摘要:
A developing method and apparatus of the present invention develops a latent image formed on an image carrier (1) with a two-ingredient type developer, which consists of toner grains and carrier grains retaining the toner grains thereon, deposited on a developer carrier (111a) in the form of brush chains. Assume that the brush chains on the developer carrier has a height of h as measured at a zero field point where the magnetic field formed by a main magnet is zero, and that a gap for development that is the shortest distance between the developer carrier and the image carrier is a, then a and h are equal to each other. Image quality is estimated by varying the combination of an angle θ between the gap and the zero field point, the outside diameter of the image carrier and the outside diameter of the developer carrier and the height h. A desirable or an optimum range of the results of estimation are selected to set various conditions. A developing method is claimed which sets the toner grains free when the carrier grains start rising to form a brush along the magnetic line of force, due to the centrifugal force acting thereon. A mode of develepment is provided in which the toner grain present in a non-image portion of the image carier are returned toward the carrier grains forming the brush chains.
摘要:
A developing apparatus (4) has a developer supporting member 41 with a surface roughness R z in the rage from 3.0 to 5.5 µm and a one-component developer T with a bulk density in the range from 0.35 to 0.55g/ml, and an image is developed by forming a layer of the developer T on the developer supporting member 41. This makes it possible to form a thin toner layer stably despite changes in ambient conditions, and to prevent low image density and fogging. The absolute value of the amount of electric charge with which the developer T is charged is preferably in the range from 3.0 to 10.0 µC/g. The developer supporting member 41 is made preferably of stainless steel.
摘要:
Disclosed are a magnetic toner for developing an electrostatic latent image comprising magnetic toner particles containing a binder resin of 100 parts by weight and a magnetic substance of 20 to 150 pars by weight, and an apparatus unit and an image forming method for employing the magnetic toner. A frictional electrification property is such that the absolute value of the frictional electrification amount relative to an iron powder of 250 mesh-pass to 350 mesh-on is 25 to 40 mc/kg. Assuming that for particle distribution of the magnetic toner a weight-average particle diameter (D 4 ) for the magnetic toner is X (µm) and that a count% in a count distribution of magnetic toner particles that have a diameter of 3.17 µm or smaller is Y (%), expressions (1) and (2) are satisfied: -5X + 35 ≤ Y ≤ -25X + 180 3.5 ≤ X ≤ 6.5 Sphericity (ψ) of particles is equal to or greater than 0.80 and a product (σ r × H c ) of remanence [σ r (Am 2 /kg)] and coercive force (H c (kA/m)] of the magnetic substance in a magnetic field of 795.8 kA/m (10k oersted) is 10 to 56 (kA 2 m/kg).