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).
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Patent number: 11829093Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 13, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Tomoya Inuzuka
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Publication number: 20230375970Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2023Publication date: November 23, 2023Inventors: TSUYOSHI TAJIRI, TOMOYA INUZUKA, TOMOTAKA UEKI, KAZUYUKI NARITA
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Publication number: 20220350287Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2022Publication date: November 3, 2022Inventor: Tomoya Inuzuka
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Patent number: 11429052Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 3, 2021Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Tomoya Inuzuka
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Publication number: 20210397111Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2021Publication date: December 23, 2021Inventor: Tomoya Inuzuka
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Publication number: 20210263459Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2021Publication date: August 26, 2021Inventor: Tomoya Inuzuka
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Patent number: 9989895Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 23, 2016Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Tomoya Inuzuka
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Publication number: 20160378025Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2016Publication date: December 29, 2016Inventor: Tomoya Inuzuka
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Patent number: 9116471Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 9, 2014Date of Patent: August 25, 2015Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Tomoya Inuzuka
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Publication number: 20150086239Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2014Publication date: March 26, 2015Inventor: Tomoya INUZUKA