摘要:
When a grounded conductive roller touches a transfer drum through a transfer material while a voltage is applied to a conductor layer, charges having a polarity opposite to the polarity of the voltage applied to the conductor layer are generated over the transfer material, thereby making it possible to attract the transfer material to the dielectric layer. Since the voltage is applied to the conductor layer, the electrostatic attraction of the transfer material and the toner transfer can be carried out using a single power source. Moreover, since the attraction of the transfer material and the toner transfer are carried out by the charge injection, a lower voltage can be used. Thus, the voltage can be readily controlled while reducing the ozone emission to a relatively low level. Furthermore, since the toner transfer and electrostatic attraction of the transfer material can be carried out using a single power source, the apparatus can be downsized and less expensive. In addition, when a semiconductor layer is made of a solid elastic body, a high-quality transferred toner image can be obtained without image quality deterioration.
摘要:
Ions are produced without causing any accompanying corona discharge by applying, to ion generation needles positioned so as not to contact a photoconductor drum, a voltage higher than or equal to an ion production threshold voltage and lower than a corona discharge threshold voltage. The photoconductor drum is charged by the ions produced. Accordingly, a charging device is provided which is capable of stable charging with high uniformity over a long period whilst reducing the production of ozone, nitrogen oxides, and other discharge byproducts.
摘要:
A toner image fixing device realizes a stabilized fixing process by smoothly controlling a surface temperature of its heating roller (50), preventing peeling-off a layer (52) of the roller core (51). The toner image fixing device which comprises a pair of rollers (50), (60) through which a recording medium (40) carrying an unfixed toner image(41) formed thereon passes under a contact pressure, an internal heater (53) disposed in at least one of said rollers and an external heater (71) disposed opposite to a surface of the recording medium (40) whereon the toner image (41) formed, and which is capable of fixing the toner image (41) onto the recording medium (40) by heat by using the internal heater (53) and the external heater (71), wherein both heaters (53), (71) are operated to heat the toner (41) to a first preset temperature lower than the melting point of the unfixed toner (41) and only the external heater (71) is operated thereafter to heat and maintain toner at a second preset temperature for fixing the toner image (41) onto the recording medium (40).
摘要:
Disclosed is a transfer apparatus having a photoconductor drum (4) for holding thereon an image formed by toner (T) charged with a prescribed polarity and a transfer roller (9) disposed opposite the photoconductor drum (4), in which paper (P) is fed to an area where the photoconductor drum (4) and the transfer roller (9) face each other and the toner image on the photoconductor drum (4) is transferred to the paper (P) by using a transfer electric field formed by the transfer roller, wherein the transfer roller (9) also serves as charge supply means for supplying a charge to the toner held on the photoconductor drum (4) and thereby substantially neutralizing the charge of the toner while retaining the prescribed polarity.
摘要:
A transfer device which transfers a developper image formed on a surface of a photoreceptor drum to a transfer sheet (P) is arranged so as to include a transfer drum (11) for carrying the transfer sheet on a peripheral surface thererof, an electrode roller (12) which can be moved to contact with the transfer drum (11) via the transfer sheet (P) and to apart from the transfer drum (11), and a control section for controlling contact start conditions between the transfer drum (11) and the electrode roller (12), wherein when the transfer sheet passes a spacing between the transfer drum and the electrode roller, the control section controls the contact start conditions in such a manner that a force is not exerted to a leading end portion of the transfer sheet from the electrode roller in a direction of separating the leading end portion from the transfer drum.
摘要:
An image-forming apparatus is provided with: a photoconductor drum having a surface on which a toner image is formed, a transfer drum for transferring the toner image onto a copying material by allowing the copying material to contact the photoconductor drum, and a ground roller for electrostatically attracting the copying material onto the transfer drum prior to transferring the toner image onto the copying material. The transfer drum is constituted by a semiconductive layer and a dielectric layer that are stacked on a conductive layer. Supposing that the nip width between the photoconductor drum and the transfer drum is L1, the rotation speed of the two drums is Vp, and the time constant, which is represented by a product of the resistance and the capacitance between the two drums, is τ, the relationship represented by L1/Vp
摘要:
A toner image fixing device realizes a stabilized fixing process by smoothly controlling a surface temperature of its heating roller (50), preventing peeling-off of a layer (52) of the roller core (51). The toner image fixing device comprises a heating roller (50) consisting of a core (51) covered with a layer (52) of, e.g., a silicon rubber, a heat lamp (53) mounted in the heating roller (50) and a pressure roller (60) for pressing a sheet of paper (40) against the heating roller (50). The toner image fixing device is provided with a temperature sensor (54) for sensing a surface temperature of the heat roller (50) and for operating the heater lamp (53) at a preset ON-OFF ratio (e.g., 1:3) to elevate the heating roller surface temperature from a first preset value to a second preset value and thereafter to maintain it at the second preset temperature.
摘要:
Ions are produced without causing any accompanying corona discharge by applying, to ion generation needles (21) positioned so as not to contact a photoconductor drum (1), a voltage higher than or equal to an ion production threshold voltage and lower than a corona discharge threshold voltage. The photoconductor drum is charged by the ions produced. Accordingly, a charging device (10) is provided which is capable of stable charging with high uniformity over a long period whilst reducing the production of ozone, nitrogen oxides, and other discharge byproducts.