US3654896A - Apparatus for developing electrostatic images - Google Patents
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- US3654896A US3654896A US573294A US3654896DA US3654896A US 3654896 A US3654896 A US 3654896A US 573294 A US573294 A US 573294A US 3654896D A US3654896D A US 3654896DA US 3654896 A US3654896 A US 3654896A
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- G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
- G03G—ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY
- G03G15/00—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern
- G03G15/06—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for developing
- G03G15/10—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for developing using a liquid developer
- G03G15/101—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for developing using a liquid developer for wetting the recording material
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- the electrophotographic material In the case of older, known methods for developing latent electrostatic images with dispersion developers, the electrophotographic material generally is brought into contact with the developer by immersing it or drawing it through a container holding developer fluid.
- the known devices are suitable for positive development and some give outstanding positive copies. However, they can not be used to produce reverse copies of a satisfactory quality.
- the uncharged portions of the image-bearing surface must be made visible, i.e. the dispersed toner agent must be deposited on them. Naturally this can be achieved only by means of the field generated by the charged portions. This field must exert an influence as far as possible into the uncharged portions so that sufficient deposition of the toner can take place.
- the field distribution during the developing process obviously is also influenced by the components of the developing apparatus. However, it is scarcely possible to make theoretical statements as to how the developing apparatus should be constructed to achieve optimum reversal development because of the complexity of the matter.
- the present invention provides an apparatus for developing latent electrostatic images by means of a dispersion developer, wherein material to be developed is passed, with the imagebearing surface downwards, over an upwardly directed spray of developer fluid, and, after development, the surplus developer fluid is removed, a jet of developer spray being directed, in the form of a curtain of fluid at least as wide as the material to be developed and of substantially uniform height over the relevant area.
- the jet has such an angle to the vertical that, when unimpeded, the spray curtain assumes, under the influence of gravity, a parabolic trajectory, and the spray pressure is so controlled that the trajectory is maintained substantially constant and of such a height that the material under development can be located in the spray curtain at a distance of between 10 and mm. below the highest point of the trajectory, the material being thus located during the development.
- the pressure range is most easily defined by the difference in height between the highest point of the undisturbed fluid trajectory and the path of the copying material in the zone of application. If the difference in height is below the given range, the pressure is too small. The print then will be only partially developed and edge effects easily occur. If the difference in height is larger, the pressure is too great and the toner will be lightly deposited on the background where there is no image, so that the quality of the copies will be reduced by background. If the electric field from the print is strong, the pressure should be maintained towards the lower limit of the given range. Conversely, a pressure towards the upper limit of the range should be chosen if the electric field is weak.
- the quantity of developer fluid available to the latent electrostatic image to be developed must be such that sufficient blackening of the print is achieved. This is generally the case when about 5-50 ml. of dispersion are available per dcm. of surface of the print carrier. Entirely satisfactory copies, however, can be obtained with smaller or larger quantities since the speed of developing depends not only upon the available quantity of developer but also upon the nature and composition of the dispersion.
- the thickness of the rising film at the height of the plane of motion of the copying material, measured in the undisturbed curtain of fluid, is preferably between 0.5 and 2 mm.
- a contact zone between the fluid and the film surface is formed which is in this case 1-3 cm. wide; development takes place in this zone.
- Nozzles that can be more easily produced than wide slot nozzles comprise a tube with one or more straight rows of perforations. Small, individual sprays thus emerge from each hole. The individual sprays merge to form a more or less continuous curtain of fluid only at a certain distance from their exit positions. Even in this case the pressure is not uniform throughout; it falls slightly between the centers of the individual jets. If only one row of holes is used, this drop in the pressure can be detected by longitudinal stripes on the copy.
- the stripes correspond to the distance between the holes.
- the diameter of the holes in the tubes can be about 0.2 to 2 mm. Smaller holes are somewhat less desirable since the pressure head then is correspondingly large.
- the lower roller of the pair of rollers 5 While the copying material runs through, the lower roller of the pair of rollers 5 is kept moistened by the squeezed out dispersion medium flowing back. With some kinds of toners this dampening is not sufficient to reliably ensure that the image of one print is not imprinted on a subsequent one. In these cases, it has proved successful to flush the pair of rollers 5, preferably the lower roller, with developer when the apparatus is running empty.
- This can be achieved by an appropriate shape of the deflector plate 9, by tilting the entire apparatus in the direction of motion of the copy material, or simply by positioning the elements of the apparatus in such a way that the plane through the lines of contact of the pairs of rollers 3 and 5 is inclined at 45 to the horizontal in the direction of motion of the print carrier. In this case, part of the developer flowing from the deflector plate 9 continuously flows onto the lower roller of the pair of rollers 5.
- the time lag between the end of the sheet passing the switch 20 and the final switching-off of the apparatus is determined according to the length of the printing path and the speed with which the sheet moves. The times can be set to any value by a time lag relay.
- the switch 20 actuates the air nozzle 23 at the same time as the suction devices.
- the air nozzle is suitably connected to the pressure side of the air pump, not shown. A strongly convergent air stream with a high velocity leaves the air nozzle and impinges on the excess developer fluid adhering to the copy sheet moving above the nozzle, causing such fluid to fall off in drops.
- the fluid drips into the funnel 18 which also acts as a cover for the container 17.
- the pump 16 for feeding the dispersion developer.
- FIG. 6 shows an apparatus similar to that of FIG. 1 in which the path of the image carrier is inclined downwardly in the direction of movement of the image carrier. The operation of this embodiment is as described above in connection with FIG. 1.
- An apparatus for developing latent electrostatic images with a dispersion developer which comprises means for moving an image carrier along a predetermined path, spray means extending across the path for producing only an upwardly directed freely-formed laminar flow spray curtain adapted to impinge on the image carrier at an angle between 10 and 45 to the vertical and in the direction of motion of the image car rier at a distance between 10 and mm. below the highest point of the uninterrupted spray curtain, pump means for maintaining a supply of developer liquid to the spray means, and means for removing excess developer from the developed image carrier.
- the spray means includes a nozzle having a continuous slot with a width between 0.1 and 2.0 mm.
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US (1) | US3654896A (fr) |
AT (1) | AT267327B (fr) |
BE (1) | BE685765A (fr) |
CH (1) | CH447815A (fr) |
DE (1) | DE1497166B2 (fr) |
ES (1) | ES330402A1 (fr) |
FR (1) | FR1490096A (fr) |
GB (1) | GB1144890A (fr) |
NL (1) | NL155667B (fr) |
SE (1) | SE318783B (fr) |
Cited By (9)
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US3844820A (en) * | 1972-08-09 | 1974-10-29 | Bethlehem Steel Corp | Method of applying a coating to both sides of a moving strip |
US3916460A (en) * | 1974-12-30 | 1975-11-04 | Dow Chemical Co | Sofa bed and mechanism therefor |
US4032073A (en) * | 1974-06-13 | 1977-06-28 | Ragnar Jakob Aaltonen | Apparatus including a pump mixer for coating objects |
US4148274A (en) * | 1974-10-15 | 1979-04-10 | Agfa-Gevaert N.V. | Processing apparatus |
US4267795A (en) * | 1980-05-09 | 1981-05-19 | Crown Zellerbach Corporation | Liquid distributing apparatus |
US4324820A (en) * | 1980-07-18 | 1982-04-13 | St. Regis Paper Company | Method and apparatus for coating a paper web |
WO1997012289A1 (fr) * | 1995-09-26 | 1997-04-03 | Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company | Procede et dispositif pour appliquer un toner liquide a un support d'impression |
US5915152A (en) * | 1995-03-23 | 1999-06-22 | Indigo N.V. | Imaging device having liquid toner applicator using a nozzle |
US6093248A (en) * | 1996-02-21 | 2000-07-25 | Voith Sulzer Papiermaschinen Gmbh | Apparatus for applying a liquid or pasty medium onto a traveling material web |
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GB255578A (en) * | 1925-05-12 | 1926-07-29 | Richard Jaretzki | Improvements in and relating to the production of sound records |
US2419132A (en) * | 1945-01-18 | 1947-04-15 | Murray J Friedman | Apparatus for treating sheet material |
US2487440A (en) * | 1944-04-27 | 1949-11-08 | Promag A G | Moistening device for envelope flaps |
US3141793A (en) * | 1959-09-09 | 1964-07-21 | Australia Res Lab | Apparatus for coating surfaces |
US3144211A (en) * | 1962-08-06 | 1964-08-11 | Goldman Percy | Water sweeper attachment for garden hose |
US3192846A (en) * | 1961-08-22 | 1965-07-06 | Itek Corp | Data processing apparatus |
US3202526A (en) * | 1961-10-05 | 1965-08-24 | Scm Corp | Method and apparatus for liquid development of latent images |
US3237871A (en) * | 1963-03-14 | 1966-03-01 | L A B | Static liquid atomizer |
US3334613A (en) * | 1964-10-28 | 1967-08-08 | Xerox Corp | Xerographic development apparatus |
US3405627A (en) * | 1965-08-17 | 1968-10-15 | Itek Corp | Film processor |
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- 1966-08-19 FR FR73597A patent/FR1490096A/fr not_active Expired
- 1966-08-19 GB GB37289/66A patent/GB1144890A/en not_active Expired
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GB255578A (en) * | 1925-05-12 | 1926-07-29 | Richard Jaretzki | Improvements in and relating to the production of sound records |
US2487440A (en) * | 1944-04-27 | 1949-11-08 | Promag A G | Moistening device for envelope flaps |
US2419132A (en) * | 1945-01-18 | 1947-04-15 | Murray J Friedman | Apparatus for treating sheet material |
US3141793A (en) * | 1959-09-09 | 1964-07-21 | Australia Res Lab | Apparatus for coating surfaces |
US3192846A (en) * | 1961-08-22 | 1965-07-06 | Itek Corp | Data processing apparatus |
US3202526A (en) * | 1961-10-05 | 1965-08-24 | Scm Corp | Method and apparatus for liquid development of latent images |
US3144211A (en) * | 1962-08-06 | 1964-08-11 | Goldman Percy | Water sweeper attachment for garden hose |
US3237871A (en) * | 1963-03-14 | 1966-03-01 | L A B | Static liquid atomizer |
US3334613A (en) * | 1964-10-28 | 1967-08-08 | Xerox Corp | Xerographic development apparatus |
US3405627A (en) * | 1965-08-17 | 1968-10-15 | Itek Corp | Film processor |
Cited By (10)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US3844820A (en) * | 1972-08-09 | 1974-10-29 | Bethlehem Steel Corp | Method of applying a coating to both sides of a moving strip |
US4032073A (en) * | 1974-06-13 | 1977-06-28 | Ragnar Jakob Aaltonen | Apparatus including a pump mixer for coating objects |
US4148274A (en) * | 1974-10-15 | 1979-04-10 | Agfa-Gevaert N.V. | Processing apparatus |
US3916460A (en) * | 1974-12-30 | 1975-11-04 | Dow Chemical Co | Sofa bed and mechanism therefor |
US4267795A (en) * | 1980-05-09 | 1981-05-19 | Crown Zellerbach Corporation | Liquid distributing apparatus |
US4324820A (en) * | 1980-07-18 | 1982-04-13 | St. Regis Paper Company | Method and apparatus for coating a paper web |
US5915152A (en) * | 1995-03-23 | 1999-06-22 | Indigo N.V. | Imaging device having liquid toner applicator using a nozzle |
WO1997012289A1 (fr) * | 1995-09-26 | 1997-04-03 | Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company | Procede et dispositif pour appliquer un toner liquide a un support d'impression |
US5701561A (en) * | 1995-09-26 | 1997-12-23 | Minnesota Mining And Manufacturing Company | Method and apparatus for applying liquid toner to a print medium using multiple toner applicators for each liquid toner |
US6093248A (en) * | 1996-02-21 | 2000-07-25 | Voith Sulzer Papiermaschinen Gmbh | Apparatus for applying a liquid or pasty medium onto a traveling material web |
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DE1497166B2 (de) | 1972-02-24 |
ES330402A1 (es) | 1967-06-16 |
FR1490096A (fr) | 1967-07-28 |
DE1497166A1 (de) | 1969-05-08 |
NL155667B (nl) | 1978-01-16 |
SE318783B (fr) | 1969-12-15 |
AT267327B (de) | 1968-12-27 |
BE685765A (fr) | 1967-02-20 |
NL6611306A (fr) | 1967-02-22 |
GB1144890A (en) | 1969-03-12 |
CH447815A (de) | 1967-11-30 |
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