US3784301A - Electrophotographic border apparatus - Google Patents

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US3784301A
US3784301A US00216004A US3784301DA US3784301A US 3784301 A US3784301 A US 3784301A US 00216004 A US00216004 A US 00216004A US 3784301D A US3784301D A US 3784301DA US 3784301 A US3784301 A US 3784301A
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    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
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    • G03G15/00—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern
    • G03G15/04—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for exposing, i.e. imagewise exposure by optically projecting the original image on a photoconductive recording material
    • G03G15/045—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for exposing, i.e. imagewise exposure by optically projecting the original image on a photoconductive recording material with means for charging or discharging distinct portions of the charge pattern on the recording material, e.g. for contrast enhancement or discharging non-image areas
    • G03G15/047—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for exposing, i.e. imagewise exposure by optically projecting the original image on a photoconductive recording material with means for charging or discharging distinct portions of the charge pattern on the recording material, e.g. for contrast enhancement or discharging non-image areas for discharging non-image areas
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    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
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    • G03G2215/00—Apparatus for electrophotographic processes
    • G03G2215/04—Arrangements for exposing and producing an image
    • G03G2215/0429—Changing or enhancing the image
    • G03G2215/0468—Image area information changed (default is the charge image)
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  • ABSTRACT Apparatus for producing a toner-free border surrounding an image region on a charged photoconductive insulating layer comprising imagewise exposure means, electromagnetic radiation means for uniformly exposing the border portions of the photoconductive insulating layer and an electromagnetic radiation intercepting shielding plate positioned perpendicularly adjacent to the photoconductive insulating layer and a covering plate parallel and adjacent to the photoconductive insulating layer arranged to provide uniform exposure only on the desired width of the toner-free border sought while maintaining a charged surface surrounding and external to the desired toner-free border.
  • Use of the apparatus in electrophotographic imaging results in a photoconductive insulating layer having an image region thereon, a uniformly exposed region surrounding the image region and a charged region surrounding the uniformly exposed region.
  • Toner is thus attracted away from the intermediate, uniformly exposed region, and towards the image and charged regions on either side thereof.
  • the substrate bears a toner-free border around the image region and corresponds to the uniformlyexposed intermediate region of the photoconductive insulating layer.
  • the present invention relates to electrophotography, and more particularly to a method for forming a tonerfree border around an electrophotographically reproduced image.
  • electrophotography is used herein to mean electrostatic electrophotography as defined by the Standard Definitions of Terms for Electrostatographic Devices," published by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, IEEE No. 224, dated November, 1965, which term includesboth xerography and xeroradiography. The discussion with respect to xerography applies equally well to xeroradiography.
  • a special xerographic photoreceptor comprising a layer of photoconductive insulating material placed upon a conductive backing is used to support xerographic images.
  • the photoreceptor may be formed in any shape.
  • An image is formed by uniformly electrostatically charging the photoreceptive surface and then exposing it to an electromagnetic radiation pattern in the form of the image to be reproduced. This radiation selectively-discharges, in proportion to exposure, areas of the photoreceptor forming'an electrostatic charge pattern conforming to the radiation image.
  • This radiation image is generally an original document or other object which is illuminated and imaged on the photoreceptor.
  • the latent image on the photoconductive layer is then developed by contacting it with a finely divided electrostatically attractable material-such as a resinous powder hereinafter called a toner.
  • a finely divided electrostatically attractable material such as a resinous powder hereinafter called a toner.
  • the toner is held to the image areas by electrostatic charge fields on the layer.
  • the toner is held proportionately to the charge field so that the greatest amount of material is deposited where the greatest charge field is located. Where there is a minimum charge there is little or no material deposited.
  • a toner image is produced to conform with the latent image previously placed on the formed in a developer material consisting of the toner and a carrier of larger granular beads formed with glass, sand or steel cores coated with a material which is removed in the triboelectric series from the toner so that there is a triboelectric charge attraction between the toner and the carrier.
  • the charge causes the toner to adhere to the carrier making it easily handled in a developer system which brings the developer into contact with the previously exposed xerographic surface.
  • Toning may conventionally be by cascade or brush development utilizing the abovementioned two component developer, by liquid development, or by toner cloud developing utilizing only toner. The aforementioned is well-established in the prior art and will not be further described.
  • a toner-free border around a xerographically reproduced image.
  • a white border corresponding to the white border found on photographic paper customarily provided'in silver salt photography.
  • One prior art method for providing a white border and utilizing liquid development uniformly exposes a region around the imaged area of the photoconductive insulating layer to high intensity light. A residual charge remains, however, and a small amount of toner adheres to this region of the layer and transfers to the new substrate when transfer of the image is attempted. This small amount of toner produces a greyish appearance upon a white substrate and is hereinafter referred to as fog.
  • a further object of this invention is to provide a fogfree or clear border around an electrophotographically reproduced image.
  • Another object of this invention is to provide a tonerfree border around an electrophotographically reproduced image.
  • a uniformly charged photoconductive insulating layer is imagewise exposed to an original while uniformly exposed about the imagewise exposure with radiation of intensity at least equal to that of the imagewise exposure and is provided with a charged surface of the same polarity surrounding the uniformly exposed region. Toning with toner bearing a charge polarity opposite to that of the photoconductive insulating layer results in the toner adhering only to the imagewise exposed region of the layer and to the charged surface, and not to the uniformly exposed region of the layer.
  • Toning with toner bearing a charge polarity opposite to that of the photoconductive insulating layer results in the toner adhering only to the imagewise exposed region of the layer and to the charged surface, and not to the uniformly exposed region of the layer.
  • FIG. 1 schematically shows the principles of this invention.
  • Member 10 is an electrophotographic material.
  • the surface of the electrophotographic material 10, treated to have a photoconductive insulating'layer thereon, is electrically charged uniformly in a dark place, then an image zone ill is imagewise exposed to radiation and a surrounding border region 12 is uniformly exposed to radiation.
  • the radiation is, of course, one to which material is sensitive.
  • An unexposed region of small width 13 is formed externally of and surrounding the border region 12 and in accordance with the above noted principles, retains a charge of greater magnitude than exposed region 12.
  • an electrostatic latent image is formed in the image region 11 which has been exposed to the optical image. if the image is toned or developed in this state, a purely clear border can be provided because no toner adheres to the border region 12.
  • the unexposed region 13 carries an electric charge of the same polarity as the electric charge carried by the latent image and of greater magnitude than the residual charge in border region 12 so that an electric field which is directed such that a toner is dispelled thereby is present on opposite sides in the vicinity of unexposed region 13. This electric field is thought to cancel out the electric field effect formed by the residual charge present in the border region 12, so that no toner adheres to the border region 12.
  • the width of unexposed region 113 may be similar to or smaller than the widthof border region 12. For example, if the width or border region 12 is 3 to 5 millimeters, l to 5 millimeters will be satisfactory for the width of unexposed region 13. There is, of course, .no upper limit to the width of unexposed region 13. However, if the unexposed region 13 has a large width, the electrophotographic material and toner will be wasted in greater quantities and thus-the large width is not preferred for practical purposes. It is difficult to determine the lower limit of the width of unexposed region 13 because it varies depending on the quantity of electric charge carried by such region. If the density of the electric charge carried by the unexposed region 13 is substantially the same as that carried by unexposed portionsof the image region ill, the lower limit of the width of unexposed region 113 can be from 0.1 to 1 millimeter. 1
  • the unexposed region 13 need not be formed of a photoconductive insulating layer but may be formed of a highly insulating material. If this is the case, the quantity of an electric charge carried thereby can be increased. It is also thereby possible to further reduce the width of unexposed region 13, and to dispense with maintaining region 13 in an unexposed state.
  • the term charged surface is used throughout to describe both the charged unexposed photoconductive insulating surface and the charged non-photoconductive insulating material surface. Although the description proceeds in terms of an unexposed region 13 of the photoconductive insulating layer it is understood that nonphotoconductive insulating material may be used in which case exposure thereof is of no concern.
  • FIG. 2 schematically shows an embodiment of the method of my invention in concrete form for forming the unexposed region 13 and the border region 12. Visible light is used illustratively. Transparent original is projected through projection lens 2H by light 25. Intercepting plates 22 divide the image region 111 from the border region 12, and cover plates 23 prevent light from reaching the unexposed region 13. Both 22 and 4 23 comprise materials which are impenetrable 'by the radiation used. Such materials are well-known and will not be further described. Preferably, the forward end portions of plates 22 and 23 are as sharp edged as possidispensed with and a light source (not shown) for illuminating both the original image and border 12 may be used instead. The region 12 is formed by exposure through slits 24' between the plates 22 and 23.
  • this invention may be used with a liquid developing method, magnetic brushing method, cascading method and other developing methods for electrophotography; that the photoconductive insulating layer has a conductive backing and may be charged either positively or negatively; that the electromagnetic radiation may be of any frequency from the electromagnetic spectrum to which the photoconductive insulating materials used are responsive; that the image original may be either a positive or a negative image and either transparent or opaque with suitable prior art methods used to project the image onto the photoconductive insulating layer; and that the devel-.
  • oped latent electrostatic image may be transferred to any suitable substrate, including white or colored pap
  • Apparatus for producing a toner-free border surrounding an imagewise exposed region on a charged photoconductive insulating layer comprising:
  • a. imagewise exposure means including first electromagnetic radiation means for imagewise exposing a photoconductive insulating layer;
  • second electromagnetic radiation means for uniformly exposing a border surrounding the imagewise exposed region of the photoconductive insulating layer at a radiation intensity at least equal to the maximum radiation intensity within the imagewise exposed region so that the border, upon uniform exposure, is discharged to a residual charge level no greater than the lowest charge level within the imagewise exposed region;
  • an electromagnetic radiation intercepting shielding plate impenetrable by electromagnetic radiation from said second electromagnetic radiation means positioned perpendicularly adjacent to, but out of contact with, the surface of the photoconductive insulating layer such that the imagewise exposed 3 ,7 84 ,3 l 5 6 region is shielded thereby from electromagnetic ralayer surface surrounding the imagewise exposed diation from said second electromagnetic radiation region and at a distance from said electromagnetic means; and radiation intercepting shielding plate equaling the d.
  • a covering plate impenetrable by electromagnetic desired width of the border sought to be free of radiation from said second electromagnetic radia- 5 toner so as to allow uniform exposure of the tio means positioned Parallel and adjacent but charged photoconductive insulating layer surface out Of Contact the photoconductive insulating urrounding the imagewise exposed region to radilayer Surface Surrounding the imagewise exposed ation from said electromagnetic radiation means region and at a distance m said electromagnetic along the desired width of the toner-free border radiation intercepting Shieldlhg plate equahhg the 10 sought while maintaining a charged photoconducdesh'ed Width of the border Sought to be free of tive insulating layer surface, which charged surface toner so as uniform exposure of the surrounds and is external to the toner-free border charged photocqnductlte msthatmg layer Surface and is of a charge level greater than the residual surrounding the imagewise exposed region to radicharge level of the toner free border.
  • Apparatus for producing a tonebfree border Sup means thong the h h h t of the totterfree rounding an imagewise exposed region on a charged border sought while maintaining a charged photophotoconductive insulating layer comprising:
  • imagewise exposure means including first electrosurface surrounds and is external to the tonerfree border and is of a charge lever greater than the remagnetic radiation means for imagewise exposing a photoconductive msulatmg layer; stduat charge level i the toner'tree border b. second electromagnetic radiation means which 2.
  • perpendlcu may be the same as the electromagnetic radiation lar end portions of said electromagnetic radiation mtermeans recited in part (a) above or a separate elecceptmg shielding plate and the parallel portions of said tromagnetic radiation means for uniformly exposcovering plate nearest the surface of the photoconductive insulating layer are Sharp mg a border surrounding the imagewise exposed 3.
  • Apparatus for producing a toner-free border surt h of t phfmwnduchve msulatmg layer at a rounding an imagewise exposed region on a charged radtatton thtehstty h t equhl to maxlmum photoconductive insulating layer comprising: rad ation intensity withm the imagewise exposed a.
  • imagewise exposure means including first electrot t so that the th i exposure magnetic radiation means for imagewise exposing ts dtscharged to a rest ha t h eve h greater a photoconductive insulating layer for uniformly than the w t charge level wtthm the hhagewtse exposing a border surrounding the imagewise exexposed tegloh' posed region of the photoconductive insulating .
  • Second electromaghfthc radlatloh means exposed region so that the border, upon if positioned perpendicularly ad acent to, but out of exposure, is discharged to a residual charge level e h t wlth, the Surface of h photeeo
  • an electromagnetic radiation intercepting shielding plate impenetrable by electromagnetic radiation from said electromagnetic radiation means positioned perpendicularly adjacent to, but out of contact with, the surface of the photoconductive insulating layer such that the imagewise exposed region is shielded thereby from electromagnetic radiation from said second electromagnetic radiation means; and
  • a covering plate impenetrable by electromagnetic radiation from said electromagnetic radiation means positioned parallel and adjacent to, but out of contact with, the photoconductive insulating diation from said second electromagnetic radiation means;

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US3901593A (en) * 1973-03-27 1975-08-26 Iwatsu Electric Co Ltd Copying machines of the variable magnifying power type
US3972613A (en) * 1975-04-23 1976-08-03 Scott Paper Company Copyboard
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US5668624A (en) * 1993-12-22 1997-09-16 Nikon Corporation Scan type exposure apparatus

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