TRANSFER DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    52.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240329569A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-03

    申请号:US18615200

    申请日:2024-03-25

    IPC分类号: G03G15/16

    CPC分类号: G03G15/162 G03G2215/1614

    摘要: A transfer device includes an intermediate transfer member consisting of an endless belt which consists of a layer containing a resin including at least one resin selected from the group consisting of a polyimide resin, a polyamide-imide resin, an aromatic polyether ether ketone resin, a polyphenylene sulfide resin, and a polyetherimide resin, conductive carbon particles, a silicone oil containing at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of dimethylpolysiloxane and organic group-substituted dimethylpolysiloxane or has the layer as an outermost layer, and in which an integral value of a statistical quantity L(r) represented by the following Equation (1) is 0 or more and 0.1 or less at an interparticle distance r of 0.05 μm or more and 0.30 μm or less in a spatial distribution of the conductive carbon particles existing in a 6.3 μm×4.2 μm evaluation region within an outer peripheral surface of the endless belt, a primary transfer device having a primary transfer roll made of a metal that applies an electric field to the intermediate transfer member by coming into contact with an inner peripheral surface of the intermediate transfer member, and performing primary transfer of a toner image formed on a surface of an image holder to the outer peripheral surface of the intermediate transfer member, and a secondary transfer device performing secondary transfer of the toner image transferred to the outer peripheral surface of the intermediate transfer member to a surface of a recording medium.








    L

    (
    r
    )

    :=




    K

    (
    r
    )

    /
    π


    -
    r





    (
    1
    )









    [In Equation (1), r represents the interparticle distance, and K(r) represents the Ripley's K function K(r) represented by the following Equation (2).]












    K

    (
    r
    )

    :=





    i

    j

    N



    1


    (




    "\[LeftBracketingBar]"



    X
    i

    -

    X
    j




    "\[RightBracketingBar]"



    r

    )

    /

    s

    (



    "\[LeftBracketingBar]"



    X
    i

    -

    X
    j




    "\[RightBracketingBar]"


    )




    λ
    2






    (
    2
    )









    [In Equation (2), 1(|Xi−Xj|≤r) represents an indicator function, Xi and Xj represent coordinates of points i and j respectively, |Xi−Xj| represents a Euclidean distance between the coordinates Xi and Xj, r represents the interparticle distance, s(|Xi−Xj|) represents an edge correction factor s(x) of an evaluation region represented by the following Equation (3), x equals |Xi−Xj|, N represents the total number of particles in the evaluation region, and λ represents a number density of particles in the evaluation region.]






    s(x):=LxLy−x/π(2Lx+2Ly−x)  (3)



    [In Equation (3), Lx and Ly represent lengths (μm) of the sides of the evaluation region in an x-axis direction and a y-axis direction respectively, x equals |Xi−Xj|, Xi and Xj represent coordinates of points i and j respectively, and |Xi−Xj| represents a Euclidean distance between the coordinates Xi and Xj.]

    DEVELOPING CARTRIDGE
    54.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240329561A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-03

    申请号:US18626952

    申请日:2024-04-04

    发明人: Nao Itabashi

    IPC分类号: G03G15/08 G03G21/16

    摘要: A developing cartridge may include: a casing for accommodating developer therein; a developing roller rotatable about an axis extending in a first direction and positioned at one side of the casing in a second direction; a storage medium having an electric contact surface; and a holder movable relative to the casing in the second direction with the electric contact surface between a first position and a second position, the holder having an outer surface at which the electric contact surface is positioned.

    IMAGE CARRIER UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20240329559A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-03

    申请号:US18361094

    申请日:2023-07-28

    发明人: Takekazu SHIOTANI

    IPC分类号: G03G15/04

    CPC分类号: G03G15/04

    摘要: An image carrier unit includes: an image carrier having a circular cross-section and extending in one direction; an exposure device that radiates exposure light to the image carrier, the exposure device extending in the one direction and being opposed to the image carrier in a radial direction of the image carrier; a projecting member that is provided at both-end portions of the exposure device in the one direction, and projects to the image carrier along the radial direction; a formation member including an opposed surface that is opposed to a peripheral surface of the projecting member in a circumferential direction of the image carrier; a pressing member that presses the projecting member in the circumferential direction to press the peripheral surface of the projecting member against the opposed surface; and an adjusting member that adjusts a position of the exposure device relative to the image carrier by moving the exposure device in the radial direction with the projecting member pressed by the pressing member.

    TRANSFER DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    56.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240329556A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-03

    申请号:US18451495

    申请日:2023-08-17

    摘要: A transfer device includes an intermediate transfer member consisting of an endless belt which consists of a layer containing a resin including at least one resin selected from the group consisting of a polyimide resin, a polyamide-imide resin, an aromatic polyether ether ketone resin, a polyphenylene sulfide resin, and a polyetherimide resin, conductive carbon particles, a silicone oil containing at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of dimethylpolysiloxane and organic group-substituted dimethylpolysiloxane or has the layer as an outermost layer, and in which an integral value of a statistical quantity L(r) represented by the following Equation (1) is 0 or more and 0.1 or less at an interparticle distance r of 0.05 μm or more and 0.30 μm or less in a spatial distribution of the conductive carbon particles existing in a 6.3 μm×4.2 μm evaluation region within an outer peripheral surface of the endless belt, a primary transfer device having a primary transfer roll made of a metal that applies an electric field to the intermediate transfer member by coming into contact with an inner peripheral surface of the intermediate transfer member, and performing primary transfer of a toner image formed on a surface of an image holder to the outer peripheral surface of the intermediate transfer member, and a secondary transfer device performing secondary transfer of the toner image transferred to the outer peripheral surface of the intermediate transfer member to a surface of a recording medium.








    L

    (
    r
    )

    :=




    K

    (
    r
    )

    /
    π


    -
    r





    (
    1
    )







    [In Equation (1), r represents the interparticle distance, and K(r) represents the Ripley's K function K(r) represented by the following Equation (2).]








    K

    (
    r
    )

    :=





    i

    j

    N


    1



    (




    "\[LeftBracketingBar]"



    X
    i

    -

    X
    j




    "\[RightBracketingBar]"



    r

    )

    /

    s

    (



    "\[LeftBracketingBar]"



    X
    i

    -

    X
    j




    "\[RightBracketingBar]"


    )





    λ
    2






    (
    2
    )







    [In Equation (2), 1(|Xi−Xj|≤r) represents an indicator function, Xi and Xj represent coordinates of points i and j respectively, |Xi−Xj| represents a Euclidean distance between the coordinates Xi and Xj, r represents the interparticle distance, s(|Xi−Xj|) represents an edge correction factor s(x) of an evaluation region represented by the following Equation (3), x equals |Xi−Xj|, N represents the total number of particles in the evaluation region, and λ represents a number density of particles in the evaluation region.]








    s

    (
    x
    )

    :=



    L
    x



    L
    y


    -


    x
    π



    (


    2


    L
    x


    +

    2


    L
    y


    -
    x

    )







    (
    3
    )







    [In Equation (3), Lx and Ly represent lengths (μm) of the sides of the evaluation region in an x-axis direction and a y-axis direction respectively, x equals |Xi−Xj|, Xi and Xj represent coordinates of points i and j respectively, and |Xi−Xj| represents a Euclidean distance between the coordinates Xi and Xj.]