US3572922A - Apparatus for developing electrostatic images - Google Patents

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US3572922A
US3572922A US785239A US3572922DA US3572922A US 3572922 A US3572922 A US 3572922A US 785239 A US785239 A US 785239A US 3572922D A US3572922D A US 3572922DA US 3572922 A US3572922 A US 3572922A
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  • Developing apparatus for an electrostatic printer comprises a roller formed by a plurality of peripherally-slotted wheels frictionally mounted on a shaft for rotation therewith.
  • the roller is in contact with a source of toner particles.
  • Either manually or electrically operated means are provided to overcome the driving forces selectively between one or more of the wheels and the rotating shaft to stop them from rotating with the shaft.
  • selected portions of the toner particles, in the peripheral slots of the rotating wheels can be conveyed to electrostatic images on a recording medium according to the charge patterns thereon.
  • This invention relates generally to apparatus for developing electrostatic images, and more particularly to improved apparatus for electrostatic images with toner particles distributed in spaced relationships corresponding substantially to the distribution of the electrostatic charges on an insulating surface.
  • the improved apparatus is particularly useful for developing the output of a computer of the type whose output system comprises electrostatic images on a recording medium.
  • the improved developing apparatus comprises a source of toner particles and conveyor means disposed to convey the toner particles from the source toward a recording medium to develop electrostatic charge patterns thereon.
  • the conveyor means comprise a plurality of substantially similar and aligned conveyor devices. Means are provided to selectively actuate one or more of the conveyor devices so as to convey the toner particles toward the recording medium in a pattern corresponding to the distribution of the electrostatic charge patterns on the recording medium to be developed.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of the improved developing apparatus, parts being broken away to reveal details;
  • FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the improved developing apparatus shown in FIG. ll, taken in the general direction of the arrow A in FIG. 1, including additional apparatus for conveying a recording medium, and showing a schematic diagram of circuitry for operating the developing apparatus in cooperation with a computer;
  • FIG. 3 is a fragmentary longitudinal sectional view of a roller of the developing apparatus, taken along the line 3-3 of FIG. 2;
  • FIG. 4 is an enlarged side view of a wheel on the roller taken along the line 4-4 of FIG. 3 showing the roller shaft in cross section;
  • FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the wheel, taken along the line 5-5 of FIG. 4, showing a fragmentary portion of the roller shaft;
  • FIG. 6 is a fragmentary view of a resilient spine fixed to the shaft of the roller
  • FIG. 7 is a fragmentary cross-sectional view, similar to that of FIG. 2, of another embodiment of the improved developing apparatus.
  • FIG. 8 is a fragmentary cross-sectional view, taken along the line 8-8, of the developing apparatus shown in FIG. 7.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 there is shown improved apparatus 10 for developing electrostatic images on an electrically insulating surface 12 of a recording medium 14.
  • the apparatus 10 comprises a trough 16 supported by any suitable means, such as vertical walls 18 and 20 extending upwardly from a base 22.
  • the recording medium 14 may be a sheet of plastic material, such as Mylar or a sheet of paper coated with a layer of photoconductive zinc oxide to provide the insulating surface 12.
  • a roller 24 has a shaft 26 whose ends are joumaled in side walls 28 and 30 (FIG. 3) of the trough 16 for rotation therein.
  • a gear 32 is fixed to one end of the shaft 26 for coupling to a suitable source of energy for rotating the roller 24 in the direction'indicated by the arrow 34, shown in FIG. 2.
  • the roller 24 comprises means to convey toner particles towards the recording medium 14, as will hereinafter by explained.
  • a toner transfer roller 36 has a shaft 38 whose ends are also joumaled in the sidewalls 28 and 30 of the trough 16 for rotation therein.
  • the toner transfer roller 36 is disposed adjacent to, and below, the roller 24, as shown in FIG. 2.
  • the peripheral surface of the toner transfer roller 36 has a brushlike surface 40, such as of fur or velour, for example, for the purpose thereinafter appearing.
  • a gear 42 is fixed to one end of the shaft 38 for coupling to a suitable source of energy for rotating the toner transfer roller 36 in the direction indicated by the arrow 44, shown in FIG. 2.
  • a toner applicator roller 46 has shaft 48 whose ends are also joumaled in the sidewalls 28 and 30 of the trough 16 for rotation therein.
  • the toner applicator roller 46 comprises a plurality of permanent magnets 49 within a cylindrical tube 50 of a nonmagnetic material, such as aluminum, for example.
  • a brushlike surface 52 comprising magnetic particles, a com ponent of some powder developers used in the electrostatic printing art, is disposed on the peripheral surface of the tube 50 to provide the toner applicator roller 46 with a suitable surface for applying toner particles to the surface 12 of the recording medium 14, in a manner hereinafter to be explained.
  • a gear 54 is fixed to one end of the shaft 48 of the toner applicator roller 46 for coupling to a suitable source of energy to rotate the toner applicator roller 46 in the direction indicated by the arrow 56 shown in FIG. 2.
  • the gear 54 may be meshed with the gear 42 so that the toner transfer roller 36 can be rotated simultaneously with the toner applicator roller 46 from energy applied to a gear 58 also coupled to the shaft 48 of the toner applicator roller 46, as shown in FIG. 1.
  • the toner applicator roller 46 may also have the magnetic structure for providing a magnetic brush taught in US. Pat. No. 3,040,704 for Apparatus for Developing Electrostatic Printing.
  • a source of developer comprises container 60 for toner particles 62.
  • the 60 is supported above the roller 24 by any suitable means.
  • the container 60 is removably fixed to rear wall 64 of the trough 16 by any suitable means.
  • the container 60 is formed with a lower elongated opening 66 and is disposed so as to prevent the toner particles 62 from spilling out of the opening 66 when roller 24 is stationary, the opening 66 being spaced very slightly from the periphery of the roller 24.
  • the toner particles 62 may be any suitable electroscopic developer powder well known in the electrostatic printing art.
  • Conveyor means are provided in the improved apparatus 10 to convey the toner particles 62 to the insulating surface 12 of a recording medium 14 in distribution patterns corresponding substantially to the distribution of electrostatic images, or charges, on the surface 12.
  • the roller 24 is provided with conveyor devices, such as a plurality of wheels 70 disposed side by side and frictionally mounted on the shaft 26 for rotation therewith.
  • Each of the wheels 70 is adapted to slip on the rotating shaft 26 when stopped by a force of sufficient magnitude to overcome the driving force between the wheel 70 and the rotating shaft 26.
  • Each of the wheels 70 has sides that are formed with annular grooves and ridges so that adjacent wheels 70 on the roller 2% have complementary tongue and groove mating surfaces.
  • This structure prevents the toner particles 62 from falling onto, and reaching, the shaft 26, thereby preventing the toner particles 62 from interfering with the unique cooperation of the wheels 70 with the shaft 26, as hereinafter to be explained.
  • one side 72 of each of the wheels 76 is formed with an annular groove 74, and the opposite side 76 is formed with an annular tongue 78.
  • the annular tongue 73 on one wheel 70 mates with the complementary groove 74 in an adjacent wheel 7t so that adjacent wheels 763 have complementary mating surfaces that are slidable in a tongue and groove relationship to each other.
  • the wheels 70 are preferably of a plastic material having a low coefficient of friction, such as Teflon, for example.
  • Each of the wheels 76) has a central opening 80 for receiving the shaft 26 therein.
  • Each wheel '70 is also formed with a keyway 82 that communicates with the central opening 80 for receiving a resilient spline 84 therein.
  • the shaft 26 has end portions of circular cross section, as shown in FIG. 3, and an intermediate portion 86 of rectangular cross section, as shown in FIG. 4.
  • the portion 86 of the shaft 26 comprises two rectangular portions 3% and 9f) fixed by any suitable means, as by screws, for example, to opposite sides of the spline 84.
  • the spline 84 comprises a sheet of resilient metal formed with a plurality of equally spaced slots 92 adjacent one edge 94 thereof, providing a plurality of spring members 96 for rotating the wheels 70 with the rotating shaft 26.
  • Each spring member 96 is adapted to project into the keyway 82 of each wheel, respectively, as shown in FIG. 4, so that it will rotate the wheel 70 when the shaft 26 is rotated.
  • Each of the spring members 96 is resilient enough to bend when any wheel 70 has exerted upon it a force of sufficient magnitude to overcome the driving force pro provided by the rotating shaft 26. Under these latter conditions, the shaft 26 can be rotated and one or more of the wheels 70 can be stopped selectively from rotating with therotating shaft 26.
  • each of the wheels 70 is formed with a plurality of regularly spaced circumferential depressions 98, such as slots, for example. As shown in FIG. 2, the toner particles 62 fall into the depressions 9% of the wheels 70 by gravity. The toner particles 62 are conveyed from the container 6b to the outside thereof in the depressions 98 of the wheels 70. The toner particles 62 thus conveyed are then deposited onto the toner transfer roller 36, which is in contact with the roller 24. The toner particles 62 are next transferred from the toner transfer roller 36 to the toner applicator roller 46, with which it is in contact.
  • the toner particles 62 can now be brushed onto the surface 12 of the recording medium 14 by the brushlike surface 52 of the magnetic particles on the toner applicator roller
  • the recording medium 14 is moved adjacent to the toner applicator roller 46 by a rotating drum M0 disposed for rotation about an axis parallel to the toner applicator roller 46, as shown in FIG. 2.
  • the recording medium 14 is moved in the direction indicated by the arrow I02 by a rotation of the drum M0 in the direction indicated by the arrow 104.
  • Means are provided to apply the toner particles 62 selectively to the surface 12 of the recording medium 14 in spaced relationships corresponding substantially to the distribution of electrostatic charges on the surface 12.
  • stop means such as plungers H06, for the conveyor devices, the wheels 70.
  • a separate plunger 106 is provided for each of the wheels 70, and each of the plungers lilo, when actuated, either manually or automatically, is adapted to stop the rotation of its associated wheel 7ll with respect to the rotating shaft 26.
  • Each of the plungers 106 comprises a pin 103; which. extends through a separate opening in the rear wall 64 of the trough 16.
  • a solenoid coil Ill) and a spring 112 are disposed around the forces, 108 and between the wall 64 and a head 1 14 of the plunger 106.
  • one or more of the plungers 106 may be moved, either manually or electrically, against the tension of the spring 112 so that its pin 1% lodges in a depression 98 in its associated wheel 70.
  • the plunger 1% stops its associated wheel 70 from rotating with the rotating shaft 26.
  • Control means are provided to actuate the plungers I06 selectively from the output system of a computer so that the tonerparticles 62 that are conveyed to the surface 12 of the recording medium 14 are distributed in a desired spaced relationship that corresponds substantially to the distribution of the electrostatic charges on the surface 12. Means for e such operation are shown in FIG. 2.
  • corona discharge device 118 disposed adjacent to the surface 12 of the recording element I4 for producing an electrostatic charge thereon.
  • Corona discharge wires 119 are connected to one terminal of a source 122 of suitable voltage for producing a corona discharge from the wires 119.
  • the other terminal of the voltage source 122 is grounded.
  • a grounded metallic plate 124 is disposed opposite the wires 119 and on the opposite surface to the surface 12 of the recording medium 14.
  • the corona discharge device 118 provides a uniform electrostatic charge on the surface 12 in a manner well known in the art. This electrostatic charge is preferably somewhat below a critical stress value.
  • the transfer of a configuration of a symbol or character, that is, an electrostatic image of particular configuration, from a configured electrode to the surface 12 of the recording medium 14 is effected by the use of a relatively low potential triggering pulse which raises the electrostatic charge, already on the surface 12, above the critical stress value to produce a certain discharge in the space between the surface 12 and the electrode 120.
  • This discharge action gives rise to the formation of an electrostatic image of the planar configured surface, or pattern, of the electrode 120 on the insulating surface 12.
  • Electronic switching circuits are associated with the electrostatic apparatus to supply triggering pulses to the electrode 120 in accordance with information signals received electrically from a computer or other signal source.
  • a suitable computer system for the electrostatic recording of information on the recording element 14 of the type described herein is described in detail in US. PAT. No. 3,060,432 for Electrostatic Recording of Information, issued on Oct. 23, I962. Only a portion of the circuitry associated with the improved developing apparatus 10 will be described since the origin of information pulses and the production of electrostatic images on a recording element forms no part of the present invention.
  • a relatively large electrostatic image may be considered, within the scope of the instant invention, as comprising a plurality of smaller discrete electrostatic charges.
  • a plurality of configured electrodes R20 are disposed along the width of the recording medium 14, transverse to the direction of motion of the recording medium 143, and slightly spaced from the insulating surface 12 thereof.
  • Electrical pulses such as information and timing pulses from the output system of a computer, are applied to a lead 126, connected to ground through a solenoid coil 128 of a normally open relay switch 1130.
  • One terminal of the relay switch 1% is connected to the electrode 1126, and the other terminal is connected to a terminal of a suitable source 132 of triggering voltage and to ground through a capacitor 134.
  • the other terminal of the triggering voltage source B32 is connected to ground through a resistor R336.
  • the electrode l2tl is also connected to ground through the solenoid coil lit) disposed about one of the plungers M96, as shown in FIG. 2.
  • the circuitry described thus far is for applying triggering pulses to one of the electrodes 126, but a plurality of such circuits are used, a separate circuit for each electrode, for a plurality of electrodes 120.
  • the operation of the improved apparatus for developing electrostatic images with toner particles 62 distributed in patterns corresponding substantially to the distribution of the electrostatic charges on the surface 12 of the recording medium M, will now be described.
  • the rollers 24, 36, and 46 and the drum 106 are rotated in the direction of the arrows 34, 44, and 56 and Mid by any suitable means of motive power,
  • a uniform precharge to a point below the critical stress value is applied uniformly to the surface 12 of the recording medium 114 by the corona discharge device lid.
  • the charged surface 12 is moved by the drum lllil past the electrode 126 which may have any particular plane planar configuration, as for example the letter O.
  • An information pulse applied to the lead E26 closes the normally open relay switch 130 and produces a triggering pulse, by the condenser 16 charge through the resistor l7, from the relatively low voltage source 132.
  • An electrostatic latent image corresponding to the shape (0) of the electrode H20 is thereby formed on the surface 12 of the recording medium 14, which electrostatic image may thereafter be developed in the manner hereinafter described.
  • Electrostatic images may also be produced on the surface 12 of the recording medium M by exposing the uniformly charged surface with light images in a manner well known in the electrostatic printing art.
  • the recording medium 14 has an insulating surface 12 of the photoconductive material, such as zinc oxide.
  • Control means are provided to actuate the plunger.
  • the triggering pulse is also applied through the solenoid coil lll) disposed around a plunger 106.
  • the plunger 106 in the instant embodiment, is disposed in one of the depressions 98 to prevent its associated wheel '70 from rotating with the rotating shaft 26. W hen the triggering pulse energizes the solenoid coil Elli, the plunger 106 is moved out of the depression 98, against the tension of the spring 112, so that the wheel 70 rotates with the rotating shaft 26.
  • the recording medium 14 is a continuous web and that it is, moved continuously over the brushlike surface 52 of the toner applicator roller 46 for the development of electrostatic images thereon.
  • no electrostatic images are formed on the surface l2 and, consequently, no toner particles 62 are needed on the toner applicator roller 46.
  • no pulses are transmitted to the solenoid coils lit) and the plungers 106 remain in the depressions 98 of the wheels 70.
  • the wheels 70 do not rotate with the continuously rotating shaft 26, and no toner particles 62 are conveyed from the container 60 to the surface 12 of the recording medium 14.
  • Triggering pulses are then applied to the solenoid coils 110 and the plungers l6 are moved out of the depressions of the 7 wheels 70, allowing the wheels 70 to rotate with the rotating shaft 26 and to convey the toner particles 62 to the outside of the container 60.
  • the toner particles 62 that fall into the depressions 98 are the toner particles that are conveyed from the container 60. Thereafter, the toner particles 62 fall onto the toner transfer roller 36 and from there are transferred to the brushlike surface 52 of the toner applicator roller 46.
  • the toner particles 62 from the container 66 have been transferred to the brushlike surface 52 of the tone toner applicator roller 46, via the roller 24. on the toner transfer roller 36, in a desired spaced relationship corresponding to the distribution of the electrostatic charges on the surface 12.
  • electrostatic images in the form of a long vertical column on the surface 12 are to be formed by only five adjacent electrodes 120.
  • only five adjacent solenoid coils iii) are energized from the five associated electrodes 120 that received triggering pulses, so that only five adjacent wheels 70, associated with five actuated plungers 106, rotate with the rotating shaft 26 and convey toner particles 62 ha desired distribution pattern for the development of only the column of information.
  • no fresh toner particles 62 are conveyed to nonimage areas on the surface I2.
  • the apparatus 10 has been described herein as having the brushlike surface 52 of the toner applicator roller 46 comprising magnetic particles to provide a magnetic-brush effect.
  • a magnetic brush is not necessary for the operation of the instant invention, and any other suitable brushlike means, such as fur or velour, for example, can be substituted for the brushlike surface 52.
  • the brushlike surface 52 of the toner applicator roller 46 includes magnetic particles
  • these particles can be scraped from the surface of the tube 50 by means of a doctor blade 138, as shown in FIG. 2.
  • the doctor blade 138 may be fixed to a wall of the container 60 so that one edge is disposed against the surface of the tube 50 of the toner applicator roller 46 to scrape the magnetic particles off the toner applicator roller 46.
  • the magnetic particles so removed from the toner applicator roller 46 are allowed to fall onto the roller 42 and the toner transfer roller 36, as shown in FIG. 2, whereby these magnetic particles are mixed with the toner particles 62 to form a triboelectric toner mixture of the type well known in the electrophotographic printing art.
  • rotary means such as rubber rings, may be frictionally mounted on the shaft 26, and the rubber rings may be formed with dimpled depressions in their circumferential peripheries to retain toner particles therein.
  • Other rotary means may comprise a plurality of aligned endless belts that may be substituted for the wheels 70.
  • FIGS. 7 and 8 there is shown another embodiment 10a of the improved developing apparatus wherein the conveyor means for conveying the toner particles toward the recording element are other than rotary. Similar components in the developing apparatus 110 and are designated by similar reference characters.
  • the conveyor means of the developing apparatus 10a comprise a plurality of substantially similar aligned pistons M0 disposed side-by-side beneath a narrow opening 66a of the container 60.
  • Each of the pistons 140 is connected to the pin 168 of the plunger 106, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, and may be moved reciprocally, in the directions of the double-headed arrows 142, by means of the solenoids 110.
  • the pistons 140 may be of rectangular cross section and formed with a sharp edge 144 at its e upper end.
  • the aligned pistons 140 are disposed between upper and lower walls 143 and 145, respectively, of a chute 146.
  • the chute 146 extends from a lower wall 148 of the container 60 and communicates with the interior of the container 60.
  • the sharp edge 144 of the piston 140 extends to a wall 150 opposite to the wall M8.
  • the pistons 144 function, in the positions shown in FIG. 7, to maintain the toner particles 62 within the container 60.
  • each of the solenoids 110 is connected to a source of electrical signals, as, for example, the eiectrode shown in FIG. 2. While only one of the solenoids 110 in FIG. 7 is indicated as being connected to the electrode 120, all of the other solenoids ill) (FIG. 8) are connected to corresponding electrodes so that they may be actuated when their respective electrodes are actuated.
  • the solenoids 110 in H6. 8 are not shown as being connected to a source of-electrical signals for the sake of clarity, but each solenoid 110 is connected as described and indicated in FIGS. 2 and 7.
  • pistons 140a and 14% in their positions when their respective solenoids 110a and 11% are electrically energized by signals.
  • the pistons 140a and 140b are displaced from the wall 150 and the toner particles 62 can be conveyed through the opening 66a and onto the surface of the toner transfer roller 36.
  • the solenoids 110a and 11Gb are deenergized, the pistons 140a and MM are moved against the wall 150, by the springs 112 of the solenoids, and no toner particles 62 are conveyed'toward the recording medium 14. It is also within the contemplation of the instant invention to substitute other individually controlled conveyor devices, such as aligned screw means and.
  • sleeve valves means, for example, for those shown and described.
  • Iclaim 1. Developing apparatus for use in an electrostatic printer for conveying toner particles to electrostatic charge patterns on a recording medium, said apparatus comprising:
  • conveyor means disposed to receive said toner particles from said source and to convey them toward said recording medium, said conveyor means comprising a plurality of substantially similar and aligned conveyor devices;
  • said electrostatic printer comprising means for applying said electrostatic charge patterns on said recording medium; and control means coupled between said electrostatic printer and said means for selectively actuating one or more of said conveyor devices to convey said toner particles toward said recording medium in a distributed pattern determined by the said means for applying said electrostatic charge patterns on said recording medium.
  • said conveyor means comprises a rotatable shaft
  • said conveyor devices comprise rotary means frictiorially mounted on said shaft for rotation therewith;
  • said means for selectively actuating one or more of said conveyor devices comprise means to apply a force to said one or more of said rotary means selectively to overcome the driving forces thereon by said shaft and to stop said one or more rotary means from rotation with said shaft.
  • Apparatus for developing electrostatic images on a surface with toner particles comprising:
  • roller having a shaft and a plurality of wheels frictionally mounted thereon for rotation therewith;
  • each of said wheels being formed with a plurality of depressions in its circumferential periphery adapted to convey portions of said toner particles from said source when said wheels are rotated by said shaft;
  • said source of said toner particles comprises a container formed with an elongated opening adjacent the bottom thereof;
  • said roller is disposed adjacent to said opening to contact said toner particles.
  • said wheels have sides that are formed with annular grooves and ridges so that adjacent grooves and ridges of adjacent wheels have mating tongue and groove complimentary surfaces, whereby said toner particles are substantially prevented from reaching said shaft.
  • each of said wheels is formed with a central hole through which said shaft extends;
  • a keyway communicates with each of said holes in each of said wheels
  • resilient spline means are fixed to said shaft and extend into said keyways for rotating said wheels with said shaft, said spline means being adapted tomove out of said keyways and to permit said wheels to slip on said shaft when said shaft is rotated and a force of sufficient magnitude is applied to said wheels to hold them stationary.
  • said means to apply a force to one or more of said wheels selectively comprises a separate plunger having a pin disposed adjacent to each of said wheels;
  • said means to selectively move said pin comprises electromagnetic means.
  • said electromagnetic means are connected to means for forming said electrostatic images for energization thereby.
  • a roller comprising a shaft and a plurality of wheels frictionally mounted thereon for rotation therewith;
  • each of said wheels being formed with a plurality of depressions in its circumferential periphery, whereby to convey portions of said toner particles therein away from said source of toner particles when said wheels are rotated by said shaft;
  • said source comprises a container for said toner particles, said container being formed with an opening adjacent the bottom thereof;
  • resilient means are disposed between said portion of said shaft and each of said wheels for rotating each of said wheels with said shaft with a predetermined driving force
  • said means to selectively stop the rotation of one or more of said wheels comprising means to apply a force to said one or more of said wheels to overcome said driving forces thereon by said shaft.
  • each of said wheels has a groove on one side and a ridge on the other side, so that adjacent wheels on said roller have complementary tongue and groove mating surfaces, that are slidable with respect to each other, whereby said toner particles are prevented from reaching said shaft.
  • said means to convey said portions of said toner particles from said wheels comprises at least another roller having a brushlike surface in contact with said wheels.
  • said means to convey said portions of said toner particles from said wheels comprises a toner transfer roller in contact with said wheels, and a toner applicator roller in contact with said toner transfer roller and adapted to contact said surface for applying said toner particles thereto.
  • Apparatus for conveying toner particles from a source thereof in discrete portions in selected distribution patterns comprising:
  • a roller comprising a shaft and a plurality of wheels frictionally mounted, side-by-side, on said shaft for rotation therewith, each of said wheels being adapted to slip on said shaft when a force is applied thereto to overcome the driving force between it and said shaft;
  • each of said wheels having a plurality of depressions in its circumferential periphery, whereby to convey, in said depressions, discrete portions of said toner particles away from said source when said wheels are rotated by said shaft;
  • said means to overcome the driving force between one or more of said wheels and said shaft comprises a separate plunger disposed adjacent each of said wheels, each of said plungers comprising a pin adapted to engage a depression in its adjacent wheel;
  • said electrically actuated means comprises means electrically coupled to the output of a computer for receiving electrical pulses therefrom.

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