US4660962A
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Cleaning device
Assignee: Casio Computer Co Ltd
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Filing: 1985-04-25
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Granted: 1987-04-28
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Expires: 2005-04-25
Abstract
Abstract The cleaning device includes a conductive fur brush for removing toner remaining on an image carrier, and a conductive retrieval roller for collecting the toner caught by the conductive fur brush. A bias voltage of a polarity reverse to the charged polarity of the toner and the absolute value of which is smaller than 200 V is applied to the conductive fur brush, and a bias voltage of the same polarity as that of the bias voltage applied to the conductive fur brush and the absolute value of which is larger by 200 to 500 V than that of the conductive fur brush is applied to the conductive collective roller.
Inventors
- 👤 Nobuaki Maekawa
- 👤 Shigeru Shimizu
- 👤 Masaaki Dohi
- 👤 Yoji Kuriyama
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 20:14
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03G; G03G21/00; G03G21/0005; G03G21/0035
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
166 words
A cleaning device comprising a conductive fur brush for removing toner left on an image carrier, a conductive collecting roller, means for applying a predetermined bias voltage to said conductive collecting roller in order to collect toner removed by said conductive fur brush, means for scraping toner collected on said conductive collecting roller from said roller, said device further comprising means for applying a bias voltage to said conductive fur brush having a polarity reverse to the charged polarity of said toner and having an absolute value smaller than 200 V wherein said means for applying a bias voltage to said conductive collecting roller apply a bias voltage which is the same in polarity as the polarity of the bias voltage applied to the conductive fur brush and which is larger by between 200 V-500 V, in absolute value, than the bias voltage applied to the conductive fur brush in order to prevent toner collected from said conductive fur brush from re-adhering to said image carrier.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
166 words
A cleaning device comprising a conductive fur brush for removing toner left on an image carrier, a conductive collecting roller, means for applying a predetermined bias voltage to said conductive collecting roller in order to collect toner removed by said conductive fur brush, means for scraping toner collected on said conductive collecting roller from said roller, said device further comprising means for applying a bias voltage to said conductive fur brush having a polarity reverse to the charged polarity of said toner and having an absolute value smaller than 200 V wherein said means for applying a bias voltage to said conductive collecting roller apply a bias voltage which is the same in polarity as the polarity of the bias voltage applied to the conductive fur brush and which is larger by between 200 V-500 V, in absolute value, than the bias voltage applied to the conductive fur brush in order to prevent toner collected from said conductive fur brush from re-adhering to said image carrier.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
29 words
A cleaning device in accordance with claim 1 wherein said conductive fur brush comprises a conductive rayon material having a resistivity between 10 7 Ωcm to 10 11 Ωcm.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
25 words
A cleaning device in accordance with claim 1 wherein said conductive fur brush comprises a polarity of yarns, each of said yarns having 5-6 deniers.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
24 words
A cleaning device in accordance with claim 1 wherein said conductive fur brush has a fur density between 150,000/inch 2 to 220,000/inch 2 .
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
54 words
A cleaning device in accordance with claim 1 wherein the interference distances 1 1 and 1 2 of the brushing furs of said conductive fur brush with respect to said image carrier and with respect to said collecting roller are between 0.1 mm and 2.0 mm and between 1.0 mm and 1.5 mm, respectively.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
56 words
A cleaning device in accordance with claim 1 further comprising a sponge which comprises means for rubbing the surface of said imge carrier on the downstream side of said conductive fur brush, as viewed in the moving direction of said image carrier, and which is located between a recess located on a cover and a charger.
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