WO1998021628A1 - Dispositif de developpement et dispositif electrophotographique - Google Patents
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- G03G15/0815—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for developing using a solid developer, e.g. powder developer on a donor element, e.g. belt, roller characterised by the developer handling means after the developing zone and before the supply, e.g. developer recovering roller
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- the present invention relates to a developing device of an electrophotographic apparatus applied to a printer * facsimile copier or the like.
- FIG. 6 shows the configuration of a conventional developing device.
- 1 is a developing roll that forms a charged toner thin layer and transports toner to the photoconductor
- 2 is a transport roll that transports toner to the developing roll 1
- 3 is a toner roll that stirs toner.
- 5 is a regulating blade that regulates the amount of toner deposited on developing roll 1
- 6 is a toner storage chamber that stores toner
- 9 is toner
- 10 Is a photoreceptor.
- the photoconductor 10 is generally arranged at a position where the photoconductor 10 moves downward from above, and the developing port 1 on which the toner layer is formed is also provided with the photoconductor 10. In this configuration, development is performed by rotating from top to bottom so as to be opposed to.
- the toner 9 in the toner storage chamber 6 is transported to the transport roll 2 side by the rotation of the toner transport blade 3.
- a conductive or semi-conductive foam roll is generally used as the transport roll 2.
- the toner 9 transported to the transport roll is transported to the developing roll 1 by the rotation of the transport roll 2.
- the amount of the toner 9 is regulated by the regulating blade 5 provided on the developing roll 1, and the amount of the toner 9 is reduced by friction with the regulating blade ⁇ .
- the developing roller 1 on which the charged toner thin layer is formed contacts or approaches the photoconductor 10 to develop the electrostatic latent image on the photoconductor 10.
- the toner is stably supplied to the regulated position of the regulating blade 5 located on the surface of the developing roll 1. You.
- the excess toner due to the regulation of the regulating blade 5 can escape to the space above the regulating blade, and the toner flows as shown by the arrow 28 in the figure.
- the surplus toner is stably returned to the transport roll 2 and the toner storage chamber 6 and circulated. As a result, stable toner supply to the regulating blade 5 and recovery of surplus toner are achieved, and toner stagnation and lumps are prevented from occurring.
- the developing roll 1 on which the thin toner layer is formed also moves upward from below at a position facing the photosensitive member 10. It is necessary to rotate and develop.
- Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 5-158345 discloses the configuration of a developing device for performing development by rotating the developing port 1 having such a thin toner layer formed thereon at a position facing the photoreceptor 10 from below from above. Have been.
- Fig. 7 shows the configuration. The numbers assigned in the figure are the same as in FIG.
- the developing device includes a path 29 for transporting the toner to the developing roll 1 side and a path 30 for returning the remaining toner regulated by the blade to the toner storage chamber 6 side. It is formed so that the toner 9 is circulated. Further, a supply roll 2 is arranged so as to assist the supply of the toner to the five regulating blades.
- Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 5-158331 discloses that the developing roll 1 is rotated upward from below at a position facing the photosensitive body 10 to perform development, and the developing roll 1 is located above the developing roll 1.
- a configuration in which a regulating blade 5 is arranged at a position is disclosed. With such a configuration, the toner is less subject to repeated regulation blade regulation, and high-quality toner is supplied to development to obtain high-quality image quality.
- the one-component developing system is small and simple in configuration compared to a two-component developing machine, but only in a limited printing machine configuration where the photoconductor rotates from top to bottom. The fact is that it is applied in the system.
- a one-component developing device capable of developing stably even in a printing system in which the photoreceptor rotates from below to above can be realized, restrictions on the overall configuration of the device are reduced, and as a result, a more compact and stable electronic device is realized.
- a photographic device can be provided. Disclosure of the invention
- An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, and in a one-component developing machine in which a developing roll on which a thin toner layer is formed is rotated upward from below at a position facing a photoreceptor to perform development, a stable toner layer is provided. It is an object of the present invention to provide a developing machine configuration capable of forming the image. Further, an object of the present invention is to provide a more compact and stable electrophotographic apparatus by eliminating restrictions on the arrangement of one-component development that can be reduced in size. It is in.
- a toner supply chamber for supplying toner to a developing roll and a toner collecting chamber for collecting surplus toner regulated by a regulating blade are provided.
- the toner collection chamber is completely separated by a sheet-like member that contacts the developing roll. Further, the sheet-like member separating the toner supply chamber and the toner collection chamber presses the toner supplied to the supply chamber against the surface of the developing roll. As a result, a relatively thick toner layer is formed on the developing roll surface before the toner thin layer is formed by the regulating blade.
- a relatively thick toner layer formed on the developing roll by the sheet-like member separating the toner supply chamber and the toner collection chamber is regulated to a thin toner layer by a regulation blade provided in the toner collection chamber. Is done. The surplus tona after the regulation is collected via the collection room.
- a toner supply chamber for supplying toner to the developing roll and a toner collecting chamber for collecting the remaining toner regulated by the regulating blade are provided, and the toner supplying chamber and the toner collecting chamber are connected to the developing roll.
- the toner filling state of the toner supply chamber can be increased, and the toner filling rate of the toner collection chamber can be reduced. This makes it possible to stably supply the toner to the developing roll and to secure a toner gap in the recovery path.
- the sheet-like member forms a relatively thick toner layer on the surface of the developing roll before being regulated by the regulating blade, even in a configuration in which the regulating blade is below the developing roll, the structure is stable. It will be possible to supply tuners to regulated blades.
- the toner layer is regulated by the regulation blade in the toner collection chamber with a low toner filling rate, the excess toner after regulation is stably collected. It is.
- a supply roller is provided in the toner supply chamber, so that a high toner filling rate is secured on the toner supply chamber side, and the toner is more stably supplied to the developing roll.
- the toner collecting chamber is provided with an ejection unit that secures a void in the collection chamber by contacting the toner in the collection chamber with the toner collection chamber.
- a developing roller capable of forming a stable toner layer is developed.
- a configuration can be provided.
- this developing machine it is possible to eliminate the restriction on the arrangement of the one-component developing, which can be downsized, and to provide a smaller and more stable electrophotographic apparatus.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a non-magnetic one-component developing machine showing one embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram showing details of the vicinity of the regulating blade and the sheet-like member in the embodiment of FIG. I.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining another configuration of the regulation blade.
- FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the rotary stirring member of the present invention in the embodiment of FIG.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a compact color electrophotographic apparatus using the developing machine of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram showing one configuration of conventional non-magnetic one-component development.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram showing another configuration of conventional non-magnetic one-component development. BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
- FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a non-magnetic one-component developing machine showing one embodiment of the present invention. The operation of the developing device shown in FIG. 1 will be described below.
- 1 is a developing roll that forms a thin layer of charged toner and transports toner to the photoreceptor; 2 is a transport roll that transports toner to the developing roll 1; 3, 7, and 8 agitate the toner and move it to the transport roll side.
- 4 is a rotary stirring member that stirs the collected toner
- 5 is a regulating blade that regulates the amount of toner adhered on the developing roll 1
- 6 is a toner blade.
- Toner storage chamber 9 is a toner
- 10 is a photoconductor
- 1 is a toner supply chamber that supplies the toner 9
- 13 is a toner collection chamber that collects the toner 9
- 1 is a developer port 1.
- a toner storage chamber 6 stores toner 9 used for development.
- three toner transfer blades 3, 7, and 8 are arranged in the toner storage chamber 6 in order to make the apparatus thinner. Is transported. These toner transfer blades 3, 7, and 8 are positioned at the front of the toner storage chamber 6 so that the toner transfer blade 8 at the rear in the toner storage chamber 6 is positioned at the forefront so that the toner is not unnecessarily biased. It is preferable that the toner conveying force be smaller than that of the toner conveying blades 3 of the section. In the present embodiment, the rotation speed is set to be lower toward the rear of the toner transport blade 3 at the forefront of the toner storage chamber 6.
- the feed blade has a smaller blade area toward the rear as compared with the toner-transport blade 3 at the forefront.
- the toner 9 in the toner storage compartment 6 is The blades are conveyed to the developing roll side by the rotation of the blades.
- toner supply chamber 12 Above the side of the developing roll, there is a toner supply chamber 12.
- the toner 9 transported to the forefront of the toner storage chamber 6 is transported to the toner supply chamber 12 by the toner transport blade 3 arranged at the forefront of the toner storage chamber 6.
- the toner supply chamber 12 two supply rolls made of conductive elastic foam rolls are arranged, and the toner 9 supplied in the toner supply chamber 12 is supplied to the developing roll 1 side and pressed. .
- the toner 9 supplied to the supply chamber is pressed against the developing roll 1 by the rotation of the supply roll 2, and is pressed against the developing roll by a sheet-like member 14 disposed below the developing roll on the supply chamber side. While leaking into the toner collection chamber 13 side. At this time, the toner 9 is slightly charged by friction with the developing roll 1 sheet member 14 and the supply roll 2 and the like, so that the toner 9 adheres to the surface of the developing roll 1 made of a conductive material, and a toner layer is formed on the surface of the developing roll 1.
- the toner layer formed on the developing roll in this way is regulated to a toner layer thickness and a toner charge amount appropriate for development by a regulating blade 5 provided in the toner collecting chamber 13.
- Charging amount and deposition amount of the final toner thin layer required at the time of development varies depending on developing conditions and equipment conditions and toner conditions used, the amount generally adhering 0. 1 ⁇ 1. 5 iiig / cm z, the charge amount Is a value in the range of 5 to 40 ⁇ C / g.
- the sheet-like member 14 that separates the toner supply chamber 12 and the toner recovery chamber 13 allows the amount of toner adhered to the developing roll surface before passing through the regulating blade to be smaller than the final target amount. Must be enough Must. Also, the charge amount must be smaller than the final target charge amount.
- the sheet-like member 14 separating the toner supply chamber 12 and the toner recovery chamber 13 is used for developing.
- the configuration is such that the pressure is lower than that of the regulating blade 5 disposed on the downstream side of the roll, and the flat surface (belly portion) of the sheet-like member 14 is in contact with the developing roll 1.
- the toner layer to be formed becomes thin, and the regulating blade 5 cannot form an appropriate toner layer.
- the contact pressure between the sheet-like member 14 and the developing roll 1 varies depending on the supply capacity of the supply roll 2, the fluidity of the toner material to be used, and the final target amount of toner.
- a linear pressure of about 50 g / cm is an appropriate value.
- the toner charge amount finally formed on the developing roller is 10 to 20 ⁇ m and the adhesion amount is 0.4 to 0.8 mg / cm 2 .
- the toner layer was formed to have a charge amount of l-5 / C / g and an adhesion amount of about 0.6-1.5 ingZcin 2 to form a layer of toner.
- the formed toner layer tends to be uneven, and the uniformity of the toner layer formed by the final regulating blade 5 is not uniform. It is easy to be stable. In order to form a stable uniform toner layer, it is preferable that the sheet member 14 is brought into contact with the developing roll 1 at the flat surface portion.
- the toner 9 remaining due to the regulation by the regulation blade 5 flows down to the toner collection chamber 13 provided below the toner supply chamber.
- a rotary stirring member 4 is disposed in the toner collection chamber 13 to stir the toner collected in the collection path. Stir to prevent stagnation and clumping, and carry out the toner to the toner storage chamber 6 side. As a result, the inside of the toner collecting chamber 13 is always maintained in the air gap, so that the remaining toner regulated by the regulating blade 5 flows into the toner collecting chamber 13 stably. .
- FIG. 2 is a diagram showing details in the vicinity of the developing roll 1 and the tip of the regulating blade 5 and the vicinity of the contact position between the sheet-like member 14.
- the toner is formed on the developing roll 1 by the sheet-like member 14 and conveyed, and is regulated by the regulating blade 5, the remaining toner is repelled in the arrow direction 15 in FIG. Flows.
- the distance 16 between the sheet-like member 14 and the tip of the regulating blade 5 is small, the toner is repelled toward the tip of the sheet-like member 14 and the toner is collected in the toner collecting chamber.
- a phenomenon occurs in which the sheet does not fall to 13 and solidifies between the sheet member 14 and the regulating blade 5.
- the configuration of the present embodiment requires a gap distance of about 1 mm or more experimentally. If there is a difference in the angle i7 between the contact position of the regulating blade 5 on the developing roll 1 and the sheet member 14, the toner repelled by the regulating blade 5 returns to the sheet member 14. Deviates from direction. It is necessary to provide an angle 17 between the contact position between the regulating blade 5 on the developing port 1 and the sheet-like member 15 by 2 to 3 degrees or more.
- FIG. 4 shows a perspective view of the rotary stirring member 4 of the present invention in the embodiment of FIG.
- the rotary stirring member 4 has a configuration in which the stirring section has no axis at the center of rotation. If the rotation stirring member 4 is provided with a rotation center, toner adheres and accumulates around the rotation center axis, and a defect that grows into a round rod-shaped toner shaft having a diameter equal to the outer diameter of the blade is generated. In such a state, the stirring function, which is the original function of the rotary stirring member 4, cannot be obtained. Therefore, in the present invention, the rotary stirring member 4 is configured as shown in FIG. 4 without a central axis. It is desirable that the cross-sectional shape of the rotating blades be optimized depending on the fluidity of the toner. The toner in the collection path is sequentially discharged and returned to the toner storage chamber 6 by the rotation of the rotary stirring member.
- the toner transport blade 3 in the toner storage chamber 6 for transporting the toner in the toner storage chamber 6 to the toner supply chamber 12 side also transports the toner to the outlet position of the toner recovery chamber 13. It works like pushing.
- the toner is discharged into the toner storage chamber 6 by the rotation of the rotary stirring member 4 at the timing when the blades 3 of the toner storage chamber 6 push the toner into the toner recovery chamber. Is configured to be performed. For this reason, the rotation of the toner transport blades 3 in the toner storage chamber 6 suppresses the toner 9 transported into the toner recovery chamber 13, and the toner 9 flows back into the toner recovery chamber 13. Can be prevented.
- the ratio of the rotation diameter of the toner conveying blade 3 in the toner storage chamber 6 to the rotation stirring member 4 in the toner collection chamber 13 is 3: 1.
- the rotation cycle is configured to be 1 to 3.
- the toner transport blade 3 in the toner storage chamber 6 The toner in the toner collecting chamber 13 is pushed out by the rotary stirring member 4 at the timing when the toner 9 is conveyed to the toner collecting chamber 13 exit side, and the toner conveying blade 3
- the toner is transported twice from the toner collecting chamber 13 to the toner storing chamber 6 by the rotary stirring member 4 until the toner is pushed into the toner collecting chamber 13.
- the toner can be more efficiently returned to the toner storage chamber 6, and the toner can be prevented from entering the collection chamber 13 by the toner transport blade 3.
- the non-magnetic one-component developing device of the present invention If the non-magnetic one-component developing device of the present invention is applied, the developing device can be arranged on the surface where the photosensitive member moves upward from below, so that the arrangement configuration of the entire electrophotographic apparatus is reduced, and a more effective device is realized. Configuration can be realized.
- a non-magnetic one-component developing device has a simpler configuration than a two-component developing device and is advantageous for miniaturization.
- FIG. 5 shows an embodiment of a configuration of a compact color electrophotographic apparatus using the developing machine of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 shows a color electrophotographic apparatus using a photoreceptor belt and an intermediate transfer drum 24.
- 10a is a photosensitive belt
- 11Y, 11M, 11C, and 11K are developing devices for transferring yellow, magenta, cyan, and black images, respectively.
- a static eliminator that removes and removes the paper on which the image has been transferred from the intermediate transfer drum, 19 is an erase lamp that removes the charge remaining on the surface of the photosensitive belt, and 20 is a toner that remains on the surface of the photosensitive belt 10a.
- a blade cleaner for removing, 21 is a charger for uniformly charging the surface of the photosensitive belt, and 22 is an electrostatic latent image on the surface by exposing the surface of the uniformly charged photosensitive belt 10a.
- a laser exposure device that forms a sheet 23 is a sheet for storing paper
- a cassette 24 is an intermediate transfer drum for completing a plurality of toner images formed on the surface of the photosensitive belt 10a and transferring the color toner image to paper
- 25 is an intermediate transfer drum 2
- Reference numeral 26 denotes a cleaner which removes the toner remaining in the toner cartridge 4 and a fixing device which fixes the toner image to the paper by passing the paper on which the toner image has been transferred between the heating roller and the pressure roller.
- the printing process of the apparatus shown in FIG. 5 will be briefly described.
- exposure is performed in accordance with an image signal with a laser exposure device 22 to form an electrostatic latent image on the photoconductor 10.
- the electrostatic latent image formed on the photoreceptor belt 10a is developed by the developing device 11Y of the present invention including a yellow toner.
- the developed image is electrostatically transferred to the intermediate transfer drum 24.
- the photoreceptor 10 is irradiated with an erase lamp 19 to erase the electrostatic latent image, and then the residual toner is cleaned by a blade cleaner 20.
- the photosensitive belt 10a is charged and exposed again to form an electrostatic latent image on the photosensitive belt 10aa again.
- the electrostatic latent image on the photosensitive belt 10a is magenta. It is developed by the developing device 11M of the present invention in which toner is included, and a magenta image is formed on the photoreceptor.
- the developing machine to be developed can be switched by moving away from the photoconductor 10.
- the magenta image on the photoreceptor is transferred to the intermediate transfer member 24 so as to overlap the yellow image. Subsequently, cyan and black images are formed in the same process, and are sequentially superimposed on the intermediate transfer member 24.
- the intermediate transfer drum 24 on which the four-color images have been overlaid is subjected to collective electrostatic transfer 27 on the paper conveyed from the paper cassette 23 to form a four-color image on the paper.
- the intermediate transfer drum 24 on which the image has been transferred onto the paper is cleaned of residual toner by a cleaner 25.
- the image-transferred paper is neutralized and peeled off from the intermediate transfer drum 24 by the static eliminator 18, heated and melted by the fixing unit 26, fixed and fixed. It becomes an image.
- the device configuration shown in this embodiment realizes high-density mounting with a simple configuration by using a photosensitive belt 10a and laminating an image forming machine on one surface thereof.
- the intermediate transfer member 24 by using the intermediate transfer member 24, the paper transport path does not have a sharp bend, and recording on thick paper or the like is possible, so that a wide range of paper types similar to a monochrome electrophotographic apparatus can be supported.
- an intermediate transfer drum to stabilize the rotation of the intermediate transfer body, it is possible to accurately superimpose each color image formed on the photoreceptor belt, and to achieve a high quality full color image. Records can be realized.
- the apparatus shown in this embodiment is an embodiment of a full-color electrophotographic apparatus that takes into account the ease of use, such as face-down discharge and multi-paper compatibility, as well as compact and high-density mounting and high-quality recording.
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