Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus including multiple photosensitive drums and multiple developing rollers
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Application No.: US17025052Application Date: 2020-09-18
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Publication No.: US11237497B2Publication Date: 2022-02-01
- Inventor: Shintaro Sakaguchi , Toshiyuki Sano , Masahito Saeki
- Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya
- Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya
- Agency: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.
- Priority: JPJP2019-190042 20191017
- Main IPC: G03G15/01
- IPC: G03G15/01 ; G03G15/08 ; G03G15/00 ; G03G21/18

Abstract:
In an image forming apparatus, when a first sheet and a second sheet are subjected to printing and the second sheet is being conveyed at a particular timing after a sheet sensor detected passage of a trailing end of the first sheet, and when a sheet interval between the first sheet and the second sheet is equal to or greater than a particular threshold interval, a controller positions first and second developing rollers to first and second separated positions, respectively, after developing of images to be transferred onto the first sheet has been completed, positions the developing rollers to be used for printing on the second sheet to respective contact positions, and starts developing images to be transferred on the second sheet. The controller is further configured to perform a color printing using both the first and second developing rollers, and a monochromatic printing using only the second developing roller.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210116835A1 Image Forming Apparatus Public/Granted day:2021-04-22
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