WO2001014935A1 - Developing device - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a developing device used in an electrophotographic apparatus, and more particularly to a developing device that visualizes an electrostatic latent image formed on an image carrier by developing the latent image with a non-magnetic one-component developer.
- an electrostatic latent image of a desired image is formed on an image carrier such as a photoreceptor, and the electrostatic latent image is formed.
- a developer is supplied by a developing device to perform development, and a visible toner image is formed on the image carrier.
- Well-known developers include a two-component developer consisting of a toner and a carrier, a magnetic one-component developer consisting of only a toner and a non-magnetic one-component developer, and various developing systems suitable for these developers. Developed and proposed.
- non-magnetic one-component developers in various applications was delayed, but in recent years, non-magnetic one-component developers have further improved their performance, such as superimposed toner with excellent image reproducibility and transferability. As new or improved developers are developed, their use in real machines is rapidly expanding.
- an elastic developing roller having a conductive or moderate electric resistance is used as a developer carrier for supplying the developer to the image carrier.
- a contact-type developing device has been proposed in which, after forming a thin layer of developer on the surface, the roller is brought into contact with the surface of the image carrier with an appropriate pressure to perform development.
- Such a contact type imaging device is a digital printer such that an image is composed of black and white binary values.
- the surface of the developing roller is sufficiently rubbed against the surface of the image bearing member via the toner layer due to the difference in the peripheral speed between the developing roller and the image bearing member.
- the developing and cleaning are performed at the same time, and the developing roller is set to rotate at a peripheral speed of 1.5 to 4 times the peripheral speed of the image carrier in order to perform such rubbing.
- the width of contact between the developing roller and the surface of the image carrier, that is, the developing nip section should be 50 to 500 times the volume average particle size of the developer particles.
- the pressure of the developing roller against the image carrier is relatively large. If the peripheral speed of the developing roller is different from the peripheral speed of the image carrier, the toner on the surface of the developing roller is crushed by the sliding force, and the deterioration of the toner is accelerated, and the toner is formed on the developing roller.
- the toner is adhered (or fused) to the surface of the developer layer regulating member that regulates the thickness of the developer layer by, for example, several thousand meters of development, the adherence causes uniform formation of a thin developer layer. This causes white streaks in the image.
- the rotation of the image carrier tends to be uneven due to the action of the pressing force against the image carrier by the developing roller having a different peripheral speed.
- the driving torque of the developing roller is considerably increased due to the above-mentioned rubbing, which is uneconomical.
- the nip width is set to 50 to 500 times the average particle diameter of the toner. It should be. Therefore, if the toner particle size used for this type of image is about 8 ⁇ m, the nip width will be 50 to 500 times that of 0.4 to 4 mm, for example, a diameter of 120 mm.
- the developing roller is adjusted so that the amount of biting of the developing roller into the image bearing member becomes 0.001 to 0.134 mm. It is necessary to maintain the positional dimensions between the image bearing member and the image carrier, and considerable dimensional accuracy and position setting are required for these members.
- the finish processing of the developing roller is usually performed by polishing, but when developing A0 size, a roller with a length of about 85 Omm must be processed as the developing roller. Finish with a diameter error of several tens of ⁇ m over the entire length to satisfy the above conditions. Is quite difficult and expensive.
- the amount of deflection of the AO-size image carrier during rotation and the amount of deflection of the developing roller are about 0.1 mm, respectively.Therefore, if there is a diameter error in these members, the developing roller is moved relative to the surface of the image carrier. The amount of bite changes in the area, resulting in a local change in image density, which causes uneven development.
- the developing roller made of an elastic material such as rubber has a high coefficient of thermal expansion, its diameter tends to change due to a change in the ambient temperature. As a result, the nip width between the image carrier and the developing roller is increased. However, there is a problem that the above-mentioned variation is caused by a change in temperature, which further increases the cause of the uneven development.
- the present invention has been made in view of the above points, and has as its object to provide a developing device that can always perform good development even in large-size development such as A0 and A1 sizes. It is an object of the present invention to provide a developing device capable of securing an appropriate bite amount of an elastic developing roller and a width of a developing nip section to appropriate values for good development described above.
- Still another object of the present invention is to provide a developing device capable of preventing the toner leakage in a simple manner by using a layer thickness regulating roller for forming a thin layer on the developing roller.
- the present invention is to form a thin toner layer made of a non-magnetic one-component toner on an elastic developing roller, and to form the thin layer on the surface of the image carrier by bringing the roller into contact with the surface of the image carrier.
- the developing device that develops the electrostatic latent image by supplying the toner on the elastic developing roller to the electrostatic latent image
- the moving speed of the image carrier and the peripheral speed of the elastic developing roller are almost the same.
- the image carrier and the elastic developing roller are moved in the forward direction, and the amount of the elastic developing roller biting into the surface of the image carrier and the development from the contact start point of the non-volatile developing roller to the image carrier to the contact detachment point.
- the developing apparatus is characterized in that your configured disengaged from contact with the body to provide.
- the width of the developing nip section where the elastic developing roller contacts the surface of the image carrier is 4 mm or more, preferably 5 to 10 mm.
- the amount of the elastic developing roller biting into the surface of the image carrier is set to be 1/40 or more of the radius of the developing roller. Further, the amount of biting of the elastic developing roller into the surface of the image carrier is set to be equal to or more than 1/1100 of the radius of the developing roller, and in particular, the amount of biting is 0.2 to 3 mm. Set as follows. Further, it is preferable that the toner thin layer formed on the elastic developing roller is a uniform layer of one to three toners.
- the rubber hardness of the elastic roller is 20 to 40 degrees.
- the means for forming the thin toner layer on the elastic developing roller comprises a layer thickness regulating roller disposed opposite to the developing roller.
- a central portion in the axial direction and an end portion are electrically insulated from a mating portion, and a bias is applied to the end portion to prevent toner from adhering to the end portion of the elastic developing roller. A voltage is applied.
- the layer thickness regulating roller is provided so as to be in pressure contact with the central portion in the axial direction and the end side portion thereof, and has a blade for contacting the layer thickness regulating roller so as to wipe off the toner attached thereto.
- the developing roller is provided so as to be able to contact and separate from the surface of the image carrier, and contact holes are provided at both ends of the developing roller.
- the rollers are brought into contact with both ends of the image carrier to regulate the width of the developing nip section.
- the drive from the image carrier is transmitted to the developing device by matching the movement of the image carrier and the developing roller with the gear provided on the flange portion of the image carrier and the gear provided on the end of the developing roller. It is done by doing.
- the developing device further includes separating means for separating the developing roller from the image carrier, and provided on the gear provided on the image carrier and the developing roller when the image carrier and the developing roller are separated from each other.
- the gears are slightly engaged with each other.
- the developing device is moved so as to be in contact with a part of the developing device and rotate when power is turned on to press the developing roller against the image carrier.
- a capacitor that has a cam and charges when the power is turned on is installed.When the power is turned off, the capacitor is switched to the power and the cam is rotated to move the developing roller away from the image carrier.
- the developing device is moved so as to move in the direction.
- a thin toner layer made of a non-magnetic one-component toner is formed on an elastic developing roller, and the roller is brought into contact with the surface of the drum-shaped image carrier to form a static image formed on the surface of the image carrier.
- the image is formed such that the peripheral speed of the image carrier and the peripheral speed of the elastic developing roller are substantially the same.
- the moving means comprises gears formed at respective ends of the image carrier and the developing roller, and the regulating means are provided at both ends of the developing roller, and the peripheral surface is formed on the image carrier. It is characterized in that it has a mouth that abuts on both ends of the.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic side view showing a preferred example of a developing device according to the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic top view of a developing device according to the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic side view showing a state in which the developing device has moved in a direction away from the image carrier.
- FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a developing roller and a layer thickness regulating roller.
- FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of a layer thickness regulating roller.
- FIG. 6 is an enlarged sectional view of a contact portion between the image carrier and the developing roller. ⁇
- FIG. 1 is a schematic side view of a developing device to which the present invention is applied
- FIG. 2 is a schematic top view.
- reference numeral 1 denotes an image carrier that moves in a direction indicated by an arrow A, that is, a clockwise direction.
- the image carrier has, for example, a configuration in which an electrophotographic photosensitive member is provided on a surface of a drum-shaped substrate such as aluminum.
- a known photoconductor such as an OPC (Organic Photo-Conductor) photoconductor or a monolithic silicon photoconductor can be used.
- the image carrier 1 may have a belt shape in addition to a drum shape.
- an eraser lamp and an image carrier 1 for erasing residual charges of the image carrier 1 along the rotation direction A are provided around the image carrier 1.
- a charger that uniformly charges to a specific polarity; an exposure device such as an LED head, which forms an electrostatic latent image on the image carrier 1 by inputting digital light information onto the surface of the charged image carrier 1; an image carrier A developing device 2 (FIG.
- the developing device 2 includes, for example, a developing container 3 containing a one-component developer made of an insulating non-magnetic toner (hereinafter, referred to as a non-magnetic one-component toner or simply toner), and a developing roller 4 made of an elastic material. And a layer thickness regulating roller which is arranged so as to come into contact with the developing roller 4 with an appropriate pressure and regulates a layer thickness of the toner formed on the developing roller 4. ⁇
- a layer thickness regulating roller which is arranged so as to come into contact with the developing roller 4 with an appropriate pressure and regulates a layer thickness of the toner formed on the developing roller 4.
- the developing roller 4, the supply roller 6, and the layer thickness regulating roller 5 are provided with a supply roller 6 for supplying toner to the developing roller 4 and a stirring member 7 disposed behind the supply roller 6, as described later. And a predetermined bias voltage is applied to each of them.
- the toner used is, for example, a toner having the same polarity as the charged polarity of the image carrier 1 for reversal development.
- a predetermined amount of non-magnetic one-component toner is stored in the developing container 3, and has a length substantially equal to the length of the image carrier 1 at a position facing the image carrier 1.
- a developing roller 4 extending in a direction parallel to the axis of the developing roller 4 is disposed such that a part of the peripheral surface thereof is exposed to the image carrier 1 through an opening 8 formed in the developing container 3.
- the amount of toner stored in the developing container 3 is set to such an extent that the head of the power supply roller 6 (not shown) is exposed, and is constantly monitored by a sensor provided on the rear wall of the developing container 3. When this happens, an instruction signal is issued from the toner cartridge 9 to supply toner.
- the developing roller 4 has a configuration in which an elastic intermediate layer 12 is formed around a central axis 11 made of a conductive rigid body such as stainless steel, and an elastic surface layer 13 is further formed around the outer periphery of the intermediate layer 12.
- the surface layer 1 3 and the intermediate layer 1 2 are elastically deformed and are arranged so as to be pressed against the surface of the image carrier 1 with a width of 4 mm or more, preferably 5 to 10 mm in a nip section. It rotates in the forward direction with the rotation of, that is, in the counterclockwise direction B.
- the central axis 11 of the developing roller 4 is connected to a bias power supply 14a via a switch 31.
- Bias power supply 14 a Apply a bias voltage to prevent fogging of the toner.
- the bias voltage is set to a value that is 100 to 500 V, preferably 300 to 400 V, lower in absolute value than the surface potential of the image carrier 1. When the potential difference is less than 300 V, the developing density is lowered, and when it is more than 400 V, there is a tendency that cleaning is difficult and a high-quality copy image is hardly obtained.
- a second bias power supply 14b having a polarity opposite to that of the bias power supply 14a is provided.
- the connection to any one of the bias power supplies is performed.
- This switching is mainly performed during image formation in which the developing roller 4 mainly contributes to development, for example, before image formation, or during idling between image formations.
- it When it contributes to cleaning, it is switched at a predetermined timing, that is, it has the same polarity as the charged potential on the surface of the image carrier 1 during development, and has the surface of the image carrier 1 during cleaning. This is performed so as to have a polarity opposite to that of the charging potential.
- the intermediate layer 12 formed outside the central axis 11 and the surface layer 13 formed on the outer periphery thereof are, for example, relatively high in the intermediate layer 12.
- the surface layer 13 is formed of a two-layered elastic body having different properties and a volume resistance such that the surface layer 13 has a relatively low resistance.
- these elastic members can use the serial Kongomu, in this case, Siri Kongomu volume resistivity of 1 0 4 ⁇ 1 0 9 ⁇ ⁇ cm constituting the intermediate layer 1 2, a surface layer 1 Siri co Ngomu constituting the 3 has to preferred those having a volume resistivity of 1 0 5 ⁇ 1 0 6 ⁇ ⁇ cm.
- the developing roller 4 is not limited to such a two-layer structure, and may have a single-layer structure or a three-layer structure or more.
- the intermediate layer 12 is made of NBR rubber. — VI—
- the surface layer 13 is made of an elastic material such as polyurethane rubber. May be. Further, it may be a single layer type such as NBR rubber, urethane rubber, silicon rubber and the like.
- the specific resistance is preferably in the range of 1 0 5 ⁇ 1 0 8 ⁇ ⁇ cm of the elastic layer made of the intermediate layer and the surface layer of the elastic layer or multi-layer of the developing roller of the developing roller of single layer or a rubber hardness 2 0
- the surface layer 13 (in the case of a single layer, the outer surface thereof) has fine irregularities on the surface in order to obtain a toner conveying force, and is preferably in the range of about 40 degrees. It is preferable that the toner is formed of a material having good releasability and a triboelectric series separated from the toner.
- the surface of the developing roller 4 varies depending on the particle size of the toner, when the average particle size of the toner is about 8 to 10 m, it is preferable that the developing roller 4 has irregularities of about 1 ⁇ , and the core metal has about 10 to 2 A material having a hardness of about 0 degrees is used, and an elastic body having a hardness of about 20 to 40 degrees is used for the surface layer. 3 ⁇ ⁇ , preferably when the radius of the developing roller 4 is 30 mm or less, it is arranged so as to be 1/1100 times, preferably 1/40 times or more the radius of the developing roller 4.
- the development is performed by rotating at a peripheral speed substantially equal to the peripheral speed of the image carrier 1. What is important here is the roughness of the surface layer 13 and the apparent hardness of the surface of the developing roller 4. It is preferable that the apparent hardness of the surface of the developing roller 4 be low because the rotational torque is small.
- the supply roller 6 located behind the developing roller 4 extends parallel to the axis of the developing roller 4 and is in contact with the developing roller 4 over substantially the entire length.
- the supply roller 6 is made of, for example, a urethane rubber foam mixed with fine carbon powder, and a predetermined pressure is applied to the developing roller 4. ⁇
- the developing roller 4 While contacting with force, the developing roller 4 rotates in a direction opposite to the rotation direction, that is, in a counterclockwise direction, and supplies the toner in the developing container 3 to the developing roller 4 and frictionally charges the toner on the developing roller 4. To charge.
- the central axis 16 of the supply roller 6 is connected to a bias power supply 14c via, for example, a Zener diode (not shown), and a predetermined bias voltage is applied.
- the bias potential applied to the supply roller 6 is set to a potential that is 100 to 200 V higher in absolute value than the bias potential of the developer port 4, and the potential difference causes the toner to be supplied to the supply port 6. Transfer from 6 to developing roller 4.
- the stirring member 7 provided behind the supply roller 6 has a central shaft 18 extending in the same direction as the axis of the developing roller 4 and stirring blades 19 provided at a plurality of axial positions on the shaft. Then, the toner in the developing container 3 is agitated by the rotation, and the toner is conveyed and supplied to the supply roller 6. In this example, the stirring blade 19 is rotating clockwise.
- the layer thickness of the toner supplied by the supply roller 6 onto the developing roller 4 is regulated by the layer thickness regulating roller 5.
- the layer thickness regulating roller 5 is a conductive or semiconductive member disposed in a contact portion between the developing roller 4 and the image carrier 1 when viewed in the rotation direction of the developing roller 4, i.e., an upstream portion of the developing nip section.
- the developing roller 4 has a length substantially equal to that of the developing roller 4, so that a part of its peripheral surface rotates over the entire length of the developing roller 4 while contacting the surface of the developing roller 4 with a predetermined pressure. It is provided.
- the layer thickness regulating roller 5 is disposed immediately above the developing roller 4. A bias having the same polarity as that of the supply roller 6 described above is applied to the layer thickness regulating roller 5.
- the layer thickness regulating roller 5 rotates in the direction opposite to the rotation direction B of the developing roller 4, that is, in the counterclockwise direction, and a part of the toner adhered on the developing roller 4 is thinly layered on the developing roller 4 (1 to 3 of the toner). Layer), and acts to remove other toner by transferring and adsorbing it on its peripheral surface.
- the excess toner peeled off and transferred by the layer thickness regulating roller 5 is transferred to the layer thickness regulating roller 5 by an elastic removing blade 21 arranged such that the peripheral surface of the layer thickness regulating roller 5 is in contact with the front end. Removed from 5.
- the image carrier 1 first, while the image carrier 1 is rotating in the direction of arrow A, the residual potential remaining on the image carrier 1 is reduced. Then, the surface of the image carrier 1 is uniformly charged by a charger such as a corona charger or a charging roller. Subsequently, digital exposure is performed by an exposure device to form an electrostatic latent image on the image carrier 1.
- the latent image is conveyed to a position where the latent image comes into contact with the developing roller 4 of the developing device 2 by rotation of the image carrier 1, that is, to a developing nip section.
- the developing roller 4, the supply roller 6, and the stirring member 7 are rotated in the directions indicated by the respective arrows by a driving source (not shown) almost simultaneously with the rotation of the image carrier 1.
- a predetermined bias voltage is applied to each of the developing roller 4, the supply roller 6, and the layer thickness regulating roller 5.
- the rotation of the stirring member 7 and the supply roller 6 stirs and supplies the toner in the developing container 3 to form a toner layer on the developing roller 4.
- One layer of the toner is regulated by a layer thickness regulating roller 5 so as to be a uniform thin layer of one to three toners, and then is transported to a development Ep section as the developing roller 4 rotates.
- the thinned toner is supplied to the electrostatic latent image on the image carrier 1 in the developing nip section, and is developed by being attracted and adhered to the toner. —-An image is formed.
- the toner image is conveyed to a transfer area (not shown) by rotation of the image carrier 1, where an electric field having a polarity opposite to that of the toner is applied from the back side of the transfer material by the action of a transfer device such as a transfer corona or a transfer roller. Is applied to transfer the toner onto the transfer material, and the transferred toner image is fixed on the transfer material by a fixing unit (not shown).
- a transfer device such as a transfer corona or a transfer roller.
- the transferred toner image is fixed on the transfer material by a fixing unit (not shown).
- the residual toner on the image carrier that is not transferred to the transfer material is exposed to the entire surface by the eraser lamp so that the potential of the dark portion of the image carrier (potential of the image background portion) becomes substantially the same as the potential of the image carrier.
- the developing roller 4 collects the toner remaining on the image carrier 1 into the developing device 2 and supplies new toner to the surface of the image carrier 1 to develop the next latent image.
- FIG. 2 is a view for explaining a drive section of the developing device 2, and flanges 10 are provided on both sides of the image carrier 1.
- Each of the flanges 10 is concentric with the image carrier 1 and its outer peripheral surface almost coincides with the outer peripheral surface of the image carrier 1.
- a gear 15 a is provided on one flange 10, and the gear 15 a is arranged so as to mesh with a gear 15 b supported on one end side of the central shaft 11 of the developing roller 4. .
- contact holes 17 that operate as described later are provided.
- the contact roller 17 has a disk shape made of resin or metal, and is provided so as to be freely rotatable around the central axis 11 of the developing roller 4, and the developing roller 4 presses toward the image carrier 1.
- the amount (bite-in amount) is regulated, and the image carrier 1 rotates in contact with the end of the image carrier 1 or the flange 10.
- the developing roller 4 moves the image carrier 1 relative to the image carrier 1 to a predetermined width and a predetermined nip section.
- the developing roller 4 developer device
- the developing device 2 is moved by the cam described later. At the time of separating (or loosening) or operating, it is urged toward the image carrier 1 until the contact port 17 contacts the image carrier 1 or the flange 10.
- reference numeral 20 denotes a cam having a function of bringing the developing device 2 into and out of contact with the image carrier 1.
- the cam 20 is positioned, for example, with its cam surface in contact with a part of the developing device 2.
- the cam 20 rotates by a predetermined angle in accordance with an instruction from the motor control unit 27, and 2 is moved in the direction of pushing out toward the image carrier 1, whereby the peripheral surface of the developing roller 4 is pressed against the peripheral surface of the image carrier 1.
- a capacitor 25 is provided so that the cam 20 is charged while the power is turned on for the return operation of the cam 20, and a switching means is provided so that the capacitor 25 becomes a temporary power source when the power is turned off.
- FIG. 3 are views showing the positional relationship between the developing device 4 and the image carrier 1 when the power of the apparatus is turned on and off, respectively.
- the switching means 30 has two switches. When the power is turned on, one switch is connected to the power supply 28 and the other switch is connected to the motor control means 27. It is provided so that. When the power supply shown in FIG. 3 is turned off, the one switch is connected to a capacitor, and the other switch is grounded.
- the two switches of the switching means 30 are switched from the position shown in FIG. 3 to the position shown in FIG. Connect motor 26 to the power supply.
- On / off of the driving of the motor 26 is controlled based on a signal from the motor control means 27, and when the above-mentioned power supply 28 is turned on, a predetermined time, that is, one of the developing devices 2, is turned on in accordance with the on signal from the motor control means 27.
- the motor 26 is driven until the angular position of the cam surface of the force 20 in contact with the portion is from the position of the minimum radius of the force 20 shown in FIG. 3 to the vicinity of the position of the maximum radius shown in FIG. .
- the cam 20 rotates in the direction of arrow c, and gradually moves the developing device 2 in the direction of the image carrier 1 according to the shape of the cam surface, so that the developing roller 4 has a predetermined contact width (two-pitch interval).
- the developing roller 4 is pressed against the image carrier 1 so as to come into contact with the image carrier at a width of.
- the rotation (angular position) of the cam from the position shown in FIG. 3 to the position shown in FIG. 1 is detected by a position sensor (not shown) such as a photo sensor, and the detection data is transmitted to the motor controller 27. Accordingly, the motor control means 27 controls the drive timing of the motor 26 described above.
- the electric power charged in the capacitor 25 by the switching of the switching means 30 drives the motor 26 to move the cam 20 in the direction of the arrow c. Rotate it by a predetermined angle to the position shown in Fig. 3. Due to the rotation of the cam 20, the developing device 2 instantaneously moves away from the image carrier 1 through the step of the cam, and the pressing force of the developing roller 4 is reduced or separated.
- the operation of the cam 20 moves the developing device 2 to the image carrier 1, and when the developing roller 4 is pressed against the image carrier 1 so as to have a predetermined nib section width and / or bite amount, the image carrier 1 is moved.
- the axially central portion 23a and the end portion 23b are electrically insulated from each other. It is configured.
- a collar 23c made of insulating resin is attached to the support shaft 23d of the center portion 23a (only shown in Fig. 5) and the support shaft 23d of the center portion 23a to the center portion.
- the collar 23c is fixed so as to cover the end face of the collar 23c in an insulated manner.
- the outer edge 23b of the collar 23c is positioned so that the outer peripheral surface of the collar 23c and the central portion 23b are flush with each other. It is fixed to.
- the insulating method is not limited to the method using the color 23c, but may be another insulating method such as an insulating paint. 4 and 5, only one end of the layer thickness regulating roller 5 is shown, but the other end has the same structure.
- Reference numeral 24 denotes a gear, which transmits a driving force from a driving source (not shown) to the layer thickness regulating roller 5.
- Biases having different potentials are applied to the central portion 23a and the end portion 23b of the electrically separated layer thickness regulating roller 5 respectively (depending on the potential of the developing roller 4, one of the biases may be grounded). It may be a potential). Basically, all of the toner in the end portion 4b of the developing roller 4 is transferred to the image carrier, and the toner does not adhere to the end portion 23b of the layer thickness regulating roller 5. However, the potential is set so that the toner layer is not formed in the portion, whereas the central portion 23 a has the potential of the layer thickness regulating roller 5.
- the bias potential of the developing roller 4 when the bias potential of the developing roller 4 is set to about 150 V, the potential of the center part 5 a is set to about 150 V, and the end part 23 b
- the above-described action can be obtained by setting the potential of the capacitor to about 150 V or less.
- the potential is not limited to such a potential, and can be set arbitrarily within a range in which the above-described operation is performed.
- the developing roller 4 is arranged so that the developing nip width (current image section) is 4.0 to 7.0 mm with respect to the photoconductor, and the developing roller 4 is moved in the forward direction with the image carrier 1.
- the image carrier 1 was rotated at a peripheral speed substantially equal to the peripheral speed.
- the feed roller 6 with a sponge roller of volume specific resistance 1 0 4 ⁇ 5 ⁇ ⁇ cm .
- a bias of about 140 V was applied to the developing roller 4 and a supply voltage of about 750 V to the supply roller 6, and the toner having an average particle diameter of 10 ⁇ m was applied to the developing roller 4 at the supplying roller 6.
- a toner layer is formed by the layer thickness regulating roller 5 so that the layer thickness on the developing roller 4 is 1 to 3 times the average particle diameter of the toner, and the dark area potential is about 170 V and the light area potential is about 18 This was brought into contact with the image carrier 1 on which an electrostatic latent image of 0 V was formed, developed, and then transferred to a transfer material and fixed to obtain a good final image.
- a 0 size compatible image carrier 1 composed of a drum-shaped OPC photoreceptor with a diameter of 12 O mm and a length of about 93 O mm, and an apparent surface hardness of a diameter of 40 mm and a length of about 9300 mm 2 5 1-4 0 degrees, the volume resistivity of about 3 with X 1 0 6 ⁇ ⁇ cm developing roller 4 of a surface roughness of about 1 0 mu m, the image bearing member 1 bite amount of about 0.2 to the developing roller 4 Developing roller 4 is arranged so that the developing nip width (developing nip section) becomes 3.5 to 1 Omm.
- the developing roller 4 was rotated in the forward direction with respect to the image carrier 1 at a peripheral speed substantially equal to the peripheral speed of the image carrier 1 at about 20 Omm / sec. It is a feed roller 6 with a sponge roller having a volume resistivity 5 XI 0 4 ⁇ ⁇ cm.
- Developing roller 4 to 2 5 0 ⁇ 3 5 0 V the bias of the volume resistivity 5 X 1 0 4 ⁇ ⁇ cm to about 3 5 0 V ⁇ 5 5 0 V to the supply roller 6 is applied, developed with the supply roller 6
- a toner layer is formed by the layer thickness regulating roller 5 so that the layer thickness on the developing roller 4 becomes 1 to 3 times the average particle diameter of the toner.
- This is brought into contact with the image carrier 1 on which an electrostatic latent image having a dark area potential of about 550 V to 650 V and a light area potential of about 20 V has been formed to perform development, and then transferred to a transfer material. The image was fixed and a good final image was obtained.
- the developing roller 4 is arranged so that the nip width (development nip section) is 4.8 to 6.0 mm, and the developing roller 4 is moved in the forward direction of the image carrier 1 substantially at the peripheral speed of the image carrier 1. They were rotated at the same peripheral speed. It is a feed roller 6 with a sponge roller having a volume resistivity 1 0 5 ⁇ ⁇ cm.
- a bias of about 135 V to developing roller 4 and a bias of about 157 V to supply roller 6 were applied, and toner of average particle diameter of 8 to 10 ⁇ m was applied to developing roller 4 by supply roller 6.
- the developing roller 4 is arranged so that the nip width (developing nip section) is 4.0 to 4.6 mm, and the developing roller 4 is moved in a forward direction with respect to the image carrier 1 to a peripheral speed of the image carrier 1. They were rotated at the same peripheral speed. It is a feed roller 6 with a sponge roller having a volume resistivity 1 0 4 ⁇ ⁇ cm.
- a bias of 325 V is applied to the developing roller 4 and about 5755 V is applied to the supply roller 6 .
- the supply roller 6 applies a toner having an average particle diameter of 8 m to the development roller 4.
- the toner layer is formed so that the layer thickness on the developing roller 4 is 1 to 3 times the average particle diameter of the toner, and the potential of the black part is about 65 V to about 700 V, and the potential of the bright part is about 150 V. This was brought into contact with the image carrier 1 on which the electrostatic latent image was formed to perform development, and then transferred to a transfer material and fixed to obtain a good final image.
- the bias potential of the developing roller 4 is about 450 V
- the bias potential of the supply roller 6 is about 170 V
- the potential of the central portion 5a of the layer thickness regulating roller 5 is set to about 200 V
- the potential of the end portion 23b is set to about 150 V or less.
- the potential is about +400 V
- the bias potential of the supply port roller 6 is about +750 V
- the thickness regulating roller 5 center part 5a The potential of a is about +650 V
- the end part When the potential of the roller is about 800 V, the thickness regulating roller 5 can be used both during copying and during idle. —: The effect of preventing toner from adhering to the end-side portion 23 of the-was obtained.
- the bias potential of the developing roller 4 is about 140 V and the bias potential of the supply roller 6 is about 180 V.
- the potential of the central portion 23 a of the layer thickness regulating roller 5 is approximately 400 V and the potential of the end portion 23 b is approximately 0 V
- the end portion 2 of the layer thickness regulating roller 5 is 2.
- the bias potential of developer port 5 is about +350 V
- the bias potential of supply roller 6 is about +750 V
- the layer thickness is regulated.
- the potential of the central part 23 a of the roller 5 is about +350 V and the potential of the end part is about 0 V
- the toner does not adhere to the end part 23 b of the layer thickness regulating roller 5.
- the bias potential of the developing roller 4 is about 125 V and the bias potential of the supply roller 6 is about 150 V.
- the electric potential of the central part 23a of the layer thickness regulating port 5 is about --250 V and the electric potential of the end part 23b is about +150 V
- the thickness regulating roller 5 The toner does not adhere to the end portion 23 b, and the bias potential of the developing roller 5 is set to about +350 V and the bias potential of the supply roller 6 is set to about +750 V during idle.
- the potential of the central part 23 a of the regulating roller 5 is about +350 V and the electric potential of the end part is about 0 V, the toner does not adhere to the end part 23 b of the layer thickness regulating roller 5.
- the developing nip section and / or the amount of the developing roller 4 digging into the image carrier 1 is an important factor for performing an optimal clear image (and cleaning), and is outside the above range (conditions). In this case, the contact between the developing roller 4 and the image carrier 1 becomes unstable, and there is a strong tendency that unevenness in development as described above is observed. As a result, they have found that the width of the nip section is preferably 4 mm or more. Further, when the radius of the developing roller 4 is 30 mm or less, the biting amount may be 1/100 or more, preferably 1/40 or more of the radius of the developing roller 4. It turned out to be favorable.
- the above-described operation of the local portion of the developing roller 4 in the developing nip section also has a favorable effect on cleaning of the residual toner on the image carrier 1, that is, the residual toner on the image carrier 1.
- the blade action for removing the toner occurs due to the operation of the local portion that changes the moving speed and the unevenness of the surface of the developing roller 4 as described above, and good cleaning is performed. .
- the sea urchin image bearing member 1 and the developing roller 4 by illustrating the above example is a contact type
- a high-resistance or insulating material having a particle size of 5 cm or more is used, and particularly, a polymerized toner or a spherical toner having a particle size of 5 to 10 / Xm and a charge amount of 30 or preferably 50 izC / g or more. Pulverized toner is preferred. ⁇
- the moving speed of the image carrier 1 (In the illustrated example, the peripheral speed A and the peripheral speed B of the developing roller 4 rotate at substantially the same speed because the image carrier is a drum-shaped image carrier.
- the entrance of the developing nip section (contact start)
- the moving speed (local moving speed) of the developing roller surface in the section from the point (point side) to the outlet part (contact-separation point side) is not uniform.
- the slack causes a slight speed delay in drawing into the nip, and the radius is gradually crushed to reduce the diameter, so that the peripheral speed of the developing roller 4 becomes gradually lower than the peripheral speed B ( V 1), this “slowness” is a drum
- V 1 the peripheral speed of the developing roller 4 becomes gradually lower than the peripheral speed B ( V 1)
- V 2 the peripheral speed of the developing roller 4 becomes gradually lower than the peripheral speed B ( V 1)
- V 2 returns to the peripheral velocity B.
- the surface of the developing roller 4 that has been compressed between the two nips is pulled by the action of returning to its original shape due to its elasticity, and moves at a speed slightly faster than the peripheral speed, thereby carrying the image.
- the rubbing action is performed on the body 1.
- the developing roller is set to have a sufficient width and bite of the developing nip section even if there is variation in the diameter and eccentricity of the developing roller, changes in the diameter due to environmental changes, and eccentricity of the image carrier.
- the development is performed with the peripheral speed of the body and the peripheral speed of the developing roller being substantially the same, there is no rotation unevenness of the image carrier, and the width of the developing nip section of the developing roller in contact with the image carrier.
- the change is ignored because the bite amount is selected to be large, and the width of the developing nip section is 4 mm or more, preferably 5 to 10 mm, and the biting amount of the developing roller is about 1 / the radius of the developing roller.
- the toner layer on the developing roller gradually decreases from the start of contact to the contact center point with respect to the peripheral speed of the image carrier surface, and thereafter the contact center point From the contact point to the contact point, the developing action and the cleaning action are performed at the same time, and a very clear image without jitter can be formed. In this case, a clear image free of white streaks, capri and insufficient density can be obtained.
- a non-magnetic one-component developing device in which the developing roller is pressed against the image carrier with a contact port so as to have a predetermined nip width, image blur is transmitted by transmitting the drive of the image carrier to the developing roller by a gear. And stable images can be obtained. Also, when the developing device is not used, the developing device is moved away from the image carrier, and the gear of the image carrier and the gear of the developing roller are slightly engaged so as not to completely separate. By doing so, the gears are smoothly engaged due to the pressing of the developing device again and are not damaged.
- the simple configuration of using a toner layer thickness regulating roller on the developing roller prevents the toner from adhering to both end portions of the developing roller, and thereby the developing device from both ends of the developing roller. Leakage of toner outside can be effectively prevented.
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