the carrying device then stops carrying the object.

Abstract: The carrying apparatus comprises a carrying device for carrying an object to be carried, along a carrying route, a control device for temporarily stopping and holding the object carried by the carrying device, on the carrying route, if necessary, an open/close door provided in the carrying device, for opening/closing the carrying route, and a limiter device for limiting opening of the open/close door, based on detection of the object by the detection device.

Abstract: The carrying apparatus comprises a carrying device for carrying an object to be carried, along a carrying route having a straight part and an arc-like corner part, a straight escape part provided in the carrying device, and a control device for letting the object carried along the carrying route escape temporarily to the escape part and for keeping it therein, if necessary.

Abstract: An exposure apparatus emits a number of laser beams to the predetermined positions on a single photosensitive drum. Galvano-mirrors are employed for controlling the distances between the laser beams in the main scanning direction and the sub-scanning direction. The angles of the mirrors of the galvano-mirrors are adjusted in such a manner as to eliminate the adverse effects caused by a drift, such as variations in the viscosity of the dampening agent of a mirror driving mechanism and variations in the magnetic force generated by a magnetic circuit. Without such adverse effects, the laser beams can be guided accurately to the predetermined positions on the photosensitive drum. The angles of the mirrors are monitored by checking whether the laser beams are incident on the predetermined positions on the detection areas of a beam position sensor.

Abstract: When the image-forming modes are switched over, the difference between the scan speeds of image-forming modes before and after the mode switching is checked. If the difference is not less than a predetermined set value, the adjustment of a laser beam is executed first, and then image formation is started. If the difference between the scan speeds of image-forming modes before and after the mode switching is less than the predetermined set value, the image formation is started immediately without making adjustment of the laser beam.

Abstract: An exposing apparatus having exposing function for irradiating light and scanning an original, function for detecting a reflected light from the original, function for setting the exposing function so as to repeat a plural times of the exposing/scanning same one of the original, function for calculating out a amount of the reflected light every one of the plural times of exposing/scanning when the setting function sets the plural times of exposing/scanning, and function for determining a malfunction of the exposing function by means of referring of the amount.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus employs a control means for controlling a driving means such that the current supplied to the driving means is varied between the interval from the end of the acceleration of a scanning means in the advancing direction to the start of the returning of the scanning means and the interval from the start of the returning of the scanning means to the end of the acceleration of the scanning means in the advancing direction. Due to the employment of this control means, a large torque is produced by a moving means for the scanning means during the interval from the start of the returning of the scanning means to the end of the acceleration of the scanning means in the advancing direction. Accordingly, vibrations are suppressed at the end of the returning movement of the scanning means.

Abstract: An optical scanning device for an image forming apparatus includes a document table on which an original document is placed, an image carrier, and a carriage for transmitting reflected light from the original document onto the image carrier. The optical scanning device further includes a pair of guide rails for supporting the carriage and for guiding movement of the carriage, a moving mechanism for moving the carriage in a prescribed direction along the guide rails, and a pair of holding rollers rotatably fixed to the carriage to closely sandwich the pair of guide rails.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a blade for removing a developer remaining or an image carrier and a recovering element for recovering the developer removed by the blade. The image forming apparatus further includes a generator for generating an electric signal corresponding to a change in a load acting on the recovering element in response to the amount of the developer and a monitor for monitoring the amount of the developer in accordance with the electric signal.