Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 19
Claim 1
Independent Claim
143 words
A recording apparatus, comprising: an electrostatic latent image base; charging means for equally charging the surface of said electrostatic latent image base; means for attenuating part of electric charges on the surface of said electrostatic latent image base charged by said charging means and for forming an electrostatic latent image; developing means for adhering toner particles on said electrostatic latent image so as to form a toner image; and transferring means for transferring said toner image onto an image base; wherein said developing means attracts and collects residual toner particles into said developing means and develops said electrostatic latent image at the same time; and wherein said charging means has a particular charging function and a residual toner image equalizing function for disturbing a residual toner image left on said electrostatic latent image base and for equalizing the distribution of the toner particles.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
37 words
The recording apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein said charging means for providing said particular charging function and said residual toner equalizing function is composed of a conductive contacter at which a voltage is applied.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
40 words
The recording apparatus as set forth in claim 2, wherein the contacting width of said conductive contacter and said electrostatic latent image base is set to 0.5 mm or more against the rotating direction of said electrostatic latent image base.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
34 words
The recording apparatus as set forth in claim 2, wherein a voltage applied to said conductive contacter is an AC voltage or a voltage where a DC voltage is superimposed to an AC voltage.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
26 words
The recording apparatus as set forth in claim 2, wherein a voltage applied to said conductive contacter is a negative voltage or a voltage negatively deflected.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
18 words
The recording apparatus as set forth in claim 2, wherein said conductive contacter is a conductive brush roller.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
28 words
The recording apparatus as set forth in claim 6, wherein said conductive roller comprises a roller substrate and a group of conductive fibers disposed at the periphery thereof.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
22 words
The recording apparatus as set forth in claim 7, wherein the roller substrate of said conductive brush roller is a rigid metal.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
22 words
The recording apparatus as set forth in claim 7, wherein the roller substrate of said conductive brush roller is a resilient conductor.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
40 words
The recording apparatus as set forth in claim 7, wherein the specific resistance of said conductive fibers disposed at the periphery of the roller substrate of said conductive brush roller is in the range from 10² to 10¹⁰ ohms cm.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
38 words
The recording apparatus as set forth in claim 7, wherein the thickness of the conductive fibers disposed at the periphery of the roller substrate of said conductive brush roller is in the range from 0.5 to 10 deniers.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
39 words
The recording apparatus as set forth in claim 11, wherein the fiber density of the conductive fibers disposed at the periphery of the roller substrate of said conductive brush roller is in the range from 5000 to 100,000 pieces/cm².
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
25 words
The recording apparatus as set forth in claim 6, wherein said conductive brush roller rotates at a different speed from said electrostatic latent image base.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
36 words
The recording apparatus as set forth in claim 13, wherein the rotation speed of said conductive brush roller is set to 1.2 times to 5 times as much as that of said electrostatic latent image base.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
30 words
The recording apparatus as set forth in claim 2, wherein said conductive contacter comprises at least a roller substrate and a conductive resilient substance layer disposed at the periphery thereof.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
24 words
The recording apparatus as set forth in claim 15, wherein said conductive resilient substance layer has a surface protecting layer on the surface thereof.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
17 words
The recording apparatus as set forth in claim 2, wherein said conductive contacter is a magnetic brush.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
18 words
The recording apparatus as set forth in claim 2, wherein said conductive contacter is a conductive fixed brush.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
34 words
The recording apparatus as set forth in claim 18, wherein said conductive fixed brush comprises a conductive substrate with a concave surface and a group of conductive fibers disposed on the concave surface thereof.