摘要:
A developing apparatus includes a developer container for containing a developer containing toner and carrier particles having a volume resistivity of 106-1010 Ωcm; a developer carrying member for carrying the developer contained in the developer container; a voltage applying means for applying a developing bias voltage having a DC component and an AC component to the developer carrying member when an electrostatic image formed on an image hearing member including a surface layer having a volume resistivity of 109-1014 Ωcm is developed by contacting the developer carried on the developer carrying member to the electrostatic image, wherein a volume resistivity of the developer carrying member is 1×10−1-1×102 Ωcm.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus uses a toner wherein when a weight average diameter of the initial toner in a developing device is set to D1, and a weight average diameter of a toner forming an initial toner image on an image bearing member is D2, such that D1≧D2 is satisfied.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member; a latent image forming device for forming on the image bearing member a dot distribution electrostatic latent image in accordance with image signals corresponding to an object image; a developing device for developing the latent image formed on the image bearing member by the latent image forming device, in a developing station and by a developer containing toner and magnetic carrier; wherein the developing device includes a developer carrying member for carrying and conveying the developer to the developing station, and a magnetic field generating device provided within the developer carrying member, for forming a magnetic brush of the developer and contacting the magnetic brush to the image bearing member; and wherein a degree .sigma.d (emu/cm.sup.3) of magnetization of the magnetic carrier by a magnetic field by the magnetic field generating means at a peak of a perpendicular magnetic field on the surface of the developer carrying member satisfies the following:if X
摘要:
A developing apparatus includes a developer container containing a magnetic developer including a toner and a wax contained in the toner. First and second developer carrying members are rotatably provided in the developer container, for carrying the magnetic developer. A regulation member regulates a thickness of a layer of the magnetic developer carried on the first developer carrying member. A first magnet has a first magnetic pole disposed opposite to the second developer carrying member and a second magnetic pole, which is a subsequent magnetic pole, dispose downstream from the first magnetic pole in a rotation direction of the first developer carrying member and having a polarity identical to a polarity of the first magnetic pole. A second magnet has a third magnetic pole, which has a polarity opposite to a polarity of the first magnetic pole, is disposed opposite to the first developer carrying member.
摘要:
A developing device includes a developing container for containing therein a developer provided with a carrier and a toner, a conveying device for conveying the developer in the developing container, a developer bearing member for bearing thereon the developer conveyed by the conveying device, the developer bearing member conveying the developer to a developing portion for developing a latent image formed on an image bearing member, a magnetic field generating device provided in the developer bearing member for generating a magnetic field, the magnetic field generating device being provided with a first magnetic pole and a second magnetic pole provided so as to be adjacent to the downstream side of the first magnetic pole in the direction of rotation of the developer bearing member and having the same polarity as the first magnetic pole, and a regulating device for regulating the layer thickness of the developer on the developer bearing member at a location substantially opposed to the second magnetic pole. The component Br of the intensity of the magnetic field formed between the first magnetic pole and the second magnetic pole in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the developer bearing member assumes a minimum value at a location nearer to the second magnetic pole than to the first magnetic pole, and the minimum value is of the same polarity as the first magnetic pole.
摘要:
A developing apparatus includes a developer carrying body, opposed to an image bearing body bearing an electrostatic image, for carrying a magnetic developer, a regulating member, provided under the developer carrying body, for regulating an amount of the developer on the developer carrying body, a first magnetic pole provided in the developer carrying body and near a portion regulated by said regulating member, a second magnetic pole, provided at an upstream side of the first magnetic pole in a moving direction of the developer carrying body, for forming a repulsive magnetic field with the first magnetic pole, a first screw for agitating and carrying a developer dropped from the developer carrying body by the repulsive magnetic field, and a second screw for forming a developer circulating path with the first screw and receiving a replenished developer, wherein the first screw has a developer carrying capability lower than a developer carrying ability of the second screw. The second screw has a blade portion 25% or more of which is exposed above the surfaced developer.
摘要:
A developing device includes a developer bearing member for bearing and conveying a developer having a toner and a carrier, a first magnetic pole arranged in the developer bearing member, a second magnetic pole arranged in the developer bearing member, a polarity of the second magnetic pole being opposite to a polarity of the first magnetic pole. The second magnetic pole is adjacent to the first magnetic pole and is arranged on a downstream side of the first magnetic pole in a moving direction of the developer bearing member. A regulating member regulates a layer thickness of the developer borne by the developer bearer. The regulating member is arranged in the vicinity of the second magnetic pole and a concentration detector for detecting a concentration of the toner in the developer.
摘要:
A developing apparatus has a developer bearing member disposed in opposed relationship with an image bearing member bearing an electrostatic image thereon with a gap of 6.times.10.sup.-4 m or less with respect to the image bearing member, and bearing and conveying a developer thereon. The developer bearing member is moved in a direction opposite to the direction of movement of the image bearing member in the portion opposed to the image bearing member, and the developer has a non-magnetic toner and a carrier of which the magnetization rate in a magnetic field of 1000 gauss is equal to or greater than 30 emu/cm.sup.3 and equal to or less than 200 emu/cm.sup.3 and the specific resistance at electric field intensity of 5.times.10.sup.4 V/m is 10.sup.12 .OMEGA.cm or greater. The developing apparatus further has applying means for applying a bias voltage having a vibration component to the developer bearing member. The bias voltage applied to the developer bearing member and the gap between the image bearing member and the developer carrying member satisfy the following relation:2.0.times.10.sup.6 .ltoreq.V/d
摘要翻译:显影装置具有显影剂承载部件,该显影剂承载部件与图像承载部件相对设置,该图像承载部件相对于图像承载部件具有6×10 -4 m或更小的间隔,并且在其上承载和输送显影剂。 显影剂承载构件在与图像承载构件相对的部分中与图像承载构件的移动方向相反的方向移动,并且显影剂具有非磁性调色剂和载体,其磁化速率在磁性 1000高斯的场等于或大于30emu / cm 3且等于或小于200emu / cm 3,并且电场强度为5×10 4 V / m时的电阻率为1012ΩEG/ cm以上。 显影装置还具有用于将具有振动成分的偏置电压施加到显影剂承载部件的施加装置。 施加到显影剂承载部件的偏置电压和图像承载部件和显影剂承载部件之间的间隙满足以下关系:2.0×10 6 V / d <4.0×10 6,其中V:振动的振幅(V) 偏置电压的分量; d:图像承载部件和显影剂承载部件之间的间隙的大小(m)。
摘要:
The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus which has an image bearing member for bearing a latent image, charging device for charging the image bearing member by bringing ears of electrically conductive particles into contact with the image bearing member, developing device for visualizing the latent image formed on the image bearing member as a toner image by using a developer containing toner and carrier after the image bearing member has been charged by the charging device, a permeability of the carriers being different from a permeability of the electrically conductive particles, density control device for controlling density of the developer within the developing device, the density control device detecting a permeability of the developer, comparing a detected signal value based on the detected result with a reference value, and controlling the density of the developer on the basis of the comparison result, and reference value correcting device for correcting the reference value, the reference value correcting device estimating an amount of the electrically conductive particles that enter within the developing device, and correcting the reference value on the basis of the estimated result.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of image forming stations forming images of different colors on a transfer material and is provided along a direction of conveyance of the transfer material by a conveying system, in which a toner replenishing system is operated on the basis of a result of a detected magnetic permeability a detecting device and the developer, which is not transferred to the transfer material but and, which remains on an image bearing member is collected by a developing system.