摘要:
A process cartridge (100; 507; 712) including an image bearing member (10; 310; 502; 701); a lubricant applicator (20; 160; 531; 631; 707), which includes a lubricant application member (23; 161; 533; 771) configured to apply a solid lubricant (22; 162; 534; 772) to the surface of the image bearing member; and a smoothing member (21; 532; 774) configured to smooth the applied solid lubricant, and at least one of a charging device (30; 509; 702), a developing device (50; 526; 706) and a cleaning device (40; 531; 631; 707), wherein the amount of the solid lubricant present on a portion of surface of the image bearing member, which is located between the lubricant application member and the smoothing blade, is from 0.11 to 1. 2 mg/m 2 . The smoothing member is preferably a blade having a JIS-A hardness of not less than 79°. The process cartridge is preferably assembled by a method including setting the lubricant smoothing member, the lubricant and the lubricant application member to a housing (110; 410) of the process cartridge; and then setting the image bearing member to the housing.
摘要:
A cleaning unit (8) includes a first blade (8a) and a second blade (8b). The first blade (8a) is in contact with an image carrier (1) or a paper carrier and removes adhered substances remained on surface of these. The second blade (8b) has an abrasive layer (8b-1) that is formed by including abrasive particles in an elastic material and is disposed in the downstream side of the first blade (8a). The second blade (8b) is allowed to be in contact with the image carrier (1) or the paper carrier. Volume occupancy of abrasive particles in an area of contact of the second blade (8b) with either the image carrier (1) or the paper carrier is not less than 50 percent and not more than 90 percent.
摘要:
A cleaning unit (8) is equipped with a cleaning blade (8a) that is in contact with a surface of a photosensitive drum (1) and cleans the surface. A peak temperature of a loss tangent (tanδ) is in a range of 2°C to -30°C when a sine-wave vibration of 10 Hz is applied to the cleaning blade (8a). Moreover, the cleaning unit (8) lowers a coefficient of static friction of the surface of the photosensitive drum (1) that is to be cleaned.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus (100) which contains a latent image bearing member (1), a charger (3), a latent image forming device, a developing device (5), a surface moving member, a transfer device (6), a cleaner (7) having a cleaning blade (7A) and an irradiating device (4) configured to discharge the latent image bearing member (1). This image forming apparatus (100) is capable of producing quality images by using a toner having a circularity not less than 0.94. The image forming apparatus (100) can easily remove toner particles remaining on the latent image bearing member (1) with the cleaning blade (7A) contained in the cleaner (7) by placing the irradiating device (4) on the upstream from the cleaner (7) relative to the rotation direction of the latent image bearing member (1).
摘要:
An image forming apparatus (1) includes a plurality of image forming units (10Y, 10M, 10C, 10BK) that are arranged in parallel so as to be opposed to an intermediate transfer belt (17) or a transfer carriage belt. A black image forming unit (10BK) that forms a black toner image is arranged at a downstream end or upstream end in the running direction of the intermediate transfer belt (17) or the transfer carriage belt with respect to the other image forming units (10Y, 10M, 10C). The black image forming unit (10BK) is configured so that its lubricant supplying unit (16) contains a larger amount of lubricant (16b).