Image forming apparatus and process cartridge

    公开(公告)号:US10990057B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-27

    申请号:US16822725

    申请日:2020-03-18

    摘要: An image forming apparatus includes an image holding member; a charging unit; an electrostatic image forming unit; a developing unit that includes an electrostatic image developer including a toner and develops the electrostatic image formed on the surface of the image holding member with the electrostatic image developer to form a toner image; a transfer unit; and a cleaning unit that removes toner particles present on the surface of the image holding member. The cleaning unit includes a cleaning blade arranged to contact with the surface of the image holding member. The cleaning unit includes a cleaning blade A containing a contacting portion having a JIS-A hardness of 90° or more, or the cleaning unit includes a control unit B that controls a load with which the cleaning blade contacts with the image holding member, the control unit B controlling the load in a constant load mode. The toner includes toner particles; and silica particles having a number average particle size of 110 nm to 130 nm, a large-diameter-side number particle size distribution index (upper GSDp) of less than 1.080, and an average circularity of 0.94 to 0.98, wherein 80 number % or more of the silica particles have a circularity of 0.92 or more.

    Electrophotographic image forming apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US10656567B1

    公开(公告)日:2020-05-19

    申请号:US16558431

    申请日:2019-09-03

    IPC分类号: G03G15/16 G03G9/087 G03G15/06

    摘要: An image forming apparatus includes an image holding member, a charging unit that charges a surface of the image holding member, an electrostatic charge image forming unit that forms an electrostatic charge image on the charged surface of the image holding member, a developing unit that includes an electrostatic charge image developing toner and that develops the electrostatic charge image on the surface of the image holding member with the electrostatic chare image developing toner to form a toner image, an intermediate transfer body that has a circumferential surface having a plurality of grooves and an average in-plane roughness ranging from 10 nm to 30 nm, a first transfer unit that first transfers the toner image formed on the surface of the image holding member to a surface of the intermediate transfer body, and a second transfer unit that second transfers the toner image transferred to the surface of the intermediate transfer body to a recording medium, wherein the electrostatic charge image developing toner satisfies the following formulae (ln η(T1)−ln η(T2))/(T1−T2)≤−0.14, (ln η(T2)−ln η(T3))/(T2−T3)≥−0.15, and (ln η(T1)−ln η(T2))/(T1−T2)

    Image forming apparatus
    3.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10539895B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-21

    申请号:US15944410

    申请日:2018-04-03

    摘要: An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier that includes a conductive substrate, and a photosensitive layer and a surface protection layer; a developing device that includes an electrostatic image developer containing a toner, and develops the electrostatic image to form a toner image. The toner contains an amorphous polyester resin and has a weight average molecular weight Mw in a range of from 25,000 to 60,000, and a ratio of the weight average molecular weight Mw to a number average molecular weight Mn (Mw/Mn) is in a range of from 5 to 10. In the toner, a ratio of an absorbance for a wavelength of 1500 cm−1 to an absorbance for a wavelength of 720 cm−1 is 0.6 or less, and a ratio of an absorbance for a wavelength of 820 cm−1 to the absorbance for a wavelength of 720 cm−1 is 0.4 or less.

    IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    4.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200310307A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-01

    申请号:US16556492

    申请日:2019-08-30

    IPC分类号: G03G15/16 G03G9/087

    摘要: An image forming apparatus includes an image holding member, a charging unit that charges a surface of the image holding member, an electrostatic charge image forming unit that forms an electrostatic charge image on the charged surface of the image holding member, a developing unit that includes an electrostatic charge image developing toner and that develops the electrostatic charge image on the surface of the image holding member with the electrostatic chare image developing toner to form a toner image, an intermediate transfer body having a circumferential surface of which micro rubber hardness is in a range of 45 to 65, a first transfer unit that first transfers the toner image formed on the surface of the image holding member to a surface of the intermediate transfer body, and a second transfer unit that second transfers the toner image transferred to the surface of the intermediate transfer body to a recording medium, wherein the electrostatic charge image developing toner satisfies the following formulae (ln η(T1)−ln η(T2))/(T1−T2)≤−0.14, (ln η(T2)−ln η(T3))/(T2−T3)≥−0.15, and (ln η(T1)−ln η(T2))/(T1−T2)

    Cleaning device, and image forming apparatus
    7.
    发明授权
    Cleaning device, and image forming apparatus 有权
    清洁装置和图像形成装置

    公开(公告)号:US09141027B1

    公开(公告)日:2015-09-22

    申请号:US14526964

    申请日:2014-10-29

    IPC分类号: G03G21/00 G03G15/08 G03G15/01

    摘要: A cleaning device that cleans a residual toner from a cleaning target includes a cleaning blade that blocks the residual toner containing toner particles and an external additive on the cleaning target and scrapes the residual toner from the cleaning target, a measurement unit that measures an amount of the external additive in the residual toner which is blocked by the cleaning blade and remains on the cleaning target, and a control unit that increases an amount of a toner that is supplied to the cleaning target based on a measurement result obtained by the measurement unit.

    摘要翻译: 从清洁对象清洁残留调色剂的清洁装置包括清洁刮板,其将含有调色剂颗粒的残留调色剂和外部添加剂阻挡在清洁对象上,并从清洁对象物上刮下残留调色剂;测量单元, 残留调色剂中的外部添加剂被清洁刮板阻挡并保留在清洁对象上;以及控制单元,其基于由测量单元获得的测量结果而增加供给到清洁对象的调色剂的量。

    Image forming apparatus
    8.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10719041B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-21

    申请号:US16362702

    申请日:2019-03-25

    IPC分类号: G03G15/20 G03G15/16

    摘要: An image forming apparatus includes an image holding member, a charging unit that charges the surface of the image holding member, an electrostatic charge image forming unit that forms an electrostatic charge image on the charged surface of the image holding member, a developing unit that includes a developer containing toner particles containing a release agent having a melting temperature ranging from 60° C. to 100° C. and that develops the electrostatic charge image on the surface of the image holding member with the developer to form a toner image, a transferring unit that transfers the toner image formed on the surface of the image holding member to the surface of a recording medium, and a fixing unit that fixes the toner image transferred to the surface of the recording medium, wherein the fixing unit includes an endless member to be heated, the endless member contacts with the toner image transferred to the surface of the recording medium; a pressure member that presses the endless member to form a nipping region between the pressure member and the endless member; a first heater that is in contact with the inner surface of the endless member in the nipping region to heat the endless member; a second heater that is disposed in contact with the endless member and downstream of the first heater in the operational direction of the endless member to heat the endless member; and a collection member that is disposed in the vicinity of the second heater so as to face the outer surface of the endless member and that collects particles.

    Developing device and image forming apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US10036980B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-07-31

    申请号:US15350670

    申请日:2016-11-14

    IPC分类号: G03G15/08

    CPC分类号: G03G15/0865 G03G15/0893

    摘要: A developing device includes a container that contains a developer containing a toner therein, a supply tank that is provided adjacent to the container and is supplied with the toner at a supply point within the supply tank, a transport member that is rotatably driven within the supply tank to transport the toner to the container, and an annular member, wherein the annular member has an inner diameter larger than a diameter of a rotatably-driven shaft in the transport member, the rotatably-driven shaft extends through the annular member, and the annular member is held in a partial section in a longitudinal direction of the rotatably-driven shaft.