US4168164A
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Screen process for forming electrostatic latent images
Assignee: Konica Minolta Inc
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Filing: 1977-06-30
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Granted: 1979-09-18
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Expires: 1997-06-30
Abstract
Abstract A process for forming electrostatic latent images to be developed by a color toner. The process comprises the steps of forming a first electrostatic image by charging a photoconductive layer formed on a first ion beam controlling screen, exposing the charged photoconductive layer imagewise to light based on a first image information, disposing a recording material having an insulating surface so that it confronts the exposed photoconductive layer and radiating ions on the insulating surface of the recording material through said first screen; and forming a corrected electrostatic latent image by charging a photoconductive layer formed on a second ion beam controlling screen, exposing the charged photoconductive layer of the second screen to light based on a second image information, disposing the recording material having the first electrostatic image formed thereon so that it confronts the exposed photoconductive layer of the second screen and radiating ions on the insulating surface of the recording material through said second screen. Each of the first and second ion beam controlling screen comprises a base composed of a metal lattice having numerous penetrating holes, a photoconductive layer formed on one surface of the base, an insulating layer formed on the other surface of the base, and a biasing conductive layer formed on the insulating layer.
Inventors
- 👤 Tutomu Furuya
- 👤 Shigeru Inowa
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-06 20:06
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03G; G03G15/00; G03G15/05; G03G15/051; G03G15/01; G03G15/0142; G03G15/0147
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
202 words
A process for forming color electrographs comprising the steps of forming a first electrostatic latent image by charging a photoconductive layer formed on a recording material and exposing the charged photoconductive layer imagewise to light based on one color separated image information of a color original; forming a corrected electrostatic latent image by charging a photoconductive layer formed on an ion beam controlling screen with the same polarity as the polarity of charges constituting said first electrostatic image, exposing the charged photoconductive layer imagewise to light based on another information of said color separated image informations, disposing the recording material having the first electrostatic image formed thereon so that it confronts the exposed photoconductive layer of said screen and radiating ions to the photoconductive layer of the recording material through said screen; and developing the so formed electrostatic latent image by a toner corresponding to said one information of the color separated image informations, said ion beam controlling screen comprising a base composed of a metal lattice having numerous penetrating holes, a photoconductive layer formed on one surface of the base, an insulating layer formed on the other surface of the base, and a biasing conductive layer formed on the insulating layer.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
202 words
A process for forming color electrographs comprising the steps of forming a first electrostatic latent image by charging a photoconductive layer formed on a recording material and exposing the charged photoconductive layer imagewise to light based on one color separated image information of a color original; forming a corrected electrostatic latent image by charging a photoconductive layer formed on an ion beam controlling screen with the same polarity as the polarity of charges constituting said first electrostatic image, exposing the charged photoconductive layer imagewise to light based on another information of said color separated image informations, disposing the recording material having the first electrostatic image formed thereon so that it confronts the exposed photoconductive layer of said screen and radiating ions to the photoconductive layer of the recording material through said screen; and developing the so formed electrostatic latent image by a toner corresponding to said one information of the color separated image informations, said ion beam controlling screen comprising a base composed of a metal lattice having numerous penetrating holes, a photoconductive layer formed on one surface of the base, an insulating layer formed on the other surface of the base, and a biasing conductive layer formed on the insulating layer.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
121 words
A process for forming color electrographs comprising charging with the same polarity both photoconductive layers of an ion beam controlling screen having two photoconductive layers on both the surfaces thereof, respectively, exposing the charged photoconductive layers based on one and another informations of color separated image informations of a color original, respectively, disposing a recording material so that it confronts said exposed screen, radiating ions to the recording material through said screen to form an electrostatic latent image consisting of superposed positive and negative images corresponding to said one and another informations of the color separated image informations, respectively, and developing the so formed electrostatic latent image by a toner corresponding to said one information of the color separated image informations.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
121 words
A process for forming color electrographs comprising charging with the same polarity both photoconductive layers of an ion beam controlling screen having two photoconductive layers on both the surfaces thereof, respectively, exposing the charged photoconductive layers based on one and another informations of color separated image informations of a color original, respectively, disposing a recording material so that it confronts said exposed screen, radiating ions to the recording material through said screen to form an electrostatic latent image consisting of superposed positive and negative images corresponding to said one and another informations of the color separated image informations, respectively, and developing the so formed electrostatic latent image by a toner corresponding to said one information of the color separated image informations.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
134 words
A process for forming color electrographs comprising forming an electrostatic latent image on one photoconductive layer of an ion beam controlling screen having two photoconductive layers formed on both the surfaces thereof, respectively, based on one of three color separated image informations of a color original, disposing a recording material so that it confronts said one photoconductive layer of the screen, radiating ions providing the same polarity as that of charges constituting said electrostatic image to said recording material through said screen simultaneously exposing the other photoconductive layer of said screen imagewise to light based on another information of the three color separated image informations of said color original to form an electrostatic latent image, and developing the so formed electrostatic latent image by a toner corresponding to said another color separated image informations.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
134 words
A process for forming color electrographs comprising forming an electrostatic latent image on one photoconductive layer of an ion beam controlling screen having two photoconductive layers formed on both the surfaces thereof, respectively, based on one of three color separated image informations of a color original, disposing a recording material so that it confronts said one photoconductive layer of the screen, radiating ions providing the same polarity as that of charges constituting said electrostatic image to said recording material through said screen simultaneously exposing the other photoconductive layer of said screen imagewise to light based on another information of the three color separated image informations of said color original to form an electrostatic latent image, and developing the so formed electrostatic latent image by a toner corresponding to said another color separated image informations.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
189 words
A process for forming electrostatic latent images comprising the steps of forming a first electrostatic latent image by charging a photoconductive layer formed on a recording material and exposing the charged photoconductive layer imagewise to light based on a first image information; and forming a corrected electrostatic latent image by charging a photoconductive layer formed on an ion beam controlling screen with the same polarity as that of the polarity of charges constituting said first electrostatic image, exposing the charged photoconductive layer imagewise to light based on a second image information, disposing the recording material having the first electrostatic image formed thereon so that it confronts the exposed photoconductive layer of said screen and radiating ions to the photoconductive layer of the recording material through said screen, said ion beam controlling screen comprising a base composed of a metal lattice having numerous penetrating holes, a photoconductive layer formed on one surface of the base, an insulating layer formed on the other surface of the base, and a biasing conductive layer formed on the insulating layer, said first and second image informations being color separated images of one color image.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
189 words
A process for forming electrostatic latent images comprising the steps of forming a first electrostatic latent image by charging a photoconductive layer formed on a recording material and exposing the charged photoconductive layer imagewise to light based on a first image information; and forming a corrected electrostatic latent image by charging a photoconductive layer formed on an ion beam controlling screen with the same polarity as that of the polarity of charges constituting said first electrostatic image, exposing the charged photoconductive layer imagewise to light based on a second image information, disposing the recording material having the first electrostatic image formed thereon so that it confronts the exposed photoconductive layer of said screen and radiating ions to the photoconductive layer of the recording material through said screen, said ion beam controlling screen comprising a base composed of a metal lattice having numerous penetrating holes, a photoconductive layer formed on one surface of the base, an insulating layer formed on the other surface of the base, and a biasing conductive layer formed on the insulating layer, said first and second image informations being color separated images of one color image.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
109 words
A process for forming electrostatic latent images comprising charging with the same polarity both photoconductive layers of an ion beam controlling screen having two photoconductive layers on both the surfaces thereof, respectively, exposing the charged photoconductive layers based on first and second image informations, respectively, disposing a recording material so that it confronts said exposed screen, and radiating ions to the recording material through said screen to form an electrostatic latent image consisting of superposed positive and negative images corresponding to said first and second image informations, respectively, said first and second image informations being color separated images of one color image between which a mirror-image relation is established.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
109 words
A process for forming electrostatic latent images comprising charging with the same polarity both photoconductive layers of an ion beam controlling screen having two photoconductive layers on both the surfaces thereof, respectively, exposing the charged photoconductive layers based on first and second image informations, respectively, disposing a recording material so that it confronts said exposed screen, and radiating ions to the recording material through said screen to form an electrostatic latent image consisting of superposed positive and negative images corresponding to said first and second image informations, respectively, said first and second image informations being color separated images of one color image between which a mirror-image relation is established.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
122 words
A process for forming electrostatic latent images comprising forming an electrostatic latent image on one photoconductive layer of an ion beam controlling screen having two photoconductive layers formed on both the surfaces thereof, respectively, based on a first image information, disposing a recording material so that it confronts said one photoconductive layer of the screen, radiating ions providing the same polarity as that of charges constituting said electrostatic image to said recording material through said screen and simultaneously exposing the other photoconductive layer of said screen imagewise to light based on a second image information to form an electrostatic latent image, said first and second image information being color separated images of one color image between which a mirror-image relation is established.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
122 words
A process for forming electrostatic latent images comprising forming an electrostatic latent image on one photoconductive layer of an ion beam controlling screen having two photoconductive layers formed on both the surfaces thereof, respectively, based on a first image information, disposing a recording material so that it confronts said one photoconductive layer of the screen, radiating ions providing the same polarity as that of charges constituting said electrostatic image to said recording material through said screen and simultaneously exposing the other photoconductive layer of said screen imagewise to light based on a second image information to form an electrostatic latent image, said first and second image information being color separated images of one color image between which a mirror-image relation is established.
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