IP Library Granted Patent US 11,061,348
Granted Patent B2
US 11,061,348 · App. 16/793,819 · Granted Jul 13, 2021

Image forming apparatus

Inventors: Satoshi Tanaka (Kanagawa, JP); Chihiro Hagiwara (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
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Patent No.
US 11,061,348
App. No.
16/793,819
Granted
Jul 13, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes a first plurality of image forming sections that form a first toner image for adjustment and transfer the first toner image for adjustment to a medium; a second plurality of image forming sections that form a second toner image for adjustment and transfer the second toner image for adjustment to the medium; and a detection device configured to detect a misregistration between the first toner image for adjustment transferred to the medium and the second toner image for adjustment transferred to the medium.

Claims (6)

1. An image forming apparatus comprising:

a first plurality of image forming sections that form a first toner image for transfer to a first medium;

a second plurality of image forming sections that form a second toner image for transfer to a second medium;

a transfer medium upon which the first toner image transferred to the first medium and the second toner image transferred to the second medium are transferred; and

a detection device configured to detect a misregistration between the first toner image transferred to the transfer medium and the second toner image transferred to the transfer medium.

2. The image forming apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first toner image transferred to the transfer medium and the second toner image transferred to the transfer medium form a patch image and the detection device detects the misregistration based on detecting the patch image.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 29, 2021
From: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 056092/0913 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-057081 · Mar 25, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16511655 · Jul 15, 2019
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