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Transfer apparatus and image bearing apparatus using same having transfer means for contacting a backside of a transfer material
Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 1989-10-24
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Granted: 1991-04-23
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Expires: 2009-10-24
Abstract
Abstract An image transfer apparatus for transferring a toner image onto a transfer material includes an image bearing member for carrying a developed toner image; image transfer bias applying roller for contacting to a backside of the transfer material, for urging it to the image bearing member having the toner image and for applying a transfer bias to transfer the toner image to the transfer material; wherein amounts of charge applied to the transfer material by the transfer bias applying roller during its transfer operation satisfy A≧B/2 where A (Coulomb/cm 2 ) is an amount of the charge at a portion where a surface potential of the image bearing member is relatively low, and B (Coulomb/cm 2 ) is an amount of the charge at a portion where the surface potential of the image bearing member is relatively high. Then, disturbance to the image by the image transfer operation can be avoided.
Inventors
- 👤 Junji Araya
- 👤 Yukihiro Ohzeki
- 👤 Toshio Miyamoto
- 👤 Koichi Hiroshima
- 👤 Yasushi Sato
- 👤 Kimio Nakahata
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 18:18
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03G; G03G15/00; G03G15/14; G03G15/16; G03G15/1665; G03G15/167; G03G15/1675
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
145 words
An image forming apparatus, comprising: an image bearing member; latent image forming means for forming an electrostatic latent image on said image bearing member; developing means for developing an electrostatic latent image formed on said image bearing member into a toner image with toner; transfer means for contacting a backside of the transfer material, for urging the transfer material to said image bearing member having the toner image and for applying a transfer bias to transfer the toner image to the transfer material; wherein amounts of electric charge applied to the transfer material by said transfer means during a transfer operation satisfy the relation: A≧B/2 where A is an amount of the charge at a portion of the transfer material where the toner is present, and B is an amount of the charge at a portion of the transfer material where the toner is absent.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
145 words
An image forming apparatus, comprising: an image bearing member; latent image forming means for forming an electrostatic latent image on said image bearing member; developing means for developing an electrostatic latent image formed on said image bearing member into a toner image with toner; transfer means for contacting a backside of the transfer material, for urging the transfer material to said image bearing member having the toner image and for applying a transfer bias to transfer the toner image to the transfer material; wherein amounts of electric charge applied to the transfer material by said transfer means during a transfer operation satisfy the relation: A≧B/2 where A is an amount of the charge at a portion of the transfer material where the toner is present, and B is an amount of the charge at a portion of the transfer material where the toner is absent.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
15 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said transfer means includes an elastic roller electrode.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
16 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said image bearing member is an electrophotographic photosensitive member.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
44 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said image bearing member is an electrophotographic photosensitive member, and wherein said latent image forming means includes charging means for uniformly charging said image bearing member and means for applying light information to said image bearing member.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
135 words
An image forming apparatus, comprising: an image bearing member; means for forming an electrostatic latent image on said image bearing member; developing means for reverse-developing the electrostatic latent image on said image bearing member; transfer means for contacting a backside of the transfer material, for urging the transfer material to said image bearing member having the toner image and for applying a transfer bias to transfer the toner image to the transfer material; wherein amounts of electric charge applied to the transfer material by said transfer means during a transfer operation satisfy the relation: A≧B/2 where A is an amount of the charge at a portion of the transfer material where the toner is present, and B is an amount of the charge at a portion of the transfer material where the toner is absent.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
135 words
An image forming apparatus, comprising: an image bearing member; means for forming an electrostatic latent image on said image bearing member; developing means for reverse-developing the electrostatic latent image on said image bearing member; transfer means for contacting a backside of the transfer material, for urging the transfer material to said image bearing member having the toner image and for applying a transfer bias to transfer the toner image to the transfer material; wherein amounts of electric charge applied to the transfer material by said transfer means during a transfer operation satisfy the relation: A≧B/2 where A is an amount of the charge at a portion of the transfer material where the toner is present, and B is an amount of the charge at a portion of the transfer material where the toner is absent.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
15 words
An apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said transfer means includes an elastic roller electrode.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
43 words
An apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said image bearing member is an electrophotographic photosensitive member, wherein said latent image forming means includes charging means for uniformly charging said image bearing member and means for applying light information to said image bearing member.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
154 words
An image transfer apparatus, comprising: an image bearing member for carrying a developed toner image; transfer means for contacting a backside of the transfer material, for urging the transfer material to said image bearing member having the toner image and for applying a transfer bias to transfer the toner image to the transfer material; wherein amounts of charge applied to the transfer material by said transfer means during a transfer operation satisfy the relation: A≧B/2 where A is an amount of the charge at a portion of the transfer material where the toner is present and where a potential difference between a potential applied to said transfer means and a surface potential of said image bearing member is relatively low, and B is an amount of the charge at a portion where the difference between a potential applied to said transfer means and a surface potential of said image bearing member is relatively high.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
154 words
An image transfer apparatus, comprising: an image bearing member for carrying a developed toner image; transfer means for contacting a backside of the transfer material, for urging the transfer material to said image bearing member having the toner image and for applying a transfer bias to transfer the toner image to the transfer material; wherein amounts of charge applied to the transfer material by said transfer means during a transfer operation satisfy the relation: A≧B/2 where A is an amount of the charge at a portion of the transfer material where the toner is present and where a potential difference between a potential applied to said transfer means and a surface potential of said image bearing member is relatively low, and B is an amount of the charge at a portion where the difference between a potential applied to said transfer means and a surface potential of said image bearing member is relatively high.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
15 words
An apparatus according to claim 8, wherein said transfer means includes an elastic roller electrode.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
25 words
An apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the toner image is produced by reverse development of an electrostatic latent image on said image bearing member.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
48 words
An apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising latent image forming means for forming a latent image on said image bearing member and developing means for developing the latent image into the toner image with the toner, wherein the latent image has the same polarity as the toner.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
27 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, 5 or 8 wherein said transfer means has a layer having a volume resistivity of 10 8- 10 12 ohm. cm.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
24 words
An operating apparatus according to claim 2, 6 or 9, wherein said roller electrode has a volume resistivity of 10 8 -10 12 cm.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
18 words
An apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the latent image is of the same polarity as the toner.
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