EP0249971A1 - Installation de blocage et de transport magnétique pour machines à imprimer et à copier non mécaniques - Google Patents

Installation de blocage et de transport magnétique pour machines à imprimer et à copier non mécaniques Download PDF

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EP0249971A1
EP0249971A1 EP87108720A EP87108720A EP0249971A1 EP 0249971 A1 EP0249971 A1 EP 0249971A1 EP 87108720 A EP87108720 A EP 87108720A EP 87108720 A EP87108720 A EP 87108720A EP 0249971 A1 EP0249971 A1 EP 0249971A1
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Mehmet Ali Dipl.-Ing. Büyükgüclü (FH)
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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
    • G03G15/08—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for developing using a solid developer, e.g. powder developer
    • G03G15/0822—Arrangements for preparing, mixing, supplying or dispensing developer
    • G—PHYSICS
    • 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
    • G03G15/08—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for developing using a solid developer, e.g. powder developer
    • G03G15/0822—Arrangements for preparing, mixing, supplying or dispensing developer
    • G03G15/0844—Arrangements for purging used developer from the developing unit

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  • the invention relates to a magnetic device for a non-mechanical printing or copying device according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • charge images are stored on a charge image carrier e.g. generated by a photoconductor drum and then colored with a black powder (toner) in a developer station.
  • a charge image carrier e.g. generated by a photoconductor drum and then colored with a black powder (toner) in a developer station.
  • the toner images are then transferred to plain paper and fixed there.
  • a two-component developer consisting of ferromagnetic carrier particles and toner particles is used for development.
  • the developer mixture is e.g. is guided past the charge pattern by means of a magnetic brush arrangement, to which the toner particles, caused by electrostatic forces, adhere.
  • Such a developer station is e.g. known from DE-AS 21 26 667.
  • US-PS 37 64 208 a device for removing the developer mixture from a developer known station of an electrophotographic facility.
  • This device contains a developer roller and a mixing screw, at the end of which the drain opening with a tube for connecting a bottle for receiving the developer mixture is arranged in the bottom of the developer station.
  • the direction of rotation of the mixing screw and the developer roller is reversed in order to transport the developer mixture to the outlet opening.
  • a developer station for an electrophotographic device in which a magnetic device is arranged as a closure device between a storage area and the actual transport area of the developer station.
  • the magnetic device consists of a rotatably mounted permanent magnet which can be pivoted onto the actual passage for the developer mixture. In the pivoted state, a plug of developer mixture forms in the passage channel, which closes the channel.
  • the object of the invention is to design a device of the type mentioned at the beginning such that both a closure of the transport channel is possible and a metered transport of the developer mixture in the transport channel.
  • the developer mixture should be sealed and transported with the greatest possible mechanical protection of the mixture.
  • a transport channel e.g. the connecting channel between the actual developer station and a collecting container can be arranged, a rotatable roller containing a magnetic strip is arranged, one wall of the transport channel with the roller forming a narrow retention gap and the other wall of the transport channel with the roller forming a substantially wider transport gap the transport channel can be closed without contact in a simple manner; on the other hand, the toner can be transported in a metered manner in the transport channel via the roller.
  • a squeegee is arranged in the entry area of the retention gap.
  • the developer mixture can be removed from the developer station in a quick and gentle manner.
  • the device can be used, for example, to feed developer mixture in doses to the developer station.
  • the figure shows a schematic representation of the magnetic closure and transport device in the developer station of an electrophotographic printing device, partly in a sectional view.
  • a developer station 10 is adjacent to a charge image carrier 11, e.g. a photoconductor drum.
  • the developer station 10 contains, for example, a paddle wheel 12 for mixing a two-component developer mixture of ferromagnetic carrier particles and the actual toner particles coloring the charge carrier 11.
  • the mixed developer mixture 13 is brought into the surroundings of the photoconductor drum 11 with the aid of a magnetic roller arrangement made of a rotating hollow cylinder 14 with permanent magnets 15 fixedly arranged therein.
  • the entire mixing and transport devices for the toner are motor-driven in a known manner, which is not shown in detail here.
  • the developer station consists of a trough-like housing 16, made of, for example, impact-resistant plastic, which extends in the axial direction along this photoconductor drum 11 in accordance with the width of the photoconductor drum.
  • a rotatable roller 18 is contained which can be driven electrically by an electric motor 17.
  • This rotatable roller 18 contains a permanent magnet strip 19 which extends over the entire length of the roller 16 and which, for example, can also be formed from individual permanent magnet strip segments. It can consist of a barium ferrite magnet.
  • the roller 19 is arranged within an emptying opening forming a transport channel in such a way that one wall of the transport channel forms a narrow retaining gap 20 with the roller and the other wall of the transport channel with the roller forms a substantially wider transport gap 21.
  • a squeegee 22 At the entrance of the retaining gap 19 there is a squeegee 22 provided.
  • a receptacle 23 is fastened via a fastening device 24 below the emptying opening.
  • the collecting container 23 can e.g. consist of an elastic bag-like container which is attached to the emptying opening via corresponding spring clips 24.
  • the entire device now works as follows.
  • the developer station is filled with developer mixture and the roller 18 with its magnetic strip 19 arranged thereon is in the position shown in the figure.
  • a plug of ferromagnetic carrier particles is formed in the transport nip 21 in the vicinity of the north pole of the roller 18, which prevents the developer mixture from escaping from the developer station.
  • the roller 18 is rotated in a simple manner with the aid of the motor device 17.
  • the speed of rotation of the roller 18 or the size of its circumference in connection with the clear width of the transport gap 21 determines the transport capacity of the developer mixture in the transport channel. Any developer particles adhering to the roller 18 are stripped off by the scraper strip 22.

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Dry Development In Electrophotography (AREA)
  • Electrophotography Configuration And Component (AREA)
  • Discharging, Photosensitive Material Shape In Electrophotography (AREA)
  • Printers Or Recording Devices Using Electromagnetic And Radiation Means (AREA)
EP87108720A 1986-06-20 1987-06-16 Installation de blocage et de transport magnétique pour machines à imprimer et à copier non mécaniques Expired - Lifetime EP0249971B1 (fr)

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AT87108720T ATE56284T1 (de) 1986-06-20 1987-06-16 Magnetische verschluss- und transporteinrichtung fuer nicht-mechanische druck- und kopiergeraete.

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EP0354030A3 (fr) * 1988-08-04 1991-10-23 Xerox Corporation Système de développement

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US5300988A (en) * 1991-06-07 1994-04-05 Eastman Kodak Company Toning station for selectively applying toner to an electrostatic image
US5555184A (en) * 1994-08-29 1996-09-10 Xerox Corporation Developer roller assembly and method for making same
US7542703B2 (en) * 2002-05-20 2009-06-02 Ricoh Company, Ltd. Developing device replenishing a toner or a carrier of a two-ingredient type developer and image forming apparatus including the developing device
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