CN1339723A - Color image forming device and toner feeder - Google Patents
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Provided is a compact color image forming device whose color print forming time is short and a toner replenishing device used in the device. A transfer belt (20) is obliquely arranged so that a height level is different between one end side and the other end side of a traveling side (21) where plural image forming units 4M, 4C, 4Y and 4Bk are arranged.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to color image and form device and the toner feed device that is used on this color image formation device.
Background technology
The color image generation type that color image forms device roughly is divided into transfer drum mode, intermediate transfer mode, Image on Image mode and series connection ( Application デ system) mode four classes.So-called transfer drum mode is transfer paper to be wound on the transfer drum surface of being made up of dielectric film make it relative with photoreceptor, by to yellow (Y), pinkish red (M), blue or green (C), black (BK) formation of carrying out so-called electrostatic latent image of all kinds, the electrophotographic processes of development and transfer printing makes each colour toners overlap on transfer paper in turn, obtains color image whereby." so-called intermediate transfer mode " be by the transfer paper that uses without the transfer drum mode use be called the intermediate transfer body rouse or with in turn transfer printing toner image of all kinds make full-colour image and should image be transferred to property mode on transfer paper again, so-called " Image on Image mode " is that corresponding yellow (Y), pinkish red (M), blue or green (C), black (BK) are of all kinds to carry out so-called electrostatic latent image and form by directly repeating on transfer drum, develops, the electrofax operation of transfer printing and with the mode of image conversion on transfer paper.So-called " series system " thus be to overlap transfer printing in turn and be transferred on the single transfer paper of conveying the mode of acquisition full-colour image on transfer paper forms image that the unit forms by image.
Color image formation device with above-mentioned each side formula respectively has length, and the kind of the spendable transfer paper of color image formation device of series system is more.The quality of full-colour image is also high, can at full speed obtain color image.Has so-called good quality.Particularly can be to obtain the color image formation ins and outs that device did not have that this characteristic of full-colour image is an alternate manner at a high speed.
Must resemble unit cell arrangement to four systems in the image processing system of this series system is arranged on the limit of travelling of transfer belt.Usually make the top of the transfer belt edge horizontal direction of travelling prolong configuration, four systems of configuration resemble the unit on this transfer belt mostly, therefore resemble the photoreceptor that equipment on the unit has various unit such as charged around, development, cleaning in each system, if these systems are resembled unit cell arrangement to be configured on the transfer belt, then become the big image apparatus of width, thereby must big configuration space.
Therefore open in the flat 10-239938 communique the spy and put down in writing the image processing system that transfer belt is vertically erected, by such formation, because each system resembles the unit and erects arrangement along transfer belt, so the imaging device that the image processing system width is little, installing space is little can be provided.
Summary of the invention
Yet in the image processing system that vertically erects transfer belt, it is high that casing is wanted inevitably, therefore in the image processing system as the use of row's paper groove above such casing of for example in a lot of printing machines (or printer) in recent years, seeing, because of arranging the too high inconvenient operation problem that exists in position of paper groove.
The present invention is in view of the problems referred to above of the prior art, provide a kind of color image to form device and the toner feed device that is used on this colour formation device, described color image forms device can be compact more, and, even it is not poor to become the operation of row's paper groove above the handle yet.
In order to achieve the above object, color image of the present invention forms device, a plurality of systems are resembled the unit carries the belt transfer device of transfer materials to dispose in opposite directions relatively, and the transfer materials of carrying facing to this belt transfer device in turn transfer printing be formed on above-mentioned each system and resemble image on the unit, it is characterized in that: the above-mentioned belt transfer device of tilted configuration, so that above-mentioned a plurality of system resembles the limit of travelling one distolateral different with another distolateral height of unit.
If make above-mentioned belt transfer device of the present invention have the volume divinatory symbol on a plurality of belt wheels the endless belt and make above-mentioned a plurality of system resemble the travel limit configuration of unit along this band, then better effects if.
If make above-mentioned belt transfer device tilted configuration of the present invention, so that the paper supply side that makes above-mentioned transfer materials is below paper discharging side, better effects if then.
If in above-mentioned belt transfer device of the present invention, making and disposing the angle of inclination that a plurality of systems resemble the limit of travelling of unit is 35 °～55 °, then better effects if.
Rotate if make above-mentioned belt transfer device of the present invention dispose the axle center of a transfer printing belt wheel that above-mentioned a plurality of system resembles the limit of travelling of unit, then better effects if around formation.
If make above-mentioned each system of the present invention resemble the carrier that resembles that the unit has rotation, above-mentioned system resembles the above-mentioned belt transfer device of central axis that rotates from this image carrier the unit when third quadrant, when then the unit of the latent image that forms on resembling carrier with toner development is in four-quadrant, better effects if.
If make above-mentioned each system resemble the carrier that resembles that the unit has rotation, above-mentioned system resembles the unit and resembles on the central axis of carrier rotation at this, above-mentioned belt transfer device makes cleaning remain in the cleaning unit that resembles the toner on the carrier and is in second quadrant, better effects if then of the present invention when third quadrant.
If make the cleaning unit of image-generating unit below the above-mentioned imaging unit adjacent one another are and above the developing cell of image-generating unit be configured in mutually at above-below direction and make on the position that a part overlaps mutually, then of the present invention effective.
If the receiving vessel of accommodating the used toner that is reclaimed by above-mentioned cleaning unit is configured in be formed in the section configuration of the above-mentioned belt transfer device below space triangular in shape, then the present invention is better.
If make to have above-mentioned relatively each system and resemble the unit and carry out the writing unit that light writes, this writing unit and above-mentioned transfer belt be tilted configuration greatly extremely abreast.Better effects if then of the present invention.
If in the transfer materials transhipment direction downstream side configuration heat fixer unit of above-mentioned belt transfer device, this heat fixer unit is positioned on the high surface level of the above-mentioned writing unit height of aspect ratio, better effects if then of the present invention.
If make the space that between the transfer printing device equipment of above-mentioned belt transfer device and above-mentioned writing unit, is provided with outside the machine.Better effects if then of the present invention.
If the above-mentioned machine external space is made of the box shape between above-mentioned heat fixer unit and above-mentioned writing unit.Better effects if then of the present invention.
If making the concave shape at above-mentioned casing is row's paper groove of the transfer materials of discharge outside machine.Better effects if then of the present invention.
If make above-mentioned hot fixation unit have the photographic fixing cylinder by the pressing roller that is pressed on this photographic fixing cylinder bottom, heated roller by the heating unit heating, volume comes the band on above-mentioned photographic fixing cylinder and this heated roller, above-mentioned heated roller is positioned at the upstream side of the transfer materials throughput direction of above-mentioned photographic fixing cylinder, and above-mentioned heated roller is positioned at the below better effects if then of the present invention of above-mentioned photographic fixing cylinder.
If make the roll-over unit that the direction downstream side is provided with that transports that has in above-mentioned heat fixer unit, transfer materials by this roll-over unit upset is turned back to the two sides carrying path of the upstream side of above-mentioned transfer belt, this two sides carrying path and above-mentioned transfer belt be tilted configuration abreast almost, better effects if then of the present invention.
If make accommodate supply with above-mentioned each system resemble the unit the receptacle of toner of developing cell be positioned on the position that the developing cell that resembles the unit from above-mentioned each system separates better effects if then of the present invention.
If it is big to leg-of-mutton space that the section configuration that makes above-mentioned toner receptacle be configured in the top that is formed at above-mentioned belt transfer device is, better effects if then of the present invention.
Comprise imaging portion and the above-mentioned toner receiving vessel independence that above-mentioned each system resembles unit and above-mentioned belt transfer device if make, image processing system is installed dismantledly relatively.Better effects if then of the present invention.
Form the toner device that developing cell that used above-mentioned each system of device resembles the unit is supplied with toner for color image to any one record of claim 1-17, supply with toner, then of the present invention better effects if from above-mentioned powder receiving vessel to above-mentioned developing cell by the powder pump if supply with the toner feed device of toner.
If above-mentioned powder pump is near the single shaft eccentric screw pump of the attraction type the above-mentioned powder receiving vessel, toner feed device passes through the air feed unit to above-mentioned powder receiving vessel air supply, better effects if then of the present invention.
If toner feed device passes through flexible toner delivery pipe the above-mentioned developing cell of the toner supply of above-mentioned powder receiving vessel, better effects if then of the present invention.
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Fig. 1 is that expression color image of the present invention forms the whole skeleton diagram that constitutes of device.
Fig. 2 resembles the key diagram that the unit amplifies expression to the system that the color image of Fig. 1 forms in the device.
Fig. 3 is the key diagram that the color image of presentation graphs 1 forms the configuration relation in the device.
Fig. 4 is the key diagram of an embodiment of expression toner feed device of the present invention.
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Embodiments of the present invention are described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 is expression and the skeleton diagram that forms the color laser printing machine (or printer) of an example of device as the relevant color image of the present invention, this color laser printing machine (or printer) 1 forms to have at the bottom of device body configuration sheet feed section 2, and the configuration system is as the structure of portion 3 above body.Resemble in the portion 3 to be provided with to make in system and supply with the paper side below and make the paper discharging side belt transfer device 20 of tilted configuration upwardly.Belt transfer device 20 has the volume divinatory symbol at a plurality of transfer printing belt wheels 22, seamless transfer belt 20 on four transfer printing belt wheels 22 in this example, on travelling limit 21 on the top of this transfer belt 20 alignment arrangements under begin to be in turn pinkish red (M), blue or green (C), the system that yellow (Y) and black (BK) look are used is as unit 4M, 4C, 4Y and 4BK.
Fig. 2 resembles the key diagram that unit 4C amplifies expression to system, resembles each device of unit and respectively installs with the symbolic representation of additional M, C, Y for ground, unit difference one by one constitutes each system in the figure.
In Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, each system resembles unit 4M, 4C, 4Y and 4BK and is provided with as the photosensitive drums 5 that resembles carrier, and this photosensitive drums 5 is driven along clockwise direction by not shown driver element.Around photosensitive drums 5, be provided as the charged cylinder 6 of charged elements, the light write section 7 that utilizes optical writing device 8 to utilize laser to write, as the developing apparatus 10 of developing cell with as the cleaning device 9 of cleaning unit.The two component developing apparatuss that developing apparatus 10 is made up of toner and carrier, according to the toning dosage that has consumed by device supply toner described later.
The system of just carrying out the full color printer of chromatic printing machine shown in Figure 1 (or printer) below resembles the system of action by magenta usefulness and resembles unit 4M explanation.
Excite not shown LD (laser diode) to make laser radiation on polygon mirror 80, utilization by cylindrical lens with the reflected light guiding writing unit 8 on photosensitive drums 5M, to writing by the light that carries out the optical image of the red toner development of articles for use on the charged photosensitive drums 5M of charged cylinder 6M.Be written in photosensitive drums 5M by this light and go up the electrostatic latent image that forms according to the pictorial data of being transmitted by main frames such as personal computers, this latent image becomes the visible image of pinkish red toner by developing apparatus.In addition, writing unit 8 requires to have and can write formation on each photosensitive drums 5 to the reflected light of single polygon mirror 80.At this moment by making the tilted configuration of writing unit 8 and transfer belt 20 almost parallels, can easily make certain to the optical path length of each photoreceptor.
Supply with single 2 paper of supplying with as the transfer materials appointment of using from paper, make once running on the recording drum 23 of the throughput direction upstream side that is arranged on transfer belt 20 of supply with paper.So can use paper and visible image synchronously to pass to transfer platen 120, then by on the operation arrival of this band transfer position relative with photosensitive drums M.On this transfer position, the visible image transfer printing that the effect of the transfer platen 20 by being configured in transfer belt 20 inboards makes pinkish red toner is on paper.
To resemble action identical with above-mentioned system, other system resembled unit 4C, 4Y and 4BK also form the visible image that utilizes each toner on the surface of separately photosensitive drums 5.These visible images transport by transfer belt 21 arrive each transfer position with paper at every turn the time just carry out overlapping transfer printing.Therefore this chromatic printing machine (or printer) is almost used and the same short time of black-and-white photograph, the overlapping transfer printing of color image on paper.
Separating from transfer belt 20 with paper after the transfer printing is by the fixing device photographic fixing.This routine fixing device adopts band photographic fixing mode, and the soft photographic fixing cylinder of for example being made up of sponge roller 32 in crimping on the heated roller 31 with rigidity.At photographic fixing cylinder 32 be configured on the heated roller 33 of this usefulness paper throughput direction upstream side around being with 34, this band photographic fixing mode is compared with cylinder photographic fixing mode to have and advantage such as is lacked the heat time heating time of making.
Finish photographic fixing with paper or in statu quo outside the attitude discharge machine, or select to switch the roll-over unit 42 that is used for two-face printing.If select to efflux paper, to using the upset of principal direction top, on row's carton 40 of discharging with the paper the inside on be arranged on device body to machine.With regard to the reverse side row paper of printing machine (or printer), be used to make printed matter almost to become necessary condition by the series arrangement of face.In addition, if select two-face printing, then, in making, be transported to two sides carrying path 43 after the upset of outside flow to roll-over unit 42 with paper.Two sides carrying path 43 is below above-mentioned transfer belt 20 and almost big to tilted configuration abreast with this transfer belt 20.If make two sides carrying path 43 such tilted configuration, then can shorten and carry the road and when holding paper takes place, use paper to pull out with transfer belt.On its back, carry out image by the transfer paper behind the carrying path of two sides in addition same as described abovely and form, be discharged in the paper groove 40 then.
According to above-mentioned present embodiment owing to make two sides carrying path 43 big, and make after the upset of the transfer materials after the photographic fixing to the tilted configuration parallel with transfer belt 20, with the shortest square from turning back to recording drum 23 sides.If for example conveying road, two sides 43 flatly is provided with, though then this path can be by near epimere box top, this situation must drop on the height of level face of an end transfer materials, thereby makes delivery stroke elongated.
Because the chromatic printing machine (or printer) that constitutes is provided with 4 systems and resembles unit 4M, 4C, 4Y and 4BK like this, make the overlapping transfer printing of toner image of all kinds in turn during carrying on paper belt transfer device 20, so resemble the unit with one with system, overlapping toner image on the intermediate transfer body, be brought together transfer printing then comparing, can shorten the time significantly with the intermediate transfer mode on the paper.At this moment also can resemble the limit 21 of travelling that the system that disposes transfer belt 20 above-mentioned resembles the unit and tilt because this chromatic printing machine (or printer) promptly uses 4 systems to resemble unit 4M, 4C, 4Y and 4BK, so as shown in Figure 2, resemble in the unit 4 in adjacent system, cleaning device 9 disposes mutually at above-below direction with the developing apparatus 10 of adjacent cells with overlapping.For example resemble among unit 4M, the 4C in adjacent system, the cleaning device 9M that system resembles unit 4M disposes at above-below direction with the developing apparatus 10C that system resembles unit 4C with overlapping each other.Therefore comparing with the situation that makes the transfer belt horizontal arrangement to make the length of left and right directions shorten.
; as shown in Figure 3; if establishing the pitch angle of transfer belt 20 is θ; this angle θ hour; then can not resemble and adjacent developing apparatus 10 is disposed above-mentioned with cleaning device 9 with overlapping, and if angle θ during near 90 °, though then can reduce the length of left and right directions significantly; but above-below direction must have certain height, thereby the position of the row's of making paper groove becomes too high.Preferably tilt angle theta is set between 35 °～55 °.If the angle of inclination is set between 35 °～55 °, then as shown in Figure 3, can be initial point with the centre of gyration O of photosensitive drums 5 in transfer belt 20, when the third quadrant, make developing location at developing apparatus 10 promptly be formed on the approaching position of magnetic brush on the developing roller 11 in the four-quadrant of photosensitive drums 5.
Like this, by the four-quadrant in photosensitive drums 5 develop the developing apparatus 10 of requirement configuration with for example compare to have and can reduce the advantage that toner falls with the centre of gyration co-altitude surface level of photosensitive drums 5 or with the developing apparatus above being located at this surface level.And the angle of inclination of transfer belt 20 is selected in 35 °～55 ° scope, is initial point in transfer belt 20 with the centre of gyration O of photosensitive drums 5, during near third quadrant, can make the cleaning blade 90 of cleaning device 9 and hairbrush 91 second quadrant near photoreceptors 5.
Pei Zhi cleaning device 9 can be good with making cleaning device such as cleaning blade compare its cleaning near the device directly over photoreceptor 5 like this.
In addition, the casing of the image processing system of printing machine (or printer) etc. roughly is a rectangular parallelepiped, and when on this printing machine (or printer) transfer belt 20 of inclination being set, forming section in the upper and lower of transfer belt 20 almost is leg-of-mutton space.In the present embodiment, upper space is provided with toner receiving vessel 100, in lower space used toner jar 93 is set.At this moment toner receiving vessel 100 and used toner jar 93 are because the degree of freedom of its shape is very high, so can be provided with in the equidirectional dip plane, dip plane that forms shape that leg-of-mutton space cooperates and transfer belt 20 and to make the toner receiving vessel relative with useless toning jars 100, therefore can prevent really that the leg-of-mutton space of section from becoming big dead space.
Then, just the toner feed device that resembles unit 4M, 4C, 4Y and 4BK respectively being made in the voicing toner supply that is housed in toner receiving vessel 100 describes.
Near developing apparatus 10, be provided with or as an eccentric shaft helicoidal pump of the powder pump 1 of the induction type of one.The formation of this powder pump 110 as shown in Figure 4, have: the spiral-shaped rotor 142 of the off-centre of making by material with rigidity such as metals, make and be formed with two spiral helicine stators 143 by elastic bodys such as rubber, the bolt 144 that surrounds described rotor and stator and made by the resin material that is formed with the powder conveying path, above-mentioned rotor 142 is by be connected the driving of reversing of gear 44 on the driving shaft 15 by pin connector one.Symbol 147 is electromagnetic clutchs in addition, by the work of this Clutch Control powder pump 110.
In addition, be on the right-hand member of Fig. 4 toner suction portion 140 to be set at the front end of above-mentioned bolt 144, toner suction portion 148 links to each other by toner delivery pipe 149 with connector 166 with toner on being arranged on nozzle 160 described later.Flexible pipe with diameter 4～10mm, as this toner delivery pipe 49, utilize by the good elastomeric material of anti-toner (polyamine fat for example, nylon, EPDM, silicone etc.) pipe of Zhi Zuoing is that very effectively flexible pipe can make easily in direction up and down and carries out bending.
The toner feed device of Gou Chenging is known like this, can obtain and the proportional correct toner feeding amount of the revolution of rotor 144 with the handover of high solid-gas ratio continuous and quantitative as an eccentric shaft helicoidal pump of powder pump 110.Therefore, when detecting the instruction of emission toner by image concentration, 110 work of powder pump are with the toner supply developing apparatus of aequum.
The configuration part and the developing apparatus 10 that are arranged in addition on the image processing system body of setting on the toner receiving vessel 1 constitute as independent unit, on this configuration part the section that is inserted in the toner bag 102 being set uprightly is circular nozzle 160, and toner container 100 is set on the configuration part of image processing system body from the top.Being arranged on top forms the 161 integrally formed or bonding settings of the rectangular-shaped most advanced and sophisticated equipment of section and air supply passageway 162 and toner supply path 163 is set on this tip equipment 161.The inside of nozzle 160 forms double-sleeve structure, and toner supply path 163, is provided with at the one end and connects a toner that toner transfer tube 149 arranged with connecting pipe 65 to the left bending of figure in the lower end of nozzle 160.In addition, the right-hand bending of air supply passageway 162 directional diagram on toner supply path 163 arrives air connector 164.
Air connector 164 is connected on the pneumatic pump 151 as the air feed unit by displace air pipe 152 under the situation of present embodiment.When these pneumatic pump 151 work, air just sprays in toner receiving vessel 100 by displace air pipe 152 and air supply pipe road 162 from this pump.So the air that sprays in the toner receiving vessel 100 makes its liquidation through toner layer while toner is spread.
Resemble unit 4M, 4C, 4Y and 4BK and separate also with toner receiving vessel 100 and can carry out toner supply effectively even constitute each system of toner feed device like this, the position is set is resembled unit 4M, 4C, 4Y and 4BK selection by system and can set arbitrarily on the position of toner receiving vessel 100.Therefore, make transfer belt 20 tilt, resemble in the chromatic printing machine (or printer) of unit 4M, 4C, 4Y and 4BK along this each system of pitch angle configuration, resemble in each system and there is no need to process the gap that is used for the toner acceptance division between unit 4M, 4C, 4Y and the 4BK, can make each system resemble closer configuration between unit 4M, 4C, 4Y and 4BK.
In addition in embodiment shown in Figure 1, use band fixing device 30, although but be the band fixing device 30 since with paper along the inclination transfer belt 20 flow to fixing device from oblique below, so that heated roller 33 be configured in than the low below of photographic fixing cylinder 32 height levels.Therefore, even fully guarantee the tolerance clearance width of photographic fixing cylinder 32 and pressing roller 31, will with paper from its gap almost along continuous straight runs carry, can be transported to smoothly in row's paper groove on background top, therefore when the gap that is transported to photographic fixing cylinder 32 and pressing roller 31 with paper from horizontal direction, by the time, to the conveying of oblique below, when this is transported to row's paper groove 40 on body top with paper, the mechanism of wide-angle upset must be arranged.
In embodiment shown in Figure 1, fixing device 30 is above the transfer belt 20 that tilts, and is configured in the top on the high plane of aspect ratio optical writing device 8.And between fixing device 30 and optical writing device 8, be formed for the recess that roughly forms V-arrangement 41 of the storage number of definite row's paper groove 40.Between fixing device 30 and optical writing device 8, there is space outside the machine by this recess 41.By this formation, can make the optical writing device 8 more difficult heat of directly accepting fixing device 30, cause change of optical property thereby can reduce optical writing device 8 significantly because of the heat that is subjected to fixing device 30.
In addition, in embodiment shown in Figure 1, making changes that to have with in the belt wheel 22 on the limit 21 of travelling at least one with 20 be the rotating formation in center, by such formation, even holding paper takes place on the transfer belt also can be handled simply, in addition because transfer belt 20 is black and white printings, so belt wheel 22a drops to below the position of representing with dot-and-dash line.Resemble unit 20BK with black and white system on the transfer belt 20 when this descends and contact, the photosensitive drums 5 that resembles unit 4 with other system is separated.
According to a formation of the present invention, make the belt transfer device tilted configuration, make and dispose a plurality of systems and resemble list The limit of travelling of unit one distolateral be different from another distolateral height levels, thereby image form to be filled The in length and breadth two direction miniaturizations of putting.
Consist of according to of the present invention another, except having above-mentioned effect, can also make the transfer printing of discharge The length of the delivery stroke of material shortens.
According to another formation of the present invention, except having above-mentioned effect, can also reduce and come the autography list Falling of the toner of unit, and can guarantee good sanitary characteristics.
According to another formation of the present invention, except having above-mentioned effect, can also carry out easily the transfer belt dress Holding paper in putting is processed.
According to another formation of the present invention can the above-mentioned miniaturization of more effective acquisition effect.
According to another formation of the present invention, except having above-mentioned effect, can also make the dead sky in the device Between reach minimum.
According to another formation of the present invention, except having above-mentioned effect, can also be with single writing unit A plurality of systems are resembled the unit write, and it is long to obtain easily same optical path.
According to other formations of the present invention, except having above-mentioned effect, can also reduce significantly optics The flutter of system.
According to another formation of the present invention, except having above-mentioned effect, even can also adopt the band photographic fixing Also can make the transfer materials that passes through be transported to easily the top in the situation of device.
According to another formation of the present invention, except having above-mentioned effect, can also make to be used for two in the device The stroke that face is carried shortens.
According to another formation of the present invention, except having above-mentioned effect, can also make the dead space in the device Reach minimum.
According to other formation of the present invention, except above-mentioned effect, can also provide a kind of toner supply Device, this toner feed device can reach the effect that what is called makes the dead space minimum in the device really.
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1, a kind of coloured image forms device, and a plurality of systems are resembled the unit facing to the belt transfer device configuration of carrying transfer materials, and the transfer materials of carrying facing to this belt transfer device in turn transfer printing be formed on above-mentioned each make the image that resembles on the unit, it is characterized in that:
Above-mentioned belt transfer device tilted configuration is so that above-mentioned a plurality of system resembles the height levels distolateral and on another is distolateral on the limit of travelling of unit is different.
2, color imaging device as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: above-mentioned belt transfer device has rolls up the endless belt that hangs on a plurality of belt wheels, and above-mentioned a plurality of systems resemble the travel limit configuration of unit along this band.
3, color imaging device as claimed in claim 1 or 2 is characterized in that: above-mentioned belt transfer device tilted configuration, so that the supply side of above-mentioned transfer materials is positioned at the paper discharging side below.
4, as any described color imaging device in the claim 1 to 3, it is characterized in that: above-mentioned belt transfer device to dispose the angle of inclination that a plurality of systems resemble the limit of travelling of unit be 35 °～55 °.
5, as any described color imaging device in the claim 1 to 4, it is characterized in that: above-mentioned belt transfer device can dispose the axle center of one of them belt wheel that above-mentioned a plurality of system resembles the limit of travelling of unit around formation and rotate.
6, as any described color imaging device in the claim 1 to 5, it is characterized in that: above-mentioned each system resembles the carrier that resembles that the unit has rotation, above-mentioned system resembles the unit and looks resembling the rotating central axis of carrier from this, when above-mentioned belt transfer device was in third quadrant, the developing cell that is formed on the latent image on the carrier by toner development was configured in the four-quadrant.
7, as any described color imaging device in the claim 1 to 6, it is characterized in that: the above-mentioned carrier that respectively resembles, above-mentioned system resembles the unit and resembles on the rotating center line of carrier at this, when above-mentioned belt transfer device was in third quadrant, cleaning remained in the cleaning unit that resembles on the carrier and is configured in second quadrant.
8, as any described color imaging device in the claim 1 to 7, it is characterized in that: the system that adjacent above-mentioned system resembles unit below is configured in mutually along the vertical direction as the developing cell of unit as the system of the cleaning unit of unit and top and makes on the position that a part overlaps mutually.
9, color imaging device as claimed in claim 8 is characterized in that: the receiving vessel of accommodating the used toner that is reclaimed by above-mentioned cleaning unit is configured in the section configuration that the is formed at above-mentioned belt transfer device below space triangular in shape.
10, as any described color imaging device in the claim 1 to 9, it is characterized in that: have above-mentioned relatively each system and resemble the unit and carry out the writing unit that light writes, this writing unit and above-mentioned transfer belt be tilted configuration greatly extremely abreast.
11, as any described color imaging device in the claim 1 to 10, it is characterized in that: in the transfer materials transhipment direction downstream side configuration heat fixer unit of above-mentioned belt transfer device, this heat fixer unit is positioned on the high surface level of the above-mentioned writing unit height of aspect ratio.
12, as any described color imaging device in the claim 1 to 11, it is characterized in that: the space outside the machine is set between the transfer materials of above-mentioned belt transfer device and above-mentioned writing unit.
13, color imaging device as claimed in claim 12 is characterized in that: the above-mentioned machine external space constitutes according to the box shape that caves between above-mentioned heat fixer unit and above-mentioned writing unit.
14, color imaging device as claimed in claim 13 is characterized in that: the concave shape at above-mentioned casing is row's paper groove of the transfer materials of discharge outside machine.
15, color imaging device as claimed in claim 10, it is characterized in that, above-mentioned hot fixation unit has: the photographic fixing cylinder by be pressed in pressing roller on this photographic fixing cylinder bottom, by the heated roller and the band of volume divinatory symbol on above-mentioned photographic fixing cylinder and this heated roller of heating unit heating, above-mentioned heated roller is positioned at the upstream side of the transfer materials throughput direction of above-mentioned photographic fixing cylinder, and above-mentioned heated roller is positioned at the below of above-mentioned photographic fixing cylinder.
16, color imaging device as claimed in claim 10, it is characterized in that: have the roll-over unit that the direction downstream side is provided with that transports in above-mentioned heat fixer unit, transfer materials by the upset of this roll-over unit is turned back to the upstream side and the two sides carrying path of above-mentioned transfer belt, and this two sides carrying path and above-mentioned transfer belt be tilted configuration abreast almost.
17, as any one described color imaging device in the claim 1 to 16, it is characterized in that: accommodate and supply with the receiving vessel of toner that above-mentioned each system resembles the developing cell of unit and be positioned on the position that the developing cell that resembles the unit with above-mentioned each system separates.
18, as any one described color imaging device in the claim 1 to 17, it is characterized in that: the section configuration that above-mentioned toner receptacle is configured in the top that is formed at above-mentioned belt transfer device is big to leg-of-mutton space.
19, as claim 17 or 18 described color imaging devices, it is characterized in that: comprise system that above-mentioned each system resembles unit and above-mentioned belt transfer device and resemble the relative independently image processing system of portion and install dismantledly with above-mentioned toner receiving vessel.
20, a kind of developing cell that above-mentioned each system of any one described color imaging device resembles the unit in being used in claim 1 to 19 is supplied with the toner feed device of toner, it is characterized in that:
This toner feed device is supplied with toner from above-mentioned powder receiving vessel to above-mentioned developing cell by the powder pump.
21, color imaging device as claimed in claim 20, it is characterized in that: above-mentioned powder pump is the single shaft eccentric screw pump that is configured near the attraction type of above-mentioned powder receiving vessel, and this toner feed device passes through the air feed unit to above-mentioned powder receiving vessel air supply.
22, as claim 20 or 21 described color imaging devices, it is characterized in that: this toner feed device passes through to carry the flexible pipe of toner the above-mentioned developing cell of the toner supply of above-mentioned powder receiving vessel.
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