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Image forming apparatus
Assignee: Ricoh Co Ltd
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Filing: 1990-08-29
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Granted: 1992-01-21
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Expires: 2010-08-29
Abstract
Abstract An image forming apparatus has a device for performing a scanning operation using a laser beam by a polygon mirror at a predetermined timing; a writing device for sequentially forming a plurality of images by repeatedly performing an optical writing operation a plurality of times on a photosensitive body; a transfer device for sequentially overlapping and transferring the plurality of images onto a transferred member; and a device for starting the optical writing operation each time by the writing device from the same polygon mirror face. The photosensitive body is constructed by a photosensitive body belt and the optical writing operation is started from the same polygon mirror face approximately every integral multiple of one rotation of a driving roller for the photosensitive body.
Inventors
- 👤 Kazushige Taguchi
- 👤 Hideya Furuta
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-09 05:18
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/04; H04N1/047; H04N1/113; H04N1/1135; H04N1/12; H04N2201/00; H04N2201/024; H04N2201/02406; H04N2201/02439; H04N2201/028; H04N2201/03; H04N2201/031; H04N2201/03104; H04N2201/03108; H04N2201/04; H04N2201/047; H04N2201/04701; H04N2201/0471; H04N2201/04715; H04N2201/04724; H04N2201/04725; H04N2201/04729; H04N2201/04731; H04N2201/04734; H04N2201/04739; H04N2201/04753; H04N2201/04756; H04N2201/04758; H04N2201/04767; H04N2201/04781; H04N2201/04786; H04N2201/04791; H04N2201/04794
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
82 words
An image forming apparatus comprising: means for performing a scanning operation using a laser beam by a polygon mirror at a predetermined timing; writing means for sequentially forming a plurality of images by repeatedly performing an optical writing operation a plurality of times on a photosensitive body; transfer means for sequentially overlapping and transferring said plurality of images onto a transferred member; and means for starting the optical writing operation each time by said writing means from the same polygon mirror face.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
82 words
An image forming apparatus comprising: means for performing a scanning operation using a laser beam by a polygon mirror at a predetermined timing; writing means for sequentially forming a plurality of images by repeatedly performing an optical writing operation a plurality of times on a photosensitive body; transfer means for sequentially overlapping and transferring said plurality of images onto a transferred member; and means for starting the optical writing operation each time by said writing means from the same polygon mirror face.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
46 words
An image forming apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the photosensitive body comprises a photosensitive body belt and the optical writing operation is started from the same polygon mirror face approximately every integral multiple of one rotation of a driving roller for the photosensitive body.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
28 words
An image forming apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the same polygon mirror face is located in the vicinity of the driving roller for the photosensitive body.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
49 words
An image forming apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the transfer means is operated and alignment of the overlapped images is controlled by using a position as a reference in which a front end of an image written to the photosensitive body is moved by a predetermined distance.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
38 words
An image forming apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein transfer control with respect to the overlapped images is performed in a position in which the photosensitive body is moved by a predetermined distance from a writing timing.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
21 words
An image forming apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the transferred member is constructed by a sheet of transfer paper.
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