摘要:
According to an embodiment, a developing device, comprising: a developing unit configured to store an initial two-component developer including an initial toner containing silica externally added and a carrier and to form a toner image on an image bearing member with the two-component developer; a discharging section configured to discharge a part of the initial developer from the developing unit; and a developer supplying unit configured to supply a supply developer including a supply toner containing silica externally added and the carrier to the developing unit, the amount of silica added to the supply toner being smaller than the amount of silica added to the initial toner.
摘要:
In an embodiment, a contact pivoting plate, which comes into contact with a developer swelled by a discharge mixer, is provided in a case. The contact pivoting plate is pivoted according to a detection result of a temperature and humidity sensor to change the magnitude of resistance by the contact pivoting plate with respect to a flow of the developer. The height of the swell of the developer is suppressed from fluctuating according to an environmental change. The fluctuation in an amount of an excess developer discharged from a discharge port is suppressed to replace a deteriorated carrier in a development container with a new carrier little by little.
摘要:
According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a developing unit configured to store a developer includes a toner and a carrier and to form a developer image, a toner attachment amount detection portion configured to detect an attachment amount of a toner formed on a photoconductor or an intermediate transfer body, a developing bias voltage change portion configured to change a plurality of developing bias voltages including a developing contrast voltage in a manner that the detected attachment amount of the toner becomes a value in a predetermined range, a carrier supply time correction portion configured to correct a carrier supply time in response to the value of the changed developing contrast voltage, and a carrier supply portion configured to supply a carrier in a corrected carrier supply time at a predetermined timing.
摘要:
The present invention provides a technique to accurately grasp a deterioration state of a development agent in a development device, in a development system which supplies a new development agent consisting of a toner and a carrier and discharges an deteriorated development agent to maintain a performance of a development agent in a development device.An image forming apparatus according to the present invention includes a stirring information obtaining section configured to obtain information of a stirring time of the development agent in the development device, a supply information obtaining section configured to obtain information of an amount of the carrier supplied into the development device, and a deterioration degree determining section configured to determine a deterioration degree of the development agent in the development device on the basis of the information obtained by the stirring information obtaining section and the supply information obtaining section.
摘要:
A developing device that enables stable discharge of a developer from a developer discharge port, and an image forming apparatus having this developing device are provided.A developing device in which a developer is supplied to a developing roller and the developer is carried while it is stirred, includes: a developer passage through which the developer can be carried; a carrying member which is provided in the developer passage and has a rotary shaft and a rotary wing spirally provided along an outer circumference of the rotary shaft, in which the rotary wing rotates about the rotary shaft, thereby carrying the developer into a carrying direction along the rotary shaft, and which has a first section where the rotary wing has a constant characteristic in the carrying direction and a second section where the characteristic of the rotary wing gradually changes with respect to position in the carrying direction; and a discharge port provided at a position in the carrying direction that is in a section overlapping the second section or a section downstream of the second section in the carrying direction, and adapted for discharging the developer having a surface height of a predetermined value or more, from the developer passage.
摘要:
A developing device includes a developer tank configured to contain a developer including a toner and a carrier, the developer tank having a discharge port which is provided in a lateral side surface of the developer tank and configured to discharge the developer, a developing agent supplier configured to develop a latent image by using the toner contained in the developer tank, and a plate-shaped member configured to be formed in a direction of height from a lower end of the discharge port and partially cover the discharge port to regulate the discharge of the developer.
摘要:
According to one embodiment, an image forming apparatus includes a supply device that supplies developer includes toner and carrier, a developing device configured to accommodate the developer includes toner and carrier in a manner that the developer is stirred and transported therein, and configured to discharge the developer in an overflow manner through a discharge opening, a screw that stirs and transports the developer in the developing device, and a control unit configured to change the rotation speed of the screw based on a predetermined index which varies in accordance with supply and consumption of the developer or an environmental condition when development is performed.
摘要:
In order to provide an image forming apparatus capable of maintaining the image quality by making smooth flowability of a surplus developer, which is discharged according to supply of a new developer (toner and carrier), toward a collection box, there are provided a stirring screw that electrify toner by stirring the toner together with a carrier; a casing that supports the stirring screw and stores a developer in which the toner and the carrier are mixed; a inlet used to supply the developer to the casing; a guide that guides the surplus developer discharged from the casing downward; and a reciprocating member that moves on a flow surface of the guide along which the surplus developer flows.
摘要:
A developer vent is provided on the wall of the developer container housing developer including toner and carrier for the developing device to overflow developer. The sectional shape of the discharge dam forming the developer vent in the vertical direction to the developer vent is such that the top part of the dam is made thinner than the wall thickness of the developer container and the slanting angle of the dam to the wall of the developer container is made larger than the repose angle of the developer.
摘要:
A developing apparatus includes a tank configured to contain a developing agent including a toner and a carrier, the tank having a discharge port configured to discharge the developing agent overflowing from the tank, a supplier configured to develop a latent image by using the toner contained in the tank, a replenisher configured to contain the developing agent and to replenish the developing agent into the tank, and a controller configured to estimate an amount of the developing agent in the tank in according with the amount of the supplied developing agent and the amount of the replenished developing agent and to execute a forced discharge for forcibly discharging the developing agent contained in the tank from the discharge port based on the estimated amount of developing agent.