摘要:
A corona generator including a support structure and an electrode mounted on the support structure is provided. The corona generator also includes an ozone neutralizing element removably mounted on the support structure proximate to the electrode. The ozone neutralizing element has various substrates and types for removably mounting the element.
摘要:
A process unit to be loaded into an image forming apparatus, includes at least a photosensitive drum to be rotated and a conductive brush type charger for uniformly charging a surface of the photosensitive drum. The conductive brush fibers having tips which touch the surface of the photosensitive drum and apply a charge voltage of 500 V to 1,500 V to the surface of the photosensitive drum through the conductive brush fibers for uniformly charging the surface of the photosensitive drum.
摘要:
An image forming cartridge houses a charger unit integrally with respect to a photoreceptor.Charge wire positioning members are provided on the image forming cartridge body at positions corresponding to holes provided in the charger unit aligned with the charge wire in the charger unit. The charge wire positioning members are spaced at a specified distance from the photoreceptor to ensure uniform charging of the photoreceptor by the charge wire.
摘要:
A process kit is detachably mounted in the main body of an image forming apparatus and includes a housing in which a photosensitive member, a corona discharger and a developing device are mounted and held as a unit, the housing including an optical opening formed therein upstream of the corona discharger for conducting a homogeneous light to the photosensitive member to eliminate any remaining charge thereon and an opening of exposure for conducting a light of information to the photosensitive member, the exposure opening being located between the corona discharger and the developing device.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus has a photosensitive drum, a charger for uniformly charging a surface of the drum, an optical head for irradiating the surface of the drum with light to change a charging state of the drum surface, and a developing device for causing a toner to adhere on the surface of the drum in accordance with the charging state. The charger has a grid with two wire fixing portions each provided with two grooves, a first discharge wire fitted in one of the two grooves of each wire fixing portion, and a second discharge wire fitted in the other of the two grooves of each wire fixing portion. The two grooves of each wire fixing portion are arranged relative to the grid so that the first and second discharge wires are arranged parallel to one another along a substantial center in a width direction of the grid.
摘要:
A charging device includes a charging member that includes a rotating shaft and charges a surface of a charging object while rotating in contact with the charging object, a cleaning member that includes a rotating shaft and removes unwanted matter from a surface of the charging member while rotating in contact with the charging member, and a bearing member that includes first and second receiving portions each having an open part on one side thereof and a substantially concave-shaped bottom on another side thereof. The first and second receiving portions receive circumferences of the rotating shafts of the charging member and the cleaning member, respectively, at the bottoms thereof. The open parts of the first receiving portion and the second receiving portion face respectively different directions. A part of an inner surface of the second receiving portion forms a part of an outer surface of the first receiving portion.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus includes: a rotation shaft (71); a movable body (72) that is attached to the rotation shaft (71), that is provided with a cleaning member (73), and that moves with rotation of the rotation shaft (71); a motor M for rotating the rotation shaft (71); a control section (8) for controlling rotation of the motor M; a current detecting section (77) for detecting a current flowing through the motor M; and a time counting section for counting time. Here, the control section is provided with: an overcurrent detection checking function; a time counting function; a predetermined position attainment checking function; a reciprocation control function; an erroneous detection checking function for performing erroneous detection checking operation in which an overcurrent detected while the movable body is moving forward in the reciprocation thereof is checked while the movable body is moving backward in the reciprocation thereof; and a repeating function for performing the erroneous detection checking operation once or a plurality of times in a repeating fashion.
摘要:
A developing cartridge includes a main frame including a photosensitive medium, and a charging member frame including a charging member to charge the photosensitive medium and detachably disposed at the main frame. The main frame includes a plurality of frame reference grooves, and the charging member frame includes a plurality of frame reference projections to be inserted into the plurality of frame reference grooves of the main frame.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus which includes a first image forming portion including a first photosensitive member, a first charging member for electrically charging the first photosensitive member to form an image thereon, and a first cleaning brush for cleaning the first charging member, a second image forming portion including a second photosensitive member, a second charging member for electrically charging the second photosensitive member to form an image thereon, and a second cleaning brush which has a longer brush length than that of the first cleaning brush for cleaning the second charging member, a driven mechanism for causing the first cleaning brush to be rotatably driven by the first charging member which is rotatably driven along with rotation of the first photosensitive member, and a drive coupling mechanism configured to drivably couple the second charging member and the second cleaning brush to transmit a driving force from the second charging member which is rotatably driven along with the rotation of the first photosensitive member to the second cleaning brush.
摘要:
A pulse-like DC voltage is applied from two power sources to transfer residual toner uniformizing means and toner charge amount control means, respectively, to expel transfer residual toner deposited on these means from these means onto a photosensitive drum. In a low humidity environment, the number of application of the DC voltage is increased so as to sufficiently expel the transfer residual toner because the transfer residual toner is less liable to be expelled even when the pulse-like DC voltage is applied to the above two means in the low humidity environment in which an absolute moisture content in atmosphere is small and electrical resistances at portions of a photosensitive drum contacting the above two means.