JP2006317474A - Drive transmission device and image forming apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a drive transmission device which allows the torsional natural oscillation of the entire drive transmission device including a rotation body to have frequencies different from that of the oscillations of a drive source and transmission mechanism without increasing an inertial body, and to provide an image forming apparatus. <P>SOLUTION: A damper 220 which is an elastic body, is held between a flange 170 and a flywheel 210 which is the inertial body, and is fastened with screws. The damper 220 alters the rigidity of the entire driving system including the rotation body so as to allow the torsional natural oscillation of the entire drive transmission device including the rotation body to have frequencies different from that of the oscillations of a drive motor 130 serving as the drive source, and gears 140 and 160. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus such as a copying machine, a facsimile machine, and a printer, a drive transmission device provided in the image forming apparatus, and an image forming apparatus including the apparatus.

In an image forming apparatus such as an electrophotographic copying machine, printer, facsimile, etc., a driving roller for rotating a belt member such as a photosensitive belt, a motor for rotating a rotating body such as a photosensitive drum at a constant rotational speed, etc. A drive transmission device that transmits the driving force from the drive source to the rotating body is provided. This drive transmission device transmits the driving force of the motor to a rotating shaft extending from the rotating body via a gear or the like.
However, due to the influence of the vibration of the drive transmission system such as the vibration caused by the rotation of the motor or the gear meshing, the speed of the rotating shaft fluctuates, and the rotational speed of the rotating body is not stabilized, causing uneven rotation. When the rotating body is a photoconductor, such uneven rotation causes banding and color misregistration.

  As a method of setting the rotational speed of the rotating body to a constant speed, a method is known in which a flywheel as an inertial body is provided to increase the moment of inertia of the rotating shaft (for example, Patent Document 1). The inertial moment of the flywheel increases the force with which the rotating shaft tries to maintain constant speed rotation. Thereby, even if there exists a vibration of a gear or a motor, a rotating shaft can be rotated at constant speed with the inertia moment of a flywheel. As a result, the rotating body can rotate at a constant speed without being affected by the vibration of the gear or motor.

JP 2003-262567 A JP 2003-206993 A

  However, the entire drive transmission device including the rotary body vibrates by torsion due to the rigidity of the rotary body and the entire drive transmission device and the influence of the respective inertia moments such as the rotary body and the flywheel. When the torsional natural vibration of the entire drive transmission device including the rotating body is substantially the same as the vibration frequency of the drive transmission system such as motor vibration or gear meshing vibration, resonance occurs. Due to this resonance, the torsional vibration of the entire drive transmission device including the rotating body is increased, and the rotation unevenness is increased.

  Therefore, the inertia of the flywheel is increased to change the torsional natural vibration of the entire drive transmission device including the rotating body, and the vibration frequency of the drive transmission system such as vibration due to motor rotation and gear meshing. It is also conceivable not to resonate. However, the flywheel becomes large, and problems such as an increase in the size of the apparatus and shaft collapse due to an increase in weight occur. Further, a large driving force is required when rotating the rotating shaft, and the load on the motor increases. In addition, there is a problem that the rising response is poor and it takes time until the rotating body reaches a predetermined speed.

  Patent Document 2 describes a drive transmission device having the following configuration. A flywheel is rotatably attached to a shaft connected to the photosensitive member, and the flywheel is pressed against a side surface of a shaft-fixed driven gear engaged with a drive gear of a drive source by a pressing member made of an elastic body. . By setting it as such a structure, a flywheel is fastened with a driven gear via a frictional force. When a rotational torque exceeding the maximum static friction force between the flywheel and the driven gear is applied to the driven gear, the flywheel slips with respect to the driven gear. Thus, when a large rotational torque is applied to the driven gear, such as when the apparatus is started up, the flywheel does not slide on the driven gear and follow the rotation of the driven gear. As a result, it is possible to eliminate the influence of the inertial force of the flywheel when starting up. Therefore, the response at the time of start-up is improved, and the time can be shortened until the rotating body reaches a predetermined speed. However, also in this Patent Document 2, the torsional vibration of the entire drive transmission device including the rotating body is prevented from resonating with the frequency of vibration of the drive transmission system such as vibration due to rotation of the motor or vibration due to gear meshing. Therefore, it is necessary to enlarge the flywheel, and there is a problem that the apparatus is enlarged.

  The above problem is not limited to the photoconductor. For example, a drive roller that rotates the transfer belt such as an intermediate transfer belt also causes banding and color misregistration if there is uneven rotation.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and the object of the present invention is to reduce the torsional natural vibration of the entire drive transmission device including the rotating body without increasing the inertial body. It is an object of the present invention to provide a drive transmission device and an image forming apparatus that can have different frequencies.

In order to achieve the above object, an invention according to claim 1 includes a drive source, a transmission mechanism that transmits a driving force of the drive source to a rotating body, and an inertial body that rotates with the rotating body and exhibits an inertial force. In the drive transmission device provided, the inertial body is sandwiched between the side surface of the fixing member fixed to the shaft via the elastic body and the side surface of the inertial body, and is screwed to the fixing member with a screw. It is characterized by that.
According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the drive transmission device of the first aspect, an elastic body is also sandwiched between the screw head of the screw and the side surface of the inertial body.
According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the drive transmission device according to the first or second aspect, the elastic body is provided with a protruding portion protruding in the axial direction.
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the drive transmission device according to the third aspect, the elastic body has a through hole into which a screw is inserted, and a part of the protrusion protrudes from the through hole. It is a feature.
According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the drive transmission device according to the third or fourth aspect, a part of the protrusion protrudes outward.
According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the drive transmission device according to any of the third to fifth aspects, at least three or more protrusions are provided at equal intervals on the same side surface of the elastic body. It is.
According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the drive transmission device according to any one of the first to sixth aspects, a charge removing member that contacts the inertial body is provided.
According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the drive transmission device according to any one of the first to seventh aspects, the rotating body is configured to be detachable from the shaft.
According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image carrier that forms an electrostatic latent image on the surface and rotates in the circumferential direction, a drive transmission means that transmits a rotational driving force from a drive source to the image carrier, A developing unit that visualizes the electrostatic latent image on the image carrier, a transfer unit that transfers the visualized toner image to the recording material, and a fixing unit that fixes the toner image on the recording material to be transferred. In the image forming apparatus having the above, the drive transmission device according to any one of claims 1 to 8 is used as the drive transmission means.
According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in the image forming apparatus of the ninth aspect, the image carrier, at least one of the developing means and the transfer means are integrated into a unit so as to be detachable from the apparatus main body. It is a feature.

According to invention of Claim 1 thru | or 8, the elastic body is pinched | screwed and fixed between the fixing member fixed to the axis | shaft, and an inertial body. As a result, the rigidity of the entire drive device including the rotating body is changed, and the torsional natural vibration of the entire drive transmission device including the rotating body is made different from the vibration frequency due to the rotation of the drive source and the vibration of the transmission mechanism. be able to. Therefore, the entire drive device including the rotating body does not resonate with the vibration frequency caused by the rotation of the drive source or the engagement of the transmission mechanism, and the entire drive device including the rotating body is prevented from greatly torsionally vibrating. can do. As a result, the rotating body can be stably rotated, and banding and color misregistration can be suppressed.
Further, without increasing the inertia of the inertial body, the torsional natural frequency of the entire drive device including the rotator can be made different from the vibration frequency due to the rotation of the drive source and the vibration of the transmission mechanism. Therefore, inertia of the inertial body can be minimized, and the apparatus can be increased in size and the shaft can be prevented from collapsing due to an increase in weight. In addition, since the moment of inertia of the inertial body can be suppressed to the minimum necessary, it is possible to suppress an increase in the load on the motor and to improve the response at the time of start-up. Time can be shortened until.
Furthermore, since the elastic body is simply screwed between the fixed member fixed to the shaft and the inertial body, it can be easily adjusted according to the torsional natural frequency of the entire drive transmission device including the rotating body. It is possible to replace the elastic body. As a result, the torsional natural frequency of the entire drive transmission device including the rotating body can be easily made different from the vibration frequency due to the rotation of the drive source and the vibration of the transmission mechanism.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of an electrophotographic color image forming apparatus will be described as an image forming apparatus to which the present invention is applied. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an overall configuration of a color image forming apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. This color image forming apparatus includes a flexible photosensitive belt 1 as an image carrier. The photosensitive belt 1 is installed between a plurality of rotating rollers 2, 31, 32, and is rotated (sub-scanned) in the direction of arrow A (clockwise) in the figure by the rotational driving of the rotating roller 2. The surface is configured to be an image forming surface. As means for forming an electrostatic latent image and a toner image on the photosensitive belt 1, a charging charger 4 as a charging device, an optical writing unit 5 as an exposure device, and a color are provided around the photosensitive belt 1. Developing devices 6a, 6b, 6c and 6d, an intermediate transfer belt 10 as an intermediate transfer member, a photosensitive member cleaning device 15 and the like are disposed. The color developing devices 6a, 6b, 6c, and 6d are one-component developing devices that store one-component developers of magenta (M), cyan (C), yellow (Y), and black (Bk). The color image forming apparatuses 6a, 6b, 6c, and 6d individually form toner images of four colors, magenta (M), cyan (C), yellow (Y), and black (Bk), on the photosensitive belt 1, respectively. To do. Then, these are sequentially superimposed on the intermediate transfer belt 10 and subjected to intermediate transfer, and then subjected to secondary transfer collectively onto a transfer sheet (not shown) as a four-color superimposed image.

  The intermediate transfer belt 10 is installed between the rotation rollers 11 and 12, and is rotated in the direction of arrow B (counterclockwise) in the drawing by the rotation driving of the rotation roller 12. The photosensitive belt 1 and the intermediate transfer belt 10 are in contact with each other at a portion where the rotation roller 32 of the photosensitive belt 1 is provided. On the intermediate transfer belt 10 side of the contact portion, a conductive bias roller 13 is in contact with the back surface of the intermediate transfer belt 10 under predetermined conditions. Further, an intermediate transfer belt cleaning device 16 for cleaning the intermediate transfer belt 10 is provided.

  Further, as components relating to the processing of the transfer paper, a paper feed unit (paper feed cassette) 17, a paper feed roller 18, a pair of transport rollers 19a and 19b, a pair of registration rollers 20a and 20b, and an intermediate transfer belt 10 includes a secondary transfer roller 14 for transferring an image from 10, a fixing unit 80, a pair of paper discharge rollers 81a and 81b, and a paper discharge stack unit 82.

  Next, the operation of the color image forming apparatus will be described. First, the operation during full-color image formation will be described. When the color image forming apparatus receives full-color image data, the photosensitive belt 1 rotates in the direction A in FIG. The photosensitive belt 1 is uniformly charged by a charging charger 4 and then subjected to scanning exposure of a laser whose emission is controlled based on image information by an optical writing unit 5, and an electrostatic latent image is formed on the surface. It is formed. Image information used in one step of scanning exposure while rotating the photoreceptor belt 1 to form an electrostatic latent image is obtained by using magenta (M), cyan (C), yellow (Y), black (Bk) for a desired full-color image. ) Color information separated into color information, and the light emission of the semiconductor laser is controlled by this information. The generated laser beam is scanned and optical path adjusted by an optical device and output as writing beam light L. When the electrostatic latent image formed based on the single color image information reaches the position of the color developing devices 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d, the developing devices 6a, 6b, 6c, corresponding to the color on which the latent image is formed. Any one of 6d is selectively opposed to the photoreceptor belt 1. Then, toner is supplied to the electrostatic latent image on the photosensitive belt 1 by any of the developing devices 6a, 6b, 6c, and 6d that face each other, and magenta (M), cyan (C), yellow (Y), black ( A single color development is performed with any of the toners of Bk) to form a toner image. The toner image on the photosensitive belt 1 is synchronized with the photosensitive belt 1 by an action of a predetermined transfer bias applied to the bias roller 13 on the intermediate transfer belt 10 that rotates in the direction of arrow B in FIG. Once transferred. On the other hand, the toner remaining on the surface of the photoreceptor belt 1 after the transfer of the toner image is cleaned by the photoreceptor cleaning device 15. Such a cycle is repeated for each color, and magenta (M), cyan (C), yellow (Y), and black (Bk) images are sequentially superimposed and transferred onto the intermediate transfer belt 10. The magenta (M), cyan (C), yellow (Y), and black (Bk) images superimposed on the intermediate transfer belt 10 are fed from the paper feed tray (paper feed cassette) 17 to the paper feed roller 18 and the transport roller pair. The images are collectively transferred by the secondary transfer roller 14 onto the transfer paper conveyed to the transfer section via the pair 19a and 19b and the registration roller pair 20a and 20b. After the transfer is completed, the transfer paper is fixed by the fixing unit 80 to complete a full-color image, and the print image is discharged to the paper discharge stack unit 82 through the paper discharge roller pair 81a and 81b. Further, the residual toner is cleaned by the intermediate transfer belt cleaning device 16 after the toner image is collectively transferred onto the transfer paper. The cleaning brush 16a of the intermediate transfer belt cleaning device 16 is held at a position separated from the surface of the intermediate transfer belt 10 during the image forming operation, and contacts the surface of the intermediate transfer belt 10 after the formed image is transferred onto the transfer paper. Is done.

  Next, the operation of the image forming apparatus when forming a monochrome image will be described. When the image forming apparatus receives monochrome image data, the photosensitive belt 1 rotates in the direction A in FIG. The photosensitive belt 1 is uniformly charged by a charging charger 4 and then subjected to scanning exposure of a laser whose emission is controlled based on image information by an optical writing unit 5, and an electrostatic latent image is formed on the surface. It is formed. Then, a black (Bk) developing device 6d is selectively opposed to the photosensitive belt 1. Toner is supplied to the electrostatic latent image on the photoreceptor belt 1 by the opposing black (Bk) developing device 6d, and is developed with black (Bk) toner to form a toner image. The toner image on the photosensitive belt 1 is synchronized with the photosensitive belt 1 by an action of a predetermined transfer bias applied to the bias roller 13 on the intermediate transfer belt 10 that rotates in the direction of arrow B in FIG. Transcribed. On the other hand, the toner remaining on the surface of the photoreceptor belt 1 after the transfer of the toner image is cleaned by the photoreceptor cleaning device 15. The black (Bk) image on the intermediate transfer belt 10 is transferred by the transfer roller 14 onto the transfer paper conveyed to the transfer unit. After the transfer is completed, the transfer paper is fixed by the fixing unit 80 to complete a black and white image. Further, the residual toner is cleaned by the intermediate transfer belt cleaning device 16 after the toner image is collectively transferred onto the transfer paper.

  Further, the photosensitive belt 1, the charging charger 4, the intermediate transfer belt 10, the photosensitive member cleaning device 15, and the intermediate transfer belt cleaning device 16 can be integrated so as to be detachable from the main body as a process cartridge.

  FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of a drive device which is a drive transmission device. This drive device includes a drive motor 130 as a drive source. The transmission mechanism includes a drive gear 140 attached to the drive motor 130 and a driven gear 160 attached to the driven shaft 150. The drive gear 140 and the driven gear 160 are engaged with each other. A driving side coupling 180 is provided at the left end of the driven shaft 150 in the drawing, and the driving side coupling 180 is provided at one end of the rotating shaft 200 extending from the rotating roller 2 of the photosensitive belt as a rotating body. The photoconductor side coupling 190 is engaged.

  A vibration suppression device that suppresses torsional vibration of the driven shaft is provided at the right end of the driven shaft 150 in the drawing. This vibration suppression device includes a flange 170 as a fixing member, a flywheel 210 as an inertial body, and a damper 220 as an elastic body. The flange 170 is fixed to the driven shaft. As shown in FIG. 3, the flywheel 210 is attached to a side surface of the flange 170 with a stepped screw 230 via a damper 220. Further, a ground plate 240 as a charge removing member is attached to the side surface of the flywheel 210 to neutralize the flywheel 210. As a result, the flywheel 210 is prevented from being charged to generate electromagnetic waves or discharges, thereby preventing other devices from being affected.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the flywheel 210 has a center hole 211 and three damper attachment portions 212 connected to the center hole 211 at equal intervals on the circumference. The protrusions 171 of the flange 170 are inserted into the center hole 211, and the dampers 220, which are elastic bodies, are attached to the three damper attachment portions 212, respectively. Since the center hole 211 and the damper attachment part 212 are connected, the damper 220 can be easily attached to the flywheel 210, and the assembly property of the damper 220 can be improved.

  Even if speed fluctuation occurs due to vibration caused by rotation of the drive motor 130 or vibration caused by engagement of the drive gear 140 and the driven gear 160, the rotating roller 2 is rotated at a constant speed by the inertial force of the flywheel 210. . The inertia of the flywheel 210 is suppressed to the minimum necessary based on the inertial force of the rotating roller 2 and the speed fluctuation of the drive transmission system such as the drive motor 130 and the gear. If the inertia of the flywheel 210 is increased more than necessary, a large driving force is required when rotating the rotation roller 2, and the load on the drive motor 130 increases. In addition, the rising response is poor, and it takes time for the rotating roller 2 to reach a predetermined speed. In addition, problems such as an increase in the size of the apparatus and shaft collapse due to an increase in weight also occur. In order to suppress the problem in this way, it is necessary to suppress the inertia of the flywheel 210 to the minimum necessary.

  FIG. 5 is a schematic perspective view of the damper 220. The damper 220 is sandwiched between the first absorber 221 sandwiched between the side surface of the flange 170 and the side surface of the flywheel 210 on the photoconductor side, and between the ground plate side surface of the flywheel 210 and the screw head of the screw 230. The second absorption part 222 and the connection part 223 that connects the first absorption part 211 and the second absorption part 222. Further, the damper 220 is provided with a through hole 225 extending from the front side to the back side in the figure, and a stepped screw 230 is inserted into the through hole 225.

By the way, when the torsional natural frequency of the entire drive transmission device including the rotation roller 2 and the like is close to the frequency of the vibration generated by the rotation of the drive motor 130 or the meshing of each gear, the resonance occurs and the rotation unevenness occurs. Will increase. In order to suppress such a resonance phenomenon, the torsional natural frequency of the entire drive transmission device including the rotating roller or the like is set to be larger than the vibration frequency due to the rotation of the drive motor 130 or the meshing of each gear. Differentiating is most effective. The torsional natural frequency of the entire drive transmission device including this rotating roller can be expressed by the following equation.

  Here, K is the rigidity related to the rotating system such as the rotating roller 2, the rotating shaft 200, the driven shaft 150, and the flywheel 210 that rotates with the driving force transmitted from the driving motor 130 and each gear. J is a moment of inertia relating to a rotating system such as the flywheel 210 and the rotating roller 2 that rotates by the driving force transmitted from the driving motor 130 and each gear. In the present embodiment, the damper 220 is only screwed by the flywheel 210 and the stepped screw 230. Therefore, the damper 220 can be easily rearranged, and the rigidity K of the rotation system of the entire drive transmission device including the rotation roller 2 and the like can be easily changed. As a result, the torsional natural frequency f of the rotation system of the entire drive transmission device including the rotating roller 2 and the like can be easily made greatly different from the frequency of the vibration of the drive transmission system generated from the drive motor 130 or each gear. it can.

  In addition, when it is preferable that the first absorbent portion 221 and the second absorbent portion 222 are made of a soft material, if the first absorbent portion 221 and the second absorbent portion 222 are made too soft, the mass as in the flywheel 210 is increased. The heavy member cannot be supported vertically or the durability is deteriorated. Therefore, there is a case where the absorption part cannot be set to a desired elastic coefficient K by changing the material. In such a case, as shown in FIG. 5, protrusions 224 are provided at equal intervals on the circumference of the second absorption part 222, and the heads of the screws 230 are brought into contact with the protrusions 224. As a result, the protrusion 224 of the second absorption part 222 has a lower rigidity than the other parts, and the second absorption part compared to the case where there is no gap between the screw 230 and the second absorption part 222. The elastic modulus K of 222 can be lowered. Further, since the portion other than the protruding portion of the second absorption portion 222 has high rigidity, the flywheel 210 can be sufficiently supported. Further, the number of protrusions 224 is preferably three or more. By setting the number to three or more, the head of the screw can stably come into contact with the protruding portion 222, and the second absorbing portion 222 can be brought into contact with the flywheel 210 with a uniform contact pressure.

  Further, by projecting a part of each protrusion 224 from the through hole 225, a stepped screw having a diameter smaller than the diameter of the through hole 225 can be easily screwed to the flange. When a stepped screw having a diameter smaller than the diameter of the through hole 225 is inserted into the through hole, the portion protruding from the through hole 225 of each projection guides the stepped screw. Thereby, it can suppress that the stepped screw whose diameter of a step part is smaller than the hole diameter of a through-hole is diagonally inserted in a through-hole. Therefore, the flywheel 220 can be fixed with a stepped screw having a small stepped portion diameter without damaging the inner peripheral surface of the through hole. By fixing with a stepped screw having a diameter smaller than the diameter of the through hole 225, the damper 220 is easily elastically deformed, and the elastic coefficient of the damper 220 can be lowered.

  Further, in FIG. 5, the protrusion is provided only on the second absorption part 222, but the protrusion may be provided also on the first absorption part 221. Thereby, the elastic modulus of the damper 220 can be further reduced.

  Furthermore, when each protrusion 224 is in contact with a surface larger than the outer diameter of the absorption part, such as the side supporting the flywheel 220 of the absorption part or the side supporting the flange 170, a part of each protrusion is You may make it protrude from the outer periphery of an absorption part. In this way, by projecting a part of each protrusion from the outer periphery of the absorption part, the side surfaces such as the flywheel 220 and the flange and the protrusion can stably come into contact with each other.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the flywheel 210 is fixed to the flange 170 via the damper 220 using the stepped screw 230, but may be fixed using an ordinary screw. In this case, as shown in FIG. 6 and FIG. 7, a spacer 250 made of resin or the like is provided on the inner peripheral surface of the through hole 225 of the damper 220, and the screw 260 comes into contact with the inner peripheral surface of the damper 220 to I try not to hurt. As shown in FIG. 7, the damper 220 is more easily elastically deformed when the spacer 250 is provided only at the central portion of the connecting portion 223 than when the spacer 250 is provided on the entire inner peripheral portion of FIG. And the elastic modulus can be lowered.

  The damper 220 and the screw 230 used in the drive transmission device of this embodiment are the torsional natural frequency of the rotation system of the entire drive transmission device including the rotation roller 2 and the like, the vibration caused by the rotation of the drive motor 130, and each gear. It is determined according to the relationship with the vibration frequency of the drive transmission system, such as vibration due to meshing. That is, when it is necessary to significantly reduce the rigidity K of the rotating system, the damper 220 having a low elastic coefficient is used. On the other hand, when it is not necessary to make the rigidity K of the rotating system very low, the damper 220 having a high elastic coefficient is used.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the flywheel 210 is fixed by attaching the damper 220 to the flywheel 210 and then screwing it to the flange 170, but this is not a limitation. As shown in FIG. 8, the flywheel 220 may be screwed after the damper 220 is attached to the flange 170. In the form shown in FIG. 8, a damper mounting hole 172 is provided in the flange 170, and the damper 220 is inserted and fixed in the damper mounting hole 172. An insert 270 having a thread groove on the inner peripheral surface is provided on the inner peripheral surface of the damper 220. Then, the screw 260 is inserted from the side of the flywheel 210 that contacts the ground plate, and the screw 260 is screwed to the insert 270. Thereby, the flywheel 210 is fixed to the driven shaft 150 via the damper 220. Even in such a configuration, the absorbing portion 221 sandwiched between the flywheel 210 and the flange 170 can absorb the torsion of the driven shaft 150 and reduce the torsional vibration of the driven shaft.

  In the present embodiment, the driving device that drives the rotating roller 2 of the photosensitive belt 1 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the driving device that drives the rotating roller of the intermediate transfer belt 10 may be used. .

(1)
As described above, according to the drive transmission device of the present embodiment, the damper, which is an elastic body, is sandwiched between the flange, which is a fixing member fixed to the shaft, and the flywheel, which is an inertia body, and is screwed. As a result, the rigidity of the entire drive device including the rotator is changed, and the torsional natural vibration of the entire drive transmission device including the rotator is caused by vibrations caused by the rotation of the drive motor serving as a drive source and meshing of each gear serving as a transmission mechanism. It can be made different from the frequency of vibration. Therefore, the entire drive device including the rotating body does not resonate with the vibration frequency caused by the rotation of the drive motor or the vibration of each gear. As a result, the rotating body can be stably rotated, and banding and color misregistration can be suppressed.
Further, since the rigidity of the entire drive device including the rotating body can be changed by the damper, the inertia of the flywheel can be minimized. As a result, an increase in the size of the apparatus and a shaft collapse due to an increase in weight can be suppressed. In addition, since the moment of inertia of the flywheel can be suppressed to the minimum necessary, it is possible to suppress an increase in the load on the drive motor and to improve the response at the time of start-up. Time can be reduced until speed is achieved.
Furthermore, since the damper is simply screwed between the flange and the flywheel, the damper can be easily replaced according to the torsional natural frequency of the entire drive transmission device including the rotating body. Can do. Thereby, the torsional natural frequency of the entire drive transmission device including the rotating body can be easily made different from the frequency of the drive transmission system of the drive motor and each gear.
Further, the rigidity K of the entire drive transmission device including the rotating body is changed by sandwiching the absorbing portion of the damper between the side surface of the flange and the side surface of the flywheel. When a damper is sandwiched between the inner peripheral surface of the flywheel and the outer peripheral surface of the flange to change the rigidity K of the entire drive transmission device including the rotating body, when the damper is twisted in the circumferential direction, Rotational deviation increases. As a result, the rotational speed of the driven shaft may fluctuate due to the eccentricity of the flywheel. On the other hand, by sandwiching the damper absorbing portion between the side surface of the flange and the side surface of the flywheel, the rotational deviation between the flywheel and the driven shaft does not increase even if the damper is twisted. As a result, the rotational speed of the driven shaft does not vary due to the eccentricity of the flywheel, and the rotating body can be rotated at a constant speed.
(2)
Further, according to the drive transmission device of the present embodiment, the damper absorbing portion is also sandwiched between the screw head and the flywheel. Thereby, the absorber between the flange and the flywheel and the absorber between the screw head and the flywheel are torsionally deformed. Therefore, the overall rigidity including the rotating body can be changed by these two absorbing portions. Therefore, by changing the elastic coefficient of the absorbing part between the screw head and the flywheel and the elastic coefficient of the absorbing part between the flange and the flywheel, it is possible to create dampers having various elastic coefficients. it can. Therefore, it is possible to easily create a damper that can make the overall torsional natural frequency including the rotating body the most effective frequency with respect to the frequency of the drive motor and each gear.
(3)
Further, according to the drive transmission device of the present embodiment, the damper is provided with the protruding portion that protrudes in the axial direction. Thereby, when the absorption part of a damper is pinched | interposed between a flywheel and a flange or a screw head, a clearance gap is made in the circumferential direction of an absorption part. By this gap, the elastic performance in the circumferential direction of the absorbing portion can be ensured. As a result, the desired elastic modulus can be obtained without using a soft material for the damper to obtain the desired elastic modulus. Therefore, the material of the absorption part is too soft to support the flywheel, and problems such as tilting of the flywheel can be suppressed.
(4)
Further, according to the drive transmission device of the present embodiment, a part of the protrusion is protruded from the through hole. Thereby, it is possible to guide a screw having a short diameter with respect to the hole diameter of the through hole at a portion protruding from the through hole of the protrusion. Therefore, it is possible to prevent a screw having a short diameter with respect to the diameter of the through hole from being inserted obliquely with respect to the through hole, and to be easily screwed to the flange. Further, the elastic modulus of the damper can be made lower than that in which the same diameter as the through hole is inserted into the through hole and screwed to the flange.
(5)
In addition, according to the drive transmission device of the present embodiment, a part of the protrusion is protruded from the absorber. Thereby, a screw, a flywheel, a flange, etc. and a projection part can contact stably, and a flywheel can be supported stably.
(6)
Further, according to the drive transmission device of the present embodiment, at least three or more protrusions protruding in the axial direction are provided at equal intervals on the same side surface of the damper. Thereby, the absorption part of a damper is compressed uniformly between the side surface of a flywheel, and a flange or a screw head. Thereby, the torsional deformation of the absorbing portion can be improved.
(7)
Further, according to the drive transmission device of this embodiment, the flywheel is prevented from being charged by contacting the flywheel with a ground plate as a charge removing member. Thereby, it can suppress that a flywheel discharges and the malfunction of a device and a failure generate | occur | produce. Moreover, it can prevent that a flywheel becomes an antenna and generate | occur | produces electromagnetic waves.
(8)
Further, according to the drive transmission device of the present embodiment, the rotating body can be attached to and detached from the driven shaft. Thereby, the replacement | exchange operation | work of a rotary body can be performed easily and a maintainability can be improved.
(9)
Further, according to the image forming apparatus of the present embodiment, since the drive transmission device having the characteristics (1) to (7) is used as the drive device for the photosensitive belt as the image carrier, banding and color misregistration are suppressed. A good image can be obtained.
(10)
Further, according to the image forming apparatus of the present embodiment, the photosensitive belt 1, the charging charger 4, the intermediate transfer belt 10, the photosensitive member cleaning device 15, and the intermediate transfer belt cleaning device 16 are integrated to form a process cartridge on the main body. And detachable. As a result, the replacement work of the photosensitive belt, the charger, etc. can be easily performed, and the maintainability can be improved.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a printer according to an embodiment. The schematic block diagram of a drive device. The figure explaining the attachment state of a flyhole. The schematic block diagram of a flyhole. The perspective view of a damper. The figure explaining the attachment state of a flyhole when using the damper provided with the spacer. The figure explaining the attachment state of a flyhole when using the damper provided with the other spacer. The figure explaining the attachment state of another flyhole.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Photoconductor belt 2 Rotating roller 4 Charging charger 5 Optical writing unit 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d Color developing device 10 Intermediate transfer belt 11, 12 Rotating roller 13 Bias roller 14 Secondary transfer roller 15 Photoconductor cleaning device 16 Intermediate transfer belt cleaning device 17 Paper feed stand (paper feed cassette)
18 Paper feed roller 19a, 19b Transport roller pair 20a, 20b Registration roller pair 80 Fixing unit 81a, 81b Paper discharge roller pair 82 Paper discharge stack unit 130 Motor 140 Drive gear 150 Drive shaft 160 Drive gear 210 Flywheel 220 Damper 240 Earth plate 250 spacer

Claims (10)

In a drive transmission device comprising a drive source, a transmission mechanism that transmits the driving force of the drive source to a rotating body, and an inertial body that rotates with the rotating body and exhibits inertial force,
The inertial body is characterized in that the elastic body is sandwiched between a side surface of a fixing member fixed to a shaft via an elastic body and a side surface of the inertial body, and is screwed to the fixing member with a screw. Drive transmission device. The drive transmission device according to claim 1, wherein
A drive transmission device, wherein an elastic body is also sandwiched between a screw head of the screw and the side surface of the inertial body. The drive transmission device according to claim 1 or 2,
The elastic body is provided with a protruding portion protruding in the axial direction. The drive transmission device according to claim 3.
The elastic body has a through-hole into which a screw is inserted, and a part of the protrusion protrudes from the through-hole. The drive transmission device according to claim 3 or 4,
A drive transmission device characterized in that a part of the protrusion protrudes outward. The drive transmission device according to any one of claims 3 to 5,
The drive transmission device according to claim 1, wherein at least three protrusions are provided at equal intervals on the same side surface of the elastic body. The drive transmission device according to any one of claims 1 to 6,
A drive transmission device comprising a charge removing member that contacts the inertial body. The drive transmission device according to any one of claims 1 to 7,
A drive transmission device, wherein the rotating body is configured to be detachable from the shaft. An image carrier that forms an electrostatic latent image on its surface and rotates in the circumferential direction, drive transmission means for transmitting a rotational driving force from a drive source to the image carrier, and an electrostatic latent image on the image carrier In an image forming apparatus comprising: a developing unit that visualizes a toner image; a transfer unit that transfers a toner image to be visualized to a recording material; and a fixing unit that fixes the toner image on the recording material to be transferred.
An image forming apparatus using the drive transmission device according to claim 1 as the drive transmission means. The image forming apparatus according to claim 9.
An image forming apparatus, wherein the image carrier, at least one of a developing unit and a transfer unit are integrated into a unit and detachable from the apparatus main body.

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