摘要:
A method for preparing an electrophotographic printing-use developer by mixing components of toner material, fusing and kneading the toner material, and then crushing and classifying the toner material, includes the step of arranging carbon black which is one of the components of the toner material to contain water before the mixing step. This arrangement permits even dispersion of water in the mixture of the components, prevents the flowability of the mixture from being lowered, and achieves stable kneading. Therefore, improved dispersion of the components is achieved. Since water adsorption is stable, water-treated carbon showing reduced water segregation is obtained. Consequently, high quality less foggy images with high resolution are obtained.
摘要:
An image forming device includes an optical system for forming an electrostatic latent image on a photosensitive body by exposure of an original in light, a development system for developing the electrostatic latent image, and a control system for controlling the optical system and the development system. The control system detects the concentration of a toner in a developing agent tank, calculating a difference between the detected toner concentration and a predetermined toner concentration, replenishing the toner to the developing agent tank until the detected toner concentration makes a recovery to the predetermined toner concentration, clocking a time period for the recovery and controlling at least one of the amount of the exposure light and the amount of the toner adhering to a photosensitive body based on the clocked time period for the recovery.
摘要:
The extra-fine toner arising in the toner producing process, is returned to the mixing step where it is mixed again with the binder resin and the coloring agent, and the compound is sent out to the kneading step. In this procedure, the particle size of the binder resin is set in accordance with the particle size and blending amount of the extra-fine toner, the kind of the binder resin, etc. By using the binder resin having the thus determined particle size, the amount of the binder to be fed into the mixer or the amount of the compound ejected from the mixer are maintained uniform. Further, when the extra-fine toner is mixed with the starting materials, the blending ratio of the extra-fine toner to the starting material is set between 5 wt. % and 10 wt. %, and the blending ratios of the charge control agent and the coloring agent are set equal to those of the normal process where no recycled toner is added.
摘要:
An electrophotographic toner is made up of toner particles composed of irregularly-shaped core particles made chiefly of binder resin, and surface-modifying fine particles which are first dispersed over and attached to the surface of the core particles, and then affixed or formed into a film thereon. The BET specific surface area, based on N.sub.2 adsorption, of the toner particles is less than 0.64 times the BET specific surface area of the core particles and surface-modifying fine particles combined together. Further, this value is 1.07 times the BET specific surface area of hypothetical toner particles which are perfect spheres. Consequently, the toner is not prone to problems such as filming, toner scattering, and fogging which are caused by peeling, separation, etc. of the surface-modifying fine particles, nor to poor cleaning due to spherical toner particles. Further, since the toner is manufactured with a quantitative grasp of the state of modification of the surface of the core particles by the surface-modifying fine particles, it is a toner in a stable state.
摘要:
A two-component developer for electrophotography includes a toner comprising toner particles and an external additive composed of a compound of imidazole series or an imidazole derivative. The external additive has a volume median particle size below that of the toner particles, or of 0.1 to 100 .mu.m. The amount of external additive is 0.001 to 5% by weight based on the weight of the toner particles. As a result, scattering of toner may be prevented and the formation of fog in the background may be reduced. In addition, the electrostatic charge characteristics of the toner may be improved and the electrostatic charge rises in a satisfactory manner.
摘要:
A binder resin as the main component of the toner has a low molecular weight polypropylene as a separating agent, encapsulated therein. Using this binder a toner with the wax having a diameter of 0.3 .mu.m or less dispersed therein is produced. The wax is included 0.5 part to 5 parts by weight for 100 parts by weight of the binder resin. This limitation of the toner prevents the setoff phenomenon during the fixing process and at the same time prevents the filming phenomenon over the photoreceptor and achieves an improved fixing performance.
摘要:
A toner producing system which can efficiently produce toner having a sharp particle size distribution by suppressing the occurrence of microscopic powders and improve energy efficiency in pulverization. The system is furnished with a second pulverizing apparatus having a second colliding plate inclined at an angle in a range between 45.degree. and 90.degree. inclusive with respect to a direction in which a raw material subject to pulverization is introduced into a second pulverizing chamber through a second nozzle, and a third pulverizing apparatus having a third colliding plate with a conical member being placed thereon, so that the raw material introduced into a third pulverizing chamber through a third nozzle collides with an inner surface thereof following the collision with the third colliding plate.
摘要:
The electrostatic charge image-developing toner contains a colorant, a binder resin, and polyethylene having a melt viscosity of 22000 to 26800 mPa.multidot.s at 140.degree. C. This electrostatic charge image-developing toner prevents an offset phenomenon on the surface of a fixing roller, and does not adhere to and fuse on a photoreceptor drum to cause no stripy and dotwise stain on a reproduced image, that is, preventing a so-called filming phenomenon. The toner also prevents an offset phenomenon on the photoreceptor drum.
摘要:
A light signal detection device includes a light receiving optical system configured to receive a reflection signal reflected from an object when irradiation light emitted from an irradiation unit hits the object and reflects from the object; and circuitry configured to binarize the received reflection signal using a first threshold value, based on a determination of whether the reflection signal is equal to or greater than the first threshold value; binarize the received reflection signal using a second threshold value set with a given value similar to a noise signal value, based on a determination of whether the reflection signal is equal to or greater than the second threshold value; and measure a time difference between a time of emitting the irradiation light from the irradiation unit and a time of receiving a reflection signal equal to or greater than the first threshold value or the second threshold value.
摘要:
An object detector includes a projector including a light source having a two-dimensionally arranged plurality of light emitter groups, each of the light emitter groups having a plurality of light emitters, a light receiver which receives light emitted from the projector, and reflected by an object, and a light source driver which lights on and lights off each of the light emitter groups of the light source.