摘要:
A developing device includes a developing roller including a base and a surface layer formed on the base, the surface layer including a polyurethane resin having a fluorine group and a polyfunctional isocyanurate structure, a toner storage chamber being partially in contact with the developing roller and to support the developing roller, and a sealing member provided at opposed ends of an end portion of the toner storage chamber in a rotating axis direction of the developing roller, and to seal in toner moving to the end portion of the toner storage chamber, the sealing member before use having a coefficient of static friction in a range of from 0.08 to 0.19.
摘要:
An image developer, including a developer container containing a developer developing a latent image on a latent image bearer; a developer bearer bearing the developer, located close to or contacting the latent image bearer; and a developer feeding and collection roller feeding the developer onto the developer bearer and scraping the developer therefrom, rotating while contacting thereto with pressure, wherein the developer feeding and collection roller includes an inner layer formed of an electroconductive foamed rubber; and an outer layer formed of an insulative foamed rubber, and wherein the following relationship is satisfied: α≧T wherein α represents a compression amount of the pressure of the developer feeding and collection roller to the developer bearer; and T represents a thickness of the outer layer, and wherein an offset voltage having a polarity opposite to that of the charged developer is applied to the developer feeding and collection roller.
摘要:
A two-component developing agent which is made from at least a carrier and a toner, characterized in that bulk specific density (AD.sub.1) of the carrier is set at 1.07 to 1.43 g/cc, bulk specific density (AD.sub.2) of the developing agent is set at 0.83 to 1.16 g/cc and AD.sub.2 /AD.sub.1 is set at 0.69 to 0.91. The present invention includes an image-forming method and an image-forming system, in which the above two-component developing agent is used.
摘要:
The present invention relates a carrier comprising: a core particle comprising a binder resin and a first magnetic powder dispersed therein; and a second magnetic powder adhered onto the surface of the core particle, said second magnetic powder having a relative surface area larger than that of the first magnetic powder.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus includes at least an image bearer; an electrostatic latent image former to form an electrostatic latent image on the image bearer; an image developer to develop the electrostatic latent image with a toner to from a toner image; a first transferer to transfer the toner image from the image bearer onto an intermediate transfer belt; and a cleaner including a cleaning blade having a Martens hardness of from 0.8 to 10.0 N/m2, to clean the intermediate transfer belt while contacting the surface of the intermediate transfer belt. The intermediate transfer belt includes a thermoplastic resin and a conductive resin, and has a surface concentration of oxygen atoms derived from the conductive resin, measured by XPS, of from 1.0% to 3.0% by atom.
摘要:
A developing device includes a developing roller including a base and a surface layer formed on the base, the surface layer including a polyurethane resin having a fluorine group and a polyfunctional isocyanurate structure, a toner storage chamber being partially in contact with the developing roller and to support the developing roller, and a sealing member provided at opposed ends of an end portion of the toner storage chamber in a rotating axis direction of the developing roller, and to seal in toner moving to the end portion of the toner storage chamber, the sealing member before use having a coefficient of static friction in a range of from 0.08 to 0.19.
摘要:
A developing roller including: a core metal; and an elastic layer formed on an outer circumference of the core metal, wherein an outermost surface of the developing roller is roughened, and wherein a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of indentation power is 10% to 21%, wherein the indentation power is measured by a micro-indentation test at 120 locations with 3 degrees apart on a circumference of the developing roller, which is at a center of the developing roller with respect to a longitudinal direction.
摘要:
A developing roller including: an electrically-conductive base; an elastic layer formed on an outer circumference of the electrically-conductive base; and a toner bearing layer formed on the elastic layer, wherein the toner bearing layer contains a polyurethane resin having an isocyanurate structure, and wherein the polyurethane resin has a ratio A/B of 1.0 to 10.0 where A denotes absorbance attributed to C═O of cyanurate and B denotes absorbance attributed to C═O of urethane in an infrared absorption spectrum of the polyurethane resin obtained by an ATR method.
摘要:
An image developer, including a developer container containing a developer developing a latent image on a latent image bearer; a developer bearer bearing the developer, located close to or contacting the latent image bearer; and a developer feeding and collection roller feeding the developer onto the developer bearer and scraping the developer therefrom, rotating while contacting thereto with pressure, wherein the developer feeding and collection roller includes an inner layer formed of an electroconductive foamed rubber; and an outer layer formed of an insulative foamed rubber, and wherein the following relationship is satisfied: α≧T wherein α represents a compression amount of the pressure of the developer feeding and collection roller to the developer bearer; and T represents a thickness of the outer layer, and wherein an offset voltage having a polarity opposite to that of the charged developer is applied to the developer feeding and collection roller.
摘要:
A toner having a core containing a colorant, a release agent and a binder resin (A), and a shell containing a binder resin (B), the shell overlying the core, wherein the binder resin (A) contains a resin having a polyester skeleton, the binder resin (B) contains a vinyl copolymer resin, and a weight ratio of the shell to the core is from 0.05 to 0.5, and wherein the toner has a volume average particle diameter of from 3 to 8 μm; a toner manufacturing method of such the toner can be used in an image forming apparatus and in a process cartridge.