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Toner, and devices for electrostatically depositing a uniform application thereof
Assignee: Ricoh Co Ltd
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Filing: 1995-05-10
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Granted: 1997-04-29
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Expires: 2015-05-10
Abstract
Abstract In an image forming apparatus, a developing device operable with toner or single component type developer has a hard first developing roller and a soft second developing roller. Fine magnetic N-S poles are formed on the periphery of the first roller. The second roller conveys the toner, electrostatically transferred thereto from the first roller, to an image carrier. The device frees a toner image from deterioration due to toner particles charged to a polarity opposite to an expected polarity. The toner forms a uniform thin layer on the first roller and is uniformly charged. Toner for use with this type of developing device is also disclosed.
Inventors
- 👤 Toshihiro Sugiyama
- 👤 Kazuhiro Yuasa
- 👤 Shuichi Endoh
- 👤 Iwao Matsumae
- 👤 Yoshiaki Tanaka
- 👤 Hiroshi Hosokawa
- 👤 Mugijiroh Uno
- 👤 Hiroshi Saitoh
- 👤 Eiji Takenaka
- 👤 Tetsuo Yamanaka
- 👤 Eisaku Murakami
- 👤 Satoru Komatsubara
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
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2026-10-31 06:15
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03G; G03G13/00; G03G13/06; G03G13/08; G03G15/00; G03G15/06; G03G15/08; G03G15/0806; G03G15/0808; G03G15/09; G03G9/00; G03G9/08; G03G9/0819; G03G9/0821; G03G9/0823; G03G9/083; G03G9/0838; G03G2215/00; G03G2215/08; G03G2215/0855; G03G2215/0869
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
132 words
A developing device for an image forming apparatus and for developing a latent image electrostatically formed on an image carrier by toner, said device comprising: first conveying means for conveying the toner deposited thereon; regulating means contacting said first conveying means, and for regulating the toner on said first toner conveying means to form a thin toner layer while charging said toner by friction; and second conveying means contacting said first conveying means and the image carrier, and for receiving the toner from said first conveying means and causing said toner to deposit on the latent image of said image carrier; wherein said regulating means and said first conveying means contact each other under a pressure of higher than or equal to 20 gf but lower than or equal to 360 gf.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
132 words
A developing device for an image forming apparatus and for developing a latent image electrostatically formed on an image carrier by toner, said device comprising: first conveying means for conveying the toner deposited thereon; regulating means contacting said first conveying means, and for regulating the toner on said first toner conveying means to form a thin toner layer while charging said toner by friction; and second conveying means contacting said first conveying means and the image carrier, and for receiving the toner from said first conveying means and causing said toner to deposit on the latent image of said image carrier; wherein said regulating means and said first conveying means contact each other under a pressure of higher than or equal to 20 gf but lower than or equal to 360 gf.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
15 words
A device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said regulating means has a ground edge.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
142 words
A developing device for an image forming apparatus and for developing a latent image electrostatically formed on an image carrier by toner, said device comprising: first conveying means for conveying the toner deposited thereon; regulating means contacting said first conveying means, and for regulating the toner on said first toner conveying means to form a thin toner layer while charging said toner by friction; and second conveying means contacting said first conveying means and the image carrier, and for receiving the toner from said first conveying means and causing said toner to deposit on the latent image of said image carrier; wherein said regulating means and said first conveying means contact each other under a pressure of higher than 0 gf but lower than 360 gf, and wherein said regulating member bites into said first conveying means by at least -0.1 mm.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
142 words
A developing device for an image forming apparatus and for developing a latent image electrostatically formed on an image carrier by toner, said device comprising: first conveying means for conveying the toner deposited thereon; regulating means contacting said first conveying means, and for regulating the toner on said first toner conveying means to form a thin toner layer while charging said toner by friction; and second conveying means contacting said first conveying means and the image carrier, and for receiving the toner from said first conveying means and causing said toner to deposit on the latent image of said image carrier; wherein said regulating means and said first conveying means contact each other under a pressure of higher than 0 gf but lower than 360 gf, and wherein said regulating member bites into said first conveying means by at least -0.1 mm.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
15 words
A device as claimed in claim 3, wherein said regulating means has a ground edge.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
88 words
A developing device for an image forming apparatus and for developing a latent image electrostatically formed on an image carrier by toner, said device comprising: first conveying means for conveying the toner deposited thereon; regulating means for regulating an amount of the toner to deposit on said first conveying means; and second conveying means for receiving the toner from said first conveying means while said first and second conveying means are in rotation; wherein said first and second conveying means contact each other at least during image formation.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
88 words
A developing device for an image forming apparatus and for developing a latent image electrostatically formed on an image carrier by toner, said device comprising: first conveying means for conveying the toner deposited thereon; regulating means for regulating an amount of the toner to deposit on said first conveying means; and second conveying means for receiving the toner from said first conveying means while said first and second conveying means are in rotation; wherein said first and second conveying means contact each other at least during image formation.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
104 words
A developing device for an image forming apparatus and for developing a latent image electrostatically formed on an image carrier by toner, said device comprising: first conveying means for conveying the toner deposited thereon; regulating means for regulating an amount of the toner to deposit on said first conveying means; and second conveying means for receiving the toner from said first conveying means while said first and second conveying means are in rotation; wherein when said first and second conveying means are rotated in opposite directions to each other, said first and second conveying means bite into each other at least during image formation.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
104 words
A developing device for an image forming apparatus and for developing a latent image electrostatically formed on an image carrier by toner, said device comprising: first conveying means for conveying the toner deposited thereon; regulating means for regulating an amount of the toner to deposit on said first conveying means; and second conveying means for receiving the toner from said first conveying means while said first and second conveying means are in rotation; wherein when said first and second conveying means are rotated in opposite directions to each other, said first and second conveying means bite into each other at least during image formation.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
21 words
A device as claimed in claim 6, wherein said second conveying means has a lower hardness than said first conveying means.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
30 words
A device as claimed in claim 6, wherein said second conveying means is made of a material having a rubber hardness of lower than 60 degrees as prescribed by JIS-A.
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