Patents by Inventor Tomoya Adachi

Tomoya Adachi 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).

  • IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20060210327
    Abstract: A primary transfer unit includes transfer units for performing a toner transfer from image carriers onto a transfer belt. Each of the transfer units is formed with a metallic roller. The metallic roller is arranged so as to satisfy ?1<?2, where an angle of the endless belt with respect to a tangent to the image carrier, on a side upstream of rotation of the endless belt to a transfer nip region where the image carrier and the endless belt are in contact is ?1, and an angle of the endless belt with respect to the tangent, on a side downstream of rotation of the endless belt to the transfer nip region is ?2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2006
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Inventors: Yoshie Iwakura, Akihiro Kawasaki, Atsushi Takehara, Takafumi Miyazaki, Tomoya Adachi