摘要:
A carrier (107) carries developer (113). A regulation member (109) disposed at a lower portion of the carrier (107) to control an amount of the developer carried by the carrier. A first container (101) disposed adjacent the carrier to contain the developer therein. A guiding path (131) guides developer dropped by the regulation member (109) from the carrier (107), to the first container (101).
摘要:
To achieve the reduction in size and cost of a transfer belt unit and prevent fluctuation of the cleaning performance. A unit comprises: a transfer belt (14), a plurality of rollers around which the transfer belt (14) is laid with certain tension, wherein at least one of the rollers is a tension roller (13) for tensioning the transfer belt; frames (50) supporting the plurality of rollers; tensioning mechanisms (53,56,57) which are disposed on the side faces of the frames to bias the tension roller in a belt tensioning direction; a cleaning means being in contact with the transfer belt at a position opposing the tension roller; rotation preventing members (52,62) which prevent the rotational torque from being transmitted to the cleaning means; and position restricting members (63) which restrict the relative position between the cleaning means and the tension roller.
摘要:
An image-creating apparatus comprising a container (2) for holding a photosensitive member (f) provided with a plurality of microcapsules containing at least a colour former and a material which hardens or softens when exposed to light; an exposure means (7,9) which exposes the photosensitive member (f) to an optical image; a container (15) for holding a sheet (s) on which a visible image is to be created; development means (100) in which the photosensitive member (f) and the sheet (s) are superimposed and in which the sheet (s) is developed under pressure; and thermal treating means (400) for thermally treating the developed sheet (s).
摘要:
In an image forming apparatus comprising a latent image carrier and a writing means having a plurality of writing electrodes which are aligned in the axial direction of the latent image carrier and arranged in contact with or proximity to the latent image carrier to form an electrostatic latent image on the latent image carrier, the contact width of the writing means relative to the latent image carrier is set to be smaller than the contact width of any cleaning means, the width of a toner carrying portion of a developing means confronting the latent image carrier, the width of a transferring means, and the width of a charge removing portion of a charge removing means. In addition, the width of the writing means is set to be smaller than the width of the latent image carrier.
摘要:
To achieve the reduction in size and cost of a transfer belt unit and prevent fluctuation of the cleaning performance. A unit comprises: a transfer belt (14), a plurality of rollers around which the transfer belt (14) is laid with certain tension, wherein at least one of the rollers is a tension roller (13) for tensioning the transfer belt; frames (50) supporting the plurality of rollers; tensioning mechanisms (53,56,57) which are disposed on the side faces of the frames to bias the tension roller in a belt tensioning direction; a cleaning means being in contact with the transfer belt at a position opposing the tension roller; rotation preventing members (52,62) which prevent the rotational torque from being transmitted to the cleaning means; and position restricting members (63) which restrict the relative position between the cleaning means and the tension roller.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus comprises: a plurality of image forming means 7 arranged along a line, which include image carriers and developing means for developing latent images formed on the image carriers, respectively; and an exposure means 6 which emits laser beams for exposure to form latent images on the respective image carriers, wherein the exposure means 6 comprises a plurality of laser beam sources to be modulated according to image data corresponding to the image carriers 17, a common polygon mirror 21 which is arranged horizontally or vertically and in which laser beams from the laser beam sources are reflected at a common reflection facet of the polygon mirror 21 and are thus deflected, and optical paths for deflecting the laser beams in non-parallel with each other toward the respective image carriers 17. The apparatus further comprises a recording means which transmits toner images developed on the image carriers 17 to superpose and record the toner images; and a fixing means 40 for fixing the recorded toner images. The heat at the bearing of the polygon mirror is reduced so as to reduce the fluctuation in temperature of the exposure means, thereby achieving the formation of high quality images.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus comprises: a plurality of image forming means 7 arranged along a line, which include image carriers and developing means for developing latent images formed on the image carriers, respectively; and an exposure means 6 which emits laser beams for exposure to form latent images on the respective image carriers, wherein the exposure means 6 comprises a plurality of laser beam sources to be modulated according to image data corresponding to the image carriers 17, a common polygon mirror 21 which is arranged horizontally or vertically and in which laser beams from the laser beam sources are reflected at a common reflection facet of the polygon mirror 21 and are thus deflected, and optical paths for deflecting the laser beams in non-parallel with each other toward the respective image carriers 17. The apparatus further comprises a recording means which transmits toner images developed on the image carriers 17 to superpose and record the toner images; and a fixing means 40 for fixing the recorded toner images. The heat at the bearing of the polygon mirror is reduced so as to reduce the fluctuation in temperature of the exposure means, thereby achieving the formation of high quality images.