摘要:
An electronic device includes a housing that houses a movable member inside the housing, and a shock absorbing member that reduces a shock to the movable member. The shock absorbing member holds the housing on an inner side of the shock absorbing member and includes at least one of a protrusion protruding in a direction along a movable direction of the movable member or a depression depressed in a direction along the movable direction on an outer side of the shock absorbing member.
摘要:
A light deflector includes a movable device; a drive unit configured to drive the movable device; an input wiring board configured to apply electric power from the drive unit to the movable device; and an anisotropic conductive resin film through which the input wiring board is connected to an input part. The movable device includes a movable portion including a reflector, between a pair of drive beams; a pair of supporting parts supporting the pair of drive beams; and a mount unit secured to the pair of supporting parts. The pair of drive beams supports the movable portion to allow the movable portion to oscillate around an oscillation axis. Each of the pair of drive beams includes a beam member and an actuator. At least one of the pair of supporting parts includes the input part to which electric power is input from the input wiring board to the actuator.
摘要:
A developing device includes a developer bearer facing a latent image bearer, to rotate and supply developer to the latent image bearer, and a developer regulator to regulate an amount of the developer on a surface of the developer bearer. The developer regulator is in contact with the surface of the developer bearer. In the developing device, a ratio of a ten-point mean roughness of the developer regulator to a volume average particle diameter of the developer is not greater than 3.5%. The ratio is defined as Rzjis/Dv×100, where Rzjis represents the ten-point mean roughness measured in a nip-adjacent portion of a face of the developer regulator opposing the developer bearer, and Dv represents the volume average particle diameter of the developer. The nip-adjacent portion is adjacent to and downstream a downstream end of a regulation nip in a rotation direction of the developer bearer.
摘要:
A sealing assembly to contact a rotator includes a sealing member to slidably contact a surface of an end of the rotator in an axial direction of the rotator. The sealing member has an end in a circumferential direction thereof to contact the surface of the rotator with a first pressure. The end in the circumferential direction is fixed to a bearing surface formed on the opening on at least one of an upstream side and a downstream side in a rotation direction of the rotator. The sealing member has an intermediate portion between an upstream end and a downstream end in the circumferential direction to contact the surface of the rotator with a second pressure lower than the first pressure.
摘要:
A semiconductive member including an alkali metal salt having the formula (M)n·X in a surface layer thereof. M represents Na+, K+, or Li+; X represents Cl−, Br−, I−, F−, CH3COO−, CF3COO−, CH(COOH)CHCOO−, (CHCOO−)2, CH2(COOH)CH2COO−, (CH2COO−)2, (HOOC)Ar(COO−), Ar(COO−)2, (HOOC)2Ar(COO−), (HOOC)Ar(COO−)2, Ar(COO−)3, (HOOC)3Ar(COO−), (HOOC)2Ar(COO−)2, (HOOC)Ar (COO−)3, Ar(COO−)4, Ar—SO3−, Ar(SO3−)2, an oligomer or a polymer having an acrylic acid anion unit, or an oligomer or a polymer having an methacrylic acid anion unit; Ar represents a benzene ring, a naphthalene ring, or a biphenyl ring; and n is a numeral equivalent to the anionic valence of X.
摘要:
A charging device for applying a voltage to a latent image carrier of an image forming apparatus includes a brush roller, a voltage applying mechanism, and a driving mechanism. The brush roller includes a shaft and a brush. The brush has an oblique brush amount, and is disposed on an outer surface of the shaft while being disposed to a surface of the latent image carrier such that the brush roller is abutted with a brush contact amount. This brush is configured to uniformly charge the surface of the latent image carrier. The voltage applying mechanism is configured to apply a charging voltage to the brush roller. The driving mechanism is configured to drive the brush roller at a predetermined rotation number to satisfy a relationship Z>150−50 A, where Z is a rotation number (rpm) of the brush roller, and A is the oblique brush amount (mm).
摘要:
A charging unit available in a process unit detachably attached to an image forming apparatus includes a charging member configured to uniformly charge a surface of an image carrying member while contacting the image carrying member, and a charge bias applying unit configured to apply a charge bias superimposing a direct current voltage on an alternating current voltage to the charging member. The alternating current voltage satisfies a relational expression of “Vpp×0.4/t≦8.8×103”, “Vpp” representing a peak-to-peak voltage of the alternating current voltage in the charge bias, and “t” representing a time period from a first point of a swing of a wave component starting to swing by a large amount to a same polarity as the direct current voltage of the charge bias to a second point of the swing of the wave component reaching approximately 80% of an amplitude of the wave component.
摘要:
An image forming method, including recharging untransferred toner remaining on a latent electrostatic image bearing member by using a recharging member to remove the untransferred toner from the latent electrostatic image bearing member, wherein the recharging member is a conductive member a surface of which has a contact angle of 108° or more with pure water and a Shore D hardness of 50 to 65; the coverage of the surface of the toner by an external additive is 150% or less; and a releasing agent peak ratio obtained by ATR method is 0.02 to 0.1.
摘要:
A developing device includes a toner bearing member holding a toner on its surface for conveyance of the toner to a development region where the toner bearing member opposes an image bearing member via a predetermined gap therebetween; a regulating member pressed against the surface of the toner bearing member for regulation of the amount of toner conveyed to the development region; and a developing bias source for applying an alternating electric field between the toner bearing member and the image bearing member. The developing device features the use of the toner bearing member including a conductive substrate formed with an elastic layer, an intermediate layer and a surface layer on the surface thereof, respective volume resistances &rgr;1, &rgr;2 and &rgr;3 of which layers satisfy a condition &rgr;2≦&rgr;1≦&rgr;3, the toner bearing member having an arithmetic average surface roughness in the range of 0.8 to 2.5 &mgr;m, and the use of the toner having a volume-average particle size of 3 to 8 &mgr;m.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus with a charging member that allows easy removal of smears from an image forming drum. The apparatus removes smears from the image forming drum by placing a different portion of the charging member in contact with the drum. The apparatus uses a cam or a solenoid to press on the charging member to cause a different portion of the charging member to come into contact with the image forming drum.