US4297423A
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Electrophotographic process for multiple images
Assignee: Olympus Corp
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Filing: 1978-11-24
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Granted: 1981-10-27
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Expires: 1998-11-24
Abstract
Abstract An electrophotographic process comprising uniformly charging a composite photosensitive body with a charging polarity exhibiting a response property to a visible light, said composite photosensitive body being composed of a photoconductive semiconductor for producing carrier when illuminated by the visible light and a light transmitting organic photosemiconductor superimposed one upon the other, illuminating the charged composite photosensitive body with a light image by the visible light and producing thereon a first electrostatic latent image and producing thereon a second electrostatic latent image based on said first electrostatic latent image, said second electrostatic latent image having a polarity which is opposite to said charging polarity.
Inventors
- 👤 Masaji Nishikawa
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 00:47
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03G; G03G5/00; G03G5/02; G03G5/04; G03G5/043; G03G5/0436; G03G15/00; G03G15/04; G03G15/04036; G03G15/04045; G03G15/22
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
270 words
An electrophotographic process using a composite photosensitive body which has an electrically conductive substrate, an inorganic photoconductive semiconductor layer and an organic photoconductive semiconductor layer, said inorganic and organic photoconductive semiconductor layers being applied on said substrate in this order comprises the following successive steps: (a) a step of uniformly charging the composite photosensitive body in one polarity for which the composite photosensitive body exhibits a high response to visible light; (b) a step of exposing the uniformly charged composite photosensitive body to an optical image of an original to be duplicated with the visible light for forming a first electrostatic latent image of one polarity; (c) a step of developing the first electrostatic latent image with toners which have been charged in the opposite polarity and are impermeable to ultraviolet rays to form a primary toner image; (d) a step of uniformly charging the composite photosensitive body in the opposite polarity for which the composite photosensitive body exhibits a small dark decay; (e) a step of exposing the composite photosensitive body to ultraviolet rays from the side of the primary toner image, to form a second electrostatic latent image of opposite polarity; (f) a step of cleaning the primary toner image out of the composite photosensitive body; (g) a step of developing the second electrostatic latent image of opposite polarity with toners charged in one polarity to form a secondary toner image; (h) a step of transferring the secondary toner image onto a record sheet to form a duplicated copy; and (i) a step of repeating successively said steps (h) and (i) to form a plurality of duplicated copies.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
270 words
An electrophotographic process using a composite photosensitive body which has an electrically conductive substrate, an inorganic photoconductive semiconductor layer and an organic photoconductive semiconductor layer, said inorganic and organic photoconductive semiconductor layers being applied on said substrate in this order comprises the following successive steps: (a) a step of uniformly charging the composite photosensitive body in one polarity for which the composite photosensitive body exhibits a high response to visible light; (b) a step of exposing the uniformly charged composite photosensitive body to an optical image of an original to be duplicated with the visible light for forming a first electrostatic latent image of one polarity; (c) a step of developing the first electrostatic latent image with toners which have been charged in the opposite polarity and are impermeable to ultraviolet rays to form a primary toner image; (d) a step of uniformly charging the composite photosensitive body in the opposite polarity for which the composite photosensitive body exhibits a small dark decay; (e) a step of exposing the composite photosensitive body to ultraviolet rays from the side of the primary toner image, to form a second electrostatic latent image of opposite polarity; (f) a step of cleaning the primary toner image out of the composite photosensitive body; (g) a step of developing the second electrostatic latent image of opposite polarity with toners charged in one polarity to form a secondary toner image; (h) a step of transferring the secondary toner image onto a record sheet to form a duplicated copy; and (i) a step of repeating successively said steps (h) and (i) to form a plurality of duplicated copies.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
32 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein said inorganic and organic photoconductive layers are formed by Se and polyvinyl carbazole, respectively and said one and opposite polarities are negative and positive, respectively.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
32 words
A process according to claim 1, wherein: said inorganic and organic photoconductive layers are formed by Se-Te and polyvinyl carbazole, respectively and said one and opposite polarities are negative and positive, respectively.
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