US5225878A
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Image forming apparatus
Assignee: Minolta Co Ltd
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Filing: 1992-09-18
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Granted: 1993-07-06
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Expires: 2012-09-18
Abstract
Abstract An image forming apparatus includes a latent image carrier having a movable surface, and a stationary contact brush charger for electrostatically charging the surface of the latent image carrier in contact therewith during a movement of the carrier surface relative to the brush charger. In this apparatus, the contact time t, during which any arbitrarily chosen point on the carrier surface then moving in one direction is held in contact with the brush charger, and the electric resistance R of each of the brush bristles forming the brush charger are chosen such that the product of the contact time t multiplied by the common logarithm of the electric resistance R, i.e., (t×log 10 R), is within the range of 0.9 to 4.6.
Inventors
- 👤 Masaki Asano
- 👤 Shuji Iino
- 👤 Akihito Ikegawa
- 👤 Izumi Osawa
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 01:19
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03G; G03G15/00; G03G15/02; G03G15/0208; G03G15/0216
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
133 words
An image forming apparatus which comprises: a latent image carrier having a surface moving between a charging position and an image forming position at a speed of v (mm/sec); a contact charger including at least one contact brush having a flock of brush bristles extending in a direction perpendicular to the direction of movement of the latent image carrier; and a moving means for moving the contact charger so as to contact the latent image carrier at the charging position in a predetermined contact width d (mm); said latent image carrier being moved from the charging position towards the image forming position so as to satisfy the following relationship: 0.9≦(t×log.sub.10 R)≦4.6 wherein t (sec) represents d/v (sec) and R represents an electric resistance (Ω/cm) of each of the bristles forming the contact charger.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
133 words
An image forming apparatus which comprises: a latent image carrier having a surface moving between a charging position and an image forming position at a speed of v (mm/sec); a contact charger including at least one contact brush having a flock of brush bristles extending in a direction perpendicular to the direction of movement of the latent image carrier; and a moving means for moving the contact charger so as to contact the latent image carrier at the charging position in a predetermined contact width d (mm); said latent image carrier being moved from the charging position towards the image forming position so as to satisfy the following relationship: 0.9≦(t×log.sub.10 R)≦4.6 wherein t (sec) represents d/v (sec) and R represents an electric resistance (Ω/cm) of each of the bristles forming the contact charger.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
29 words
The image forming apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said flock of brush bristles contacts the latent image carrier at the charging position at a plurality of locations.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
29 words
The image forming apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said speed of movement of the latent image carrier, v is within the range of 20 to 130 mm/sec.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
25 words
The image forming apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said electric resistance R is within the range of 10 2 to 10 8 Ω/cm.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
26 words
The image forming apparatus as claimed in claim 4, wherein each of the brush bristles has a diameter within the range of 10 to 100 μm.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
25 words
The image forming apparatus as claimed in claim 5, wherein each of the bristles has a length within the range of 0.5 to 15 mm.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
27 words
The image forming apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein the brush bristles are formed in a density of 10,000 to 30,000 fibers per cm 2 .
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