WO2021149547A1 - 現像装置およびこれを備えた画像形成装置 - Google Patents

現像装置およびこれを備えた画像形成装置 Download PDF

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WO2021149547A1
WO2021149547A1 PCT/JP2021/000784 JP2021000784W WO2021149547A1 WO 2021149547 A1 WO2021149547 A1 WO 2021149547A1 JP 2021000784 W JP2021000784 W JP 2021000784W WO 2021149547 A1 WO2021149547 A1 WO 2021149547A1
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  • the present invention relates to a developing device for developing an electrostatic latent image formed on a photoconductor drum using a non-magnetic one-component developer, and an image forming device provided with this developing device.
  • Patent Document 1 As described in Patent Document 1, as a developing device conventionally used in an image forming apparatus such as a printer and developing an electrostatic latent image formed on a photoconductor drum using a non-magnetic one-component developer. Development equipment is known. In such a developing apparatus, the stress on the toner is reduced by setting the compression set of the supply roller that supplies the toner to the developing roller and the contact depth of the supply roller with the developing roller within predetermined ranges, so that the toner is fogged. Image defects are suppressed.
  • Patent Document 2 a large number of holes are formed on the surface of the elastic supply roller, and the inner diameter of the holes is set to become narrower toward the inner side in the radial direction. As a result, the toner is prevented from entering deep into the pores, and the elasticity of the supply roller is suppressed due to the toner agglomerating in the pores.
  • the present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and in particular, the untransferred toner collected from the photoconductor drum to the developing roller is stably collected on the supply roller to suppress the occurrence of developing ghost. It is an object of the present invention to provide a developing apparatus capable of the present invention, and an image forming apparatus provided with the same developing apparatus.
  • the developing apparatus comprises a developing housing for accommodating a non-magnetic one component toner and an elastic body having a cylindrical shape, and is arranged on a predetermined photoconductor drum so as to face each other in a developing nip portion. It is composed of a developing roller rotatably supported by the developing housing and carrying the toner on the peripheral surface and a foam elastic body having a cylindrical shape, and is rotatably supported by the developing housing on the peripheral surface of the developing roller. A supply nip portion is formed between the developing roller and the developing roller, and the toner is supplied to the developing roller, while the toner is recovered from the developing roller.
  • a layer thickness regulating member that comes into contact with the peripheral surface of the developing roller on the downstream side in the rotation direction of the developing roller and regulates the thickness of the toner on the developing roller is provided, and the hardness of the developing roller is the Asker-C hardness.
  • the width of the supply nip portion along the rotation direction of the developing roller is set in the range of 0.2 mm or more and 1.5 mm or less, and is applied to the supply roller.
  • the compressive load is set in the range of 0.2N or more and 1.5N or less.
  • the toner supply from the supply roller to the developing roller is stably maintained, the occurrence of uneven image density is suppressed, and the recoverability when the supply roller recovers the undeveloped toner from the developing roller is improved. It can be improved, and it is possible to suppress the occurrence of development ghost due to the difference in the amount of charge between the undeveloped toner and the toner newly supplied from the supply roller to the development roller.
  • the hardness of the supply roller is set in the range of 30 or more and 50 or less in terms of Asker-FP hardness.
  • melt viscosity (Pa ⁇ s) of the toner at 95 ° C. is set in the range of 10,000 or more and 20,000 or less.
  • the image forming apparatus includes the developing apparatus described above and a photoconductor drum in which an electrostatic latent image is formed on the surface and the toner is supplied from the developing roller.
  • a developing device capable of stably collecting untransferred toner collected from a photoconductor drum to a developing roller on a supply roller and suppressing the occurrence of developing ghosts, and an image forming apparatus provided with the same. Is provided.
  • FIG. 5 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a supply nip portion between a developing roller and a supply roller of a developing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 1 is a side sectional view showing an internal structure of an image forming apparatus 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • a monochrome printer is illustrated as the image forming apparatus 1, but the image forming apparatus may be a copying machine, a facsimile apparatus, or a multifunction device having these functions, and an image forming apparatus for forming a color image. It may be.
  • the image forming apparatus 1 includes a main body housing 10 having a housing structure having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape, a paper feeding unit 20, an image forming unit 30, and a fixing unit 40 housed in the main body housing 10.
  • a front cover 11 is provided on the front side of the main body housing 10, and a rear cover 12 is provided on the rear side.
  • the rear cover 12 is a cover that is opened during seat jam or maintenance.
  • the upper surface of the main body housing 10 is provided with a paper ejection portion 13 from which the sheet after image formation is discharged.
  • Various devices for performing image formation are installed in the internal space S defined by the front cover 11, the rear cover 12, and the paper ejection unit 13.
  • the paper feed unit 20 includes a paper feed cassette 21 that houses a sheet to be subjected to image forming processing. A part of the paper cassette 21 projects further forward from the front surface of the main body housing 10. The upper surface of the portion of the paper cassette 21 housed in the main body housing 10 is covered with the paper cassette top plate 21U.
  • the paper cassette 21 is provided with a sheet storage space for accommodating the bundle of sheets, a lift plate for lifting the bundle of sheets for paper feeding, and the like.
  • a sheet feeding portion 21A is provided on the upper portion of the paper feed cassette 21 on the rear end side. In the sheet feeding section 21A, a paper feeding roller 21B for feeding out the uppermost sheet of the sheet bundle in the paper feed cassette 21 one by one is arranged.
  • the image forming unit 30 performs an image forming process for forming a toner image on the sheet sent out from the paper feeding unit 20.
  • the image forming unit 30 includes a photoconductor drum 31, a charging device 32, an exposure device (not shown in FIG. 2), a developing device 33, and a transfer roller 34 arranged around the photoconductor drum 31. include.
  • the photoconductor drum 31 includes a rotation axis and a cylindrical surface that rotates around the rotation axis. An electrostatic latent image is formed on the cylindrical surface, and a toner image corresponding to the electrostatic latent image is supported on the cylindrical surface. As the photoconductor drum 31, an OPC photoconductor drum can be used.
  • the charging device 32 uniformly charges the surface of the photoconductor drum 31, is arranged at a predetermined interval with respect to the photoconductor drum 31, and discharges when a predetermined voltage is applied. Includes Scorotron.
  • the exposure device has a laser light source and optical equipment such as a mirror and a lens, and irradiates the peripheral surface of the photoconductor drum 31 with light modulated based on image data given from an external device such as a personal computer. To form an electrostatic latent image.
  • the developing device 33 supplies toner to the peripheral surface of the photoconductor drum 31 in order to develop the electrostatic latent image on the photoconductor drum 31 to form a toner image.
  • the transfer roller 34 is a roller for transferring the toner image formed on the peripheral surface of the photoconductor drum 31 onto the sheet.
  • the transfer roller 34 is in contact with the cylindrical surface of the photoconductor drum 31 to form a transfer nip portion.
  • a transfer bias having a polarity opposite to that of the toner is applied to the transfer roller 34.
  • the fixing unit 40 performs a fixing process for fixing the transferred toner image on the sheet.
  • the fixing portion 40 includes a fixing roller 41 having a heating source inside, and a pressure roller 42 that is pressed against the fixing roller 41 to form a fixing nip portion between the fixing roller 41.
  • the melt viscosity (Pa ⁇ s) of the non-magnetic one-component toner used in the developing apparatus 33 at 95 ° C. is set in the range of 10,000 or more and 20,000 or less.
  • the main body housing 10 is provided with a main transport path 22F and a reverse transport path 22B for transporting the sheet.
  • the main transport path 22F is provided as a paper ejection port 14 facing the paper ejection portion 13 on the upper surface of the main body housing 10 from the sheet feeding portion 21A of the paper feeding unit 20 via the image forming portion 30 and the fixing portion 40.
  • the reverse transfer path 22B is a transfer path for returning the single-sided printed sheet to the upstream side of the image forming unit 30 in the main transfer path 22F when double-sided printing is performed on the sheet.
  • the main transport path 22F is extended so as to pass through the transfer nip portion formed by the photoconductor drum 31 and the transfer roller 34 from the lower side to the upper side. Further, a resist roller pair 23 is arranged on the upstream side of the main transport path 22F with respect to the transfer nip portion. The sheet is temporarily stopped by the resist roller pair 23, skew correction is performed, and then the sheet is sent out to the transfer nip portion at a predetermined timing for image transfer.
  • a plurality of transport rollers for transporting sheets are arranged at appropriate positions on the main transport path 22F and the reverse transport path 22B. For example, a paper ejection roller pair 24 is arranged in the vicinity of the paper ejection port 14.
  • the reversing transport path 22B is formed between the outer surface of the reversing unit 25 and the inner surface of the rear cover 12 of the main body housing 10.
  • One roller of the transfer roller 34 and the resist roller pair 23 is mounted on the inner surface of the reversing unit 25.
  • the rear cover 12 and the reversing unit 25 can each rotate around the axis of the fulcrum portion 121 provided at the lower end thereof.
  • the rear cover 12 is opened.
  • the reversing unit 25 is opened in addition to the rear cover 12.
  • FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing the structure around the photoconductor drum 31.
  • the transfer roller 34 is arranged behind the photoconductor drum 31 so as to come into contact with the photoconductor drum 31, and the charging device 32 is arranged in front of and above the photoconductor drum 31 at predetermined intervals. It is arranged so as to face 31.
  • a transfer nip portion is formed between the photoconductor drum 31 and the transfer roller 34, and the sheet passes through the transfer nip portion as shown by an arrow in FIG. At this time, the toner image is transferred from the photoconductor drum 31 to the sheet.
  • the developing device 33 is arranged in front of and below the photoconductor drum 31 so as to face the photoconductor drum 31.
  • the developing apparatus 33 includes a developing housing 330, a developing roller 331, a supply roller 332, a stirring paddle 333, a regulating blade 334 (layer thickness regulating member), and a lower seal 335 (sealing member).
  • the developing housing 330 houses a non-magnetic one-component toner inside.
  • the developing housing 330 has a housing body 330A and a housing lid 330B. As shown in FIG. 2, an opening for exposing a part of the developing roller 331 to the photoconductor drum 31 side is formed at the rear end portion of the developing housing 330.
  • the developing roller 331 is rotatably supported by the developing housing 330 and has a peripheral surface for supporting toner.
  • the developing roller 331 comes into contact with the photoconductor drum 31 and forms a developing nip portion for supplying toner to the photoconductor drum 31 together with the photoconductor drum 31.
  • a cylindrical rubber layer (elastic body) is formed around the shaft of the SUS material or the SUM material.
  • the rubber layer is made of NBR (Nitrile-Budiene Rubber) rubber as an example. Further, a predetermined coat layer may be formed on the surface of the rubber layer.
  • the hardness of the surface of the developing roller 331 is set in the range of 50 or more and 80 or less in terms of Asker-C hardness.
  • the supply roller 332 is arranged in front of and below the developing roller 331 so as to face the developing roller 331, and is rotatably supported by the developing housing 330.
  • the supply roller 332 comes into contact with the developing roller 331 and forms a supply nip portion for supplying toner to the developing roller 331.
  • the supply roller 332 is formed by fixing a cylindrical urethane sponge or a foam sponge (both elastic foams) around a predetermined shaft.
  • the hardness of the surface of the supply roller 332 is set in the range of 30 or more and 50 or less in terms of Asker-FP hardness.
  • the supply nip width is set in a range of 0.2 mm or more and 1.5 mm or less in the rotational direction when viewed along the radial direction.
  • the stirring paddle 333 is rotatably supported by the developing housing 330 in front of the supply roller 332. As shown in FIG. 2, the stirring paddle 333 includes an L-shaped shaft in a cross-sectional view and a PET film arranged so as to extend radially from the shaft.
  • FIG. 2 shows the rotation directions of the developing roller 331, the supply roller 332, and the stirring paddle 333 when the image forming operation on the sheet is performed in the image forming apparatus 1.
  • the developing roller 331 rotates so that its surface moves in the same direction as the surface of the photoconductor drum 31 at the developing nip portion.
  • the peripheral speed ratio of the developing roller 331 to the photoconductor drum 31 is set to 1.55 times.
  • the supply roller 332 rotates so that its surface moves in the direction opposite to the surface of the developing roller 331.
  • the peripheral speed ratio of the developing roller 331 to the supply roller 332 is set to 1.55 times.
  • the stirring paddle 333 rotates so as to supply the toner in the developing housing 330 to the supply roller 332 while scooping up the toner.
  • the regulation blade 334 is in contact with the surface (peripheral surface) of the developing roller 331 on the rotational direction downstream side of the developing roller 331 and on the rotational direction upstream side of the developing roller 331 from the developing nip portion. ..
  • the regulation blade 334 is fixed to the developing housing 330 so as to be inclined toward the upstream side in the rotational direction of the developing roller 331.
  • the regulation blade 334 regulates the thickness (layer thickness) of the toner on the developing roller 331.
  • the lower seal 335 is supported by the housing body 330A so as to close the gap between the developing roller 331 and the housing body 330A on the side opposite to the regulation blade 334.
  • the tip of the lower seal 335 is in contact with the surface of the developing roller 331.
  • the charging device 32 is arranged on the downstream side in the rotation direction of the photoconductor drum 31 when viewed from the transfer nip portion formed by the photoconductor drum 31 and the transfer roller 34. Therefore, a so-called cleanerless configuration is adopted, which is not provided with a known cleaning device. That is, when the toner image is transferred from the photoconductor drum 31 to the sheet at the transfer nip portion, the untransferred toner remains on the photoconductor drum 31. The untransferred toner passes through the charging device 32 and is recovered from the photoconductor drum 31 by the developing roller 331 of the developing device 33. At this time, when an image (toner image) is continuously formed on the sheet, the developing roller 331 collects the untransferred toner from the photoconductor drum 31, while the electrostatic latent image on the photoconductor drum 31. To supply toner.
  • the supply roller 332 supplies new toner to the developing roller 331 at the supply nip portion, and collects the toner that has not been supplied from the developing roller 331 to the photoconductor drum 31 from the developing roller 331.
  • the supply roller 332 recovers the toner not used for developing the photoconductor drum 31 from the developing roller 331, the supply roller 332 collects the toner from the developing roller 331 when the amount of toner is large.
  • the uncollected toner circulates on the developing roller 331 without fail.
  • a difference occurs between the toner charge amount of the uncollected toner and the toner charge amount of the newly supplied toner, which may cause image defects such as development ghost.
  • FIG. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the facing portions of the developing roller 331 and the supply roller 332 of the developing device 33 according to the embodiment of the present invention.
  • the shafts of the developing roller 331 and the supply roller 332 are supported by the developing housing 330 so that the surface of the developing roller 331 bites into the surface of the supply roller 332 by the amount H.
  • a supply nip portion SN having a predetermined width is formed between the developing roller 331 and the supply roller 332 along the mutual rotation direction. Since the hardness of the supply roller 332 is lower than the hardness of the developing roller 331, the supply nip portion SN is formed mainly by deforming the surface of the supply roller 332 as shown in FIG.
  • the toner conveyed by the supply roller 332 stays on the upstream side of the supply nip portion SN, and a toner pool TN is formed. Even when a high-density image is formed on the photoconductor drum 31 by the toner pool TN, the toner can be stably supplied from the supply roller 332 to the developing roller 331.
  • the toner pool TN as shown in FIG. 3 is not sufficiently formed, so that the toner supply property may be significantly reduced. ..
  • the hardness of the developing roller 331 is set in the range of 50 or more and 80 or less in the Asker-C hardness in order to come into contact with a hard member called the photoconductor drum 31. Therefore, in order for the developing roller 331 to be recessed into the supply roller 332 as shown in FIG. 3, it is necessary to set the hardness of the supply roller 332 to be lower than the hardness of the developing roller 331.
  • the undeveloped toner on the developing roller 331 stays (adheres) on the surface of the developing roller 331 due to mirror image force, van der Waals force, liquid cross-linking force, electric field energy, and the like. That is, the supply roller 332 can recover the undeveloped toner from the developing roller 331 by scraping off the undeveloped toner with a frictional force exceeding these energies.
  • the frictional force is the product of the friction coefficient and the load, and by setting the compressive load, which is the force for pressing the supply roller 332 against the developing roller 331, in the optimum range, the recoverability of the undeveloped toner is remarkably improved.
  • the inventor of the present invention has set the hardness of the developing roller 331 in the range of 50 or more and 80 or less in the Asker-C hardness, and the developing roller 331 and the supply roller 332.
  • the compressive load applied to the supply roller 332 is in the range of 0.2 N or more and 1.5 N or less. It was newly found that it is desirable to set to.
  • the toner supply from the supply roller 332 to the developing roller 331 is stably maintained, the occurrence of uneven image density is suppressed, and the supply roller 332 collects the undeveloped toner from the developing roller 331. It is possible to improve the recoverability at the time of developing, and development ghost (ghost) is generated due to the difference in the amount of toner charge between the undeveloped toner and the toner newly supplied from the supply roller 332 to the development roller 331. Can be suppressed.
  • the hardness of the surface of the supply roller 332 is set in the range of 30 or more and 50 or less in terms of Asker-FP hardness. In this case, if the hardness of the supply roller 332 is too low, the toner can be prevented from slipping through the supply nip portion and development ghosts are generated, and if the hardness of the supply roller 332 is too high, the supply roller 332 is rotated. It is possible to prevent the torque for causing the engine from increasing significantly.
  • melt viscosity (Pa ⁇ s) of the non-magnetic one-component toner used in the developing device 33 at 95 ° C. is set in the range of 10,000 or more and 20,000 or less. Even if the toner has a relatively low melt viscosity and the viscosity tends to increase depending on the temperature inside the apparatus, it is possible to both supply the toner to the developing roller 331 by the supply roller 332 and recover the toner from the developing roller 331.
  • Example 1 to 12 and Comparative Examples 1 to 6 the diameter (mm) of the supply roller 332, the width (mm) of the supply roller 332 in the axial direction, the width of the supply nip portion in the rotation direction (mm), and the developing roller 331.
  • the compressive load (N) applied to the shaft of the supply roller 332, the same compressive load (10 -3 mN / mm 2 ), the Asker-FP hardness of the supply roller 332, and the melt viscosity (Pa ⁇ s) of the toner change.
  • the image density unevenness, the ghost, and the torque applied to the developing device 33 are evaluated.
  • the width of the supply nip SN is the width of the supply nip when a transparent polycarbonate test cylinder having the same diameter as the developing roller 331 is brought into contact with the supply roller 332, and the width of the supply nip is measured from the inside of the test cylinder in the radial direction. did. Further, the compressive load was measured by using the supply roller 332 alone and using FGC-1 manufactured by Nippon Densan Symposium. Further, the Asker-FP hardness of the supply roller 332 was measured by using the supply roller 332 alone and using an Asker-FP hardness tester manufactured by a polymer meter. As for the melt viscosity of the toner, the melt viscosity of 1 g of the toner was measured with CFT-500D manufactured by Shimadzu Corporation.
  • image density unevenness is as follows: ⁇ for solid images with a density difference of less than 0.1 at the left edge, center, and right edge of the sheet, ⁇ for those with 0.1 or more and less than 0.2, and 0.2 or more. The thing was set as x.
  • ⁇ for solid images with a density difference of less than 0.1 at the left edge, center, and right edge of the sheet, ⁇ for those with 0.1 or more and less than 0.2, and 0.2 or more.
  • the thing was set as x.
  • ghosts a 50% halftone image is printed after the solid image, and the one with an in-plane density difference of less than 0.05 is ⁇ , and the one with 0.05 or more and less than 0.1 is ⁇ , 0. Those with 1 or more were marked with x.
  • the torque of the developing device 33 is evaluated by ⁇ for the developing unit alone and having a torque of less than 250 mN ⁇ m, ⁇ for 250 mN ⁇ m or more and less than 300 mN ⁇ m, and ⁇ for 300 mN ⁇ m or more. And said.
  • the compressive load applied to the supply roller 332 is 0.
  • the range By setting the range to 2N or more and 1.5N or less, the image density unevenness, ghost and torque were good results.
  • the supply roller 332 can stably collect the undeveloped toner from the developing roller 331, the toner supply from the supply roller 332 to the developing roller 331 can sufficiently follow the formation of a high-density image. The occurrence of uneven concentration is suppressed. Further, the recovery capacity of the supply roller 332 suppresses the mixture of old toner and new toner on the developing roller 331, and suppresses the occurrence of ghosts.
  • the supply roller 332 since the supply roller 332 is not excessively pressed by the developing roller 331, a large torque is applied to the drive system that rotationally drives the developing roller 331, the supply roller 332, and the stirring paddle 333 of the developing device 33. Was prevented.
  • Comparative Example 1 since the width of the supply nip portion was as narrow as 0.1 mm, the formation of the toner pool TN was insufficient, resulting in uneven image density and ghosting. Further, in Comparative Example 2, since the width of the supply nip portion is as wide as 1.6 mm, a large torque is applied to the drive system that rotationally drives the developing roller 331, the supply roller 332, and the stirring paddle 333 of the developing device 33. It became. Further, in Comparative Example 3, since the compressive load of the supply roller 332 was as small as 0.1, the recoverability of the supply roller 332 was low, resulting in uneven image density and ghosting.
  • Comparative Example 4 since the compressive load of the supply roller 332 is large, a large torque is applied to the drive system that rotationally drives the developing roller 331, the supply roller 332, and the stirring paddle 333 of the developing device 33. .. Further, in Comparative Example 5, since the hardness of the supply roller 332 was set to 25 in the Asker-FP hardness, the recoverability of the supply roller 332 became insufficient, resulting in the occurrence of ghosts. Further, in Comparative Example 6, since the hardness of the supply roller is 55 in Asker-FP hardness, the frictional force between the developing roller 331 and the supply roller 332 is high, and the developing roller 331, the supply roller 332, and the stirring paddle of the developing device 33 are high. As a result, a large torque is applied to the drive system that rotationally drives the 333. In Comparative Examples 2, 4 to 6, the result of image density unevenness was good.
  • the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, the following modified embodiment is adopted. Can be done.
  • the image forming apparatus 1 is provided with one developing apparatus 33, but the image forming apparatus 1 is a color image forming apparatus having development apparatus 33 corresponding to a plurality of colors. It may be.
  • the development housing 330 of the developing apparatus 33 has been described in that the non-magnetic toner is stored inside, but a toner container and a toner cartridge that store the non-magnetic toner are provided separately from the developing housing 330. It may have.
  • Image forming device 31 Photoconductor drum 33 Developing device 330 Developing housing 330A Housing body 330B Housing lid 331 Developing roller 332 Supply roller 333 Stirring paddle 334 Regulatory blade (layer thickness regulating member) 335 lower seal

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