US3619609A - Corona discharge device for electrophotography employing interleaved discharge electrode elements and counter electrode elements - Google Patents

Corona discharge device for electrophotography employing interleaved discharge electrode elements and counter electrode elements Download PDF

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US3619609A
US3619609A US878788A US3619609DA US3619609A US 3619609 A US3619609 A US 3619609A US 878788 A US878788 A US 878788A US 3619609D A US3619609D A US 3619609DA US 3619609 A US3619609 A US 3619609A
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  • both the corona discharge electrode and counter electrode are composed of parallel conductors which are moved at high speed while the light image is being projected upon the photosensitive element through the corona discharge device to eliminate the effect of the shadow thereof.
  • a photosensitive element comprising a backing electrode, a photosensitive or photoconductor layer and a transparent highly insulative layer which are integrally bonded to the backing electrode
  • a corona discharge device is associated with the photosensitive element, comprising a plurality of parallel spaced apart fine metal wires which are arranged in a plane parallel to and spaced from the surface of the transparent highly insulative layer and a transparent counter electrode parallel to and spaced from the plane of the fine metal wires.
  • the transparent electrode is grounded, a suitable source of voltage is connected across the backing electrode and fine metal wires and across the fine metal wires and the grounded transparent electrode to create corona discharge between the fine metal wires and grounded transparent electrode so as to deposit a charge on the surface of the photosensitive element, and a light image is projected upon the photosensitive element and the corona discharge device are moved relative to each other to scan the entire surface of the photosensitive element.
  • the light transmissibility of the transparent counter electrode is not sufficiently high, and moreover, the surface thereof is often contaminated by the accumulation of dust. As a consequence, it is necessary always to keep clear the transparent electrode.
  • Another problem involved in the corona discharge electrode wherein the light image is projected upon the photosensitive element lies in the undesirable effect of shadows of fine metal wires upon the quality of the latent image or a picture developed therefrom. Although such effect can be alleviated by moving the corona discharge electrode relative to the photosensitive element, to move the corona discharge electrode across the entire surface of the photosensitive element, it is necessary to use a driving mechanism having a long stroke, which requires longer exposure time and is not suitable for high speed operation.
  • Another object of this invention is to provide a novel corona discharge device for electrophotography wherein the effect of the shadows of metal wires can be eliminated.
  • Still another object of this invention is to provide a novel corona discharge device for electrophotography wherein the effect of the shadows of the metal wires can be eliminated by a relatively small relative movement between the corona discharge electrode and the photosensitive element.
  • the corona discharge electrode is comprised by a plurality of spaced apart parallel line metal wires which are supported in a common plane uniformly spaced apart form the surface of the photosensitive element, the line metal wires are shifted or reciprocated rapidly relative to the photosensitive element in a direction perpendicular to the axes of he metal wires while the light image is being projected upon the photosensitive element through the corona discharge device.
  • the counter electrode is also comprised by a plurality of spaced apart conductors which are arranged in a common plane.
  • the conductors of the counter electrode may be interleaved with the fine metal wires comprising the corona discharge electrode or may be disposed in a plane spaced apart from the plane containing the fine metal wires.
  • the corona discharge electrode and counter electrode are moved in unison relative to the photosensitive element while the light image is being projected upon the photosensitive element through them.
  • FIG. 1 shows a schematic sectional view of a corona dischargedevice embodying this invention and a manner of forming an electrostatic latent image on-a photosensitive element by utilizing the corona discharge device;
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the corona discharge device shown in FIG. I.
  • FIG. 3 to 6 are schematic sectional views of modified embodiments of this invention.
  • the electrophotographic apparatus shown in FIG. 1 comprises a photosensitive element 10, a corona discharge device 20 and an optical system merely shown as a lens 30 to project the light image reflected by an object 31 upon the photosensitive element through the corona discharge device.
  • the photosensitive element 10 comprises a thin metal layer or backing electrode 11, a photosensitive layer 12 and a transparent highly insulative layer 13. Layers 12 and 13 are integrally bonded to the backing electrode layer. Where the latent image is to be formed by utilizing per sisting internal polarization effect provision of the highly insulative layer is essential, and the photosensitive layer 12 preferably contains a plurality of charge trap levels. On the other hand, where the latent image is to be formed by the conventional xerographic method, the highly insulative layer is not essential and the photosensitive layer 12 may be formed of a suitable photoconductor. Since any particular construction of the photosensitive element and the method of forming a latent image thereon are immaterial to this invention it is believed unnecessary to describe them in detail.
  • the corona discharge device 20 comprises a rectangular insulator frame 21, a plurality of spaced apart parallel discharge electrodes in the form of tine metal wires 22 disposed in a common plane parallel to and spaced from the surface of the highly insulative layer 13 and a plurality of spaced apart grounded counter electrodes in the form of thin metal strips 23.
  • Wires 22 and metal strips 23 are disposed alternately and parallel with each other. Opposite ends of these wires and strips are secured to opposite sides of the frame 21.
  • the front ends of metal wires 22 are secured, as by screws 25, to a conductive strip 24 mounted on the front side of the frame 21, as viewed in FIG. 2.
  • the strip 24 is connected to one pole of a voltage source 26 which may be a source of DC or AC depending upon the type of the method of forming the latent image.
  • strips 23 are connected to a common grounded conductor 27.
  • the insulating frame 21 and hence metal wires 22 and strips 23 are moved rapidly in the direction at right angles to the axes of metal wires 22 and strips 23 over a distance sufiicient to eliminate the effect of shadows of the wires and strips.
  • This distance is preferably equal to at least the spacing between adjacent metal wires 22 or its integral multiple.
  • this invention makes possible the forming of latent images at high sensitivities without being affected bythe shadow of the corona discharge electrode and by the low light transmissibility of the transparent counter electrode.
  • the counter electrodes 23 are interleaved in parallel with corona discharge electrodes 22, it is not necessary to make the counter electrodes from transparent material and to frequently clean them.
  • a control electrode 15 consisting of a plurality of fine metal wires is disposed between the corona discharge device 20 and the photosensitive element 10.
  • a relatively low potential is applied to the control electrode to control the deposition of electric charge on the photosensitive element.
  • Metal wires of the control electrode are arranged in parallel with fine wires 22 and metal strips 23 of the corona discharge device 20 and are moved together therewith.
  • grounded counter electrodes 23 are interposed between every two fine metal wires 22.
  • corona discharge electrodes 22 and the grounded counter electrodes 23 may be disposed in different planes at different distances from the photosensitive element as diagrammatically shown in FIG. 6.
  • a corona discharge device for electrophotography comprising a corona discharge electrode and a counter electrode cooperating with said corona discharge electrode for depositing electric charge on a photosensitive element upon which a light image is projected through said corona discharge device; the improvement which comprises a corona discharge electrode including a plurality of spaced apart parallel line metal wires, means to support said parallel fine metal wires in a common plane uniformly means to shift said parallel fine metal wires relative to said photosensitive element in a direction perpendicular to the axes of said metal wires while said light image is being projected upon said photosensitive element through said corona discharge device, and a counter electrode comprising a plurality of substantially parallel metal strips, said strips at the center of said photosensitive element being substantially perpendicular to the surface of said photosensitive element whereas the remaining strips are inclined, the inclination gradually increasing toward the opposite sides of said photosensitive element.
  • a corona discharge device comprising a discharge electrode and a counter electrode and used for electrophotography in which a light image is projected upon a photosensitive element through said corona discharge device concurrently with the deposition of charge on the surface of said photosensitive element
  • said corona discharge device comprises a plurality of spaced apart parallel fine metal wires which are supported by a frame in a common plane uniformly spaced apart and parallel to he surface of said photosensitive element, a plurality of spaced apart parallel strip shaped counter electrodes supported by said frame, said counter electrodes interleaving with said metal wires and being substantially perpendicular to the surface of said photosensitive element, and means for rapidly reciprocating said corona discharge device relative to said photosensitive element in a direction substantially parallel to the surface thereof while said light image is being projected upon said photosensitive element through said corona discharge device.

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