摘要:
A solar cell module according to an embodiment includes a solar cell device and a support structure supporting the solar cell device. The solar cell device is a belt-like solar cell device including first portions arranged in one direction such that major surfaces thereof face each other, and a second portion interposed between the first portions. The edges of the first portions that correspond to a pair of long sides of the solar cell device are parallel to each other. Two adjacent first portions incline forwardly and backwardly with respect to the one direction. The second portion includes one or more planar or curved surfaces to connect the two adjacent first portions to each other.
摘要:
A liquid developing agent includes a toner particle having a nuclear particle and a covering layer containing a wax, provided on the surface of the nuclear particle in which the wax has at least one of polar groups and aromatic substituent groups, is substantially insoluble in an electric insulation solvent at room temperature, has a melting point below a boiling point of the electric insulation solvent, and is dissolved in the insulation solvent at a temperature higher than the melting point.
摘要:
In a developing method in which a thin layer of toner is formed on the surface of a toner carrier to which a developing bias voltage is applied and the thin layer of toner is supplied to an electrostatic latent image to thereby render the electrostatic latent image visible, the improvement wherein:when let it be supposed that:a quantity of electrification of toner that adheres to a latent image holding body by development is q [C/kg];a quantity of charges accumulated by the toner due to its triboelectrification with the latent image holding body is q.sub.p [C/kg];an electric resistance of the toner carrier is R [.OMEGA..multidot.m.sup.2 ];an effective length of the toner carrier is l [m];an effective surface area of the toner carrier is S.sub.r [m.sup.2 ];a quantity of the toner that adheres to the latent image holding body by development is m.sub.p [kg/m.sup.2 ];a speed of movement of the surface of the latent image holding body is V.sub.p [m/sec];a quantity of the toner that adheres to the surface of the toner carrier is m [kg/m.sup.2 ]; anda speed ratio of the surface of the toner carrier to that of the latent image holding body is k,these values are so adjusted as to satisfy the following conditional expression:-100
摘要:
A transfer device for transferring a toner image on an image carrier onto a transfer material, including a transfer drum, a supporting device for the transfer material in place on the surface of the transfer drum and an electrode for applying a bias voltage to an electroconductive layer of the transfer drum. The transfer drum includes a rotatably supported drum member, a flexible elastomer layer on the peripheral surface of the drum member, and an electroconductive layer on the elastomer layer. The elastomer layer of the transfer drum is made of a foaming elastomer such as a polyurethane foam so that the transfer material is in contact with the toner image on the image carrier under a small amount of pressure and with an ample contact width.
摘要:
Image forming apparatus which form an image on a substrate and uses a liquid developer containing toner particles and a solvent. One embodiment includes a latent image retaining body, a first developing surface facing the latent image retaining body at a first development station, a latent image forming unit, and a second developing surface facing the latent image retaining body at a second development station. The latent image retaining body has a photosensitive layer which has a dielectric constant ∈p [C2/Nm2] and an average thickness dp [m]. The photosensitive layer retains an image developed by the first developing surface and a latent image comprising image and non-image regions formed by the latent image forming unit. The second developing surface is supplied with a developing electrical potential having an electrical potential difference &Dgr;V from an electrical potential of non-image region of the latent image. The plurality of toner particles of the first liquid developer has a volume density &rgr;m [kg/m3], a surface density mr [kg/m2], a dielectric constant ∈r [C2/Nm2], an average radius r [m], and a density of electrical charge qr [C/kg], and the image developed on the latent image retaining body by the first developing surface has an average thickness dr [m] at the second development station. The second liquid developer has an average thickness dt [m] at the second development station and a dielectric constant ∈t [C2/Nm2], wherein following equations are satisfied, 1 × 10 - 11 [ N ] ≤ 4 π r 3 ρ m q r 3 ( - q r m r ϵ r d r ( d r - 1 A d r m r ( - Δ V q r + ( d r 2 ϵ r + d t ϵ t ) m r ) ) ) ≤ 8 × 10 - 9 [ N ] , and A = d p ϵ p + d r ϵ r + d t ϵ t .
摘要:
Disclosed is image forming apparatus, including a photoconductor, a charger charging the surface of the photoconductor, a light source exposing the charged surface of the photoconductor to light to form a latent image, a developing unit supplying a liquid developing agent containing a liquid component and a solid component onto the photoconductor so as to convert the latent image into a visible image, a liquid component adjusting unit for adjusting the weight of the liquid component of the liquid developing agent on the surface of the photoconductor to meet the relationship of 0.1≦Ml/Ms≦4.0, where Ms represents the weight of the solid component of the developing agent supplied onto the photoconductor, and Ml represents the weight of the Liquid component of the developing agent, and a transfer unit transferring the visible image onto an image carrier.
摘要翻译:公开了一种图像形成装置,包括光电导体,对感光体的表面充电的充电器,将感光体的带电表面曝光以形成潜像的光源,提供含有液体成分的液体显影剂的显影单元和 将固体成分转印到感光体上,以将潜像转换为可见光图像;液体成分调节单元,用于调节光电导体表面上的液体显影剂的液体成分的重量,以满足0.1 <= M1 / Ms <= 4.0,其中Ms表示提供到光电导体上的显影剂的固体组分的重量,M1表示显影剂的液体组分的重量,以及将可见图像转印到图像上的转印单元 载体
摘要:
Image forming apparatus which form an image on a substrate and uses a liquid developer containing toner particles and a solvent. One embodiment includes a latent image retaining body, a first developing surface facing the latent image retaining body at a first development station, a latent image forming unit, and a second developing surface facing the latent image retaining body at a second development station. The latent image retaining body has a photosensitive layer which has a dielectric constant &egr;P [C2/Nm2] and an average thickness dp [m]. The photosensitive layer retains an image developed by the first developing surface and a latent image comprising image and non-image regions formed by the latent image forming unit. The second developing surface is supplied with a developing electrical potential having an electrical potential difference &Dgr;V from an electrical potential of non-image region of the latent image. The plurality of toner particles of the first liquid developer has a volume density &rgr;m[kg/m3], a surface density mr[kg/m2], a dielectric constant &egr;r [C2/Nm2], an average radius r [m], and a density of electrical charge qr[C/kg], and the image developed on the latent image retaining body by the first developing surface has an average thickness dr [m] at the second development station. The second liquid developer has an average thickness dt [m] at the second development station and a dielectric constant &egr;t [C2/Nm2], wherein following equations are satisfied, 1 × 10 - 11 [ N ] ≤ 4 π r 3 ρ m q r 3 ( - q r m r ϵ r d r ( d r - 1 A d r m r ( - Δ V q r + ( d r 2 ϵ r + d t ϵ t ) m r ) ) ) ≤ 8 × 10 - 9 [ N ] , and A = d p ϵ p + d r ϵ r + d t ϵ t .
摘要:
A recording element which comprises a recording layer containing, a first charge-generating material adapted to generate a first electric charge by a supply of external energy, a first charge-transporting material for transporting the first electric charge, a charge-capturing material for capturing the first electric charge, and a material having an electro-optical effect, wherein a change in optical properties of the recording layer is caused only through an inner electric field to be generated by a delivery of electric charge between the first charge-generating material generating electric charge and the charge-capturing material capturing the electric charge.
摘要:
A wireless transmission device includes an adding/subtracting unit configured to subtract a second signal and a third signal from a first signal to generate the second signal; a modulating unit configured to modulate the second signal to generate a fourth signal; a demodulating unit configured to demodulate the fourth signal to generate the third signal; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the fourth signal.