JPH08262839A - Corona discharge device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To enhance the versatile applicability of the use posture of a corona discharge device having a vibration preventing member, to reduce the number of components for preventing vibration and to enhance assembling workability. CONSTITUTION: This corona discharge device is provided with a discharge electrode wire 4 and supporting and stretching structural bodies 2 and 5 supporting the end of the discharge electrode wire and stretching the discharge electrode wire; and it is also provided with the vibration preventing member 6 consisting of a mass part 7, a hook part 8 and a coupling part 9 coupling them, and constituted so that at least the mass part 7 is hung by the wire 11 to apply the weight of the mass part to the discharge electrode wire as load, the hook part 8 has flexible engaging relation with the structural bodies 2 and 5, and the moving range of the mass part 7 is regulated to the end of the wire 4.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

[Industrial field of application] Corona discharge with a discharge electrode wire stretched in a charging device, a transfer device, a separating device, etc. used in an electrophotographic device which is an image forming device such as a copying machine, a printer and a facsimile. apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A corona discharge device in which a member for suppressing vibration of a discharge electrode wire is brought into contact with the discharge electrode wire in a region of the end portion of the discharge electrode wire which does not require a corona for charging, transfer or separation is known. It is presented in Japanese Examined Patent Publication No. 5-64792 and Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 63-115154. In these corona discharge devices, the vibration of the discharge electrode wire is suppressed, and moreover, since the vibration prevention member is the end that does not utilize the discharge of the discharge electrode wire, the vibration prevention member is
It does not impair the uniform charging property of the photoconductor or transfer paper.

In the charging device disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 5-64792, a roller-shaped or rod-shaped vibration-preventing member is rotatably and eccentrically supported by a support pin, and the support pin is opened in the wire end support portion. Cover plate (axle)
By attaching the cover plate to the shield case, the vibration prevention member comes into contact with the discharge electrode wire, and the vibration prevention member is eccentric to the support pin. The weight of the vibration prevention member is added to the discharge electrode wire. It is necessary to add a support pin that eccentrically supports the vibration prevention member. By mounting the cover plate on the shield case, the mounting of the vibration prevention member on the charging device is completed, but as a preceding step, the support pin is set up on the cover plate and the vibration prevention member is mounted on the support pin. It requires a built-in work for mounting, which requires a lot of work. If you want to use multiple corona dischargers with the same structure with different mounting angles in different locations inside the machine, or if you want to use different corona discharger models in common but have different mounting angles, -It is necessary to change the support structure of the plate vibration preventing member or to change the mounting position of the cover plate with respect to the shield case. For example, when used in the upward direction, the vibration prevention member is supported in parallel with the bottom of the shield case, but if it is set sideways, the vibration prevention member becomes vertical and the vibration prevention effect is reduced or eliminated. For this reason, for the sideways use, it is necessary to open an opening in the side wall (wall perpendicular to the bottom surface) of the shield case and attach the cover plate there. Therefore, the versatility of the usage posture of the charging device is low.

In the discharge device disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 63-115154, a cover plate is formed with a bent leg having a dogleg shape protruding toward the discharge electrode wire, and the lower end of the leg is formed on the discharge electrode wire. The cover plate is loosely connected to the wire end fixing block. In the upward position,
The lower end of the bent leg contacts the discharge electrode wire due to the weight of the cover plate. There is an advantage that a separate vibration prevention member is unnecessary. However, when the cover plate is pushed, its bent leg pushes the discharge electrode wire, which not only displaces the position of the discharge electrode wire, but also the risk that the discharge electrode wire may stretch or break. When attaching or detaching to or from the copier,
Care must be taken to prevent the cover plate from being pushed and mechanical design around the charging device mounting position, which limits the layout and handling of the charging device. Considering the vibration of the main body due to transportation, it is highly likely that a protective member is required during transportation so that the cover plate does not vibrate and a pushing force is not applied to it. The same is true when packed or transported as parts, but the packing layout is likely to be limited and a protective member is likely to be needed. Since the weight of the cover plate is applied to the discharge electrode wire, the load applied to the discharge electrode wire becomes smaller as the mounting angle deviates from the horizontal, and the vibration suppressing effect becomes less. When mounted vertically, the load becomes 0 and the effect is completely lost. Therefore, it can be used only when the mounting angle is close to horizontal. That is, the versatility of the use posture is low.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is a first object of the present invention to increase the versatility of the posture of use of a corona discharge device having a vibrating section stopping member, and a component for stopping the vibrating section of a discharge electrode wire. A second object is to reduce the number of points as much as possible, and a third object is to improve the assembly workability.

[0006]

The present invention relates to a corona discharge device comprising a discharge electrode wire (4) and a support structure (2, 5) for supporting the end of the discharge electrode wire and stretching the discharge electrode wire. A vibration preventing member consisting of a mass part (7), a key part (8) and a connecting part (9) connecting them,
At least the mass part (7) is suspended by the discharge electrode wire (4) and the weight of the mass part is applied to the discharge electrode wire as a load, and the key part (8) is flexible with the supporting structure (2, 5). It is characterized by comprising a vibration preventing member (6) having an engaging relationship and restricting the moving range of the mass portion (7) to the end of the discharge electrode wire (4).

In order to facilitate understanding, the symbols of the corresponding elements of the embodiments shown in the drawings and described later are put in parentheses.
It is added for reference.

[0008]

[Operation] Since the vibration prevention member (6) is suspended on the discharge electrode wire (4), the vibration prevention member (6) is the discharge electrode wire.
Supported by (4). As a result, a means for supporting the vibration prevention member (6) in the direction orthogonal to the wire (4) is unnecessary, and the number of parts is small. Further, even if the posture of the support structure (2, 5) changes from upward to sideways, the vibration prevention member (6) faces the direction of gravity, that is, since the suspended posture with respect to the discharge electrode wire (4) does not change, The same weight is applied to the discharge electrode wire (4) regardless of whether it is in the upward posture or the lateral posture. That is, there is no change in the vibration prevention effect due to the use posture.

The key hand portion (8) has a flexible engagement relationship with the supporting structure (2, 5), and the moving range of the mass portion (7) is defined by the discharge electrode wire.
Since the vibration prevention member (6) is regulated to the end of (4), the vibration prevention member (6) is always positioned at the end of the discharge electrode wire (4). There is no loss.

Other objects and features of the present invention will become apparent from the following description of embodiments with reference to the drawings.

[0011]

【Example】

-First Embodiment- Fig. 1 shows an exploded end portion of a corona discharger according to a first embodiment of the present invention. A terminal case 2 made of an insulating resin such as polycarbonate is fixed to one end of a shield case 1 made of a conductor. The discharge electrode wire 4 is received by the V groove at the tip of the positioning plate 2a of the terminal case 2 (integrally molded with the case 2), and terminals 5 are attached to both ends of the wire 4, respectively. One end of a tension coil spring 6 is engaged with 5. The other end of the spring 6 has a terminal case 2
It is engaged with the anchor-3 that is erected. The other end of the discharge electrode wire 4 also has a shield cable with a substantially similar structure.
The terminal case at the other end of the wire 1 is supported, but the terminal at the other end (corresponding to 5) is directly hooked on the anchor, and the spring 6 shown in FIG. Give tension to. One of the anchors at both ends of the wire 4 is made of metal and transmits the voltage from the high voltage power source to the wire 4.

There is a U-shaped slot 2b on the inner end wall of the terminal case 2, through which the wire 4 is pulled out from the terminal case 2. The U-shaped slot 2b is opened upward, and the vibration prevention member 6 is inserted therein and supported by the wire 4. That is, the vibration preventing member 6 is suspended by the discharge electrode wire 4.

The vibration preventing member 6 is composed of an inverted U-shaped or saddle-shaped mass portion 7 and a key portion 8 having U-shaped slots 7a and 8a opened downward, and a connecting portion 9 connecting them. It is formed as a continuous body by resin integral molding. The leg of the mass portion 7 below the contact is thick so that the center of gravity of the vibration prevention member 6 is below the contact (bottom of the U-shaped slots 7a, 8a) with the discharge electrode wire 4 and in the U-shaped slot 7a. (High weight). The connecting portion 9 is narrower and narrower than the groove width of the U-shaped slot 2b so that it can move freely in the depth direction of the U-shaped slot 2b, and the wire 4
Can be rotated 360 degrees within the groove width of the U-shaped slot 2b.

On the other hand, the key hand portion 8 has a width and a height which are larger than the groove width of the U-shaped slot 2b.
As shown in FIG. 4, when the vibration preventing member 6 is inserted into the U-shaped slot 2b with its coupling portion 9 suspended and suspended from the wire 4, the key hand portion 8 extends along the wire 4 to the outside of the terminal case 2. I can't get out. That is, the position of the vibration prevention member 6 in the direction in which the wire 4 extends is restricted by the inner end wall of the terminal case 2 and the key hand portion 8, and the vibration prevention member 6 is
It remains at the end of the discharge electrode wire 4.

The side walls (two facing each other) of the synthetic resin terminal case 2 have engaging grooves 2c, respectively, and the case cover 5 is provided with the terminal case 2 and the engaging groove 2c. There is an engaging element 5a which fits into the engaging groove 2c when pressed so as to close the upper opening snugly. As shown in FIG. 1, the vibration preventing member 6 is inserted into the U-shaped slot 2b and suspended on the wire 4. Then, the case cover 5 is pressed against the terminal case 2 so that the upper opening thereof is closed tightly.
A case cover 5 engages with the case 2, and the case cover 5 covers the entire upper opening of the terminal case 2 to perform ark shielding of the end of the wire 4. When the corona discharge device of the first embodiment is turned upward as shown in FIG. 1, the vibration preventing member 6 is placed on the discharge electrode wire 4, and the vibration preventing member 6 prevents vibration of the discharge electrode wire 4 due to application of high voltage. Absorbs and attenuates. The free contact points of the vibration prevention member 6 with the wire 4 are two points, the mass portion 7 and the key portion 8, and the key portion 8 is also more effective as the second mass point having a size different from that of the mass portion 7. Damps vibration.

When the corona discharge device of the first embodiment is turned sideways, the vibration preventing member 6 is suspended from the wire 4 and
And the center of gravity of the vibration prevention member 6 is lower than the contact point with the discharge electrode wire 4 and is a U-shaped slot 7a.
Since the shield case 1 is in the inside, the vibration preventing member 6 is in the downward posture like the posture shown in FIG. 1, even though the shield case 1 is rotated 90 degrees sideways from the upward posture shown in FIG. The vibration prevention member 6 is placed on the discharge electrode wire 4, and the vibration prevention member 6 absorbs and attenuates the vibration of the discharge electrode wire 4 due to the application of high voltage.

In the corona discharge device of the first embodiment, the vibration preventing member 6 is U regardless of the angle (direction) of the device.
The character slot 7a always faces vertically downward. The load applied to the discharge electrode wire 4 by the vibration preventing member 6 does not change even if the angle of the corona discharge device changes, because the vibration preventing member 6 is always its own weight. Therefore, the corona discharger can be used in all angles (directions) as well as in the upward and sideways directions, and the versatility of the corona discharge device in the usage posture is high.

Since only the vibration preventing member 6 is provided for preventing vibration, the number of parts for stopping the vibrating portion of the discharge electrode wire is small.

The discharge electrode wire 4 is connected to the U-shaped slots 7a, 8
a, and the key part 8 is placed in the inner space of the terminal case 2.
The vibration preventing member 6 is inserted into the U-shaped slot 2b, the vibration preventing member 6 is inserted into the terminal case, and the case cover 5 is fixed to the terminal case 2. As mounting of 6 is completed, assembly workability is high.

FIG. 2 shows a second embodiment. In the second embodiment, the vibration preventing member 6 is different from that of the first embodiment,
The other elements are the same as those in the first embodiment. In the vibration preventing member 6 of the second embodiment, the flange-shaped mass portion 7 and the key hand portion 8 and the cylindrical coupling portion 9 connecting them are formed as a concentric continuous body by synthetic resin integral molding, and the mass portion 7 is formed. , The key hand portion 8 and the connecting portion 9 are molded into one having a round hole penetrating the axial center of the three. The connecting portion 9 has a small diameter that is considerably narrower than the groove width of the U-shaped slot 2b, and can move freely in the depth direction of the U-shaped slot 2b. It can rotate 360 degrees.

On the other hand, since the outer diameter of the key portion 8 is larger than the groove width of the U-shaped slot 2b, as shown in FIG. 1, the vibration preventing member 6 and the connecting portion 9 thereof are connected to the U-shaped slot 2b.
When it is inserted in the inside and suspended on the wire 4, the key hand portion 8
Cannot go out of the terminal case 2 along the wire 4. That is, the position of the vibration preventing member 6 in the direction in which the wire 4 extends is determined by the inner end wall of the terminal case 2 and the key hand portion 8.
The vibration prevention member 6 stays at the end of the discharge electrode wire 4.

Mass part 7, key part 8 and connecting part 9
The inner diameter of one round hole penetrating the shaft centers of the three is considerably larger than the outer diameter of the discharge electrode wire 4, so that the center of gravity (axis center) of the vibration prevention member 6 is below the discharge electrode wire 4. . The vibration prevention member 6 is suspended from the discharge electrode wire 4, and the vibration prevention member 6 absorbs and attenuates the vibration of the discharge electrode wire 4 due to the application of high voltage. The free contact points of the vibration-preventing member 6 with the wire 4 are two points of the mass portion 7 and the key hand portion 8 (opening edge of the round hole), and the key hand portion 8 also has a second size different from that of the mass portion 7. Vibration is more effectively damped as a mass point.

The load of the vibration preventing member 6 is applied to the discharge electrode wire 4 regardless of the angle (direction) of the corona discharge device of the second embodiment. The load applied to the discharge electrode wire 4 by the vibration preventing member 6 does not change even if the angle of the corona discharge device changes, because the vibration preventing member 6 is always its own weight.
Therefore, all angles (direction) are not limited to upward and sideways.
It can be used in any of the above, and is highly versatile with respect to the posture of use of the corona discharge device.

Also in this second embodiment, since the vibration preventing member 6 is the only element provided for preventing vibration, the number of parts for stopping the vibrating portion of the discharge electrode wire is small.

In the second embodiment, first, the discharge electrode wire 4 is passed through the round hole of the vibration preventive member 6, and the vibration preventive member 6 is inserted into the U-shaped slot 2b at the connecting portion 9 thereof to form the terminal case. Then, the terminal 5 is crimped to the end of the wire 4 and the terminal 5 is hung on one end of the tension coil spring 6. Then, connect the other end of the tension coil spring 6 to the anchor-3.
, And the case cover 5 is connected to the terminal case 2. Although the work of passing the wire 4 through the vibration preventing member 6 is a little more complicated than that of the first embodiment, the other work can be performed in the same manner as in the first embodiment, so that the assembling workability is high.

Since the end of the discharge electrode wire 4 is attached to the terminal case in the internal space covered with the terminal case 2 and the case cover 5, no discharge occurs here. . This is the same as the conventional one. The vibration prevention member 6 is also an insulator, and no electric discharge occurs even in the hole of the vibration prevention member 6. Further, the key hand portion 8 also enters the internal space covered with the terminal case 2 and the case cover 5. Therefore, from the place where the discharge electrode wire 4 enters the hole of the vibration preventing member 6 to the spring 6 and the anchor-3, the insulating member (6,
Since it is covered with 2, 5), it does not discharge. Therefore, useless discharge is eliminated and safety is improved.

[0027]

The vibration of the discharge electrode wire can be suppressed, and the place where the vibration preventing member comes into contact with the discharge electrode wire is a portion where the discharge is not utilized. Of course, it is not damaged, all that is needed is a vibration prevention member,
No other member such as a supporting member for supporting the vibration preventing member is required. With multiple corona discharge devices of the same structure,
If you want to change the posture such as sideways, you can attach the corona discharge device at any angle without any changes. That is, the versatility of the use posture is high.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a main part of a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing the posture of the vibration prevention member 6 when the first embodiment is used in a horizontal orientation.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a main part of a second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1: Shield case 2: Terminal case 3: Anchor 4: Discharge electrode wire 5: Case cover 6: Vibration preventive member 7: Mass part 8: Key part 9: Coupling part

Front Page Continuation (72) Inventor Tadashi Ya Hanada Jun 3-6 Nakamagome, Ota-ku, Tokyo Within Ricoh Co., Ltd.

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A corona discharge device comprising a discharge electrode wire and a support structure for supporting the end of the discharge electrode wire and stretching the discharge electrode wire, comprising: a mass part, a key part, and a connecting part connecting these parts. The vibration prevention member, in which at least the mass part is suspended by the discharge electrode wire and the weight of the mass part is applied to the discharge electrode wire as a load, and the key hand part has a flexible engagement relationship with the support structure and the mass. A corona discharge device comprising a vibration preventing member for restricting a moving range of a portion to an end of a discharge electrode wire. 2. One of the connecting portion and the supporting structure is on the other,
2. The corona discharge device according to claim 1, wherein the corona discharge device is fitted in a relationship that allows movement of the coupling portion in a direction orthogonal to the discharge electrode wire, but prevents movement of the key portion in the direction in which the discharge electrode wire extends. 3. The support structure comprises a base having an opening for accommodating a key portion of the vibration stopping member and supporting an end of the discharge electrode wire, and a dividing member closing the opening. Corona discharge device as described. 4. The mass portion of the vibration stopping member has a slot for receiving the discharge electrode wire.
Alternatively, the corona discharge device according to claim 3. 5. The vibrating part stopping member includes a mass part of the insulator, a key part of the insulator, a connecting part of the insulator connecting them, and a direction in which the wire extends for passing the discharge electrode wire therethrough. The corona discharge device according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the corona discharge device has a hole penetrating therethrough. 6. The corona according to claim 5, wherein the connecting portion of the vibrating portion stopping member is an insulating tubular body, and the mass portion and the key hand portion are insulating flanges having an outer diameter larger than that of the tubular body. Discharge device. 7. The vibrating part stopping member is an insulator integrally molded with a synthetic resin at a mass part, a key part and a connecting part for connecting these parts. 4, The corona discharge device according to claim 5 or claim 6.