Abstract:
An electrophotographic process includes the steps of forming a visible image composed of coloring particles on a photosensitive member having a surface insulating layer, providing the visible image with an electrostatic charge by first corona discharge, bringing a transfer sheet into contact with the photosensitive member, providing the rear surface of the transfer sheet with a predetermined amount of an electrostatic charge of a polarity opposite to that of the charge on the coloring particles by second corona discharge thereby transferring the visible image onto the transfer sheet, and providing the rear surface of the transfer sheet with an electrostatic charge, which is the same in polarity as that of the coloring particles but is less in the amount than that provided by the second corona discharge, thereby separating the transfer sheet from the photosensitive member, and an apparatus adapted for executing the above-mentioned process.
Abstract:
In charging a surface of a chargeable member by AC corona discharge, the current difference between the plus and the minus component of the AC corona discharge current is detected, and the current difference is maintained constant to thereby stably produce a constant surface potential on the chargeable member.
Abstract:
An image developing device capable of forming a magnetic brush of one-component developer on a developer-feeding magnetic brush roller, and bringing said magnetic brush into contact with a developing roller to form a thin layer of the one-component developer thereon. In the mutually facing area between the rollers the magnetic force of the developing roller for transporting the developer is selected smaller than that of the magnetic brush roller for transporting the developer. The magnetic brush roller and the developing roller are rotated in a same direction so that they are moved mutually oppositely at the mutually facing area thereof.
Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of devices for forming an image on a rotatable medium and transferring the image onto transfer material. A detector is provided to detect the electrical condition of one of the devices during an initial turn of the rotatable medium prior to image processing. Electrical circuitry then controls the electrical condition of the one device to approach a predetermined value which value is then held for controlling the device during image formation.
Abstract:
In a corona discharger having a corona discharge wire to which a voltage is applied to induce discharge, a member for absorbing vibration of the discharger is supported so as to make contact with the discharge wire at least during vibration thereof.
Abstract:
In a mobile radio communication system of a multi-layer cell structure for covering service areas in layers with cells of different sizes, an enquiry originating mobile terminal transmits enquiry information in an enquiry frame to the N-th layer exchange through the N-th layer base station. The exchange discriminates a kind of the enquiry frame at processing, selects at processing, a minimum cell for covering a distribution area or a minimum number of cells which can cover the distribution area from the state of geographical distribution of the enquiry destinations, fills the numbers of the base stations for forming these cells and the numbers of the exchanges for covering these base stations in the enquiry frame, and transmits this enquiry frame to the corresponding exchange. The exchange checks the numbers of the base stations of the enquiry frame and transmits the enquiry frame to the corresponding base stations. The base stations transmit the received enquiry frame directly to the mobile terminals of the destinations.
Abstract:
An image output control apparatus is constructed by a converter for converting first information to second information, a controller for starting an output preparing operation before the conversion of the first information of one page to the second information, a memory for holding a control value determined during the output preparing operation, a unit for temporarily stopping the output preparing operation, and a unit for restarting the output preparing operation, wherein the output preparing operation to be restarted is executed on the basis of the control value held in the memory.
Abstract:
A charging device includes a member to be charged; a charging member, provided connectable to the member to be charged, for charging the member to be a power source for supplying the oscillating voltage to the charging member; a constant voltage element connected electrically in parallel with the portion for generating the oscillating voltage.
Abstract:
An image fixing rotatable member and an image fixing apparatus using the rotatable member as a pressing rotatable member, having a fluorine resin tube over a rubber layer, wherein the volume resistivity of the rubber layer is lower than that of the fluorine resin tube so as to avoid charge build-up on the fluorine resin tube.
Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a movable image bearing member, an image forming device for forming the image bearing member, and an image transfer device contactable to the image bearing member at an image transfer position. The transfer device transfers the image formed by the image forming device onto a transfer material while the transfer material is conveyed through the transfer position together with the image bearing member, wherein the transfer device has a hardness of 20-40 degrees (Asker-C), and it is pressed to the image bearing member at a pressure of 50-200 g/cm.sup.2, and wherein a peripheral speed of the transfer device at the transfer position during a transfer operation is higher than a peripheral speed of the image bearing member at the transfer position.
Abstract translation:图像形成装置包括可动图像承载部件,用于形成图像承载部件的图像形成装置,以及在图像转印位置可与图像承载部件接触的图像转印装置。 转印装置将图像形成装置形成的图像转印到转印材料上,同时转印材料与图像承载部件一起输送通过转印位置,其中转印装置具有20-40度的硬度(Asker-C) 并且以50-200g / cm 2的压力被压向图像承载部件,并且其中转印操作期间转印位置处的转印装置的圆周速度高于图像承载部件的圆周速度 转移位置。