Patents by Inventor Tomoaki Hazeyama

Tomoaki Hazeyama 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).

  • Publication number: 20090185834
    Abstract: A toner supply apparatus 6 is configured to be able to supply a charged toner T to a latent image forming surface LS of a photoconductor drum 3. The toner supply apparatus 6 houses a toner electric field transport body 62. The toner electric field transport body 62 has first portions and second portions which differ in toner T transport force. The first portions and the second portions differ in structural feature, such as relative dielectric constant or thickness. By means of such a structural difference, the state of transport of the toner T on the toner transport surface TTS is appropriately set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2009
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tomoaki Hazeyama
  • Publication number: 20080298827
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus comprises: an image forming mechanism including a motor, and an image forming unit which operates by the motor to form an image on a recording sheet; a registration unit which registers a job; a control unit which controls the image forming mechanism to form an image corresponding to the job registered through the registration unit on a recording sheet; a number obtaining unit which obtains the number of recording sheets required for the job registered through the registration unit; and a setting unit which sets a rotation speed of the motor according to the number of recording sheets obtained by the number obtaining unit. The control unit controls the image forming mechanism to form the image corresponding to the job registered through the registration unit on the recording sheet by rotating the motor at the rotation speed set by the setting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shigeki AKIYAMA, Kenichi IESAKI, Kohei TERADA, Mitsuhiro NOZAKI, Tomoaki HAZEYAMA