摘要:
A disk drive unit 1 includes fixed and movable frames, 4 and 5. The movable frame has a turntable 20 for rotatably supporting the disk 15, an optical head 18 for optically reading information recorded in one surface of the disk supported on the turntable, and a guide 17 for moving the optical head in a radial direction of the supported disk. A support mechanism 12 for movably supporting the movable frame on the fixed frame has a damper 30 made of elastic material and is designed to have a specific damping feature with respect to first to third directions.
摘要:
In an optical disk apparatus in accordance with the present invention, a tilt chassis (3, 201) to which a main shaft (6) and a sub shaft (7), being parallel with each other and serving to guide the movement direction of an optical pickup (50), are secured is disposed rotatably with respect to a traverse chassis (4) to which a spindle motor (2) is secured, and the tilt chassis (3, 201) is configured so as to be tilt-adjustable with respect to the traverse chassis (4) by tilt adjustment means having two tilt adjustment portions (30, 31), whereby tilt adjustment work for adjusting the movement face of the optical pickup so as to be parallel with the recording face of an optical disk is made easy.
摘要:
A height adjustment device is provided that has a first chassis having an adjustment hole, an adjustment screw that stands when threadedly engaged with the adjustment hole in the first chassis, a second chassis locked by the adjustment screw so as to have a preset separation distance from the first chassis, and biasing means for biasing the first chassis and the second chassis in the direction of attaining separation therebetween. The adjustment screw has a tip portion for forming a female thread in the adjustment hole when rotated and inserted into the adjustment hole, a threaded portion having a male thread threadedly engaged with the female thread formed by the tip portion, and a head portion for locking the second chassis against the direction of biasing by the biasing means, in a nearly linear state. The distance between the end of the head portion of the adjustment screw on the male thread side and the end of the tip portion on the male thread side is made larger than the sum of the length of the inside diameter portion of the adjustment hole in which the female thread is formed, the maximum value of the distance between the first chassis and the second chassis and the thickness of the second chassis.
摘要:
A height adjustment device is provided that has a first chassis having an adjustment hole, an adjustment screw that stands when threadedly engaged with the adjustment hole in the first chassis, a second chassis locked by the adjustment screw so as to have a preset separation distance from the first chassis, and biasing means for biasing the first chassis and the second chassis in the direction of attaining separation therebetween. The adjustment screw has a tip portion for forming a female thread in the adjustment hole when rotated and inserted into the adjustment hole, a threaded portion having a male thread threadedly engaged with the female thread formed by the tip portion, and a head portion for locking the second chassis against the direction of biasing by the biasing means, in a nearly linear state. The distance between the end of the head portion of the adjustment screw on the male thread side and the end of the tip portion on the male thread side is made larger than the sum of the length of the inside diameter portion of the adjustment hole in which the female thread is formed, the maximum value of the distance between the first chassis and the second chassis and the thickness of the second chassis.
摘要:
An image-forming method for fixing a toner image onto a recording medium, (i) wherein when a high-gloss recording medium (G0>40) is used, an image is formed at a low-speed mode process speed of from 20 mm/sec. to less than 130 mm/sec. and, where the maximum and minimum gloss values of the fixed image (Gmax1 and Gmin1, respectively), satisfy: Gmax1≦G0+40 and Gmin1≧G0−25; and (ii) wherein when a low-gloss recording medium (0≦G0≦40) is used, an image is formed at a high-speed mode process speed of from 130 mm/sec. to 600 mm/sec. and, where values of the fixed image (Gmax2 and Gmin2, respectively), satisfy: Gmax2≦G0+20 and Gmin2≧G0−15.
摘要:
A carrier for use in electrophotography has carrier cores comprising a binder resin and metal compound particles dispersed therein, and a coating resin for coating the surfaces of the carrier cores. Water adsorption TH2O-H (% by weight) after the carrier has been left in an environment of 30° C./80%RH, water adsorption TH2O-L (% by weight) after the carrier has been left in an environment of 23° C./5%RH, and particle surface area Sm (cm2/g) of the carrier satisfy the following relationship: 6.00×10−6≦TH2O-H/(100×Sm)≦1.50×10−5, and 1.00×10−6≦TH2O-L/(100×Sm)≦5.50×10−6.
摘要:
A toner and a two-component developer for developing electrostatic images are disclosed. The toner comprises toner particles and the two-component developer comprises the toner and a carrier. The toner particle has a two-layer structure of a core layer and a surface layer, produced by suspension polymerization. The core layer and surface layer are mainly comprised of a resin having a low softening point and a resin having a high softening point, respectively. In the surface layer, a polyester resin having a specific acid value and a specific molecular weight is included to impart an appropriate water absorption to the toner. Due to the appropriate water absorption and superior fluidity, the toner can achieve a speedy rise of charge to give electrostatic charges in a stable quantity over a long period of time, and it can give a high image density and images with superior fine-line reproduction and highlight reproduction.
摘要:
A color toner, comprises non-magnetic resin particles containing a coloring agent and two types of inorganic oxide particles, wherein;particles of coloring agent have an average particle diameter D of 300 m.mu..ltoreq.D.ltoreq.800 m.mu. as determined by measurement of scattered-light intensity; coloring agent particles with a particle diameter of from (D-120) m.mu. to (D+120) m.mu. account for not less than 90% of the whole; coloring agent particles with a particle diameter of 169 m.mu. or less account for not more than 1.0%; and coloring agent particles with a particle diameter of 949 m.mu. or more account for not more than 0.5%;said color toner has a volume average diameter of from 6 to 10 .mu.m; colored resin particles with a particle diameter of 5 .mu.m or less are contained in a proportion of from 15 to 40% by number; colored resin particles with a particle diameter of from 12.7 to 16.0 .mu.m are contained in an amount of from 0.1 to 5.0% by volume; colored resin particles with a particle diameter of 16 .mu.m or more are contained in an amount of not more than 1.0% by volume; and colored resin particles with a particle diameter of from 6.35 to 10.1 .mu.m have a particle size distribution that satisfies the following expression:9.ltoreq.V.times.dv/N.ltoreq.14 wherein V represent a volume percentage of colored resin particles with a diameter of from 6.35 to 10.1 .mu.m; N represents a number percentage of colored resin particles with a diameter of from 6.35 to 10.1 .mu.m; and dv represents a volume average particle diameter of the whole colored resin particles; andsaid inorganic oxide particles comprise a hydrophobic inorganic oxide (A) having an absolute value of not less than 50 .mu.c/g for the amount of triboelectricity and a specific surface area S.sub.A of from 80 to 300 m.sup.2 /g as measured by the BET method, contained in an amount of a% by weight based on the colored resin particles, and a hydrophilic inorganic oxide (B) having an absolute value of not more than 20 .mu.c/g for the amount of triboelectricity and a specific surface area S.sub.B of from 30 to 200 m.sup.2 /g as measured by the BET method, contained in an amount of b% by weight based on the colored resin particles, where S.sub.A .gtoreq.S.sub.B, a.gtoreq.b, and 0.3.ltoreq.a+b.ltoreq.1.5.
摘要:
An electrophotographic two-component type developer includes a toner and a magnetic carrier showing stable charge-imparting performances for a long period of continuous image formation and wherein various environmental conditions. The magnetic carrier comprises: magnetic carrier core particles and a silicone resin coating the magnetic carrier core particles; wherein the silicone resin is characterized by having (i) both (a) a --COO-- group and (b) a phenyl group or nitrogen-containing group, (ii) a carbon content attributable to the --COO-- group of 10-70 atomic % of silicon constituting the silicone resin, based on ESCA, and (iii) a carbon content attributable to the phenyl group of 0.1-300 atomic % or a nitrogen content attributable to the nitrogen-containing group of 0.01-10 atomic %, respectively, of the carbon content attributable to the --COO-- group, based on ESCA.
摘要:
A magenta toner for developing electrostatic images is formed of a binder resin, and a quinacridone pigment providing an X-ray diffraction spectrum showing two peaks in a Bragg angle (2.theta.) region of 5-10 deg. The magenta toner has an improved light fastness, may have a desired hue comparable to a printing process ink and is suitably used for electrophotographic full-color image formation. The magenta toner may preferably be formed through a process including a first kneading step starting from wet blending of a binder resin and two paste pigments including quinacridone and 2,9-dimethylquinacridone, respectively, under mild conditions not causing crystal transformation to form a master batch and a second kneading step of diluting the master batch together with other additive.