摘要:
A toner image is transferred onto an intermediate transfer belt (24) from a photosensitive body (10), and toner particles transferred onto the belt (24) are heated to be melt-transferred onto a printing medium. A carrier removing roller (29) is provided in a position, from which a toner layer has been heat-melted, on the belt (24), and a carrier medium is efficiently removed by using a phenomenon in which toner particles (resin component) are integrated together when the toner particles are heated and melted and a phenomenon in which a carrier medium (liquid component) is separated. In addition, a carrier removing roller (28) is provided for removing the carrier medium on the belt (24) in a heat-melting position where the toner layer on the belt (24) is being heat-melted.
摘要:
A toner recycle control system capable of stably feeding a liquid developing solution with proper density to a liquid developing device using viscous liquid developing solution and feeding, after re−regulating to a proper density, the residual developing solution collected after a development and a transfer, comprising a buffer tank receiving and storing the liquid developing solution with a density regulated in a density regulating tank in addition to the density regulating tank for regulating the density of the developing solution by storing therein the collected developing solution and feeding therein condensed developing solution and carrier solution to re−feed, after collection and density regulation, the residual developing solution for development from a developing solution support body and the residual developing solution for transfer, as a developing solution, to the developing solution support body, wherein the liquid developing solution with a properly regulated density is fed from the buffer tank to the developing solution support body.
摘要:
A liquid developing electrophotographic device comprising an applicator roller for carrying a liquid toner in uniform thin layer form onto a developing roller to apply it to the latter, and a conductive blade for contact with a liquid toner layer on the developing roller. A predetermined amount of liquid toner is passed between the conductive blade and the developing roller, and a voltage is applied to the conductive blade so that a state in which the toner particles contained in the liquid toner become sparse is established on the uniform thin layer-like toner layer surface on the developing roller. Thereafter, the liquid toner, on whose surface is established the state in which the toner particles are made sparse, comes in contact with an image substrate to effect development.
摘要:
A developing unit uses liquid toner as a liquid developing solution to form toner images according to electric fields generated between it and photosensitive drums. An intermediate roller (15) receives transferred toner images according to electric fields between it and photosensitive drums. A transfer-fixing unit further transfers a toner image on the intermediate roller onto an intermediate transfer belt (16) and fusion-transfers it onto a printing medium. Photosensitive drums (11-14), provided for each of a plurality of color-toners, transfer toner images formed thereon onto the intermediate transfer roller one by one for subsequent overlapping. With the intermediate transfer roller kept at a ground level, voltages controlled according to electric characteristics specific to respective color toners on the plurality of photosensitive drums are applied to the drums to thereby produce electric fields required for transfers onto the intermediate transfer roller. In addition, a toner coagulation increasing device is provided that increases the toner coagulation of a toner image on the intermediate transfer roller so as to prevent the reverse-transfer of toner images, transferred previously on the intermediate transfer roller, onto the photosensitive drums.
摘要:
A liquid development electrophotographic apparatus using a liquid toner exhibiting nonvolatility and having a high viscosity and a high concentration as a liquid developer, in which the liquid developer is supplied in contact with a photosensitive drums (11-14) on which electrostatic latent images are formed, and toner particles of the liquid developer are adhered to the photosensitive drums (11-14) according to the electric fields produced between an intermediate transfer roller and the respective photosensitive drums (11-14) so as to form toner images, an intermediate transfer part is composed of the intermediate transfer roller (15) and an intermediate transfer belt (16) and used for transfer the toner images on the photosensitive drums onto the intermediate transfer belt, a transfer fixing part has a heater for heating and fusing the toner images transferred onto the intermediate transfer belt (16) at a contact portion in contact with a printing medium and fuse-transferring them onto the printing medium, and a developing part is disposed at the lower part of the apparatus. Therefore even if the liquid developer leaks, the printing medium and the intermediate transfer part do not stain.
摘要:
A wet electrophotographic apparatus comprises a liquid toner developer having a nonvolatility, a high viscosity, and a high concentration, a photosensitive body (10) on which an electrostatic latent image is to be formed, a prewetting device (13) for applying a prewetting liquid film to the photosensitive body (10), a development roller (26) disposed in contact with the photosensitive body (10) and adapted for feeding the liquid developer to the photosensitive body (10) and for allowing toner particles of the liquid developer to adhere to the photosensitive body (10) by the action of the electric field produced between the development roller (26) and the photosensitive body (10), so as to transfer the toner image formed on the photosensitive body (10) to a printing medium directly or through an intermediate transfer body (15) and thereby to form an image, wherein the apparatus further comprises oil removing means (30 or 20) in contact with the surface of the formed toner image for removing excessive prewetting liquid and carrier liquid of the liquid toner from the surface of the toner image. Excessive prewetting liquid and carrier is prevented from being transported to the contact part where the photosensitive body is in contact with the intermediate transfer body, staying there, flowing, and damaging the image. Therefore, heating and melting of the toner layer is not influenced in fixing.
摘要:
A wet electrophotographic device using a nonvolatile, high-viscosity and high-concentration liquid toner as liquid developer, which is equipped with a photosensitive body (10) on which an electrostatic latent image is formed, a pre-wetting device (13) for coating the surface of the photosensitive body (10) with a pre-wetting liquid, a development device (14) in contact with the photosensitive body (10) for allowing toner particles to adhere to the photosensitive body (10) in accordance with an electric field generated between the development device (14) and the photosensitive body (10), an intermediate transfer body (15) onto which the toner particles adhering to the photosensitive body (10) are transferred, a press roller (19) which is turned in contact with the intermidiate transfer body (15) and conveys a printing medium while pressing the printing medium against the intermediate transfer body (15), and a heater (18) which heats part of the surface of the intermediate transfer body (15) at a position before the body (15) comes into contact with the press roller (19). With this constitution, the toner transferred onto the intermediate transfer body (15) can be efficiently fused without giving a thermal influence upon the photosensitive body (10).
摘要:
A wet electrophotography device using nonvolatile, high-viscosity and high-concentration liquid toner as liquid developer, which is equipped with a photosensitive body (10) on which an electrostatic latent image is formed, a pre-wetting device (13) for coating the surface of the photosensitive body (10) with a pre-wetting liquid, a development device (14) including a development roller, and a developer applying means for coating the development roller with the liquid developer. The development roller is in contact with the surface of the photosensitive body (10) to supply the liquid developer to the photosensitive body (10) and allow toner particles of the liquid developer to adhere to an image carrier in accordance with an electric field generated between the development roller and the photosensitive body (10). The developer applying means comprises a plurality of rollers in contact with each other to convey the supplied liquid developer while spreading and applying it onto the surfaces of the rollers successively. By applying a bias voltage to the final-stage roller which is pressed against the development roller, the surface of the final-stage roller is coated with the liquid developer in accordance with an electric field generated between the final-stage roller and the development roller by means of the bias voltage.