Development device and image forming apparatus having electrodes that cause toner particles to form a toner cloud on the surface of the toner carrier
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    发明授权
    Development device and image forming apparatus having electrodes that cause toner particles to form a toner cloud on the surface of the toner carrier 有权
    具有使调色剂颗粒在调色剂载体的表面上形成调色剂云的电极的显影装置和图像形成装置

    公开(公告)号:US08165510B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-04-24

    申请号:US12121122

    申请日:2008-05-15

    IPC分类号: G03G15/08

    CPC分类号: G03G15/0818 G03G2215/0651

    摘要: The development device includes a toner carrier, a toner supplier, and a surface electrical potential controller. When the toner supplier supplies toner particles to the toner carrier, the toner carrier carries toner particles to adhere to a latent image formed on the latent image carrier and has a time constant τ1 of a surface electrical potential change of the toner carrier. The surface electrical potential controller has a time constant τ2 of a surface electrical potential change of the toner carrier smaller than the time constant τ1. The toner carrier includes a plurality of electrodes aligned in parallel and electrically insulated from each other on the surface thereof, and a voltage supplier for supplying each of the plurality of electrodes with a voltage to periodically switch electrical fields therebetween, so that the toner particles form a cloud on the surface of the toner carrier while hopping.

    摘要翻译: 显影装置包括调色剂载体,调色剂供应器和表面电位控制器。 当调色剂供应商将调色剂颗粒供应到调色剂载体上时,调色剂载体携带调色剂颗粒以粘附在潜像载体上形成的潜像,并具有调色剂载体的表面电位变化的时间常数τ1。 表面电位控制器具有小于时间常数τ1的调色剂载体的表面电位变化的时间常数τ2。 调色剂载体包括在其表面上平行排列并彼此电绝缘的多个电极,以及电压供应器,用于向多个电极中的每一个提供电压以周期性地切换其间的电场,使得调色剂颗粒形成 在调色剂载体的表面上的云层跳跃。