Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a less expensive image forming device keeping high-quality outputs for a long period. SOLUTION: The image forming device of a tandem color system in an intermediate transfer system for performing color piling by using a plurality of photoreceptors includes: charging means that charge photoreceptors in each color; a latent image forming means that forms respective latent images on the surface of the charged photoreceptors; developing means that develop the respective latent images formed on the surface of the photoreceptors into respective toner images by using a developer containing at least a toner; transfer means that transfer the respective toner images formed on the surface of the photoreceptors onto an transfer object; and cleaning means that remove residual toner on the photoreceptor surface after transfer. The image forming device also has a protective agent application means for supplying a protective agent including BN and a meta soap as a protective agent for the photoreceptors, to the photoreceptors to the number from 1 to (N-1) out of the N photoreceptors in each color. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cleaning device that electrostatically removes toner on a target member where charges are aligned by an elastic blade with a voltage applied thereon, from the target member by a cleaning member with a voltage applied, the cleaning device capable of suppressing a voltage applied to the elastic blade to a voltage lower than that of a conventional device, while keeping cleaning property, and to provide an image forming apparatus and an image carrier unit each equipped with the cleaning device. SOLUTION: The cleaning device includes a conductive tape 38 having conductivity greater than that of a polarity control blade 22, configured to electrically connect a blade holder 21 and the polarity control blade 22, and deform with deformation of the polarity control blade 22 while being fixedly attached to the surface of the polarity control blade 22. The conductive tape 38 is stuck to the polarity control blade 22 in such a manner that an edge part of the conductive tape 38 is closer to the blade top end where the polarity control blade 22 is in contact with a photoreceptor 1 than an edge part of the blade holder 21. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To remove foreign substances, such as toner and discharge product on an image carrier, while suppressing the wearing and scratching of the image carrier. SOLUTION: A drum cleaner 36 includes a first cleaning roll 365A and a second cleaning roll 365B that are disposed in contact with a photoreceptor drum 31; a first recovery roll 366A, brought in contact with both of the first cleaning roll and the second cleaning roll; and a second recovery roll 366B, brought in contact with the second cleaning roll. The surface of the first cleaning roll is formed of a fiber layer. A bias voltage, with different DC voltage superimposed on the AC voltage of the same voltage and the same phase is applied on respective rolls 365A, 365B, 366A and 366B; then, the first cleaning roll and the second cleaning roll remove the toner charged to both polarities from the photoreceptor drum; and the first cleaning roll removes the foreign substances, such as discharge products from the surface of the photoreceptor drum, while holding a prescribed amount of toner. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform stable image formation in an image forming apparatus of a cleanerless system by satisfactorily removing transfer residual toner and image history such as transfer residual charges. SOLUTION: A rotatory brush 8A is disposed downstream of a transfer section d and upstream of a charging roller 2. A non-rotatory brush 7A is disposed downstream of the rotatory brush 8A. A DC voltage of a polarity opposite to that of the charging roller 2 and an AC voltage are applied to the rotatory brush 8A from a power source S5. A DC voltage of a polarity same as that of the charging roller 2 is applied to the non-rotatory brush 7A from the power source S4. Further, the non-rotatory brush 7A is moved forward and backward along the generatrix direction of the photoreceptor drum 1. These operations make it possible to disperse transfer residual toner in the rotating direction and generatrix direction of the photoreceptor drum and to erase a transfer residual potential. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cleaning device capable of sufficiently removing liquid developer stuck to an image carrier cleaning member that cleans an image carrier such as a photoreceptor drum, and to provide an image forming apparatus having the cleaning device. SOLUTION: The cleaning device 62 includes: an endless cleaning belt 104 running through the vicinity of the area of contact between a photoreceptor drum 61 and a cleaning blade 101 and the area where the belt comes in contact with liquid developer stored in a developer storage section 107; and cleaning blades 106 for removing the liquid developer on the cleaning belt 104 by coming in contact with the cleaning belt 104 before the cleaning belt runs through the vicinity of the area of the contact between the photoreceptor drum 61 and cleaning belt 101 after coming in contact with the liquid developer. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a high-grade image quality by effectively erasing image memories remaining on photoreceptors by a brush to surely prevent a filming phenomenon, in an image forming apparatus employing a cleanerless system. SOLUTION: A brush mounting jig is made rotatable with a shaft as a supporting point by own weight of a memory disturbing brush, and a brush member is displaced in accordance with displacement of a surface of a photoreceptor drum to always have front ends of acrylic fibers kept in contact with the photoreceptor drum. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cleaning device and an image forming apparatus which can clean a transfer belt with a proper bias and generate no cleaning defects when the bias is controlled. SOLUTION: The image forming apparatus has a 1st cleaning means 115 of attracting toner by applying the bias having the opposite polarity from the toner to remove the toner on a transfer belt 18 and a 2nd cleaning means 130 which is arranged downstream from the 1st cleaning means 115 in the rotating direction of the transfer belt 181 to remove the toner on the transfer belt 181 and which can abut against the transfer belt 181, and is characterized in that the 1st cleaning means 115 has a control means capable of adjusting the value of the applied bias and the 2nd cleaning means 130 is separated from the transfer belt 181 when the control means adjusts the bias. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the effects of foreign substances recovered together with toners on an image by simple configuration when the toners recovered by a cleaner are utilized again for image formation. SOLUTION: A printer comprises yellow, magenta, cyan and black image forming units, an intermediate transfer belt 21 to which toner images formed by the respective image forming units are intermediately transferred, and a belt cleaner for removing toners remaining after transferring the toner images on the intermediate transfer belt 21 to paper. The toners recovered by the belt cleaner are supplied to a developer vessel 14 of the black image forming unit. A foreign substance recovering mechanism 90 for recovering foreign substances, such as paper dust, which are carried together with the toners from the belt cleaner into the black developer vessel 14 and adhere to a photoreceptor drum 12 by development is attached to the black image forming unit 11K. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an effective, comparatively inexpensive and compact belt back cleaning system which removes residual toner or refuse from the inside of an image forming belt. SOLUTION: The fibers of a rotating brush is cleaned by using a rotating flicker bar assembly. A flicker bar 25 is so arranged as to overlap and contact the fibers of a rotatable brush 21, and placed in a rotatable state. Also, the rotating flicker bar 25 and the brush 21 are mutually connected for rotation, and rotation power is transmitted between them. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI