Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus with switching rotational direction of developer carrier in correspondence with inner temperature
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Application No.: US15657961Application Date: 2017-07-24
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Publication No.: US10018950B2Publication Date: 2018-07-10
- Inventor: Ken Kato
- Applicant: Oki Data Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Oki Data Corporation
- Current Assignee: Oki Data Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, P.C.
- Priority: JP2016-145363 20160725
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00 ; G03G15/08 ; G03G15/16

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a developer carrier, a transfer part, a fuser, a temperature detecting part and a control part that rotates the developer carrier in the predetermined direction when a latent image is developed and in an opposite direction when an apparatus inner temperature detected by the temperature detecting part is equal to or higher than a glass transition starting temperature. The glass transition starting temperature is determined in consideration of a differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) curve of the toner.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180024483A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2018-01-25
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