摘要:
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion configured to form a toner image on a recording material with a liquid developer containing a toner and a carrier liquid, wherein the carrier liquid contains a first substance for imparting an electrical polarity to the toner and a second substance, higher in volume resistivity than the first substance, as a dispersion medium for dispersing the toner; and a carrier separating device configured to separate the carrier liquid into the first substance charged to an opposite polarity to a charge polarity of the toner and the second substance by applying an electric field to the liquid developer collected from the image forming portion so as to collect each of the first substance and the second substance.
摘要:
Provided are a transfer roller cleaning apparatus (20) that has a supply roller (22) that is immersed in the carrier liquid in a carrier liquid vessel (30); a cleaning roller (21) that is rubbed and rotated on the supply roller and the transfer roller, and supplies the carrier liquid received from the supply roller to a surface of the transfer roller; and a carrier liquid circulation device which includes the carrier liquid vessel, supplies the carrier liquid in a storage tank to the carrier liquid vessel using a pump, and sends the carrier liquid overflowed from the carrier liquid vessel back to the storage tank via an overflow liquid recovery path (45), so as to constitute a carrier liquid circulation path and an electronic photograph printer (10) configured by providing the same.
摘要:
To remove a surplus carrier liquid after development on the surface of a photoconductor drum to obtain homogeneous printed images without being affected by an error in rotational accuracy of such as a carrier liquid removing roller, there is provided a wet type electrophotographic printer in which the carrier liquid removing roller 14 of a carrier liquid removing unit 8 is caused to come in rotational contact with the photoconductor drum 1 to remove a carrier liquid from the liquid toner image, thereby making a toner image for transfer onto a recording medium 7, the wet type electrophotographic printer being so configured that the carrier liquid removing roller in rotational contact with the photoconductor drum is urged against the latter under an urging force made adjustable; and a scraping blade 23 is brought into contact with the carrier liquid removing roller while being urged against the latter under an urging force made adjustable.
摘要:
A wet type developing apparatus is disclosed which can eliminate the need to provide a separately built cleansing unit and, moreover, makes it unnecessary to dismount a developer supply unit for its cleansing operation and to perform its subsequent re-mounting operation. The apparatus in which a developing roller (2) is in rotational contact with a rotating photoconductor drum (1) and an electrostatic latent image made on a surface of the photoconductor drum is developed with a liquid developer (6) supplied onto the developing roller from a developer supply roller (3) whose surface is in part immersed in the liquid developer reserved in a developer reservoir (5), includes a cleansing arrangement, comprising a unit or units (7 and/or 8), which is disposed at a site in the developer reservoir which is always immersed in the liquid developer for cleansing a portion of the developer supply roller which is immersed in the liquid developer.
摘要:
Disclosed is a cleaning device, a cleaning method and an image forming apparatus applied with the cleaning device and the cleaning method. The cleaning device comprises a first cleaning member (230) for removing waste developers remaining on one of a transfer belt (110) and a photosensitive medium (10); a support bracket (232) for supporting the first cleaning member (230); a second cleaning member (210) being disposed in one side of the first cleaning member (230) and serving a role in removing the waste developers (123) remaining on the first cleaning member (230); a developer transfer member (250) for transferring the removed waste developers; and a base bracket unit (220) for receiving the developer transfer member (250). On the basis of the cleaning device and the cleaning method, the image forming apparatus is provided with an effect on improved cleaning efficiency.
摘要:
After passing a position of transfer to a printing medium 10, a portion of an intermediate transfer member 1 on which an image is previously formed reaches the position of a cleaning unit 2. The cleaning unit 2 removes residual toner, whereby the intermediate transfer member 1 prepares for a next cycle of formation of images in the corresponding colors by means of the developing units 4, 5, 6, and 7. The cleaning unit 2 includes an application friction roller 21 and a bias roller 24. The application friction roller 21 has a function to weaken cohesion/firm adhesion of residual toner through application of a cleaning liquid to the intermediate transfer member 1 and a function to exfoliate and disperse the residual toner in the cleaning liquid through imposition of a shear force on the residual toner. The bias roller 24 includes a bias voltage generation mechanism 24a for applying a bias voltage between the bias roller 24 and the intermediate transfer member 1. Application of a bias voltage weakens the force of adhesion of residual toner firmly adhering to the surface of the intermediate transfer member 1, whereby the residual toner exfoliates from the intermediate transfer member 1 and disperses in the cleaning liquid. The bias roller 24 is further adapted to collect the thus-exfoliated, dispersed residual toner.
摘要:
A system for double-sided imaging on a continuous-web substrate (101) having first and second substrate surfaces, the system including an imaging device comprising a toner-image bearing surface (40) having selectively formed thereon first and second images. The system further includes a web-feeder system (102, 110, 112, 113, 126, 39, 41) which selectively brings the first and second substrate surfaces into operative engagement with the toner-image bearing surface (40), to transfer thereto the first and second images, respectively, in accordance with a preselected imaging sequence.
摘要:
An electrophotographic printing machine in which extraneous liquid developer material on a photoconductive belt (10) is substantially removed therefrom by a cleaning roller (48). A backup roller(49) is rotatively coupled to the cleaning roller (48) with the photoconductive belt (10) being interposed therebetween. The rollers are pressed into contact with the photoconductive belt. Either the photoconductive belt (10) or the backup roller is moved with movement of one frictionally moving the other. In this way, the cleaning roller and the belt move with the extraneous liquid material being removed from the belt.
摘要:
An apparatus (48) in which residual toner is removed from a photoconductive surface (10) after the transfer of a developed liquid image from the surface to a copy sheet. A porous roll (56) or belt (96) is employed to disturb the residual toner and detach it from the surface. Suction or electrical forces, cooperating with the porous roll or belt, attract the detached toner thereto for removal from the photoconductive surface.