Multi-roller electrostatic toning
    1.
    发明授权
    Multi-roller electrostatic toning 失效
    多辊静电调色

    公开(公告)号:US5532100A

    公开(公告)日:1996-07-02

    申请号:US639360

    申请日:1991-01-09

    IPC分类号: G03G15/08 G03G9/08

    摘要: Non-magnetic and non-conductive powdered toner is applied to a rotating image cylinder having an electrostatic pattern. A container having a closed bottom and sides and open top contains the powdered toner. The powder is fluidized by introducing air through a pervious closed bottom of the container, and by vibrating the container. The toner is simultaneously stirred and electrically charged to a potential of greater than about 7 kv (plus or minus polarity) by rotating elements with radial pointed appendages in the container. Toner is transferred from the container to an image cylinder at an exposed nine o'clock position of the image cylinder by a plurality of transfer cylinders. A first transfer cylinder is mounted so that its periphery is just above the open top of the container and an applicator cylinder has its axis below the axis of the first cylinder, and its periphery adjacent both the first cylinder and the image cylinder. A second cylinder is for the removal of opposite sign charged toner and low charge toner from the applicator cylinder. Scrapers scrape unused toner from the first and applicator cylinders so that it falls into the open top of the container.

    摘要翻译: 将非磁性和非导电粉末调色剂施加到具有静电图案的旋转图像滚筒上。 具有封闭底部和侧面和开口顶部的容器包含粉末调色剂。 通过引入空气通过容器的可透过的封闭底部并通过振动容器来使粉末流动。 通过在容器中旋转具有径向尖端附件的元件,将调色剂同时搅拌并充电至大于约7kv(正或负极性)的电位。 调色剂通过多个传送滚筒从容器转印到图像筒的暴露的九点钟位置的图像滚筒。 安装第一传送滚筒使得其周边刚好在容器的开口顶部上方,并且施加器滚筒的轴线低于第一滚筒的轴线,并且其周边与第一滚筒和图像滚筒相邻。 第二个圆筒用于从施加器滚筒中去除带正电荷的调色剂和低充电调色剂。 刮刀从第一个涂抹器和涂抹器滚筒刮掉未使用的墨粉,使其落入容器的开口顶部。

    Non-magnetic toner dynamic recycling
    2.
    发明授权
    Non-magnetic toner dynamic recycling 失效
    非磁性调色剂动态回收

    公开(公告)号:US5799227A

    公开(公告)日:1998-08-25

    申请号:US659612

    申请日:1996-06-06

    IPC分类号: G03G21/00 G03G21/10 G03G15/08

    CPC分类号: G03G21/10

    摘要: Non-magnetic toner in an electrostatic imaging system, such as the MIDAX.RTM. electronic imaging system, is dynamically recycled. Wayward airborne toner particles in the imaging system are vacuum collected to provide an air stream with entrained toner particles, and a centrifugal separator separates the particles from the entraining air. The separated particles are then dynamically returned to the imaging system. At least one airlock, which may comprise at least first and second fluid actuated or mechanically actuated valves which are spaced from each other, is provided between the separator and a reservoir for toner particles to be supplied to a fluidized bed of toner particles in the imaging system. A distribution device for distributing the toner particles in at least two different horizontal paths, to return to the reservoir.

    摘要翻译: 诸如MIDAX TM电子成像系统的静电成像系统中的非磁性调色剂被动态回收。 真空收集成像系统中的空气中的空气调色剂颗粒以提供带有夹带的调色剂颗粒的空气流,并且离心分离器将颗粒与夹带空气分离。 然后将分离的颗粒动态地返回到成像系统。 至少一个气闸,其可以包括彼此间隔开的至少第一和第二流体致动或机械致动的阀,在隔板和用于调色剂颗粒的储存器之间设置,以供应到成像中的调色剂颗粒的流化床 系统。 一种用于在至少两个不同的水平路径中分配调色剂颗粒以便返回到储存器的分配装置。

    Method of applying non-magnetic toner
    3.
    发明授权
    Method of applying non-magnetic toner 失效
    非磁性调色剂的应用方法

    公开(公告)号:US5656409A

    公开(公告)日:1997-08-12

    申请号:US448777

    申请日:1995-05-24

    IPC分类号: G03G15/08 G03G9/08

    摘要: Non-magnetic and non-conductive powdered toner is applied to a rotating image cylinder having an electrostatic pattern. A container having a closed bottom and sides and open top contains the powdered toner. The powder is fluidized by introducing air through a pervious closed bottom of the container, and by vibrating the container. The toner is simultaneously stirred and electrically charged to a potential of greater than about 7 kv (plus or minus polarity) by rotating elements with radial pointed appendages in the container. Toner is transferred from the container to an image cylinder at an exposed nine o'clock position of the image cylinder by a plurality of transfer cylinders. A first transfer cylinder is mounted so that its periphery is just above the open top of the container and an applicator cylinder has its axis below the axis of the first cylinder, and its periphery adjacent both the first cylinder and the image cylinder. A second cylinder is for the removal of opposite sign charged toner and low charge toner from the applicator cylinder. Scrapers scrape unused toner from the first and applicator cylinders so that it falls into the open top of the container.

    摘要翻译: 将非磁性和非导电粉末调色剂施加到具有静电图案的旋转图像滚筒上。 具有封闭底部和侧面和开口顶部的容器包含粉末调色剂。 通过引入空气通过容器的可透过的封闭底部并通过振动容器来使粉末流动。 通过在容器中旋转具有径向尖端附件的元件,将调色剂同时搅拌并充电至大于约7kv(正或负极性)的电位。 调色剂通过多个传送滚筒从容器转印到图像筒的暴露的九点钟位置的图像滚筒。 安装第一传送滚筒使得其周边刚好在容器的开口顶部上方,并且施加器滚筒的轴线低于第一滚筒的轴线,并且其周边与第一滚筒和图像滚筒相邻。 第二个圆筒用于从施加器滚筒中去除带正电荷的调色剂和低充电调色剂。 刮刀从第一个涂抹器和涂抹器滚筒刮掉未使用的墨粉,使其落入容器的开口顶部。

    Color selection by mixing primary toners
    4.
    发明授权
    Color selection by mixing primary toners 失效
    通过混合主要调色剂进行颜色选择

    公开(公告)号:US5866286A

    公开(公告)日:1999-02-02

    申请号:US47188

    申请日:1993-04-16

    摘要: A specified and designated, non-primary color print (imaging) is applied to a substrate (paper) by mixing at least first and second differently colored toner particles having substantially uniform physical characteristics, and introducing them in desired proportions into a fluidized bed. The toner powders are uniformly mixed together in the fluidized bed (as by using rotors in addition to applying fluidizing air to the bed), and then a substantially uniform electrostatic charge (e.g. about +6.5-+8 kV D.C., which can be applied by blades on the rotor) is applied to the bed, and then the electrostatically charged mixture of toner particles is applied to the substrate, to image uniform non-primary color symbols on the substrate. The uniform physical characteristics of the powders are size (the vast majority of particles having a size between about 5 microns and about 25 microns), a resistivity of greater than 10.sup.12 ohm-cm, and a flowability between a predefined minimum and maximum. When utilizing the fluidized bed as according to the invention, slight changes in chemical composition of the toners may be easily accommodated without change in the resulting uniform imaging.

    摘要翻译: 通过混合具有基本均匀物理特性的至少第一和第二不同颜色的调色剂颗粒并将其以所需比例引入流化床中,将指定和指定的非原色彩色印刷(成像)施加到基材(纸)上。 将调色剂粉末在流化床中均匀地混合在一起(如通过使用转子,除了向床上施加流化空气之外),然后将基本上均匀的静电电荷(例如约+ 6.5- + 8kV DC,可以通过 将转子上的叶片)施加到床上,然后将带静电的调色剂颗粒的混合物施加到基底上,以在基底上成像均匀的非原色符号。 粉末的均匀物理特性是尺寸(绝大多数颗粒的尺寸在约5微米至约25微米之间),电阻率大于1012欧姆 - 厘米,流动性在预定的最小值和最大值之间。 当根据本发明使用流化床时,可以容易地容纳调色剂的化学成分的轻微变化,而不会在所得到的均匀成像中改变。

    Electrostatic printing apparatus with a hopper and applicator roller
with method of applying toner to and declumping the applicator roller
    5.
    发明授权
    Electrostatic printing apparatus with a hopper and applicator roller with method of applying toner to and declumping the applicator roller 失效
    具有料斗和涂布辊的静电印刷设备,其具有向调色辊施加调色剂并将其放下的方法

    公开(公告)号:US5570170A

    公开(公告)日:1996-10-29

    申请号:US173073

    申请日:1993-12-27

    IPC分类号: G03G15/08 G03G15/09 G03G15/06

    摘要: Electrically conductive magnetic toner is supplied to an electrostatic printing apparatus by dispensing it pneumatically from one of two different toner bottles mounted on dispenser blocks. The toner passes through a chute into a container having an air previous, toner impervious, bottom. The toner particles are fluidized in the container, and come into contact with the rotating surface of an applicator roller having interior magnets, and the amount of toner which stays on the applicator roller surface is controlled in part by rotating the surface past a metering blade. To periodically declump the toner, a mechanical element is depressed which reverses the direction of the applicator roller, and brings a scraper blade into contact with the surface of the applicator roller, and applies a high level of vacuum to remove scraped off toner.

    摘要翻译: 将导电性磁性调色剂通过从安装在分配器块上的两种不同调色剂瓶中的一种气动分配而供给静电印刷设备。 调色剂通过滑槽进入具有空气的容器,调色剂不透水,底部。 调色剂颗粒在容器中流化,并与具有内部磁体的涂布辊的旋转表面接触,并且通过旋转表面经过计量刮刀来部分地控制停留在涂布辊表面上的调色剂的量。 为了周期性地降低调色剂,机械元件被压下,其反转涂布辊的方向,并使刮刀与施加辊的表面接触,并施加高水平的真空以去除刮掉的调色剂。

    Variable data clear mark imaging
    6.
    发明授权
    Variable data clear mark imaging 失效
    可变数据清晰标记成像

    公开(公告)号:US5368334A

    公开(公告)日:1994-11-29

    申请号:US74670

    申请日:1993-06-10

    摘要: A security document is produced from a paper substrate having invisible hydrophobic toner blended into the paper. The clear toner is produced by milling and classifying a polyester resin, mixing it with silica flowing agent, and then electrostatically imaging the toner onto the paper substrate, as a spot that can be overprinted, or preferably as indicia that is not visible to the naked eye or color copiers. An infra-red absorbing or UV responsive dye may be added to the toner so that it is visible under infra-red/ultraviolet light respectively, or without that dye it is not visible when eliminated by light of any wavelength. When applied to the paper the toner is snow white, but after infra-red heat fusing it blends into the paper and is substantially invisible. The security indicia is easily made visible by passing a conventional marker nib over it, or other mechanism for applying a water based low concentrate colored ink which is readily absorbed by the surrounding paper, but not by the hydrophobic security indicia.

    摘要翻译: 从具有混入纸中的不可见的疏水性调色剂的纸基材制备安全性文件。 透明调色剂通过将聚酯树脂研磨和分级,与二氧化硅流动剂混合,然后将调色剂静电成像到纸基材上,作为可以套印的点,或优选作为裸露的不可见的标记, 眼睛或彩色复印机。 可以向调色剂中加入红外吸收或UV反应性染料,使得其在红外/紫外光下分别可见,或者没有染料,当通过任何波长的光消除时,其不可见。 当应用于纸张时,调色剂是白雪公主,但在红外线热融合之后,它将混合到纸张中并且基本上是不可见的。 通过将常规的标记笔尖通过其上可以容易地看到安全标记,或者用于施加容易被周围纸张吸收的水基低浓度着色油墨的其它机构,而不是疏水性安全标记。

    Print cartridge cleaning apparatus and method using water and air
    7.
    发明授权
    Print cartridge cleaning apparatus and method using water and air 失效
    打印墨盒清洁装置和使用水和空气的方法

    公开(公告)号:US5751307A

    公开(公告)日:1998-05-12

    申请号:US226685

    申请日:1994-04-12

    CPC分类号: B41J2/45 B41J29/17

    摘要: Print cartridges for ion/electron deposition printing are periodically cleaned to provide preventive maintenance, using a simple cleaning assembly that automatically moves the cartridges first past a water washing nozzle, and then past an air drying nozzle, at slow speed, then being manually withdrawn from the cleaning assembly and replaced in the printer. The drive mechanism typically is a single roller disposed above the print cartridge, driven by a motor connected to the housing. A single water spray nozzle is disposed at an intermediate portion of the housing directed with a fan pattern spray up toward the cartridge, and a single air nozzle supplied with heated air is disposed adjacent the outlet of the cartridge. Sensing of the position of the cartridge is provided by first through fourth in-line microswitches which are disposed above the cartridge and which are cam actuated by the cartridge as it moves through the housing to control the motor driving the roller, the pump supplying water to the water nozzle, and a solenoid valve connecting the air nozzle to a source of compressed air. The cartridges are cleaned every 10,000-30,000 feet of use, and then replaced.

    摘要翻译: 定期清洁用于离子/电子沉积印刷的打印墨盒以提供预防性维护,使用简单的清洁组件,其自动地将墨盒首先移动通过水洗喷嘴,然后以低速通过空气干燥喷嘴,然后手动从 清洁组件并在打印机中更换。 驱动机构通常是设置在打印盒上方的单个辊,由连接到壳体的马达驱动。 单个喷水喷嘴设置在壳体的中间部分处,与风扇图案一起朝向墨盒喷射,并且提供有加热空气的单个空气喷嘴邻近墨盒的出口设置。 盒的位置的感测由设置在盒的上方的第一至第四直列微动开关提供,并且当盒移动通过壳体时由盒驱动凸轮,以控制驱动辊的马达,泵将水供应到 水喷嘴和将空气喷嘴连接到压缩空气源的电磁阀。 墨盒每10,000-30,000英尺使用一次清洁,然后更换。

    Multi-layer bar code arrangement using wavelength separation
    8.
    发明授权
    Multi-layer bar code arrangement using wavelength separation 失效
    使用波长分离的多层条码排列

    公开(公告)号:US6119943A

    公开(公告)日:2000-09-19

    申请号:US355326

    申请日:1994-12-12

    申请人: Orrin D. Christy

    发明人: Orrin D. Christy

    摘要: A substrate capable of receiving and retaining imaging is coded so as to maximize the amount of the scannable information that can be packed into an area, and/or to provide an effective security feature. A first machine readable identification code (e.g. bar code) is imaged on a predetermined area of the substrate, and is opaque to a first predetermined wavelength range of electromagnetic energy (e.g. the infra-red region of light). An overlay is applied over and at least partially covering the first code. The overlay is transparent to the first wavelength range, and opaque to a second wavelength range (e.g. the visible spectrum of light). The overlay may be a security block which substantially completely covers the first code, or may be a second bar code (or additional codes) which is transparent to the second range. The codes may be read by multiple passes of different scanner heads by relative movement between the heads and the substrate, or by a scanner in which first and second (or more) different scanner heads are mounted together so that two different wavelength range bar codes on the substrate may be read at the same time.

    摘要翻译: 对能够接收和保持成像的基板进行编码,以使可以包装到区域中的可扫描信息的量最大化和/或提供有效的安全特征。 第一机器可读识别码(例如条形码)被成像在基板的预定区域上,并且对电磁能量的第一预定波长范围(例如,红外区域)是不透明的。 覆盖层应用于并且至少部分地覆盖第一代码。 覆盖层对于第一波长范围是透明的,并且不透明到第二波长范围(例如,光的可见光谱)。 覆盖可以是基本上完全覆盖第一代码的安全块,或者可以是对第二范围是透明的第二条形码(或附加代码)。 可以通过头和基板之间的相对运动或扫描器通过不同扫描头的多次通过来读取代码,其中第一和第二(或更多)不同的扫描头安装在一起,使得两个不同波长范围的条形码在 可以同时读取衬底。

    Field effect imaging apparatus using non-conductive non-magnetic toner
    9.
    发明授权
    Field effect imaging apparatus using non-conductive non-magnetic toner 失效
    使用非导电非磁性调色剂的场效应成像装置

    公开(公告)号:US6002415A

    公开(公告)日:1999-12-14

    申请号:US906806

    申请日:1997-08-06

    申请人: Orrin D. Christy

    发明人: Orrin D. Christy

    摘要: A method and apparatus are provided for "field effect imaging" of moving substrates, such as webs of paper. Non-conductive, non-magnetic toner having approximately a 5-20 micron mean particle size is electrically charged to a level of at least about 8 micro Coulombs/gram and then a first roller with a conductive surface is brought into operative association with the electrically charged toner so that toner particles adhere to the surface. The toner particles are preferably maintained in an electrostatic fluidized bed, and charged by a corona element in the bed. An array of pin or stylus primary electrodes are selectively energized or de-energized to provide no-write or write condition, respectively using a computer to switch the electrodes into or out of operative connection to a source of electrical potential. The toner particles are transferred from the first roller to a substrate either directly (after passing past the primary electrodes), or they are first transferred to a second roller which then brings the toner particles into contact with the substrate. If a second roller is utilized, the primary electrodes can be in association with the first roller, or between the first and second rollers for transferring only "write" toner to the second roller.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种用于诸如纸幅之类的移动基板的“场效应成像”的方法和装置。 具有大约5-20微米平均粒度的非导电非磁性调色剂被带电至至少约8微·库仑/克,然后具有导电表面的第一辊与电 使调色剂颗粒附着在表面上。 调色剂颗粒优选保持在静电流化床中,并通过床中的电晕元件充电。 引脚或触笔主电极的阵列分别选择性地通电或断电以提供不写或写入条件,分别使用计算机将电极切换到与电势的操作连接的电极。 调色剂颗粒从第一辊直接(通过主电极之后)转移到基底,或者它们首先转移到第二辊,然后使调色剂颗粒与基底接触。 如果使用第二辊,主电极可以与第一辊相关联,或者在第一和第二辊之间,仅将“写入”调色剂传送到第二辊。

    Field effect toning method/apparatus
    10.
    发明授权
    Field effect toning method/apparatus 失效
    现场效果调色方法/装置

    公开(公告)号:US5883656A

    公开(公告)日:1999-03-16

    申请号:US356571

    申请日:1994-12-15

    申请人: Orrin D. Christy

    发明人: Orrin D. Christy

    摘要: A method and apparatus are provided for "field effect imaging" of moving substrates, such as webs of paper. Non-conductive, nonmagnetic toner having approximately a 5-20 micron mean particle size is electrically charged to a level of at least about 8 micro Coulombs/gram and then a first roller with a conductive surface is brought into operative association with the electrically charged toner so that toner particles adhere to the surface. The toner particles are preferably maintained in an electrostatic fluidized bed, and charged by a corona element in the bed. An array of pin or stylus primary electrodes are selectively energized or de-energized to provide no-write or write condition, respectively using a computer to switch the electrodes into or out of operative connection to a source of electrical potential. The toner particles are transferred from the first roller to a substrate either directly (after passing past the primary electrodes), or they are first transferred to a second roller which then brings the toner particles into contact with the substrate. If a second roller is utilized, the primary electrodes can be in association with the first roller, or between the first and second rollers for transferring only "write" toner to the second roller.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种用于诸如纸幅之类的移动基板的“场效应成像”的方法和装置。 将具有大约5-20微米平均粒度的非导电非磁性调色剂充电至至少约8微·库仑/克的水平,然后具有导电表面的第一辊与带电的调色剂 使得调色剂颗粒附着在表面上。 调色剂颗粒优选保持在静电流化床中,并通过床中的电晕元件充电。 引脚或触笔主电极的阵列分别选择性地通电或断电以提供不写或写入条件,分别使用计算机将电极切换到与电势的操作连接的电极。 调色剂颗粒从第一辊直接(通过主电极之后)转移到基底,或者它们首先转移到第二辊,然后使调色剂颗粒与基底接触。 如果使用第二辊,主电极可以与第一辊相关联,或者在第一和第二辊之间,仅将“写入”调色剂传送到第二辊。