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Self-cleaning scorotron with focused ion beam
Assignee: Xerox Corp
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Filing: 1987-08-03
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Granted: 1989-06-20
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Expires: 2007-08-03
Abstract
Abstract A self cleaning charging unit includes an insulating housing and a current limited, low capacitance corona wire positioned within the housing and located 0.5-6 mm away from biased conductive plates which form a slit through the bottom of the housing that allows ions to pass therethrough onto a receptor surface. The conductive plates are used to control the flow of ions through the slit and opposing insulating wedges are positioned above and incontacting relationship with each conductive plate in order to focus additional ions to the center of the slit. At inside edges of the slit there are additional fringe fields that aid in pumping ions out of the slit. Charging a receiver in corotron or scorotron fashion is possible with this charging unit.
Inventors
- 👤 Robert W. Gundlach
- 👤 Richard F. Bergen
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-06 14:35
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01T; H01T19/00; G; G03; G03G; G03G15/00; G03G15/02; G03G15/0258; G03G15/0291
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
115 words
A self-cleaning scorotron charging apparatus adapted to uniformly charge a surface of a charge receptor substrate with either negative or positive ions, said charging apparatus being characterized by including: a substantially enclosed insulating housing including top, side and bottom, surfaces; electrode means positioned on said bottom surface of said insulating housing and adapted to form a slit therein, and coronode means within said insulating housing adapted to emit ions through said slit onto said charge receptor, said insulating housing having wedge shaped interior portions that are slanted toward said slit so as to focus additional ions from said coronode means to the center of said slit and thereby increase the efficiency of said charging apparatus.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
115 words
A self-cleaning scorotron charging apparatus adapted to uniformly charge a surface of a charge receptor substrate with either negative or positive ions, said charging apparatus being characterized by including: a substantially enclosed insulating housing including top, side and bottom, surfaces; electrode means positioned on said bottom surface of said insulating housing and adapted to form a slit therein, and coronode means within said insulating housing adapted to emit ions through said slit onto said charge receptor, said insulating housing having wedge shaped interior portions that are slanted toward said slit so as to focus additional ions from said coronode means to the center of said slit and thereby increase the efficiency of said charging apparatus.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said coronode means is about 0.5-6 mm away from said electrode means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
The apparatus of claim 2, wherein a potential difference is applied between said electrode means and said charge receptor substrate.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
19 words
The apparatus of claim 3, including high voltage means connected to said coronode means through current limiting resistance means.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
23 words
The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said electrode means has a thickness not substantially greater than the slit separation of said electrode means.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
68 words
A scorotron charging apparatus, comprising: an insulating housing; a charge retentive surface; a pair of electrode means forming one portion of said housing, said pair of electrode means being spaced from each other to form a slit therebetween of about 0.25 to about 3 mm; and coronode means positioned adjacent said slit within said housing at a distance of about 60 mils away from said charge retentive surface.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
68 words
A scorotron charging apparatus, comprising: an insulating housing; a charge retentive surface; a pair of electrode means forming one portion of said housing, said pair of electrode means being spaced from each other to form a slit therebetween of about 0.25 to about 3 mm; and coronode means positioned adjacent said slit within said housing at a distance of about 60 mils away from said charge retentive surface.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
148 words
A self-cleaning scorotron charging apparatus adapted to uniformly charge a surface of a charge receptor substrate with either negative or positive ions, said charging apparatus being characterized by including: a substantially enclosed insulating housing including top, side and bottom, surfaces; electrode means positioned on said bottom surface of said insulating housing and adapted to form a slit of about 0.25 to about 3 mm therein, and coronode means within said insulating housing adapted to emit ions through said slit onto said charge receptor, said insulating housing having wedge shaped interior portions that are slanted toward said slit so as to focus additional ions from said coronode means to the center of said slit and thereby increase the efficiency of said charging apparatus, and wherein said coronode means is about 60 mils away from said charge receptor surface and about 0.5 to 6 mm away form said electrode means.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
148 words
A self-cleaning scorotron charging apparatus adapted to uniformly charge a surface of a charge receptor substrate with either negative or positive ions, said charging apparatus being characterized by including: a substantially enclosed insulating housing including top, side and bottom, surfaces; electrode means positioned on said bottom surface of said insulating housing and adapted to form a slit of about 0.25 to about 3 mm therein, and coronode means within said insulating housing adapted to emit ions through said slit onto said charge receptor, said insulating housing having wedge shaped interior portions that are slanted toward said slit so as to focus additional ions from said coronode means to the center of said slit and thereby increase the efficiency of said charging apparatus, and wherein said coronode means is about 60 mils away from said charge receptor surface and about 0.5 to 6 mm away form said electrode means.
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