Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image-forming apparatus configured to control rotation of developing roller to prevent toner leakage
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Application No.: US16026147Application Date: 2018-07-03
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Publication No.: US10311345B2Publication Date: 2019-06-04
- Inventor: Masashi Imai , Daisuke Maeta
- Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Agency: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
- Priority: JP2017-148629 20170731
- Main IPC: G06K15/00
- IPC: G06K15/00 ; G06K15/12

Abstract:
An image-forming apparatus includes a photosensitive drum, a developing roller, a collecting roller, a belt, a cleaner, and a controller. In response to receiving a signal, the controller performs a process staring with a first process and ending with a second process. The controller rotates the developing roller at a contact position at a first speed in the first process. The controller causes the collecting roller to move residual toner to the belt to allow the cleaner to clean the belt while the developing roller is separated from the photosensitive drum in the second process. The process further includes: (a) causing the developing roller to halt rotating while maintaining the developing roller at the contact position; and (b) causing the developing roller halted in the (a) causing to start rotating at a second speed lower than the first speed while maintaining the developing roller at the contact position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190034770A1 Image-Forming Apparatus Configured to Control Rotation of Developing Roller to Prevent Toner Leakage Public/Granted day:2019-01-31
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