EP0142446A1 - Development apparatus for latent magnetic images - Google Patents

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EP0142446A1
EP0142446A1 EP84402286A EP84402286A EP0142446A1 EP 0142446 A1 EP0142446 A1 EP 0142446A1 EP 84402286 A EP84402286 A EP 84402286A EP 84402286 A EP84402286 A EP 84402286A EP 0142446 A1 EP0142446 A1 EP 0142446A1
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Jean Magnenet
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  • the present invention relates to an apparatus for developing latent magnetic images and, more particularly to a retouching device which, in this apparatus, is intended to remove the excess developer particles which have been deposited on the recording surface. magnetic of this device.
  • a touch-up device of this kind finds its application in particular in magnetic printing machines.
  • non-impact printing machines In modern equipment used for information processing, more and more rapid printers are used in which the printing of the characters is carried out without for that calling upon the impact of types of relief printing on a sheet. of receiving paper.
  • These so-called non-impact printing machines generally comprise a recording medium which, most often consisting of a rotary drum or an endless belt, is provided with a recording surface on which it is possible to form, electrostatically or magnetic, sensitized areas corresponding to the characters to be printed, these areas being capable of attracting solid particles of a powdery developer product.
  • This drawback can be eliminated by using the retouching device which has been described in the French patent application published under 2.322. 393 and which makes it possible to remove the excess developer particles which are on an endless magnetic strip on which a latent magnetic image has been formed.
  • This retouching device comprises a guide roller with radius R, over which the endless magnetic strip passes. When this strip is driven at a constant speed V, the developer particles which are on this strip are subjected, as they pass in front of this guide roller, to the action of a centrifugal force whose value, on each particle of mass M, is equal to MV 2 / R.
  • the endless magnetic strip must be driven at a speed at least equal to one meter per second.
  • a speed of movement of this order does not allow this retouching device to be used in current magnetic printing machines in which the drive speed of the recording medium practically does not exceed 30 cm / s. So that this retouching device can be applied to such a printing machine, the diameter of the guide roller should indeed be reduced, but this solution would lead to choosing a guide roller whose diameter should not exceed two millimeters. A guide roller of this size would then necessarily be fragile and its use, in a magnetic printing machine, would not offer all the desired security.
  • the present invention overcomes the drawbacks of the prior art and provides an apparatus for developing latent magnetic images which comprises a retouching device capable of safely and homogeneously removing excess developer particles. found on the recording medium of this device, and this even when this recording medium is driven at a speed of the order of a few tens of centimeters per second.
  • the printing machine which has been shown diagrammatically in FIG. 1 comprises a magnetic recording medium constituted, in the example considered, by a magnetic drum 10 mounted on a horizontal axis 11. This drum is driven in rotation, in the direction arrow Rl, by an electric motor (not shown).
  • the recording of information on this drum 10 is carried out by a magnetic recording member 12 disposed near the external surface 13 of this drum.
  • this member 12 is formed by an assembly comprising several magnetic recording heads which, arranged one next to the other, are aligned parallel to the axis of rotation 11 of the drum. Each of these heads generates, when it is excited repeatedly by an electric current, a variable magnetic field which has the effect of creating domains or magnetized zones 14 on the surface 13 of the drum which passes in front of these heads.
  • the moments of excitation of these heads are determined from known manner, so as to obtain on this surface 1T sets of magnetized zones, sets also called latent magnetic images whose shape corresponds to that of the characters to be printed.
  • the magnetized zones 14 of the drum 10 then pass in front of an application device 15 which is arranged below the drum 10 and which makes it possible to apply to the surface 13 of this drum particles of a powdery developer contained in a reservoir 16 In the embodiment illustrated by FIG.
  • this application device 15 comprises, in a known manner in the state of the art, on the one hand a rotary magnetic cylinder 17 which takes away particles of developer found in the reservoir 16 to bring them in the vicinity of the surface of the drum 10, on the other hand a fixed deflector 18 which is interposed between the magnetic cylinder 17 and the drum 10 to collect the particles transported by this cylinder 17 and apply them to the surface of this drum.
  • the developer particles which are thus applied to the drum 10 adhere, in principle, only to the magnetized areas thereof, so that these areas, after passing in front of the application device 15, appear coated with a layer of developer, thus forming deposits 19 of particles on the surface 13 of the drum. These deposits 19 then pass in front of a retouching device 20 which will be described later and which has the role of eliminating the developer particles which have adhered elsewhere than on the magnetized zones 14, as well as the particles which are found in excess on these zones.
  • the developer particles which remain on the drum 10 are transferred, almost entirely, onto a sheet of paper 21 which is applied to the drum 10 by means of a pressure roller 22.
  • the residual developer particles which, when this transfer is made, are still on the drum 10 are then removed by means of a device cleaning 23.
  • the magnetized zones which have passed in front of the cleaning device 23 then pass in front of an erasing device 24, which allows the portions of the drum 10, which have thus been demagnetized, to be able to be magnetized again when they are represent before the registration body 12.
  • the powder developer which is contained in the reservoir 16 of the printing machine which has just been described consists of magnetic particles coated with a resin which, by heating, is capable of melting and fixing on the sheet of paper 21 on which it was deposited.
  • This fusion is normally caused by a heating device through which the sheet of paper 21 passes after passing over the pressure roller 22.
  • this heating device which is of known type, has not been shown in FIG. 1 for the reason that it is not part of the invention.
  • FIG. 2 there is shown schematically a portion of the magnetic drum 10 seen in section, on a large scale, so that the magnetized areas 14 formed on the surface 13 of this drum have, in this figure, a relatively large size.
  • each of these magnetized zones has, in reality, a size of the order of 100 to 200 microns, that is to say has, for example, a square section of the order of 100 to 200 microns aside.
  • the magnetized zones which have been shown in FIG. 2 have not been drawn to the scale of the drawing.
  • the magnetic drum 10 consists, in a manner known in the prior art, of a cylindrical support 25 formed of a magnetically soft material with high magnetic permeability (such as iron or iron alloy -silicon), this support being coated with a layer 26 of magnetic material with high coercivity such as, for example, the nickel-cobalt magnetic alloy.
  • This layer 26 is intended to be magnetized transversely, the support 25 then serving as a magnetic shunt.
  • the magnetized zones 14 which are formed on the magnetic drum 10 by the recording member 12 all have magnetization axes NS oriented perpendicular to the surface 13 of the drum.
  • the recording member 12 is produced in a known manner, so that these magnetization axes are all oriented in the same direction.
  • the magnetized zones 14 all have, on their external face, a south magnetic polarity (S).
  • S south magnetic polarity
  • these magnetized zones 14 are shown as they appear after they have passed in front of the application device 15, that is to say after they have been coated with a layer of developer.
  • the thickness of this layer is relatively large, that is to say generally greater than a hundred microns, whereas, on the magnetized zones 14 which have passed in front of the retouching device, the thickness of this layer is reduced to a value which, under conditions which will be explained below, can reach around thirty microns.
  • the retouching device 20 which equips the printing machine which has just been described comprises an endless transport element 27 which, in the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 2, is in the form of a hollow cylinder, the axis of rotation 28 is parallel to the axis 11 of the drum 10.
  • This cylinder which is made of a non-magnetic material such as, for example, aluminum, is disposed along a part 29 of the circular path that follows the surface 13 of the drum during the rotation of this drum, this part 29 located in downstream from the point where the developer particles from the reservoir 16 are applied to this surface 13 extending over a length of the order of one to two centimeters.
  • the cylinder 27, which is continuously rotated about its axis 28, is placed very close to the surface 13 of the drum 10.
  • this cylinder 27 is spaced from the surface 13 by a distance which, practically does not exceed three millimeters. Thus, in the example described, this distance is equal to 1.5 millimeters. It should also be noted that, as can be seen in FIG. 2, the drum 10 and the cylinder 27 both rotate in the same direction, this direction being, in the example described, opposite to that of the needles of a watch. Under these conditions, the external surface 30 of the cylinder 27 passes in front of the path part 29 in a direction opposite to that of the displacement of the surface 13 of the drum. It is useful to indicate here that, in the example described, this surface 13 moves at a linear speed equal to thirty centimeters per second, while the surface 30 of the cylinder 27 moves at a linear speed equal to 1.5 centimeters per second.
  • the retouching device which is shown in FIG. 2 further comprises a magnetized element 31, in the form of a bar, which is housed inside the cylinder 27 and is placed near the path portion 29 which has been mentioned. upper.
  • This permanent magnet 31 is oriented so that its magnetic pole which is closest to the path part 29 is that whose polarity is opposite to that presented by the magnetized zones 14 on their external face. In other words, the direction of magnetization of this magnet 31 is the same as that of the magnetized zones which pass past it.
  • the magnetic pole of the magnet 31 which is closest to the part of the path 29 is that which has a north magnetic polarity (N ′), that is to say here the magnetic pole 32.
  • N ′ north magnetic polarity
  • the thickness of the cylinder 27 is always very small, that is to say say generally between a millimeter and a few tenths of a millimeter, and that the end J of this nearest magnetic pole is spaced from the surface 13 of the drum by a distance D whose value will be determined a little further, but which , practically, is at most equal to five millimeters.
  • the distance D whose end J of the north magnetic pole 32 is spaced from this surface 13 is equal to 2.5 millimeters.
  • the magnetic axis N'S 'of the magnet 31 is not oriented in the direction of the straight line 40, which, passing through the center C of the magnet 31, is normal to the part of the path 29, but is, on the contrary, inclined relative to this normal 40 in the opposite direction to that of the displacement of the surface 13 of the drum.
  • This magnetic axis N'S 'then forms with this normal 40 an angle A whose value depends on the linear speed of movement of the surface 13, but does not however exceed 45 degrees.
  • this angle A has a value practically equal to 35 degrees. In the case where the speed of movement of the surface 13 is of the order of ten centimeters per second, this angle A has a value close to 25 degrees. Similarly, for a linear speed of movement of the surface 13 equal to five centimeters per second, the angle A has a value of about 15 degrees.
  • Each of the developer particles which have been deposited on the same magnetized zone 14 is attracted by this zone with a force F M whose intensity depends, not only on the value of the magnetization of this zone, but also on the distance h which separates this particle from this zone.
  • this magnetic force F M varies as a function of this distance h, according to a law of variation which is illustrated by the curve in solid lines 50 represented in the diagram of FIG. 3, the coordinates of the constituent points of this curve 50 being related to two axes of rectangular coordinates passing through the same origin 0, this origin 0 corresponding, on the surface 13, to the center of the magnetized zone.
  • each magnetized zone 14 has a size close to 100 microns and where the permanent magnet 31 has a width practically equal to 6 millimeters, it has been found that, to reduce to about thirty of microns the thickness of the developer layer on each of the magnetized zones 14, this magnet 31 had to be spaced from the surface 31 of the drum by a distance D practically equal to 2.5 millimeters.
  • the developer particles which remain on the surface 13 of the drum, outside of the magnetized zones 14, are also subjected to the attractive action exerted by the magnet 31 at the moment when they pass directly over this surface. magnet. Because the adhesion force which keeps these particles applied to this surface 13 is significantly less than that exerted by the magnet 31, these particles are detached from this surface and they then come to be applied to the external surface 30 of cylinder 27.
  • the surface 30 of the cylinder 27 on which the particles which have been detached from the drum under the action of the magnet 31 are applied is not smooth, but on the contrary has a certain roughness, the gaps between the most highs and the lowest points of this surface 30 however remaining less than 300 microns. Thanks to this roughness, the developer particles which have applied to the surface 30 are entrained during the rotation of the cylinder 27. A squeegee 34, the end of which is pressed against the surface 30, then allows these particles to 'be removed from the cylinder 27 and fall back into the tank 16, as can be seen in Figure 1.
  • the retouching device which has just been described applies not only to a printing machine, the recording medium of which is constituted by a magnetic drum, but also to a printing machine, of which the recording medium is constituted, as 3 shows it, by an endless magnetic strip 110, stretched on rollers 111, 112, 113, 114, this strip being held pressed against a magnetic shunt 115 consisting of a bar of magnetically soft material with high magnetic permeability.
  • the printing machine which is shown schematically in Figure 3 has the same components as those of the machine shown in Figure 1, such as, for example, the magnetic recording member 12, the application device 15, etc. ....
  • the scrolling of this strip 110, in the direction indicated by the arrow Dl, is provided by an electric motor, not shown, which drives one of the rollers in rotation, the other rollers being free to rotate.
  • this retouching device 20 comprises, as can be seen in FIG. 3, a transport element in the form of an endless belt 127 stretched over three rollers 128,129,130, this strip 127 consisting of a flexible non-magnetic material such as, for example, rubber.
  • the rollers 129 and 130 are arranged so that the portion of the strip 127 which is between these two rollers is parallel to a part 29 of the path followed by the magnetic strip 110 between the rollers 111 and 114 and is located in the immediate vicinity of this part 29.
  • the endless strip 127 is driven in one direction, indicated by the arrow D2 in FIG.
  • the permanent magnet 31 which is placed inside the path followed by the strip 127 and near the part 29 is oriented, as can be seen in FIG. 3 , so that its magnetic pole which is closest to this part 29 is the one whose polarity is opposite to that presented by the magnetized zones opposite the strip 127. It is also seen in FIG. 3, that the axis magnetic of magnet 31 is inclined with respect to the straight line 40 which, passing through the center C of this magnet, is normal to the part 29, this inclination being carried out in the opposite direction to that of the displacement of the magnetic strip 110. This magnetic axis then forms with the straight 40 and an angle A whose value, defined above in the text, depends on the speed of movement of the magnetic strip 110, but does not exceed 45 degrees.
  • the retouching device of the present invention By using, under the conditions which have been described in detail above, the retouching device of the present invention, it has been successful not only to remove the developer particles deposited outside the areas magnetized magnetic recording medium, but also to significantly reduce the thickness of the developer layer on each of these magnetized areas. Thus it has been possible, for example, on magnetized zones having a size of the order of 100 to 200 microns, to reduce from 100 to 30 microns the thickness of the layer of developer deposited on these zones.
  • the retouching device of the invention allows the developer particles remaining on the magnetized areas to regroup towards the centers of these areas, which further improves the quality of the impression obtained during the transfer of these particles onto the paper.

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The invention relates to an apparatus for developing latent magnetic images used for example in magnetic printing machines. This apparatus includes a retouching device (20) comprising, first, a transport roller (27) which is displaced in the direction opposite that of the magnetic recording surface (13) in proximity with which it is placed and, second, a magnet (31) disposed in the interior of the roller (27) in such a manner that facing this surface it has a pole (32) the polarity of which is opposite that of the magnetized zones (14) of this surface, the magnetic axis (N'S') of this magnet being inclined in the opposite direction from that of the displacement of the surface (13).

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La présente invention se rapporte à un appareil de développement d'images magnétiques latentes et, plus particulièrement à un dispositif de retouche qui, dans cet appareil, est destiné à éliminer les particules de révélateur en excès qui ont été déposées sur la surface d'enregistrement magnétique de cet appareil. Un dispositif de retouche de ce genre trouve notamment son application dans les machines imprimantes magnétiques.The present invention relates to an apparatus for developing latent magnetic images and, more particularly to a retouching device which, in this apparatus, is intended to remove the excess developer particles which have been deposited on the recording surface. magnetic of this device. A touch-up device of this kind finds its application in particular in magnetic printing machines.

Dans les équipements modernes utilisés pour le traitement de l'information, on emploie de plus en plus des imprimantes rapides dans lesquelles l'impression des caractères est réalisée sans pour cela faire appel à l'impact de types d'impression en relief sur une feuille de papier réceptrice. Ces machines imprimantes, dites non impact, comportent généralement un support d'enregistrement qui, constitué le plus souvent par un tambour rotatif ou une courroie sans fin, est pourvu d'une surface d'enregistrement sur laquelle on peut former,par voie électrostatique ou magnétique, des zones sensibilisées correspondant aux caractères à imprimer, ces zones étant capables d'attirer des particules solides d'un produit révélateur pulvérulent.In modern equipment used for information processing, more and more rapid printers are used in which the printing of the characters is carried out without for that calling upon the impact of types of relief printing on a sheet. of receiving paper. These so-called non-impact printing machines generally comprise a recording medium which, most often consisting of a rotary drum or an endless belt, is provided with a recording surface on which it is possible to form, electrostatically or magnetic, sensitized areas corresponding to the characters to be printed, these areas being capable of attracting solid particles of a powdery developer product.

Pour appliquer des particules solides de révélateur sur le support d'enregistrement d'une machine imprimante de ce type, on peut utiliser divers dispositifs d'application tels que, par exemple, celui qui a été accessoirement décrit et représenté dans le brevet des Etats- Unis d'Amérique N° 3.161.544. Cependant, malgré tout le soin apporté à la réalisation de ces dispositifs, il est difficile d'éviter que les particules de révélateur ne se déposent, non seulement en surabondance sur les zones sensiblisées du support d'enregistrement mais aussi, même en très faible quantité, en dehors de ces zones. On attribue ce phénomène au fait que les particules, lorsqu'elles se chargent d'humidité ou d'électricité statique, ou encore lorsqu'elles subissent un ramollissement qui, même faible, les rend plus ou moins collantes, adhèrent à la surface avec laquelle elles ont été mises en contact. Le dépôt excessif de particules de révélateur sur les zones sensibilisées du support d'enregistrement est indésirable parce que, lors du transfert de ce révélateur sur la feuille de papier réceptrice, le révélateur qui a été déposé suivant la configuration de l'image formée par ces zones sensibilisées risque de s'étaler et de brouiller l'image. D'autre part, le dépôt de particules de révélateur en dehors des zones sensibilisées du support d'enregistrement est, lui aussi, indésirable du fait que ces particules, lorsqu'elles sont transférées sur le papier, forment un fond qui réduit le contraste entre l'image transférée et le fond original du papier. Pour éliminer l'excès de révélateur sur la surface du support d'enregistrement, on a utilisé, dans l'art antérieur, divers dispositifs de retouche. C'est ainsi qu'on connaît un dispositif de ce genre qui a été notamment décrit dans la demande de brevet français publiée sous le N° 2.185.825 et dans lequel une masse de particules de révélateur, placée en contact avec la surface du support d'enregistrement et en aval du dispositif d'application des particules, décharge les particules qui adhèrent à ce support en dehors des zones sensibilisées, si bien que ces particules déchargées se détachent du support d'enregistrement et viennent s'agglomérer à cette masse. Toutefois, un tel dispositif de retouche ne donne pas entière satisfaction à l'usage du fait qu'il n'assure pas toujours une décharge électrique complète des particules et qu'il ne permet pas, par conséquent, d'éliminer, de façon sûre, les particules de révélateur qui subsistent sur le support d'enregistrement, en dehors des zones sensibilisées de celui-ci.To apply solid developer particles to the recording medium of a printing machine of this type, various application devices can be used such as, for example, that which has been incidentally described and represented in the United States patent. United States of America No. 3,161,544. However, despite all the care taken in making these devices, it is difficult to prevent the developer particles from settling, not only in abundance on the sensitive areas of the recording medium but also, even in very small quantities , outside of these areas. We attributes this phenomenon to the fact that the particles, when charged with moisture or static electricity, or even when they undergo a softening which, even weak, makes them more or less sticky, adhere to the surface with which they have been contacted. Excessive deposition of developer particles on the sensitized areas of the recording medium is undesirable because, when this developer is transferred onto the receiving sheet of paper, the developer which has been deposited according to the configuration of the image formed by these sensitized areas risk spreading out and blurring the image. On the other hand, the deposition of developer particles outside the sensitized areas of the recording medium is also undesirable because these particles, when transferred to the paper, form a background which reduces the contrast between the transferred image and the original background of the paper. To remove excess developer from the surface of the recording medium, various touch-up devices have been used in the prior art. This is how a device of this type is known which has been described in particular in the French patent application published under No. 2,185,825 and in which a mass of developer particles placed in contact with the surface of the support. recording and downstream of the particle application device, discharges the particles which adhere to this support outside the sensitized zones, so that these discharged particles detach from the recording medium and come to agglomerate with this mass. However, such a retouching device does not give complete satisfaction to the use of the fact that it does not always ensure a complete electrical discharge of the particles and that it does not therefore make it possible to safely eliminate , the developer particles which remain on the recording medium, outside of the sensitized zones of the latter.

On connaît également un dispositif de retouche qui a été décrit dans le brevet français N° 2.066.151 et qui comporte un ensemble magnétique tournant à l'intérieur d'un manchon cylindrique fixe, cet ensemble étant lui-même formé d'une pluralité d'éléments magnétiques, en forme de secteur, disposés côte-à-côte tout autour d'un arbre tournant, ces éléments étant magnétisés de manière à présenter à leur surface périphérique des zones aimantées périphériques dont la polarité magnétique reste constante suivant une direction parallèle à l'arbre ,mais alterne lorsqu'on passe d'une zone périphérique à la zone périphérique suivante. Toutefois, avec ce dispositif de retouche dans lequel les éléments magnétiques qui sont logés à l'intérieur du manchon fixe défilent devant le support d'enregistrement dans le sens inverse à celui du déplacement de ce support, on n'obtient pas une élimination régulière des particules en excès,du fait que, sur certaines portions de ce support, cette élimination est trop prononcée, alors que, sur d'autres portions, elle est insuffisante.There is also known a retouching device which has been described in French patent No. 2,066,151 and which comprises a magnetic assembly rotating inside a fixed cylindrical sleeve, this assembly itself being formed of a plurality of magnetic elements, sector-shaped, arranged side-by-side all around a rotating shaft, these elements being magnetized so as to present at their peripheral surface peripheral magnetic zones whose magnetic polarity remains constant in a direction parallel to the tree, but alternates when moving from a peripheral zone to the next peripheral zone. However, with this retouching device in which the magnetic elements which are housed inside the fixed sleeve pass in front of the recording medium in the opposite direction to that of the movement of this medium, we do not obtain a regular elimination of the particles in excess, because, on certain portions of this support, this elimination is too pronounced, while, on other portions, it is insufficient.

On peut supprimer cet inconvénient,en utilisant le dispositif de retouche qui a été décrit dans la demande de brevet français publiée sous le 2.322. 393 et qui permet d'éliminer les particules de révélateur en excès qui se trouvent sur une bande magnétique sans fin sur laquelle une image latente magnétique a été formée. Ce dispositif de retouche comprend un rouleau de guidage de rayon R, sur laquelle passe la bande magnétique sans fin. Lorsque cette bande est entraînée à une vitesse constante V , les particules de révélateur qui se trouvent sur cette bande sont soumises, lors de leur passage devant ce rouleau de guidage, à l'action d'une force centrifuge dont la valeur, sur chaque particule de masse M, est égale à MV2/R.Dans ces conditions, on peut, en choisissant convenablement la vitesse d'entraînement de la bande et le rayon du rouleau de guidage, ajuster l'intensité de cette force centrifuge de façon telle que sa valeur soit supérieure à celle des forces qui retiennent les particules sur les zones de fond de la bande, tout en étant cependant insuffisante pour détacher la totalité des particules qui se trouvent sur les zones magnétisées de cette bande. Les particules de révélateur en excès qui ont été ainsi détachées de la bande sont alors éliminées au moyen d'un aspirateur disposé à proximité du rouleau de guidage. On a toutefois, observé que, pour retirer les particules de révélateur en excès sur cette bande magnétique, il était nécessaire que l'accélération communiquée par cette force centrifuge soit au moins égale à lOg, g étant la valeur de l'accélération de la pesanteur. Il en résulte que, dans le cas où le rouleau de guidage utilisé dans ce dispositif de retouche a un diamètre de vingt millimètres, la bande magnétique sans fin doit être entraînée à une vitesse au moins égale à un mètre par seconde. Une vitesse de déplacement de cet ordre ne permet cependant pas d'utiliser ce dispositif de retouche dans les machines imprimantes magnétiques actuelles dans lesquelles la vitesse d'entraînement du support d'enregistrement ne dépasse pratiquement pas 30cm/s. Afin que ce dispositif de retouche puisse être appliqué à une telle machine imprimante, on devrait en effet réduire le diamètre du rouleau de guidage, mais cette solution conduirait à choisir un rouleau de guidage dont le diamètre ne devrait pas dépasser deux millimètres. Un rouleau de guidage de cette taille serait alors nécessairement fragile et son emploi, dans une machine imprimante magnétique, n'offrirait pas toute la sécurité désirable.This drawback can be eliminated by using the retouching device which has been described in the French patent application published under 2.322. 393 and which makes it possible to remove the excess developer particles which are on an endless magnetic strip on which a latent magnetic image has been formed. This retouching device comprises a guide roller with radius R, over which the endless magnetic strip passes. When this strip is driven at a constant speed V, the developer particles which are on this strip are subjected, as they pass in front of this guide roller, to the action of a centrifugal force whose value, on each particle of mass M, is equal to MV 2 / R. Under these conditions, it is possible, by suitably choosing the speed of drive of the strip and the radius of the guide roller, to adjust the intensity of this centrifugal force so that its value is greater than that of the forces which retain the particles on the bottom zones of the strip, while being however insufficient to detach all of the particles which are on the magnetized zones of this strip. The excess developer particles which have thus been detached from the strip are then removed by means of a vacuum cleaner disposed near the guide roller. However, it has been observed that, in order to remove the excess developer particles on this magnetic strip, it was necessary that the acceleration communicated by this centrifugal force be at least equal to 10 g, g being the value of the acceleration of gravity . It follows that, in the case where the guide roller used in this retouching device has a diameter of twenty millimeters, the endless magnetic strip must be driven at a speed at least equal to one meter per second. However, a speed of movement of this order does not allow this retouching device to be used in current magnetic printing machines in which the drive speed of the recording medium practically does not exceed 30 cm / s. So that this retouching device can be applied to such a printing machine, the diameter of the guide roller should indeed be reduced, but this solution would lead to choosing a guide roller whose diameter should not exceed two millimeters. A guide roller of this size would then necessarily be fragile and its use, in a magnetic printing machine, would not offer all the desired security.

La présente invention remédie aux inconvénients de la technique antérieure et propose un appareil de développement d'images magnétiques latentes qui comporte un dispositif de retouche capable d'éliminer, de façon sûre et homogène, les particules de révélateur en excès se trouvant sur le support d'enregistrement de cet appareil, et cela même lorsque ce support d'enregistrement est entraîné à une vitesse de l'ordre de quelques dizaines de centimètres par seconde.The present invention overcomes the drawbacks of the prior art and provides an apparatus for developing latent magnetic images which comprises a retouching device capable of safely and homogeneously removing excess developer particles. found on the recording medium of this device, and this even when this recording medium is driven at a speed of the order of a few tens of centimeters per second.

Plus précisément, la présente invention concerne un appareil de développement d'images magnétiques latentes, comprenant un- support entraîné dans un sens prédéterminé et pourvu d'une surface d'enregistement magnétique sur laquelle des zones magnétisées présentant la même polarité magnétique ont été formées, un dispositif applicateur pour appliquer sur ces zones magnétisées des particules d'un révélateur magnétique pulvérulent et un dispositif de retouche pour éliminer les particules de révélateur en excès qui ont été déposées sur cette surface caractérisé en ce que le dispositif de retouche est constitué :

  • - d'un élément de transport sans fin entraîné de façon continue et disposé le long d'une partie du trajet suivi par ladite surface d'enregistrement, de manière que sa surface externe défile devant cette partie, à proximité immédiate de celle-ci,
  • -et d'un élément magnétisé en forme de barreau, placé à l'intérieur de cet élément de transport sans fin, à proximité de ladite partie de trajet, cet élément magnétisé étant orienté de telle manière que son pôle magnétique le plus proche de cette partie est celui dont la polarité est opposée à celles desdites zones magnétisées et que son axe magnétique est incliné, par rapport à la droite qui passe par le centre de cet élément magnétisé et qui est normale à cette partie, dans le sens inverse à celui du déplacement de la surface d'enregistrement, l'angle formé par cet axe magnétique avec cette droite étant au plus égal à 45 degrés.
More specifically, the present invention relates to an apparatus for developing latent magnetic images, comprising a support driven in a predetermined direction and provided with a magnetic recording surface on which magnetized zones having the same magnetic polarity have been formed, an applicator device for applying particles of a powdery magnetic developer to these magnetized areas and a retouching device for removing excess developer particles which have been deposited on this surface, characterized in that the retouching device consists of:
  • - an endless transport element driven continuously and arranged along a part of the path followed by said recording surface, so that its external surface passes in front of this part, in the immediate vicinity thereof,
  • -and a magnetized element in the form of a bar, placed inside this endless transport element, near said part of the path, this magnetized element being oriented in such a way that its magnetic pole closest to this part is that whose polarity is opposite to that of said magnetized zones and that its magnetic axis is inclined, relative to the straight line which passes through the center of this magnetized element and which is normal to this part, in the opposite direction to that of displacement of the recording surface, the angle formed by this magnetic axis with this straight line being at most equal to 45 degrees.

L'invention sera mieux comprise et d'autres buts et avantages de celle-ci apparaîtront mieux dans la description suivante, donnée à titre d'exemple non limitatif, et en se référant aux dessins annexés sur lesquels :

  • - la figure 1, représente une vue schématique partielle d'une machine imprimante magnétique munie d'un dispositif de retouche établi selon l'invention,
  • - la figure 2, est une vue agrandie, en coupe, montrant les éléments constitutifs du dispositif de retouche qui équipe la machine représentée sur la figure 1,
  • - la figure 3, représente une vue schématique partielle d'un autre mode de réalisation d'une machine imprimante magnétique à laquelle s'applique le dispositif de retouche de l'invention, et
  • - la figure 4, est un diagramme illustrant la façon dont varient les forces d'attraction magnétiques exercées sur les particules de révélateur déposées sur le support d'enregistrement de la machine imprimante représentée sur la figure 1.
The invention will be better understood and other objects and advantages thereof will appear better in the following description, given by way of example not limiting, and with reference to the appended drawings in which:
  • FIG. 1 represents a partial schematic view of a magnetic printing machine provided with a retouching device established according to the invention,
  • FIG. 2 is an enlarged view, in section, showing the constituent elements of the retouching device which equips the machine shown in FIG. 1,
  • FIG. 3 represents a partial schematic view of another embodiment of a magnetic printing machine to which the retouching device of the invention applies, and
  • FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating how the magnetic attraction forces exerted on the developer particles deposited on the recording medium of the printing machine shown in FIG. 1 vary.

La machine imprimante qui a été représentée schématiquement sur la figure 1, comprend un support d'enregistrement magnétique constitué, dans l'exemple considéré, par un tambour magnétique 10 monté sur un axe horizontal 11. Ce tambour est entraîné en rotation, dans le sens de la flèche Rl, par un moteur électrique (non représenté). L'enregistrement des informations sur ce tambour 10 est réalisé par un organe d'enregistrement magnétique 12 disposé à proximité de la surface externe 13 de ce tambour. Dans l'exemple considéré, cet organe 12 est formé d'un ensemble comprenant plusieurs têtes d'enregistrement magnétique qui, disposées les unes à côté des autres, sont alignées parallèlement à l'axe de rotation 11 du tambour. Chacune de ces têtes engendre, lorsqu'elle est excitée à différentes reprises par un courant électrique, un champ magnétique variable qui a pour effet de créer des domaines ou zones magnétisées 14 sur la surface 13 du tambour qui défile devant ces têtes.The printing machine which has been shown diagrammatically in FIG. 1 comprises a magnetic recording medium constituted, in the example considered, by a magnetic drum 10 mounted on a horizontal axis 11. This drum is driven in rotation, in the direction arrow Rl, by an electric motor (not shown). The recording of information on this drum 10 is carried out by a magnetic recording member 12 disposed near the external surface 13 of this drum. In the example considered, this member 12 is formed by an assembly comprising several magnetic recording heads which, arranged one next to the other, are aligned parallel to the axis of rotation 11 of the drum. Each of these heads generates, when it is excited repeatedly by an electric current, a variable magnetic field which has the effect of creating domains or magnetized zones 14 on the surface 13 of the drum which passes in front of these heads.

Les instants d'excitation de ces têtes sont déterminés de manière connue, de façon à obtenir sur cette surface 1T des ensembles de zones magnétisées, ensembles appelés encore images magnétiques latentes dont la forme correspond à celle des caractères à imprimer. Les zones magnétisées 14 du tambour 10 passent ensuite devant un dispositif d'application 15 qui est disposé au-dessous du tambour 10 et qui permet d'appliquer sur la surface 13 de ce tambour des particules d'un révélateur pulvérulent contenu dans un réservoir 16. Dans l'exemple de réalisation illustré par la figure 1, ce dispositif d'application 15 comprend, de façon connue dans l'état de la technique, d'une part un cylindre magnétique rotatif 17 qui prélève des particules de révélateur se trouvant dans le réservoir 16 pour les amener au voisinage de la surface du tambour 10, d'autre part un déflecteur fixe 18 qui est interposé entre le cylindre magnétique 17 et le tambour 10 pour recueillir les particules transportées par ce cylindre 17 et les appliquer sur la surface de ce tambour.The moments of excitation of these heads are determined from known manner, so as to obtain on this surface 1T sets of magnetized zones, sets also called latent magnetic images whose shape corresponds to that of the characters to be printed. The magnetized zones 14 of the drum 10 then pass in front of an application device 15 which is arranged below the drum 10 and which makes it possible to apply to the surface 13 of this drum particles of a powdery developer contained in a reservoir 16 In the embodiment illustrated by FIG. 1, this application device 15 comprises, in a known manner in the state of the art, on the one hand a rotary magnetic cylinder 17 which takes away particles of developer found in the reservoir 16 to bring them in the vicinity of the surface of the drum 10, on the other hand a fixed deflector 18 which is interposed between the magnetic cylinder 17 and the drum 10 to collect the particles transported by this cylinder 17 and apply them to the surface of this drum.

Les particules de révélateur qui sont ainsi appliquées sur le tambour 10 n'adhèrent, en principe, que sur les zones magnétisées de celui-ci, de sorte que ces zones, après être passées devant le dispositif d'application 15, apparaissent revêtues d'une couche de révélateur, formant ainsi des dépôts 19 de particules sur la surface 13 du tambour. Ces dépôts 19 passent alors devant un dispositif de retouche 20 qui sera décrit plus loin et qui a pour rôle d'éliminer les particules de révélateur qui ont adhéré ailleurs que sur les zones magnétisées 14, ainsi que les particules qui se trouvent en surnombre sur ces zones. Après quoi, les particules de révélateur qui subsistent sur le tambour 10 sont transférées, en quasi totalité, sur une feuille de papier 21 qui est appliquée sur le tambour 10 au moyen d'un rouleau de pression 22. Les particules résiduelles de révélateur qui, lorsque ce transfert est réalisé, se trouvent encore sur le tambour 10 sont alors enlevées au moyen d'un dispositif de nettoyage 23. Les zones magnétisées qui ont défilé devant le dispositif de nettoyage 23 passent ensuite devant un dispositif d'effacement 24, ce qui permet aux portions du tambour 10, qui ont été ainsi démagnétisées, de pouvoir être à nouveau magnétisées lorsqu'elles se représentent devant l'organe d'enregistrement 12.The developer particles which are thus applied to the drum 10 adhere, in principle, only to the magnetized areas thereof, so that these areas, after passing in front of the application device 15, appear coated with a layer of developer, thus forming deposits 19 of particles on the surface 13 of the drum. These deposits 19 then pass in front of a retouching device 20 which will be described later and which has the role of eliminating the developer particles which have adhered elsewhere than on the magnetized zones 14, as well as the particles which are found in excess on these zones. After which, the developer particles which remain on the drum 10 are transferred, almost entirely, onto a sheet of paper 21 which is applied to the drum 10 by means of a pressure roller 22. The residual developer particles which, when this transfer is made, are still on the drum 10 are then removed by means of a device cleaning 23. The magnetized zones which have passed in front of the cleaning device 23 then pass in front of an erasing device 24, which allows the portions of the drum 10, which have thus been demagnetized, to be able to be magnetized again when they are represent before the registration body 12.

Le révélateur pulvérulent qui est contenu dans le réservoir 16 de la machine imprimante que l'on vient de décrire est constitué de particules magnétiques enduites d'une résine qui, par chauffage, est capable de fondre et de se fixer sur la feuille de papier 21 sur laquelle elle a été déposée. Cette fusion est normalement provoquée par un dispositif de chauffage que traverse la feuille de papier 21 après être passée sur le rouleau de pression 22. Toutefois, ce dispositif de chauffage, qui est de type connu, n'a pas été représenté surla figure 1 pour la raison qu'il ne fait pas partie de l'invention.The powder developer which is contained in the reservoir 16 of the printing machine which has just been described consists of magnetic particles coated with a resin which, by heating, is capable of melting and fixing on the sheet of paper 21 on which it was deposited. This fusion is normally caused by a heating device through which the sheet of paper 21 passes after passing over the pressure roller 22. However, this heating device, which is of known type, has not been shown in FIG. 1 for the reason that it is not part of the invention.

Sur la figure 2, on a représenté schématiquement une partie du tambour magnétique 10 vu en coupe, à grande échelle,de façon que les zones magnétisées 14 formées sur la surface 13 de ce tambour aient, sur cette figure, une taille relativement importante. Il faut cependant noter que chacune de ces zones magnétisées a, en réalité, une taille de l'ordre de 100 à 200 microns, c'est-à-dire présente, par exemple, une section carrée de l'ordre de 100 à 200 microns de côté. Par ailleurs, pour des raisons évidentes de clarté des dessins, les zones magnétisées qui ont été représentées sur la figure 2 n'ont pas été tracées à l'échelle du dessin. Il faut signaler encore que le tambour magnétique 10 est constitué, de façon connue dans l'état de la technique, d'un support cylindrique 25 formé d'un matériau magnétiquement doux à haute perméabilité magnétique (tel que le fer ou l'alliage fer-silicium), ce support étant revêtu d'une couche 26 de matériau magnétique à haute coercivité tel que, par exemple, l'alliage magnétique nickel-cobalt. Cette couche 26 est prévue pour être magnétisée transversalement, le support 25 servant alors de shunt magnétique. Dans ces conditions, les zones magnétisées 14 qui sont formées sur le tambour magnétique 10 par l'organe d'enregistrement 12 présentent toutes des axes d'aimantation NS orientés perpendiculairement à la surface 13 du tambour. L'organe d'enregistrement 12 est réalisé de manière connue, de façon que ces axes d'aimantation soient tous orientés dans le même sens. C'est ainsi que, dans l'exemple de réalisation qui est représenté sur la figure 2, les zones magnétisées 14 présentent toutes, sur leur face externe, une polarité magnétique sud (S). Sur la figure 2, ces zones magnétisées 14 sont montrées telles qu'elles apparaissent après leur passage devant le dispositif d'application 15, c'est-à-dire après qu'elles aient été revêtues d'une couche de révélateur. Il y a lieu de signaler ici que, sur les zones magnétisées 14 qui ne sont pas encore passées devant le dispositif de retouche 20, l'épaisseur de cette couche est relativement importante, c'est-à-dire généralement supérieure à une centaine de microns, alors que, sur les zones magnétisées 14 qui sont passées devant le dispositif de retouche, l'épaisseur de cette couche est réduite à une valeur qui, dans des conditions qui seront exposées plus loin, peut atteindre une trentaine de microns.In Figure 2, there is shown schematically a portion of the magnetic drum 10 seen in section, on a large scale, so that the magnetized areas 14 formed on the surface 13 of this drum have, in this figure, a relatively large size. It should however be noted that each of these magnetized zones has, in reality, a size of the order of 100 to 200 microns, that is to say has, for example, a square section of the order of 100 to 200 microns aside. Furthermore, for obvious reasons of clarity of the drawings, the magnetized zones which have been shown in FIG. 2 have not been drawn to the scale of the drawing. It should also be noted that the magnetic drum 10 consists, in a manner known in the prior art, of a cylindrical support 25 formed of a magnetically soft material with high magnetic permeability (such as iron or iron alloy -silicon), this support being coated with a layer 26 of magnetic material with high coercivity such as, for example, the nickel-cobalt magnetic alloy. This layer 26 is intended to be magnetized transversely, the support 25 then serving as a magnetic shunt. Under these conditions, the magnetized zones 14 which are formed on the magnetic drum 10 by the recording member 12 all have magnetization axes NS oriented perpendicular to the surface 13 of the drum. The recording member 12 is produced in a known manner, so that these magnetization axes are all oriented in the same direction. Thus, in the exemplary embodiment which is represented in FIG. 2, the magnetized zones 14 all have, on their external face, a south magnetic polarity (S). In FIG. 2, these magnetized zones 14 are shown as they appear after they have passed in front of the application device 15, that is to say after they have been coated with a layer of developer. It should be noted here that, on the magnetized zones 14 which have not yet passed in front of the retouching device 20, the thickness of this layer is relatively large, that is to say generally greater than a hundred microns, whereas, on the magnetized zones 14 which have passed in front of the retouching device, the thickness of this layer is reduced to a value which, under conditions which will be explained below, can reach around thirty microns.

Le dispositif de retouche 20 qui équipe la machine imprimante que l'on vient de décrire comprend un élément de transport sans fin 27 qui, dans l'exemple de réalisation illustré par la figure 2, se présente sous la forme d'un cylindre creux dont l'axe de rotation 28 est parallèle à l'axe 11 du tambour 10. Ce cylindre, qui est réalisé en un matériau amagnétique tel que, par exemple, l'aluminium, est disposé le long d'une partie 29 du trajet circulaire que suit la surface 13 du tambour au cours de la rotation de ce tambour, cette partie 29 située en aval du point où les particules de révélateur provenant du réservoir 16 sont appliquées sur cette surface 13 s'étendant sur une longueur de l'ordre de un à deux centimètres. Le cylindre 27, qui est entraîné en rotation, de façon continue, autour de son axe 28, est placé très près de la surface 13 du tambour 10. Plus précisément, ce cylindre 27 est écarté de la surface 13 d'une distance qui, pratiquement , n'excède pas trois millimètres. C'est ainsi que, dans l'exemple décrit, cette distance est égale à 1,5 millimètre. Il faut signaler, par ailleurs, que, comme on peut le voir sur la figure 2, le tambour 10 et le cylindre 27 tournent tous les deux dans le même sens, ce sens étant, dans l'exemple décrit, inverse de celui des aiguilles d'une montre. Dans ces conditions, la surface externe 30 du cylindre 27 défile devant la partie de trajet 29 dans un sens inverse à celui du déplacement de la surface 13 du tambour. Il est utile d'indiquer ici que, dans l'exemple décrit, cette surface 13 se déplace à une vitesse linéaire égale à trente centimètres par seconde, tandis que la surface 30 du cylindre 27 se déplace à une vitesse linéaire égale à 1,5 centimètres par seconde.The retouching device 20 which equips the printing machine which has just been described comprises an endless transport element 27 which, in the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 2, is in the form of a hollow cylinder, the axis of rotation 28 is parallel to the axis 11 of the drum 10. This cylinder, which is made of a non-magnetic material such as, for example, aluminum, is disposed along a part 29 of the circular path that follows the surface 13 of the drum during the rotation of this drum, this part 29 located in downstream from the point where the developer particles from the reservoir 16 are applied to this surface 13 extending over a length of the order of one to two centimeters. The cylinder 27, which is continuously rotated about its axis 28, is placed very close to the surface 13 of the drum 10. More precisely, this cylinder 27 is spaced from the surface 13 by a distance which, practically does not exceed three millimeters. Thus, in the example described, this distance is equal to 1.5 millimeters. It should also be noted that, as can be seen in FIG. 2, the drum 10 and the cylinder 27 both rotate in the same direction, this direction being, in the example described, opposite to that of the needles of a watch. Under these conditions, the external surface 30 of the cylinder 27 passes in front of the path part 29 in a direction opposite to that of the displacement of the surface 13 of the drum. It is useful to indicate here that, in the example described, this surface 13 moves at a linear speed equal to thirty centimeters per second, while the surface 30 of the cylinder 27 moves at a linear speed equal to 1.5 centimeters per second.

Le dispositif de retouche qui est représenté sur la figure 2 comprend en outre,un élément magnétisé 31, en forme de barreau, qui est logé à l'intérieur du cylindre 27 et est placé à proximité de la partie de trajet 29 dont on a parlé plus haut. Cet élément magnétisé 31 ,constitué dans l'exemple décrit par un aimant permanent,possède deux pôles opposés 32 et 33 dont l'un, 32, présente une polarité magnétique nord (N') et dont l'autre 33, présente une polarité magnétique sud (S'). Cet aimant permanent 31 est orienté de telle sorte que son pôle magnétique qui est le plus proche de la partie de trajet 29 est celui dont la polarité est opposée à celle présentée par les zones magnétisées 14 sur leur face externe. En d'autres termes, le sens d'aimantation de cet aimant 31 est le même que celui des zones magnétisées qui défilent devant lui. C'est ainsi que, l'exemple illustré par la figure 2 dans lequel les zones magnétisées 14 présentent, sur leur face externe, une polarité magnétique sud (S), le pôle magnétique de l'aimant 31 qui est le plus proche de la partie de trajet 29 est celui qui présente une polarité magnétique nord (N'), c'est-à-dire ici le pôle magnétique 32. Il faut signaler par ailleurs que l'épaisseur du cylindre 27 est toujours très faible, c'est-à-dire généralement comprise entre un millimètre et quelques dizièmes de millimètres, et que l'extrémité J de ce pôle magnétique le plus proche est écarté de la surface 13 du tambour d'une distance D dont la valeur sera déterminée un peu plus loin, mais qui, pratiquement, est au plus égale à cinq millimètres. C'est ainsi que, dans l'exemple décrit, la distance D dont l'extrémité J du pôle magnétique nord 32 est écartée de cette surface 13 est égale à 2,5 millimètres. De plus, comme on peut le voir sur la figure 2, l'axe magnétique N'S' de l'aimant 31 n'est pas orienté suivant la direction de la droite 40, qui, passant par le centre C de l'aimant 31, est normale à la partie du trajet 29, mais est, au contraire, incliné par rapport à cette normale 40 dans le sens inverse à celui du déplacement de la surface 13 du tambour. Cet axe magnétique N'S' forme alors avec cette normale 40 un angle A dont la valeur dépend de la vitesse linéaire de déplacement de la surface 13, mais ne dépasse cependant pas 45 degrés. C'est ainsi que, dans l'exemple décrit où la surface 13 se déplace à une vitesse linéaire égale à trente centimètres par seconde, cet angle A a une valeur pratiquement égale à 35 degrés. Dans le cas où la vitesse de déplacement de la surface 13 est de l'ordre de dix centimètres à la seconde, cet angle A a une valeur voisine de 25 degrés. De même, pour une vitesse linéaire de déplacement de la surface 13 égale à cinq centimètres par seconde, l'angle A a une valeur d'environ 15 degrés.The retouching device which is shown in FIG. 2 further comprises a magnetized element 31, in the form of a bar, which is housed inside the cylinder 27 and is placed near the path portion 29 which has been mentioned. upper. This magnetized element 31, constituted in the example described by a permanent magnet, has two opposite poles 32 and 33 of which one, 32, has a north magnetic polarity (N ') and of which the other 33, has a magnetic polarity south (S '). This permanent magnet 31 is oriented so that its magnetic pole which is closest to the path part 29 is that whose polarity is opposite to that presented by the magnetized zones 14 on their external face. In other words, the direction of magnetization of this magnet 31 is the same as that of the magnetized zones which pass past it. This is as well as the example illustrated by FIG. 2 in which the magnetized zones 14 have, on their external face, a south magnetic polarity (S), the magnetic pole of the magnet 31 which is closest to the part of the path 29 is that which has a north magnetic polarity (N ′), that is to say here the magnetic pole 32. It should also be noted that the thickness of the cylinder 27 is always very small, that is to say say generally between a millimeter and a few tenths of a millimeter, and that the end J of this nearest magnetic pole is spaced from the surface 13 of the drum by a distance D whose value will be determined a little further, but which , practically, is at most equal to five millimeters. Thus, in the example described, the distance D whose end J of the north magnetic pole 32 is spaced from this surface 13 is equal to 2.5 millimeters. In addition, as can be seen in FIG. 2, the magnetic axis N'S 'of the magnet 31 is not oriented in the direction of the straight line 40, which, passing through the center C of the magnet 31, is normal to the part of the path 29, but is, on the contrary, inclined relative to this normal 40 in the opposite direction to that of the displacement of the surface 13 of the drum. This magnetic axis N'S 'then forms with this normal 40 an angle A whose value depends on the linear speed of movement of the surface 13, but does not however exceed 45 degrees. Thus, in the example described where the surface 13 moves at a linear speed equal to thirty centimeters per second, this angle A has a value practically equal to 35 degrees. In the case where the speed of movement of the surface 13 is of the order of ten centimeters per second, this angle A has a value close to 25 degrees. Similarly, for a linear speed of movement of the surface 13 equal to five centimeters per second, the angle A has a value of about 15 degrees.

Chacune des particules de révélateur qui ont été déposées sur une même zone magnétisée 14 est attirée par cette zone avec une force FM dont l'intensité dépend, non seulement de la valeur de l'aimantation de cette zone, mais également de la distance h qui sépare cette particule de cette zone. On considérera, dans l'exemple décrit, que cette force magnétique FM varie en fonction de cette distance h, suivant une loi de variation qui est illustrée par la courbe en traits pleins 50 représentée sur le diagramme de la figure 3, les coordonnées des points constitutifs de cette courbe 50 étant rapportées à deux axes de coordonnées rectangulaires passant par une même origine 0, cette origine 0 correspondant, sur la surface 13, au centre de la zone magnétisée. De même, lorsque cette zone magnétisée arrive à l'aplomb de l'aimant 31 du dispositif de retouche 20, chacune des particules de révélateur qui ont été déposées sur cette zone est soumise, de la part de cet aimant permanent 31, à une force magnétique attractive FR dont l'intensité dépend, non seulement de la valeur de l'induction magnétique de cet aimant, mais également de la distance d qui sépare cette particule de l'extrémité J du pôle magnétique 32 de cet aimant. Sur le diagramme de la figure 4, la loi de variation de cette force magnétique FR en fonction de cette distance d, a été illustrée par la courbe en traits mixtes 51, les coordonnées des points constitutifs de cette courbe 51 étant rapportées à deux axes de coordonnées rectangulaires passant par le point J. Lorsque la zone magnétisée 14 se trouve à l'aplomb de l'aimant 31, c'est-à-dire à la distance OJ = D de l'extrémité J de cet aimant, les courbes 50 et 51 précitées se coupent alors en un point I dont l'abscisse, considérée par rapport à l'origine 0, est désignée par el sur le diagramme de la figure 4. On comprend, dans ces conditions, que, pour les particules qui, sur cette zone 14, se trouvent à une distance e2 de la surface 13 .supérieure à el, la force magnétique F2 exercée par l'aimant 31 sur ces particules est supérieure à la force K2 exercée par cette zone sur ces mêmes particules. En conséquence, ces particules viennent s'appliquer sur la surface externe 30 du cylindre 27 . Au contraire, pour les particules qui, sur cette zone 14, se trouvent à une distance e3 de la surface 13 inférieure à el, la force magnétique F3 exercée par l'aimant 31 est inférieure à la force K3 exercée par cette zone. En conséquence, ces particules restent appliquées sur la zone magnétisée 14. Etant donné que l'allure des courbes 50 et 51 est conditionnée par les dimensions et les valeurs des aimantations des zones magnétisées 14 et de l'aimant permanent 31, on voit alors que,après avoir mesuré expérimentalement les forces exercées en différents points par cet aimant et chacune de ces zones et avoir tracé en conséquence les courbes correspondantes 50 et 51, on peut déterminer la valeur de la distance D dont cet aimant 31 doit être écarté dela surface 13 pour que l'abscisse el du point d'intersection I de ces deux courbes soit égale à la valeur de l'épaisseur de la couche de révélateur que l'on désire maintenir sur chacune de ces zones magnétisées . C'est ainsi que, dans l'exemple décrit, où chaque zone magnétisée 14 a une taille voisine de 100 microns et où l'aimant permanent 31 a une largeur pratiquement égale à 6 millimètres, on a trouvé que, pour réduire a une trentaine de microns l'épaisseur de la couche de révélateur sur chacune des zones magnétisées 14, cet aimant 31 devait être écarté de la surface 31 du tambour d'une distance D pratiquement égale à 2,5 millimètres.Each of the developer particles which have been deposited on the same magnetized zone 14 is attracted by this zone with a force F M whose intensity depends, not only on the value of the magnetization of this zone, but also on the distance h which separates this particle from this zone. In the example described, it will be considered that this magnetic force F M varies as a function of this distance h, according to a law of variation which is illustrated by the curve in solid lines 50 represented in the diagram of FIG. 3, the coordinates of the constituent points of this curve 50 being related to two axes of rectangular coordinates passing through the same origin 0, this origin 0 corresponding, on the surface 13, to the center of the magnetized zone. Likewise, when this magnetized zone comes into line with the magnet 31 of the retouching device 20, each of the developer particles which have been deposited on this zone is subjected, on the part of this permanent magnet 31, to a force. attractive magnetic F R whose intensity depends not only on the value of the magnetic induction of this magnet, but also on the distance d which separates this particle from the end J of the magnetic pole 32 of this magnet. On the diagram of FIG. 4, the law of variation of this magnetic force F R as a function of this distance d, has been illustrated by the curve in dashed lines 51, the coordinates of the points constituting this curve 51 being related to two axes of rectangular coordinates passing through the point J. When the magnetized zone 14 is plumb with the magnet 31, that is to say at the distance OJ = D from the end J of this magnet, the curves 50 and 51 above mentioned then intersect at a point I whose abscissa, considered with respect to the origin 0, is designated by e l on the diagram of FIG. 4. It is understood, under these conditions, that, for the particles which, on this zone 14, are at a distance e 2 from the surface 13. greater than e l , the magnetic force F 2 exerted by the magnet 31 on these particles is greater than the force K 2 exerted by this zone on these same particles. As a result, these particles are applied to the external surface 30 of the cylinder 27. On the contrary, for the particles which, in this zone 14, are at a distance e 3 from the surface 13 less than e l , the magnetic force F 3 exerted by the magnet 31 is less than the force K 3 exerted by this zoned. Consequently, these particles remain applied to the magnetized zone 14. Since the shape of the curves 50 and 51 is conditioned by the dimensions and the values of the magnetizations of the magnetized zones 14 and of the permanent magnet 31, it can then be seen that , after having experimentally measured the forces exerted at different points by this magnet and each of these zones and having drawn the corresponding curves 50 and 51 accordingly, we can determine the value of the distance D from which this magnet 31 must be removed from the surface 13 so that the abscissa e l of the point of intersection I of these two curves is equal to the value of the thickness of the developer layer which it is desired to maintain on each of these magnetized zones. Thus, in the example described, where each magnetized zone 14 has a size close to 100 microns and where the permanent magnet 31 has a width practically equal to 6 millimeters, it has been found that, to reduce to about thirty of microns the thickness of the developer layer on each of the magnetized zones 14, this magnet 31 had to be spaced from the surface 31 of the drum by a distance D practically equal to 2.5 millimeters.

Il faut signaler encore que les particules de révélateur qui subsistent sur la surface 13 du tambour, en dehors des zones magnétisées 14, sont également soumises à l'action attractive exercée par l'aimant 31 au moment où elles passent à l'aplomb de cet aimant. Du fait que la force d'adhérence qui maintient ces particules appliquées sur cette surface 13 est notablement moins grande que celle exercée par l'aimant 31, ces particules se trouvent détachées de cette surface et elles viennent alors s'appliquer sur la surface externe 30 du cylindre 27.It should also be noted that the developer particles which remain on the surface 13 of the drum, outside of the magnetized zones 14, are also subjected to the attractive action exerted by the magnet 31 at the moment when they pass directly over this surface. magnet. Because the adhesion force which keeps these particles applied to this surface 13 is significantly less than that exerted by the magnet 31, these particles are detached from this surface and they then come to be applied to the external surface 30 of cylinder 27.

La surface 30 du cylindre 27 sur laquelle viennent s'appliquer les particules qui ont été détachées du tambour sous l'action de l'aimant 31 n'est pas lisse, mais présente au contraire une certaine rugosité, les écarts entre les points les plus hauts et les points les plus bas de cette surface 30 restant cependant inférieurs à 300 microns . Grâce à cette rugosité,les particules de révélateur qui sont venues s'appliquer sur la surface 30 sont entraînées au cours de la rotation du cylindre 27. Une raclette 34 dont l'extrémité est appuyée contre la surface 30, permet ensuite à ces particules d'être retirées du cylindre 27 et de retomber dans le réservoir 16, comme on peut le voir à la figure 1.The surface 30 of the cylinder 27 on which the particles which have been detached from the drum under the action of the magnet 31 are applied is not smooth, but on the contrary has a certain roughness, the gaps between the most highs and the lowest points of this surface 30 however remaining less than 300 microns. Thanks to this roughness, the developer particles which have applied to the surface 30 are entrained during the rotation of the cylinder 27. A squeegee 34, the end of which is pressed against the surface 30, then allows these particles to 'be removed from the cylinder 27 and fall back into the tank 16, as can be seen in Figure 1.

Le dispositif de retouche qui vient d'être décrit s'applique ,non seulement, à une machine imprimante dont le support d'enregistrement est constitué par un tambour magnétique, mais également à une machine imprimante dont le support d'enregistrement est constitué, comme le montre la figure 3, par une bande magnétique sans fin 110,tendue sur des rouleaux 111,112 ,113,114, cette bande étant maintenue plaquée contre un shunt magnétique 115 constitué d'une barre de matériau magnétiquement doux à haute perméabilité magnétique. La machine imprimante qui est représentée schématiquement sur la figure 3 comporte les mêmes éléments constitutifs que ceux de la machine représentée sur la figure 1, tels que, par exemple, l'organe d'enregistrement magnétique 12, le dispositif d'application 15, etc .... Le défilement de cette bande 110, dans le sens indiqué par la flèche Dl, est assuré par un moteur électrique, non représenté, qui entraîne en rotation l'un des rouleaux, les autres rouleaux étant libres en rotation.The retouching device which has just been described applies not only to a printing machine, the recording medium of which is constituted by a magnetic drum, but also to a printing machine, of which the recording medium is constituted, as 3 shows it, by an endless magnetic strip 110, stretched on rollers 111, 112, 113, 114, this strip being held pressed against a magnetic shunt 115 consisting of a bar of magnetically soft material with high magnetic permeability. The printing machine which is shown schematically in Figure 3 has the same components as those of the machine shown in Figure 1, such as, for example, the magnetic recording member 12, the application device 15, etc. .... The scrolling of this strip 110, in the direction indicated by the arrow Dl, is provided by an electric motor, not shown, which drives one of the rollers in rotation, the other rollers being free to rotate.

La machine imprimante qui est représentée sur la figure 3 peut ,bien entendu, être équipée du même dispositif de retouche que celui qui a été illustré sur la figure 2. Toutefois, dans un autre mode de réalisation, ce dispositif de retouche 20 comprend, ainsi qu'on peut le voir sur la figure 3, un élément de transport se présentant sous la forme d'une bande sans fin 127 tendue sur trois rouleaux 128,129,130, cette bande 127 étant constituée d'une matière souple amagnétique telle que, par exemple, le caoutchouc. Les rouleaux 129 et 130 sont disposés de manière que la portion de la bande 127 qui est comprise entre ces deux rouleaux soit parallèle à une partie 29 du trajet suivi par la bande magnétique 110 entre les rouleaux 111 et 114 et soit située à proximité immédiate de cette partie 29. La bande sans fin 127 est entraînée dans un sens, indiqué par la flèche D2 sur la figure 3, tel que la portion de la bande 127 qui est comprise entre les rouleaux 129 et 130 défile en sens inverse du sens suivant laquelle se déplace la bande magnétique 110 entre les rouleaux 114 et 111. L'aimant permanent 31 qui est placé à l'intérieur du trajet suivi par la bande 127 et à proximité de la partie 29 est orienté, comme on le voit sur la figure 3, de telle manière que son pôle magnétique qui est le plus proche de cette partie 29 est celui dont la polarité est opposée à celle présentée par les zones magnétisées en regard de la bande 127. On voit également sur la figure 3, que l'axe magnétique de l'aimant 31 est incliné par rapport à la droite 40 qui, passant par le centre C de cet aimant,est normale à la partie 29, cette inclinaison étant réalisée dans le sens inverse à celui du déplacement de la bande magnétique 110. Cet axe magnétique forme alors avec la droite 40 et un angle A dont la valeur, définie plus haut dans le texte, dépend de la vitesse de déplacement de la bande magnétique 110, mais n'excède pas 45 degrés.The printing machine which is shown in FIG. 3 can, of course, be equipped with the same retouching device as that which has been illustrated in FIG. 2. However, in another embodiment, this retouching device 20 comprises, as can be seen in FIG. 3, a transport element in the form of an endless belt 127 stretched over three rollers 128,129,130, this strip 127 consisting of a flexible non-magnetic material such as, for example, rubber. The rollers 129 and 130 are arranged so that the portion of the strip 127 which is between these two rollers is parallel to a part 29 of the path followed by the magnetic strip 110 between the rollers 111 and 114 and is located in the immediate vicinity of this part 29. The endless strip 127 is driven in one direction, indicated by the arrow D2 in FIG. 3, such that the portion of the strip 127 which is between the rollers 129 and 130 runs in the opposite direction in which direction the magnetic strip 110 moves between the rollers 114 and 111. The permanent magnet 31 which is placed inside the path followed by the strip 127 and near the part 29 is oriented, as can be seen in FIG. 3 , so that its magnetic pole which is closest to this part 29 is the one whose polarity is opposite to that presented by the magnetized zones opposite the strip 127. It is also seen in FIG. 3, that the axis magnetic of magnet 31 is inclined with respect to the straight line 40 which, passing through the center C of this magnet, is normal to the part 29, this inclination being carried out in the opposite direction to that of the displacement of the magnetic strip 110. This magnetic axis then forms with the straight 40 and an angle A whose value, defined above in the text, depends on the speed of movement of the magnetic strip 110, but does not exceed 45 degrees.

En utilisant, dans les conditions qui ont été exposées en détail ci-dessus, le dispositif de retouche de la présente invention, on a réussi, non seulement à éliminer les particules de révélateur déposées en dehors des zones magnétisées du support d'enregistrement magnétique, mais également à réduire notablement l'épaisseur de la couche de révélateur sur chacune de ces zones magnétisées. C'est ainsi que l'on a pu, par exemple, sur des zones magnétisées ayant une taille de l'ordre de 100 à 200 microns, réduire de 100 à 30 microns l'épaisseur de la couche de révélateur déposée sur ces zones . En outre, le dispositif de retouche de l'invention permet aux particules de révélateur subsistant sur les zones magnétisées de se regrouper vers les centres de ces zones, ce qui améliore encore la qualité de l'impression obtenue lors du transfert de ces particules sur le papier.By using, under the conditions which have been described in detail above, the retouching device of the present invention, it has been successful not only to remove the developer particles deposited outside the areas magnetized magnetic recording medium, but also to significantly reduce the thickness of the developer layer on each of these magnetized areas. Thus it has been possible, for example, on magnetized zones having a size of the order of 100 to 200 microns, to reduce from 100 to 30 microns the thickness of the layer of developer deposited on these zones. In addition, the retouching device of the invention allows the developer particles remaining on the magnetized areas to regroup towards the centers of these areas, which further improves the quality of the impression obtained during the transfer of these particles onto the paper.

Bien entendu, l'invention n'est nullement limitée aux modes de mise en oeuvre décrits et illustrés qui n'ont été donnés qu'à titre d'exemple. Au contraire, elle comprend tous les moyens constituant des équivalents techniques de ceux décrits et illustrés, considérés isolément ou en combinaison, et mis en oeuvre dans le cadre des revendications qui suivent.Of course, the invention is in no way limited to the embodiments described and illustrated which have been given only by way of example. On the contrary, it includes all the means constituting technical equivalents of those described and illustrated, considered in isolation or in combination, and used in the context of the claims which follow.

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Appareil de développement d'images magnétiques latentes, comprenant un support entraîné dans un sens prédéterminé et pourvu d'une surface d'enregistrement magnétique (13) sur laquelle des zones magnétisées présentant la même polarité magnétique ont été formêes, un dispositif applicateur (15) pour appliquer sur ces zones magnétisées des particules d'un révélateur magnétique pulvérulent, et un dispositif de retouche (20) pour éliminer les particules de révélateur en excès qui ont été déposées sur cette surface, caractérisé en ce que ce dispositif de retouche (20) est constitué : - d'un élément de transport sans fin (27) entraîné de façon continue et disposé le long d'une partie (29) du trajet suivi par ladite surface d'enregistrement, de manière que sa surface externe (30) défile devant cette partie (29), à proximité immédiate de celle-ci, - et d'un élément magnétisé (31), en forme de barreau, placé à l'intérieur de cet élément de transport sans fin (27), à proximité de la dite partie de trajet (29),cet élément magnétisé étant orienté de telle manière que son pôle magnétique le plus proche de cette partie (29) est celui dont la polarité (N') est opposée à celle (S) desdites zones magnétisées, et que son axe magnétique (N'S') est incliné, par rapport à la droite (40) qui passe par le centre (C) de cet aimant et qui est normale à cette partie (29), dans le sens inverse à celui du déplacement de la surface d'enregistrement, l'angle (A) formé par cet axe magnétique (N'S') avec cette droite (40) étant au plus égal à 45 degrés. 1. Apparatus for developing latent magnetic images, comprising a support driven in a predetermined direction and provided with a magnetic recording surface (13) on which magnetized zones having the same magnetic polarity have been formed, an applicator device ( 15) for applying to these magnetized areas particles of a powdery magnetic developer, and a retouching device (20) for removing excess developer particles which have been deposited on this surface, characterized in that this retouching device ( 20) consists of: - an endless transport element (27) driven continuously and arranged along a part (29) of the path followed by said recording surface, so that its external surface (30) runs past this part (29), in the immediate vicinity of the latter, - And a magnetized element (31), in the form of a bar, placed inside this endless transport element (27), near said path portion (29), this magnetized element being oriented such that its magnetic pole closest to this part (29) is that whose polarity (N ') is opposite to that (S) of said magnetized zones, and that its magnetic axis (N'S') is inclined, relative to the straight line (40) which passes through the center (C) of this magnet and which is normal to this part (29), in the opposite direction to that of the displacement of the recording surface, the angle (A) formed by this magnetic axis (N'S ') with this straight line (40) being at most equal to 45 degrees. 2.Appareil de développement d'images magnétiques latentes selon revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que l'élément magnétisé est constitué par un aimant permanent.2. Apparatus for developing latent magnetic images according to claim 1, characterized in that the magnetized element consists of a permanent magnet. 3. Appareil de développement d'images magnétiques latentes selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 et 2, caractérisé en ce que la surface externe (30) de l'élément de transport sans fin (27) défile devant la partie (29)en sens inverse à celui du déplacement de la surface d'enregistrement magnétique (13).3. Apparatus for developing latent magnetic images according to any one of claims 1 and 2, characterized in that the external surface (30) of the endless transport element (27) runs past the part (29) in the opposite direction to that of the movement of the magnetic recording surface (13). 4. Appareil de développement d'images magnétiques latentes selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que, la surface d'enregistrement étant entrainée à une vitesse linéaire de l'ordre de trente cen- timêtres par seconde, l'angle (A) formé par l'axe magnétique (N'S') de l'élément magnétisé (31) avec la droite (40) a une valeur pratiquement égale à 40 degrés.4. Apparatus for developing latent magnetic images according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that, the recording surface being driven at a linear speed of the order of thirty centimes per second, l 'angle (A) formed by the magnetic axis (N'S') of the magnetized element (31) with the straight line (40) has a value practically equal to 40 degrees. 5. Appareil de développement d'images magnétiques latentes, selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisé en ce que l'extrémité (J) du pôle magnétique de l'élément magnétisé le plus proche de la partie (29) est écarté de la surface d'enregistrement magnétique (13) d'une distance au plus égale à cinq millimètres.5. Apparatus for developing latent magnetic images, according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the end (J) of the magnetic pole of the magnetized element closest to the part (29) is spaced from the magnetic recording surface (13) by a distance of at most five millimeters. 6. Appareil de développement d'images magnétiques latentes, selon revendication 5, caractérisé en ce que la distance séparant l'élément de transport sans fin (27) de la surface d'enregistrement magnétique (13) est au plus égale à trois millimètres.6. Apparatus for developing latent magnetic images, according to claim 5, characterized in that the distance separating the endless transport element (27) from the magnetic recording surface (13) is at most equal to three millimeters. 7. Appareil de développement d'images magnétiques latentes, selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 6, caractérisé en ce que l'élément de transport sans fin (27) est constitué par un cylindre creux formé d'un matériau amagnétique .7. Apparatus for developing latent magnetic images, according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the endless transport element (27) consists of a hollow cylinder formed of a non-magnetic material. 8. Appareil de développement d'images magnétiques latentes, selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 6, caractérisé en ce que l'élément de transport sans fin (27) est constitué par une courroie souple réalisée en un matériau amagnétique.8. Apparatus for developing latent magnetic images, according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the endless transport element (27) consists of a flexible belt made of a non-magnetic material.
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