EP0326558A1 - Nichtmechanisches druck- oder kopiergerät mit einer im entwicklungsbereich angeordneten belichtungseinrichtung. - Google Patents
Nichtmechanisches druck- oder kopiergerät mit einer im entwicklungsbereich angeordneten belichtungseinrichtung.Info
- Publication number
- EP0326558A1 EP0326558A1 EP87905941A EP87905941A EP0326558A1 EP 0326558 A1 EP0326558 A1 EP 0326558A1 EP 87905941 A EP87905941 A EP 87905941A EP 87905941 A EP87905941 A EP 87905941A EP 0326558 A1 EP0326558 A1 EP 0326558A1
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- Prior art keywords
- charge image
- developer
- roller
- image carrier
- carrier
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- G—PHYSICS
- G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
- G03G—ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY
- G03G15/00—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern
- G03G15/14—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for transferring a pattern to a second base
- G03G15/16—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for transferring a pattern to a second base of a toner pattern, e.g. a powder pattern, e.g. magnetic transfer
- G03G15/169—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for transferring a pattern to a second base of a toner pattern, e.g. a powder pattern, e.g. magnetic transfer with means for preconditioning the toner image before the transfer
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- G—PHYSICS
- G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
- G03G—ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY
- G03G15/00—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern
- G03G15/06—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for developing
- G03G15/08—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for developing using a solid developer, e.g. powder developer
- G03G15/09—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for developing using a solid developer, e.g. powder developer using magnetic brush
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- G—PHYSICS
- G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
- G03G—ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY
- G03G15/00—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern
- G03G15/06—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for developing
- G03G15/08—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for developing using a solid developer, e.g. powder developer
- G03G15/095—Removing excess solid developer, e.g. fog preventing
Definitions
- Non-mechanical printing or copying machine with an exposure device arranged in the development area.
- the invention relates to a non-mechanical printing or copying device according to the preamble of claim 1.
- charge images are stored on a charge image carrier, e.g. generated in a photoconductor drum and then colored with a colored powder, toner in a developer station.
- a charge image carrier e.g. generated in a photoconductor drum
- the toner images are then transferred to plain paper and fixed there.
- a two-component developer consisting of ferromagnetic carrier particles and colored toner particles is used for development.
- the developer mixture is e.g. by means of a magnetic brush arrangement on the charge image on the charge image carrier, on which the toner particles - caused by electrostatic forces - stick.
- the magnetic brush arrangement consists of a rotatable hollow cylinder, in the interior of which several rows of stationary permanent magnets are arranged.
- a plurality of magnetic brush arrangements can be provided in a developer station.
- a magnetic brush arrangement can be used to transport the developer mixture past the charge image carrier. This magnetic brush arrangement is referred to below as the developer roller.
- Another magnetic brush arrangement can be used to transport the developer mixture from inside the developer station to the developer roller.
- Such a magnetic brush arrangement or any other arrangement such Developer mixture transport causes, is called in the following transport roller.
- DE-PS 31 19 010 discloses developer stations in which developer mixtures are used to color the charge images on the charge image carrier with the aid of the magnetic brush principle.
- the object of the invention is to design a non-mechanical printing or copying machine of the type mentioned at the outset in such a way that high print quality with high process speed using a developer mixture with a long mixture life is possible.
- This object is achieved in a non-mechanical printing device of the type mentioned at the outset in that an exposure device for the charge image carrier is arranged downstream of the development area, said exposure device discharging the highly charged and non-stressed areas of the charge image carrier by exposure.
- the light generated in the exposure device corresponds approximately to the light generated by the character generator.
- the exposure device generates a largely homogeneous charge image on the charge image carrier in front of the transfer printing station downstream of the actual carrier catching device for the carrier particles and the carrier catching device.
- This "imagewise" discharge thus not only facilitates the removal of the carrier particles from the photoconductor drum by reducing the electrostatic adhesive forces, but also promotes the transfer printing of the toner image onto the paper web in the transfer printing station.
- a light-emitting diode comb is used as the character generator, a similarly structured lighting device is also recommended for the exposure device.
- the exposure can also prevent memory effects on the charge image carrier, which are disruptive to the printed image, due to charge images which have not been completely deleted.
- the light source is surrounded by a translucent motor-driven protective roller, which protective roller can consist of a plexiglass tube.
- the lighting device with its protective tube is arranged inside the developer station and in the vicinity of the last developer roller in the transport direction of the charge image carrier, as a result of which it is continuously cleaned of adhering mixture particles during operation via this developer roller.
- FIG. 1 shows a schematic sectional view of a developer station in a non-mechanical rapid printing device with the lighting device according to the invention.
- a photoconductor drum 10 is arranged as a charge image carrier in a printing device, which is not shown in detail here and operates according to the electrophotographic principle.
- a charge image is applied to this photoconductor drum in a known manner by means of an exposure device which is controlled as a function of the character, and this charge image is then colored using the developer station shown.
- the inking takes place according to the reverse development principle, in which the areas discharged by exposure are colored with the aid of a developer mixture 11 containing a toner particle and carrier particle. After passing through the developer station, the charge images consisting of colored toner particles are transferred to paper in the usual way.
- the developer station essentially consists of a storage chamber 12, which develops through a filling opening 13 with a foam roller arranged therein as a metering device ler mixture 11 is supplied.
- a storage chamber 12 At the bottom of the storage chamber 12 there is an electromotive driven transport roller in the form of a paddle wheel roller 14 which has spoke-like blades 15 for transporting the developer mixture 11.
- the storage chamber 12 is closed off from the photoconductor drum 10 by four developer rollers 16, 17, 18 and 19. These developer rollers, which are arranged along the circumference of the photoconductor drum, are located at a close distance of approximately 1 to 2.5 mm from the surface of the photoconductor drum and work according to the magnetic brush principle.
- the hollow cylinders 20 consist essentially of hollow cylinders continuously driven by electromotive devices, for example made of aluminum with a knurled surface and magnet arrangements 21 arranged therein.
- the hollow cylinders 20 are charged with a bias voltage which is approximately the size of 20-50% of the charging potential on the photoconductor drum having.
- the bias voltage is between 100-500 V.
- the developer rollers 16, 17 and 18 are designed as so-called synchronous developer rollers.
- the direction of movement of their hollow cylinders corresponds to the direction of movement of the surface of the photoconductor drum 10 in the region of the development gap 22 formed by the hollow cylinders 20 and the surface of the photoconductor drum 10.
- the developer roller 19 is designed as a counter-rotating developer roller, in which the hollow cylinder 20 moved in the development gap 22 against the photoconductor drum 10.
- the developer mixture 11 is transported in accordance with the arrows shown in FIG. 1 in such a way that the developer mixture 11 of the first synchronous developer roller 16 is offered from a mixture sump bottom of the storage chamber 12 via the paddle wheel roller 14.
- a metering knife 23 determines the height of the developer mix carpet on the first synchronizing roller 16 and thus also on the following synchronizing rollers 17 and 18.
- the charge image on the photoconductor surface is developed three times has and with the help of the synchronous developer roller 16, 17 and 18, the developer mixture changes from the third synchronous roller 18 to the underside of the much slower and in the opposite direction driven fourth counter-rotating developer roller 19.
- the residual developer mixture transported to the surface of the photoconductor drum 10 now develops the charge image one last time in the opposite direction.
- the distances between the developer rollers are advantageously less than 2.5 mm, the development gap 22 having a width of 1 to 2.5 mm.
- the developer mixture must be conveyed with the highest possible density.
- the density of the developer mixture must be chosen so that on the one hand the latent charge image is well colored and on the other hand the surface of the charge image carrier is not damaged by excessive squeezing.
- the surface of the developer rollers is subjected to a bias voltage of approximately 20-50% of the charging potential, as already described.
- the last developer roller 19 which is designed as a counter-rotating developer roller, there is an exposure device in the form of a light-emitting diode strip or foil 25 which extends along the photoconductor drum 10 and which is accommodated in a protective roller 26 made of a transparent rotating plexiglass tube. Rotation and distance to Counter-rotating developer roller 19 are adjusted so that the surface of the plexiglass tube 26 is continuously cleaned of the developer mixture 11 and the light exit region 27 of the light-emitting diode strip 25 is only slightly damped by adhering toner dust.
- the LED strip generates a spectral light that approximately corresponds to the light of the character generator (eg LED COMB).
- a carrier capture roller 28 which operates in accordance with the developer rollers according to the magnetic brush principle and which, in cooperation with the exposure device, lift the carrier particles of the developer mixture from the surface of the photoconductor drum and feeds them again to the developer mixture 11 via a correspondingly designed guide channel.
- the exposure device balances the charge pattern via the light-emitting diode strip 25 by illuminating the highly charged (approx. 400-1000 V) and non-stressed areas of the surface of the photoconductor drum 10 and thereby discharging to a residual voltage of less than 50 V, thus the discharge voltage of the Character generator corresponds. This reduces the adhesion of negative carrier particles of the developer mixture to the unexposed areas of the surface of the photoconductor drum 10, so that they can be pulled off the surface of the photoconductor drum 10 by the subsequent carrier catch roller 28 and returned to the developer station. At the same time, the exposure device can be used to prevent memory effects from charge images on the photoconductor drum surface that have not been completely deleted.
- the exposure device generates a largely homogeneous charge image on the charge image carrier in front of the carrier catching device and the subsequent transfer printing station in the printer.
- the charge image carrier thus has a uniform residual charging voltage of approximately 50 V.
- This "pictorial" discharge he This not only facilitates the removal of the carrier particles from the photoconductor drum, but also promotes the transfer of the toner image onto the Papiex web in the transfer station.
- the light of the exposure device has approximately the same spectral structure as the light of the character generator. If, for example, a light-emitting diode comb is used as a character generator, a similar structured one is recommended
- Lighting device instead of an LED line, a luminescent film can also be used.
- the exposure device is surrounded by a suction device, which acts on the area between the carrier capture roller 28 and the protective roller 26 via a suction channel 29 extending along the exposure device.
- This suction channel 29 is connected via a suction manifold 30 to a suction fan, not shown here.
- This air suction between the plexiglass tube (protective roller) 26 with the exposure device and the carrier capture roller 28 generates a local vacuum and thus free toner dust that is not bound by the charge image is collected in a container. This means that the free toner dust cannot be torn upwards out of the developer station by the photoconductor drum 10.
- Carrier particles caught by the carrier catching roller 28 and developer mixture stripped off by the metering doctor 24 of the counter-rotating developer roller are returned to the storage chamber 12 via guide plates 31.
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- Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
- General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
- Dry Development In Electrophotography (AREA)
- Cleaning In Electrography (AREA)
- Magnetic Brush Developing In Electrophotography (AREA)
- Discharging, Photosensitive Material Shape In Electrophotography (AREA)
Description
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Applications Claiming Priority (2)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| DE3632474 | 1986-09-24 | ||
| DE19863632474 DE3632474A1 (de) | 1986-09-24 | 1986-09-24 | Nichtmechanisches druck- oder kopiergeraet mit einer im entwicklungsbereich angeordneten belichtungseinrichtung |
Publications (2)
| Publication Number | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| EP0326558A1 true EP0326558A1 (de) | 1989-08-09 |
| EP0326558B1 EP0326558B1 (de) | 1991-10-23 |
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Family Applications (1)
| Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| EP87905941A Expired - Lifetime EP0326558B1 (de) | 1986-09-24 | 1987-09-21 | Nichtmechanisches druck- oder kopiergerät mit einer im entwicklungsbereich angeordneten belichtungseinrichtung |
Country Status (5)
| Country | Link |
|---|---|
| US (1) | US5023664A (de) |
| EP (1) | EP0326558B1 (de) |
| JP (1) | JP2732846B2 (de) |
| DE (2) | DE3632474A1 (de) |
| WO (1) | WO1988002502A1 (de) |
Families Citing this family (4)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WO1994003842A1 (de) * | 1992-07-30 | 1994-02-17 | Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme Aktiengesellschaft | Entwicklerstation für ein elektrofotografisches druck- oder kopiergerät |
| US20040217472A1 (en) * | 2001-02-16 | 2004-11-04 | Integral Technologies, Inc. | Low cost chip carrier with integrated antenna, heat sink, or EMI shielding functions manufactured from conductive loaded resin-based materials |
| JP5293575B2 (ja) * | 2009-02-19 | 2013-09-18 | 株式会社リコー | 画像形成装置及び制御方法 |
| JP6222065B2 (ja) * | 2014-12-08 | 2017-11-01 | 京セラドキュメントソリューションズ株式会社 | 画像形成装置 |
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| US3543720A (en) * | 1968-02-29 | 1970-12-01 | Eastman Kodak Co | Apparatus for development of electrostatic images |
| US3883240A (en) * | 1970-03-11 | 1975-05-13 | Canon Kk | Electrophotographic copying machine |
| US3912388A (en) * | 1970-12-29 | 1975-10-14 | Canon Kk | Developing device for use in electrophotographic copying machines |
| NL7508994A (nl) * | 1974-09-25 | 1975-10-31 | Xerox Corp | Inrichting voor het verwijderen van achtergrond- deeltjes. |
| DE3117296C2 (de) * | 1981-04-30 | 1984-01-19 | Siemens AG, 1000 Berlin und 8000 München | Entwicklerstation zur Entwicklung von auf einem Ladungsbildträger erzeugten Ladungsbilder |
| DE3119010C2 (de) * | 1981-05-13 | 1986-07-17 | Siemens AG, 1000 Berlin und 8000 München | Entwicklerstation in einer elektrofotografischen Einrichtung für die Entwicklung von auf einem Ladungsbildträger aufgebrachten Ladungsbildern |
| FR2521069A2 (fr) * | 1982-02-11 | 1983-08-12 | Cii Honeywell Bull | Dispositif pour l'application de particules solides sur le support d'enregistrement d'une imprimante non-impact |
| US4538901A (en) * | 1983-01-20 | 1985-09-03 | Ricoh Company, Ltd. | Electrophotographic copier with a phantom image suppression function |
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1986
- 1986-09-24 DE DE19863632474 patent/DE3632474A1/de not_active Withdrawn
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1987
- 1987-09-21 WO PCT/DE1987/000428 patent/WO1988002502A1/de not_active Ceased
- 1987-09-21 EP EP87905941A patent/EP0326558B1/de not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1987-09-21 DE DE8787905941T patent/DE3774131D1/de not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1987-09-21 US US07/331,665 patent/US5023664A/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1987-09-21 JP JP62505322A patent/JP2732846B2/ja not_active Expired - Fee Related
Non-Patent Citations (1)
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| See references of WO8802502A1 * |
Also Published As
| Publication number | Publication date |
|---|---|
| US5023664A (en) | 1991-06-11 |
| EP0326558B1 (de) | 1991-10-23 |
| DE3632474A1 (de) | 1988-03-31 |
| WO1988002502A1 (en) | 1988-04-07 |
| JPH02500052A (ja) | 1990-01-11 |
| JP2732846B2 (ja) | 1998-03-30 |
| DE3774131D1 (de) | 1991-11-28 |
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