US5367365A
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Image forming apparatus with charger of image carrier using magnetic brush
Assignee: Konica Minolta Inc
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Filing: 1993-10-12
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Granted: 1994-11-22
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Expires: 2013-10-12
Abstract
Abstract An image forming machine has a charging roller on which magnetic particles are supplied to form a magnetic brush and an image forming body which is charged under the condition that the magnetic brush on the charging roller is in an alternating electric field. When the distance between a regulating member that regulates an amount of the magnetic particles passing through and the charging roller is defined to be DB and the distance between the image forming body and the charging roller is defined to be DI, an inequality of 0.7 DB≦DI≦1.0 DB is satisfied. More preferably, DB is in the relation of 0.2≦DB≦1.0 in mm.
Inventors
- 👤 Satoshi Haneda
- 👤 Kunio Shigeta
- 👤 Sachie Hosokoezawa
- 👤 Masakazu Fukuchi
- 👤 Shizuo Morita
- 👤 Hiroyuki Nomori
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 11:42
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03G; G03G15/00; G03G15/02; G03G15/0208; G03G15/0241; G03G2215/00; G03G2215/02; G03G2215/021; G03G2215/022
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
153 words
An image forming apparatus having an image forming body, comprising: (a) magnetic particles; (b) a carrying sleeve for carrying the magnetic particles, thereby for forming a magnetic brush on said carrying sleeve to charge said image forming body, said carrying sleeve being provided in the vicinity of said image forming body so that said magnetic brush comes into contact with said image forming body, said magnetic brush being in an alternating electric field and moving in accordance with the rotation of said carrying sleeve; (c) a regulating member for regulating amount of passage of said magnetic particles between said regulating member and the surface of said carrying sleeve, wherein the following inequality is satisfied; 0.7 DB≦DI≦1.0 DB where DB represents the distance between said regulating member and the surface of said carrying sleeve, and DI represents the distance between the surface of said image forming body and the surface of said regulating member.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
153 words
An image forming apparatus having an image forming body, comprising: (a) magnetic particles; (b) a carrying sleeve for carrying the magnetic particles, thereby for forming a magnetic brush on said carrying sleeve to charge said image forming body, said carrying sleeve being provided in the vicinity of said image forming body so that said magnetic brush comes into contact with said image forming body, said magnetic brush being in an alternating electric field and moving in accordance with the rotation of said carrying sleeve; (c) a regulating member for regulating amount of passage of said magnetic particles between said regulating member and the surface of said carrying sleeve, wherein the following inequality is satisfied; 0.7 DB≦DI≦1.0 DB where DB represents the distance between said regulating member and the surface of said carrying sleeve, and DI represents the distance between the surface of said image forming body and the surface of said regulating member.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
15 words
The image forming apparatus of claim 1, wherein the following inequality is satisfied; 0.2≦DB≦1.0 mm.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
The image forming apparatus of claim 1, wherein said carrying sleeve has a surface roughness of 10 to 25 μm.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
71 words
The image forming apparatus of claim 1, wherein the moving direction of said magnetic brush is the same as that of said image forming body, and the following inequality is satisfied; 0.2 V.sub.I ≦V.sub.S ≦0.9 V.sub.I where V S represents the moving speed at the leading edge of said magnetic brush on said carrying sleeve and V I represents the moving speed of the circumferential surface of said image forming body.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
18 words
The image forming apparatus of claim 4, wherein the following inequality is satisfied; 0.3 V.sub.I ≦V.sub.S ≦0.5 V.sub.I.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
51 words
The image forming apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a magnetic particle collecting member provided downstream of said carrying sleeve, and one of either means for applying a direct bias current to said magnetic particle collecting member or means for enabling said magnetic particle collecting member to be of floating condition.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
24 words
The image forming apparatus of claim 6, wherein said magnetic particle collecting member has a magnetic intensity greater than that of said carrying sleeve.
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