Patents by Inventor Tomoya INUZUKA

Tomoya INUZUKA 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: 11829093
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, an image forming portion, an endless belt, a plurality of stretching rollers including an inner roller, an outer roller, a position changing mechanism capable of changing a position of the inner roller to a first position and a second position positioned downstream of the first position with respect to a rotational direction of the endless belt, a feeding member, a feeding member driving portion, and a controller. A feeding start timing of a recording material by the feeding member depends on the position of the inner roller during transfer of a toner image onto the recording material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tomoya Inuzuka
  • Publication number: 20230375970
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an image bearing member configured to rotate; an image forming unit configured to form an image on the image bearing member; a detection unit configured to detect a test image formed on the image bearing member by the image forming unit; a controller configured to control a magnification of an image to be formed by the image forming unit based on a detection result of the test image by the detection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: TSUYOSHI TAJIRI, TOMOYA INUZUKA, TOMOTAKA UEKI, KAZUYUKI NARITA
  • Publication number: 20220350287
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, an image forming portion, an endless belt, a plurality of stretching rollers including an inner roller, an outer roller, a position changing mechanism capable of changing a position of the inner roller to a first position and a second position positioned downstream of the first position with respect to a rotational direction of the endless belt, a feeding member, a feeding member driving portion, and a controller. A feeding start timing of a recording material by the feeding member depends on the position of the inner roller during transfer of a toner image onto the recording material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventor: Tomoya Inuzuka
  • Patent number: 11429052
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, an image forming portion, an endless belt, a plurality of stretching rollers including an inner roller, an outer roller, a position changing mechanism capable of changing a position of the inner roller to a first position and a second position positioned downstream of the first position with respect to a rotational direction of the endless belt, a feeding member, a feeding member driving portion, and a controller. A feeding start timing of a recording material by the feeding member depends on the position of the inner roller during transfer of a toner image onto the recording material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tomoya Inuzuka
  • Publication number: 20210397111
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, an image forming portion, an endless belt, a plurality of stretching rollers including an inner roller, an outer roller, a position changing mechanism capable of changing a position of the inner roller to a first position and a second position positioned downstream of the first position with respect to a rotational direction of the endless belt, a feeding member, a feeding member driving portion, and a controller. A feeding start timing of a recording material by the feeding member depends on the position of the inner roller during transfer of a toner image onto the recording material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventor: Tomoya Inuzuka
  • Publication number: 20210263459
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion, a rotatable intermediary transfer belt, a plurality of stretching rollers, an outer roller, a moving mechanism capable of moving a position of the inner roller between a first position and a second position, a recording material feeding member, a driving source, and a controller. The controller controls the driving source so that when an image is formed in a state in which the inner roller is in a first position, a speed ratio Vp/Vb wherein Vp is a driving speed of the feeding member and Vb is a driving speed of the intermediary transfer belt is a first speed ratio, and when the image is formed in a state in which the inner roller is in a second position, the speed ratio Vp/Vb is a second speed ratio smaller than the first speed ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventor: Tomoya Inuzuka
  • Patent number: 9989895
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a movable endless belt, a first image bearing member, second image bearing members provided upstream of the first image bearing member with respect to a movement direction of the belt, a first transfer roller, second transfer rollers, an auxiliary roller provided upstream of a most upstream second transfer roller of the second transfer rollers with respect to the movement direction of the belt, and an executing portion capable of executing an operation in a full-color mode in a first roller arrangement and an operation in a monochromatic mode in a second roller arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tomoya Inuzuka
  • Publication number: 20160378025
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a movable endless belt, a first image bearing member, second image bearing members provided upstream of the first image bearing member with respect to a movement direction of the belt, a first transfer roller, second transfer rollers, an auxiliary roller provided upstream of a mostupstream second transfer roller of the second transfer rollers with respect to a movement direction of the belt, and an executing portion capable of executing an operation in a full-color mode in a first roller arrangement and an operation in a monochromatic mode in a second roller arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventor: Tomoya Inuzuka
  • Patent number: 9116471
    Abstract: A control part provided in an image forming apparatus controls a moving unit so as to cause a secondary transfer rotary member to move from an intermediate position to an abutment position at a first moving speed in the case of bringing the secondary transfer rotary member into abutment against an intermediate transfer member during an exposure period or a primary transfer period, and to cause the secondary transfer rotary member to move from a separation position to the abutment position at a second moving speed higher than the first moving speed in the case of bringing the secondary transfer rotary member into abutment against the intermediate transfer member during a period other than the exposure period and the primary transfer period. Thus, the productivity can be prevented from being degraded while a load change at a time of the abutment of the secondary transfer rotary member is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tomoya Inuzuka
  • Publication number: 20150086239
    Abstract: A control part provided in an image forming apparatus controls a moving unit so as to cause a secondary transfer rotary member to move from an intermediate position to an abutment position at a first moving speed in the case of bringing the secondary transfer rotary member into abutment against an intermediate transfer member during an exposure period or a primary transfer period, and to cause the secondary transfer rotary member to move from a separation position to the abutment position at a second moving speed higher than the first moving speed in the case of bringing the secondary transfer rotary member into abutment against the intermediate transfer member during a period other than the exposure period and the primary transfer period. Thus, the productivity can be prevented from being degraded while a load change at a time of the abutment of the secondary transfer rotary member is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventor: Tomoya INUZUKA