公开(公告)号：US20120087704A1

公开(公告)日：2012-04-12

申请号：US13253330

申请日：2011-10-05

申请人： Akira Asaoka ,  Takaya Muraishi ,  Kenji Sugiura ,  Hisashi Kikuchi ,  Yoshiki Hozumi ,  Yuu Sakakibara

发明人： Akira Asaoka ,  Takaya Muraishi ,  Kenji Sugiura ,  Hisashi Kikuchi ,  Yoshiki Hozumi ,  Yuu Sakakibara

IPC分类号： G03G21/00

CPC分类号： G03G15/161 ,  G03G15/0131 ,  G03G15/1605 ,  G03G21/0076

摘要： A cleaning device including a normally charged toner cleaning member provided in contact with a cleaning target at a contact position to remove normally charged toner from the cleaning target, a reversely charged toner cleaning member provided in contact with the cleaning target at a contact position upstream from the normally charged toner cleaning member to remove reversely charged toner from the cleaning target, and a pre-cleaning member provided in contact with the cleaning target at a contact position upstream from both the normally and reversely charged toner cleaning members to remove normally charged toner from the cleaning target. The contact position between the pre-cleaning member and the cleaning target has a width wider than a width of the contact position between the normally charged toner cleaning member and the cleaning target and a width of the contact position between the reversely charged toner cleaning member and the cleaning target.

摘要翻译： 一种清洁装置，包括在接触位置与清洁对象物接触地设置的正常充电的调色剂清洁部件，以从清洁对象去除正常充电的调色剂;反向充电的调色剂清洁部件，设置成与清洁目标物接触， 正常充电的调色剂清洁部件，用于从清洁对象中除去带有反向电荷的调色剂;以及预清洁部件，其在与正常和反向充电的调色剂清洁部件的上游接触位置处与清洁目标物接触地设置，以从 清洁目标。 预清洁构件和清洁对象之间的接触位置的宽度比通常充电的调色剂清洁构件和清洁对象之间的接触位置的宽度以及反向充电的调色剂清洁构件与清洁对象之间的接触位置的宽度宽 清洁目标。

公开(公告)号：US08699908B2

公开(公告)日：2014-04-15

申请号：US13271636

申请日：2011-10-12

申请人： Hisashi Kikuchi ,  Takaya Muraishi ,  Kenji Sugiura ,  Akira Asaoka ,  Yoshiki Hozumi ,  Yuu Sakakibara

发明人： Hisashi Kikuchi ,  Takaya Muraishi ,  Kenji Sugiura ,  Akira Asaoka ,  Yoshiki Hozumi ,  Yuu Sakakibara

IPC分类号： G03G15/00

CPC分类号： G03G21/0035 ,  G03G15/50 ,  G03G15/5008 ,  G03G21/0076

摘要： A cleaning device including a rotatable cleaning member contacting a rotatable image carrier bearing a toner image to electrostatically remove toner from the image carrier while rotating, and a control unit to control rotation of the cleaning member to satisfy a relation of (60/R)>(L/V) during removal of a toner pattern formed on the image carrier at a predetermined timing and remaining attached to the image carrier without being transferred from the image carrier onto a transfer member using the cleaning member, where R (rpm) is a number of rotations of the cleaning member, L (mm) is a length of the toner pattern in a direction of rotation of the image carrier, and V (mm/s) is a speed of the image carrier.

摘要翻译： 一种清洁装置，包括可旋转的清洁构件，其接触带有调色剂图像的可旋转图像载体，以在旋转时静电地从图像载体中去除调色剂;以及控制单元，用于控制清洁构件的旋转以满足（60 / R）> （L / V），其在形成在图像载体上的调色剂图案以预定的时间移动并保持附着到图像载体上，而不用图像载体使用清洁部件转印到转印部件上，其中R（rpm）为 清洁部件的旋转数L（mm）是调色剂图案沿着图像载体的旋转方向的长度，V（mm / s）是图像载体的速度。

公开(公告)号：US08699898B2

公开(公告)日：2014-04-15

申请号：US13313710

申请日：2011-12-07

申请人： Hisashi Kikuchi ,  Takaya Muraishi ,  Kenji Sugiura ,  Akira Asaoka ,  Yoshiki Hozumi ,  Yuu Sakakibara

发明人： Hisashi Kikuchi ,  Takaya Muraishi ,  Kenji Sugiura ,  Akira Asaoka ,  Yoshiki Hozumi ,  Yuu Sakakibara

IPC分类号： G03G15/00 ,  G03G15/16 ,  G03G21/00

CPC分类号： G03G15/161 ,  G03G21/0035 ,  G03G21/0047 ,  G03G21/0076

摘要： An image forming apparatus including a setting memory storing multiple voltage settings; two or more voltage applying members each contacting a voltage applied member at respective contact positions close to each other, which are simultaneously being applied with respective voltages selected from the voltage settings; two or more current detectors each detecting a current flowing in the respective contact positions; and a setting changer performing a setting changing processing in which the voltage applied to one of the voltage applying members is changed based on the current detected by the corresponding current detector while a predetermined voltage is applied to the other voltage applying members, so that an optimum current flows in the corresponding contact position.

摘要翻译： 一种图像形成装置，包括存储多个电压设置的设置存储器; 两个或更多个电压施加构件，每个电压施加构件在彼此接近的各个接触位置处接触施加电压的构件，所述接触位置同时被施加有从电压设置中选择的各个电压; 两个或更多个电流检测器，每个检测在各个接触位置中流动的电流; 以及设定变更器，其进行设定改变处理，其中施加到所述施加电压部件之一的电压基于由相应的电流检测器检测到的电流而改变，同时将预定电压施加到另一电压施加部件，使得最佳 电流在相应的接触位置流动。

公开(公告)号：US08682208B2

公开(公告)日：2014-03-25

申请号：US13197308

申请日：2011-08-03

申请人： Akira Asaoka ,  Takaya Muraishi ,  Kenji Sugiura ,  Hisashi Kikuchi ,  Yoshiki Hozumi ,  Yuu Sakakibara

发明人： Akira Asaoka ,  Takaya Muraishi ,  Kenji Sugiura ,  Hisashi Kikuchi ,  Yoshiki Hozumi ,  Yuu Sakakibara

IPC分类号： G03G15/16

CPC分类号： G03G21/0035 ,  G03G15/161 ,  G03G21/007 ,  G03G21/0076 ,  G03G2221/001

摘要： A cleaning device including: multiple cleaning members arranged consecutively in a direction of movement of a cleaning target to remove adhered substances from the cleaning target; multiple casings to individually hold and at least partially enclose the multiple cleaning members, respectively, the casings and the cleaning members together constituting multiple sub-units; and a sub-unit holder to hold the multiple sub-units, from which the sub-units are individually removable.

摘要翻译： 一种清洁装置，包括：多个清洁部件，其连续地排列在清洁对象的运动方向上，以从所述清洁对象去除附着的物质; 多个壳体分别保持和至少部分地包围多个清洁构件，所述壳体和清洁构件分别构成多个子单元; 以及子单元保持器，用于保持多个子单元，子单元可从该子单元单独移除。

公开(公告)号：US20130315617A1

公开(公告)日：2013-11-28

申请号：US13898728

申请日：2013-05-21

申请人： Kenji Sugiura ,  Takaya Muraishi ,  Hisashi Kikuchi ,  Akira Asaoka ,  Yoshiki Hozumi ,  Yuu Sakakibara

发明人： Kenji Sugiura ,  Takaya Muraishi ,  Hisashi Kikuchi ,  Akira Asaoka ,  Yoshiki Hozumi ,  Yuu Sakakibara

IPC分类号： G03G15/16

CPC分类号： G03G15/161 ,  G03G2215/1661

摘要： An image forming apparatus including a belt cleaning device is provided. The belt cleaning device includes an image bearing belt having an elastic layer, a cleaning member, a cleaning facing member, and a side seal. A surface of the image bearing belt is movable. The cleaning member is in contact with the surface of the image bearing belt to remove a substance adhered thereto. The cleaning facing member is disposed on a back-surface side of the image bearing belt while facing the cleaning member with the image bearing belt therebetween. The side seal is disposed to an axial end part of the cleaning member and pressed against the surface of the image bearing belt. The cleaning facing member is out of contact with the back side of the image bearing belt within an area where the cleaning facing member faces the side seal with respect to an axial direction.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种包括皮带清洁装置的图像形成装置。 带式清洁装置包括具有弹性层的图像承载带，清洁构件，清洁面对构件和侧密封件。 图像承载带的表面是可移动的。 清洁部件与图像承载带的表面接触以去除附着在其上的物质。 清洁面对构件设置在图像承载带的背面侧，同时面对清洁构件，其中图像承载带在它们之间。 侧密封件设置在清洁部件的轴向端部并且压靠在图像承载带的表面上。 清洁面对构件在图像承载带的背面与清洁面对构件相对于轴向面向侧面密封的区域中不接触。

公开(公告)号：US08483605B2

公开(公告)日：2013-07-09

申请号：US13253330

申请日：2011-10-05

申请人： Akira Asaoka ,  Takaya Muraishi ,  Kenji Sugiura ,  Hisashi Kikuchi ,  Yoshiki Hozumi ,  Yuu Sakakibara

发明人： Akira Asaoka ,  Takaya Muraishi ,  Kenji Sugiura ,  Hisashi Kikuchi ,  Yoshiki Hozumi ,  Yuu Sakakibara

IPC分类号： G03G21/00 ,  G03G15/16

CPC分类号： G03G15/161 ,  G03G15/0131 ,  G03G15/1605 ,  G03G21/0076

摘要： A cleaning device including a normally charged toner cleaning member provided in contact with a cleaning target at a contact position to remove normally charged toner from the cleaning target, a reversely charged toner cleaning member provided in contact with the cleaning target at a contact position upstream from the normally charged toner cleaning member to remove reversely charged toner from the cleaning target, and a pre-cleaning member provided in contact with the cleaning target at a contact position upstream from both the normally and reversely charged toner cleaning members to remove normally charged toner from the cleaning target. The contact position between the pre-cleaning member and the cleaning target has a width wider than a width of the contact position between the normally charged toner cleaning member and the cleaning target and a width of the contact position between the reversely charged toner cleaning member and the cleaning target.

摘要翻译： 一种清洁装置，包括在接触位置与清洁对象物接触地设置的正常充电的调色剂清洁部件，以从清洁对象去除正常充电的调色剂;反向充电的调色剂清洁部件，设置成与清洁目标物接触， 正常充电的调色剂清洁部件，用于从清洁对象中除去带有反向电荷的调色剂;以及预清洁部件，其在与正常和反向充电的调色剂清洁部件的上游接触位置处与清洁目标物接触地设置，以从 清洁目标。 预清洁构件和清洁对象之间的接触位置的宽度比通常充电的调色剂清洁构件和清洁对象之间的接触位置的宽度以及反向充电的调色剂清洁构件与清洁对象之间的接触位置的宽度宽 清洁目标。

公开(公告)号：US20120099883A1

公开(公告)日：2012-04-26

申请号：US13271636

申请日：2011-10-12

申请人： Hisashi Kikuchi ,  Takaya Muraishi ,  Kenji Sugiura ,  Akira Asaoka ,  Yoshiki Hozumi ,  Yuu Sakakibara

发明人： Hisashi Kikuchi ,  Takaya Muraishi ,  Kenji Sugiura ,  Akira Asaoka ,  Yoshiki Hozumi ,  Yuu Sakakibara

IPC分类号： G03G15/00 ,  G03G15/16

CPC分类号： G03G21/0035 ,  G03G15/50 ,  G03G15/5008 ,  G03G21/0076

摘要： A cleaning device including a rotatable cleaning member contacting a rotatable image carrier bearing a toner image to electrostatically remove toner from the image carrier while rotating, and a control unit to control rotation of the cleaning member to satisfy a relation of (60/R)>(L/V) during removal of a toner pattern formed on the image carrier at a predetermined timing and remaining attached to the image carrier without being transferred from the image carrier onto a transfer member using the cleaning member, where R (rpm) is a number of rotations of the cleaning member, L (mm) is a length of the toner pattern in a direction of rotation of the image carrier, and V (mm/s) is a speed of the image carrier.

摘要翻译： 一种清洁装置，包括可旋转的清洁构件，其接触带有调色剂图像的可旋转图像载体，以在旋转时静电地从图像载体中去除调色剂;以及控制单元，用于控制清洁构件的旋转以满足（60 / R）> （L / V），其在形成在图像载体上的调色剂图案以预定的时间移动并保持附着到图像载体上，而不用图像载体使用清洁部件转印到转印部件上，其中R（rpm）为 清洁部件的旋转数L（mm）是调色剂图案沿着图像载体的旋转方向的长度，V（mm / s）是图像载体的速度。

公开(公告)号：US20120224870A1

公开(公告)日：2012-09-06

申请号：US13313710

申请日：2011-12-07

申请人： Hisashi Kikuchi ,  Takaya Muraishi ,  Kenji Sugiura ,  Akira Asaoka ,  Yoshiki Hozumi ,  Yuu Sakakibara

发明人： Hisashi Kikuchi ,  Takaya Muraishi ,  Kenji Sugiura ,  Akira Asaoka ,  Yoshiki Hozumi ,  Yuu Sakakibara

IPC分类号： G03G15/00 ,  G03G15/16

CPC分类号： G03G15/161 ,  G03G21/0035 ,  G03G21/0047 ,  G03G21/0076

摘要： A novel image forming apparatus including a setting memory storing multiple voltage settings; two or more voltage applying members each contacting a voltage applied member at respective contact positions close to each other, which are simultaneously being applied with respective voltages selected from the voltage settings; two or more current detectors each detecting a current flowing in the respective contact positions; and a setting changer performing a setting changing processing in which the voltage applied to one of the voltage applying members is changed based on the current detected by the corresponding current detector while a predetermined voltage is applied to the other voltage applying members, so that an optimum current flows in the corresponding contact position.

摘要翻译： 一种新颖的图像形成装置，包括存储多个电压设置的设置存储器; 两个或更多个电压施加构件，每个电压施加构件在彼此接近的各个接触位置处接触施加电压的构件，所述接触位置同时被施加有从电压设置中选择的各个电压; 两个或更多个电流检测器，每个检测在各个接触位置中流动的电流; 以及设定变更器，其进行设定改变处理，其中施加到所述施加电压部件之一的电压基于由相应的电流检测器检测到的电流而改变，同时将预定电压施加到另一电压施加部件，使得最佳 电流在相应的接触位置流动。

公开(公告)号：US08548350B2

公开(公告)日：2013-10-01

申请号：US13048431

申请日：2011-03-15

申请人： Yoshiki Hozumi ,  Kenji Sugiura ,  Osamu Naruse ,  Naomi Sugimoto ,  Hisashi Kikuchi ,  Yuu Sakakibara

发明人： Yoshiki Hozumi ,  Kenji Sugiura ,  Osamu Naruse ,  Naomi Sugimoto ,  Hisashi Kikuchi ,  Yuu Sakakibara

IPC分类号： G03G15/16 ,  G03G21/00

CPC分类号： G03G15/161 ,  G03G21/0035 ,  G03G2215/1661

摘要： There is provided a pre-cleaning brush roller being a pre-cleaning member which is disposed on an upstream of a normally-charged-toner cleaning brush roller and an oppositely-charged-toner cleaning brush roller in a surface moving direction of an intermediate transfer belt, is applied with a voltage having a polarity opposite to a normal charge polarity of toner, and electrostatically removes the toner having the normal charge polarity.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种预清洁刷辊，其是预置清洁构件，其设置在正常充电的调色剂清洁刷辊的上游，​​并且相对带电的调色剂清洁刷辊在中间转印的表面移动方向上 带施加具有与调色剂的正常充电极性相反的极性的电压，并且静电除去具有正常充电极性的调色剂。

公开(公告)号：US20120008973A1

公开(公告)日：2012-01-12

申请号：US13178025

申请日：2011-07-07

申请人： Yuu SAKAKIBARA ,  Kenji Sugiura ,  Naomi Sugimoto ,  Hisashi Kikuchi ,  Yoshiki Hozumi ,  Naruse Osamu

发明人： Yuu SAKAKIBARA ,  Kenji Sugiura ,  Naomi Sugimoto ,  Hisashi Kikuchi ,  Yoshiki Hozumi ,  Naruse Osamu

IPC分类号： G03G15/00 ,  G03G15/16

CPC分类号： G03G15/161 ,  G03G21/0035 ,  G03G21/0076 ,  G03G2215/1661 ,  G03G2221/001

摘要： A cleaning device disposed downstream from a transfer position in a direction of rotation of the image carrier to remove toner from the image carrier. The cleaning device includes a normally-charged toner cleaning member to electrostatically remove normally-charged toner from the image carrier, one of a polarity controller to control the toner on the image carrier to have a normal charging polarity and a reversely-charged toner cleaning member to electrostatically remove reversely-charged toner from the image carrier, a pre-cleaning member to electrostatically remove normally-charged toner from the image carrier, a pre-collection member to electrostatically collect the toner from the pre-cleaning member, and a control unit to reduce a voltage applied to the pre-cleaning member immediately after an untransferred toner image is removed from the image carrier by the pre-cleaning member below a voltage applied to the pre-cleaning member during removal of the untransferred toner image.

摘要翻译： 一种清洁装置，其设置在图像载体的旋转方向上的转印位置的下游，以从图像载体中去除调色剂。 清洁装置包括常规充电的调色剂清洁部件，用于从图像载体静电去除正常充电的调色剂，极性控制器之一，用于控制图像载体上的调色剂以具有正常的充电极性，以及反向充电的调色剂清洁部件 从图像载体静电去除反向充电的调色剂，预清洁部件，以静电去除来自图像载体的正常充电的调色剂;预收集部件，用于从预清洁部件静电收集调色剂;以及控制单元 以在移除未转印的调色剂图像之后，将未转印的调色剂图像在预清洁部件从图像载体移除到低于施加到预清洁部件的电压之后立即降低施加到预清洁部件的电压。