US5233398A
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Cleaning unit for removing residual toner on photoreceptor drum for use in image forming apparatus
Assignee: Kyocera Mita Industrial Co Ltd
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Filing: 1992-04-28
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Granted: 1993-08-03
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Expires: 2012-04-28
Abstract
Abstract A cleaning unit includes a plurality of rotatable fur brushes which are arranged so as to adjoin in a downstream direction of a transferring process on a surface of a photoreceptor drum and whose tips are in contact with the surface for removing residual toner on the surface, recovering rollers arranged so as to be in contact with the tip of each of the fur brushes for removing toner adhering to the fur brushes, and a charger for charging the fur brushes and the recovering rollers, wherein the fur brush arranged at the downmost stream side rotates at a lower speed compared to another fur brush arranged in the upstream side thereof, wherein a discharger is further provided for decreasing the charge of the residual toner, and wherein the charger charges the downmost stream side fur brush reversely to the uppermost stream side fur brush.
Inventors
- 👤 Eiji Nimura
- 👤 Wataru Yoshida
- 👤 Michio Uchida
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-01 00:24
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03G; G03G21/00; G03G21/0005; G03G21/0035; G03G21/007; G03G21/0076; G03G2221/00; G03G2221/0005; G03G2221/001
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
127 words
A cleaning unit for removing residual toner comprising: a plurality of rotatable fur brushes which are arranged so as to adjoin in a downstream direction of a transferring process on a surface of a photoreceptor drum and whose tips are in contact with said surface for removing residual toner on said surface; a recovering roller which rotates in order to remove toner adhering to said fur brushes and which is arranged so as to be in contact with the tip of each of said fur brushes; and potential applying means for applying potential to said fur brushes and said recovering roller, wherein a fur brush arranged at the downmost stream side rotates at a lower speed compared to another fur brush arranged in the upstream side thereof.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
127 words
A cleaning unit for removing residual toner comprising: a plurality of rotatable fur brushes which are arranged so as to adjoin in a downstream direction of a transferring process on a surface of a photoreceptor drum and whose tips are in contact with said surface for removing residual toner on said surface; a recovering roller which rotates in order to remove toner adhering to said fur brushes and which is arranged so as to be in contact with the tip of each of said fur brushes; and potential applying means for applying potential to said fur brushes and said recovering roller, wherein a fur brush arranged at the downmost stream side rotates at a lower speed compared to another fur brush arranged in the upstream side thereof.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
86 words
A cleaning unit according to claim 1, further comprising discharging means, for decreasing a charge of the residual toner, which is arranged in the downstream side of the transferring process of said surface and in the upstream side of the uppermost stream side fur brush and which is arranged so as to adjoin said surface, wherein said potential applying means provides said downmost stream side fur brush with a potential of a pole reverse to that of the potential of said uppermost stream side fur brush.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
103 words
A cleaning unit for removing residual toner on a surface of a photoreceptor drum for use in an image forming apparatus comprising: a photoreceptor drum; a first fur brush to which a positive voltage is applied in order to electrostatically attract negatively charged toner on the surface of said photoreceptor drum; a second fur brush to which a negative voltage is applied in order to electrostatically attract positively charged toner on the surface of said photoreceptor drum; a recovering roller which acts on both of said first and second rollers; and means for applying an AC rectangular wave voltage to said recovering roller.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
103 words
A cleaning unit for removing residual toner on a surface of a photoreceptor drum for use in an image forming apparatus comprising: a photoreceptor drum; a first fur brush to which a positive voltage is applied in order to electrostatically attract negatively charged toner on the surface of said photoreceptor drum; a second fur brush to which a negative voltage is applied in order to electrostatically attract positively charged toner on the surface of said photoreceptor drum; a recovering roller which acts on both of said first and second rollers; and means for applying an AC rectangular wave voltage to said recovering roller.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
68 words
A cleaning unit according to claim 3, further comprising: a first sub-covering roller which acts on said first fur brush and to which a positive voltage larger than the positive voltage of said first fur brush is applied; and a second sub-covering roller which acts on said second fur brush and to which a negative voltage larger than the negative voltage of said second fur brush is applied.
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