摘要:
A device for coating a developing liquid included in an developing device of the present invention includes a coating member rotatable with the developing liquid deposited thereon in a preselected amount. An intermediate member has a surface contacting the surface of the coating member and is movable at the same speed and in the same direction as the surface of the coating member. Also, the surface of the intermediate member contacts the surface of a developing roller to be coated with the developing liquid and is movable in the opposite direction to the surface of the developing roller.
摘要:
A device for coating a developing liquid included in an developing device of the present invention includes a coating member rotatable with the developing liquid deposited thereon in a preselected amount. An, intermediate member has a surface contacting the surface of the coating member and is movable at the same speed and in the same direction as the surface of the coating member. Also, the surface of the intermediate member contacts the surface of a developing roller to be coated with the developing liquid and is movable in the opposite direction to the surface of the developing roller.
摘要:
An excess toner removal area is made broader over the whole area with respect to a developer applied area that is broader than an image effective area. Thereby a liquid developer, that tends to spread slightly broader than the applied area after being applied to a photoreceptor drum, is removed by a sweep roller that can sweep excess toner present in an area broader than the original applied area and an excess toner remaining area is then prevented from being formed on the photoreceptor drum. Accordingly, the excess toner on the latent image carrier is removed as much as possible, and a transfer medium and peripheral members are prevented from being soiled due to residual excess toner.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus configured to use a highly viscous, dense developing liquid consisting of a carrier liquid and toner. The apparatus includes a developing unit with a developer carrier and a coating member for coating the developing liquid on the developer carrier. The developer carrier conveys the liquid to a developing zone where it faces an image carrier to develop a latent image on the image carrier. In the developing zone, the toner is caused to move toward the image by electrophoresis to form a toner layer in which the toner is present in the carrier liquid and a carrier layer in which the toner is absent. When the developer carrier and image carrier are moved from each other, the toner moves toward the image such that the developing liquid separates at the boundary between the toner and carrier layers.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus and a developing device that can deposit a developing liquid on a liquid carrier in a form of a thin layer, causing the thin layer to contact an image carrier of the image forming apparatus. A liquid carrier is in contact with the image carrier to carry the thin layer of the developing liquid to the image carrier. A thin layer contact member contacts the thin layer formed on the liquid carrier at a position upstream of where the liquid carrier and the image carrier contact each other in a direction in which the liquid carrier is movable, to apply a shearing force to the thin layer. Further, the thin layer contact member includes a rotary member with a movable surface that rotates, at a position where the rotary member faces the liquid carrier, in a rotating direction opposite to the rotation direction in which the liquid carrier is movable.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus, a developing device and a program recording medium capable of reducing short image density, background contamination and short image sharpness ascribable to the use of a developing liquid whose viscosity characteristic is dependent on a shearing force. Before an applicator roller included in a developing device starts rotating for developing a latent image formed on a photoconductive drum, screws disposed in a liquid storing portion start rotating.
摘要:
A developing device for developing a latent image electrostatically formed on an image carrier includes an endless developing belt, and an applicator roller for applying a viscous developing liquid consisting of a dielectric carrier liquid and toner dispersed in the carrier liquid to the developing belt in the form of a thin layer. The developing liquid is transferred from the developing belt to the image carrier for developing the latent image. The applicator roller holds a preselected amount of the developing liquid thereon, contacts a portion of the developing belt not pressed from the rear side, and rotates in a direction opposite to a direction in which the developing belt moves. The device is therefore capable of uniformly applying the developing liquid to the developing belt and thereby improving image quality.
摘要:
A developing apparatus develops a latent image with a liquid developer includes a developer container capable of containing the liquid developer therein, a developer carrying device that carries the developer thereon and develops a latent image thereon, a developer applying device that applies the developer to the developer carrying device and forms a thin developer layer thereon, and a developer supplying device positioned in contact with the developer applying device and supplies the developer from the developer container to the developer applying device. The developer-supplying device is separated after the developer carrying device develops a latent image, while the developer applying device removes the developer remaining on the developer carrying device.
摘要:
A thermal head comprising a plurality of heating resistor elements disposed in a row. Each of the resistor element has a rectangular window formed in a center portion of the element. A slit is formed in the resistor element along a direction perpendicular to the row traversing the window and dividing the element to two halves along the direction of the row.
摘要:
A liquid discharge head includes nozzles, pressure chambers, pressure generators, a common liquid chamber, a partition, and a liquid feeder. The common liquid chamber includes two chamber portions adjacent to each other on a plane parallel to a nozzle array direction. The two chamber portions include a first chamber portion to receive liquid from a supply unit and a second chamber portion to supply liquid to the pressure chambers. The partition includes openings and partitions the first portion from the second portion. The first portion includes at least one liquid inlet at a first end and at least one liquid outlet at a second end opposite the first end in the nozzle array direction. The second portion has a cross-sectional area smaller than a cross-sectional area of the first portion in a cross section of the two chamber portions perpendicular to the nozzle array direction.