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US4278342A
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Xerographic charging
Assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Filing: 1979-09-04
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Granted: 1981-07-14
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Expires: 1999-09-04
Abstract
Abstract A xerographic device having a reusable photoconductor which is subjected in repeating cycles to (1) a charge corona whereat the photoconductor is uniformly charged to a negative voltage, (2) an imaging station whereat a working portion of the photoconductor is selectively discharged, to leave a charged area on this working portion defining a negative electrostatic latent image to be reproduced on copy paper, (3) a magnetic brush developing station whereat negatively charged carrier beads transport positively charged toner to the photoconductor's latent image, to leave a toned image on the photoconductor, (4) a transfer station, including a negative transfer corona, whereat a portion of the photoconductor's toned image is transferred to copy paper, (5) a positive preclean corona whereat the negatively charged photoconductor and its positive residual toner are subjected to a positive charge, and (6) a cleaning station whereat the photoconductor is cleaned by a brush having an affinity for positively charged particles. The charge corona spans a greater width of the photoconductor than does the developing station. The charge corona and the transfer corona span a lesser width of the photoconductor than the preclean corona.
Inventors
- 👤 Jerry C. Andrew
- 👤 Roberta R. Tanner
Bibliographic Details
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2026-11-06 13:10
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03G; G03G21/00; G03G21/0005; G03G21/0035
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
189 words
In an electrophotographic device wherein a reusable photoconductor is sequentially subjected to a photoconductor charging source of a first polarity, means for discharging a portion of said photoconductor to form an electrostatic latent image of said first polarity, a developing source having carrier beads of said first polarity which transport toner of an opposite polarity to said latent image to tone said image, a transfer station whereat a portion of said toned image is transferred to copy medium, a preclean charging source of said opposite polarity, and a cleaning station operable to remove toner from said photoconductor, the improvement comprising: a photoconductor charging source spanning a width of said photoconductor greater than the similar width spanned by said developing source, so as to ensure the absence of an opposite polarity carrier-bead-attracting-voltage on the extremities of said photoconductor which is subjected to development, and said photoconductor charging source having a width less than the width of the photoconductor spanned by said preclean charging source, so as to ensure that all toner on said photoconductor has been subjected to said opposite polarity preclean charging source prior to entering said cleaning station.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
189 words
In an electrophotographic device wherein a reusable photoconductor is sequentially subjected to a photoconductor charging source of a first polarity, means for discharging a portion of said photoconductor to form an electrostatic latent image of said first polarity, a developing source having carrier beads of said first polarity which transport toner of an opposite polarity to said latent image to tone said image, a transfer station whereat a portion of said toned image is transferred to copy medium, a preclean charging source of said opposite polarity, and a cleaning station operable to remove toner from said photoconductor, the improvement comprising: a photoconductor charging source spanning a width of said photoconductor greater than the similar width spanned by said developing source, so as to ensure the absence of an opposite polarity carrier-bead-attracting-voltage on the extremities of said photoconductor which is subjected to development, and said photoconductor charging source having a width less than the width of the photoconductor spanned by said preclean charging source, so as to ensure that all toner on said photoconductor has been subjected to said opposite polarity preclean charging source prior to entering said cleaning station.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
19 words
The device defined by claim 1 wherein said cleaning station includes means having an affinity for opposite polarity particles.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
14 words
The device of claim 2 wherein said cleaning station means includes a cleaning brush.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
23 words
The device defined by claim 1 wherein said developing source includes a magnetic brush developer, and wherein said carrier beads are magnetically permeable.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
41 words
The device defined by claim 4 wherein said transfer station includes a transfer charge source of said first polarity which spans a width of said photoconductor less than the width of the photoconductor which is spanned by said preclean charging source.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
42 words
The device defined by claim 1 wherein said transfer station includes a transfer charging source of said first polarity, said preclean charging source spanning a width of said photoconductor which is greater than the similar width spanned by said transfer charging source.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
170 words
In an electrophotographic device wherein a reusable photoconductor is sequentially subjected to a photoconductor charging source of a first polarity, means for discharging a generally-central portion of said photoconductor to form an electrostatic latent image of said first polarity, a developing source having carrier beads of said first polarity which transport toner of an opposite polarity to said latent image to tone said image, a transfer charging source whereat a portion of said toned image is transferred to copy medium, a preclean charging source of said opposite polarity, and a cleaning station having an affinity for particles of said opposite polarity, the improvement comprising: a charging source construction and arrangement providing a photoconductor charging source which spans a width of said photoconductor greater than the width of said developing source; providing a photoconductor charging source which spans a width of said photoconductor less than the width of said preclean charging source; and providing a preclean charging source which spans a width of said photoconductor greater than said transfer charging source.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
170 words
In an electrophotographic device wherein a reusable photoconductor is sequentially subjected to a photoconductor charging source of a first polarity, means for discharging a generally-central portion of said photoconductor to form an electrostatic latent image of said first polarity, a developing source having carrier beads of said first polarity which transport toner of an opposite polarity to said latent image to tone said image, a transfer charging source whereat a portion of said toned image is transferred to copy medium, a preclean charging source of said opposite polarity, and a cleaning station having an affinity for particles of said opposite polarity, the improvement comprising: a charging source construction and arrangement providing a photoconductor charging source which spans a width of said photoconductor greater than the width of said developing source; providing a photoconductor charging source which spans a width of said photoconductor less than the width of said preclean charging source; and providing a preclean charging source which spans a width of said photoconductor greater than said transfer charging source.
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