公开(公告)号：US20110143024A1

公开(公告)日：2011-06-16

申请号：US12967429

申请日：2010-12-14

申请人： Yoshiki NAKANE ,  Kuniaki Kashiwakura ,  Ikuko Kanazawa

发明人： Yoshiki NAKANE ,  Kuniaki Kashiwakura ,  Ikuko Kanazawa

IPC分类号： C09D5/44 ,  B05C11/00

CPC分类号： G03G21/0094 ,  G03G21/0005

摘要： A solid lubricant-coating device is provided with a solid lubricant to be applied to the surface of a latent image-supporting member; a supply roller for scraping and supplying the solid lubricant onto the surface of the latent image-supporting member by self rotation; a pressing unit for pressing the solid lubricant onto the supply roller; a flattening unit for forming a thin film of the supplied solid lubricant on the surface of the latent image-supporting member; and a cleaning unit for removing the residual toner on the surface of the latent image-supporting member and recovering the solid lubricant thin film on the surface of the latent image-supporting member, wherein, when a thickness of the solid lubricant thin film immediately before the supply roller in the rotation direction of the latent image-supporting member is designated as thickness A (nm) and a thickness immediately after the flattening unit is designated as thickness B (nm), the thicknesses A and B satisfy the following relational formulae (1) and (2): B−A≧8 (1) and A≧4 (2).

摘要翻译： 固体润滑剂涂覆装置设置有要施加到潜像支撑构件的表面的固体润滑剂; 供给辊，用于通过自转刮取并供给固体润滑剂到潜像支承部件的表面上; 用于将固体润滑剂按压到供给辊上的按压单元; 用于在所述潜像支撑构件的表面上形成供给的固体润滑剂的薄膜的平坦化单元; 以及清洁单元，用于去除潜像支撑构件的表面上的残留调色剂，并且在该潜像支撑构件的表面上回收固体润滑剂薄膜，其中，当刚刚固体润滑剂薄膜的厚度 供电辊沿着潜像支承部件的旋转方向被指定为厚度A（nm），紧接在平坦化单元之后的厚度被指定为厚度B（nm），厚度A和B满足以下关系式 1）和（2）：B-A≥8（1）和A≥4（2）。

公开(公告)号：US08768233B2

公开(公告)日：2014-07-01

申请号：US12967429

申请日：2010-12-14

申请人： Yoshiki Nakane ,  Kuniaki Kashiwakura ,  Ikuko Kanazawa

发明人： Yoshiki Nakane ,  Kuniaki Kashiwakura ,  Ikuko Kanazawa

IPC分类号： G03G21/00

CPC分类号： G03G21/0094 ,  G03G21/0005

摘要： A solid lubricant-coating device is provided with a solid lubricant to be applied to the surface of a latent image-supporting member; a supply roller for scraping and supplying the solid lubricant onto the surface of the latent image-supporting member by self rotation; a pressing unit for pressing the solid lubricant onto the supply roller; a flattening unit for forming a thin film of the supplied solid lubricant on the surface of the latent image-supporting member; and a cleaning unit for removing the residual toner on the surface of the latent image-supporting member and recovering the solid lubricant thin film on the surface of the latent image-supporting member, wherein, when a thickness of the solid lubricant thin film immediately before the supply roller in the rotation direction of the latent image-supporting member is designated as thickness A (nm) and a thickness immediately after the flattening unit is designated as thickness B (nm), the thicknesses A and B satisfy the following relational formulae (1) and (2): B−A≧8 (1) and A≧4 (2).

摘要翻译： 固体润滑剂涂覆装置设置有要施加到潜像支撑构件的表面的固体润滑剂; 供给辊，用于通过自转刮取并供给固体润滑剂到潜像支承部件的表面上; 用于将固体润滑剂按压到供给辊上的按压单元; 用于在所述潜像支撑构件的表面上形成供给的固体润滑剂的薄膜的平坦化单元; 以及清洁单元，用于去除潜像支撑构件的表面上的残留调色剂，并且在该潜像支撑构件的表面上回收固体润滑剂薄膜，其中，当刚刚固体润滑剂薄膜的厚度 供电辊沿着潜像支承部件的旋转方向被指定为厚度A（nm），紧接在平坦化单元之后的厚度被指定为厚度B（nm），厚度A和B满足以下关系式 1）和（2）：B-A≥8（1）和A≥4（2）。

公开(公告)号：US08626049B2

公开(公告)日：2014-01-07

申请号：US13063067

申请日：2009-08-14

申请人： Yoshiki Nakane ,  Kuniaki Kashiwakura ,  Ikuko Kanazawa

发明人： Yoshiki Nakane ,  Kuniaki Kashiwakura ,  Ikuko Kanazawa

IPC分类号： G03G21/00

CPC分类号： G03G21/007 ,  G03G2221/1609

摘要： In the lubricant application device, including a brush roller which rotates while contacting an image carrying member and a solid lubricant, shaves the solid lubricant and applies the shaved solid lubricant onto the image carrying member, and a flicker which abuts against the brush roller and knocks off a developer adhering to the brush roller through a rotation of the brush roller, the brush roller has looped bristles implanted in a state of endless loop, and the flicker has a contact surface which forms an acute angle.

摘要翻译： 在润滑剂施加装置中，包括在与图像承载构件接触的同时旋转的刷辊和固体润滑剂，刮削固体润滑剂并将剃刮的固体润滑剂施加到图像承载构件上，并且闪烁与刷辊抵接并敲击 通过刷辊的旋转使附着在刷辊上的显影剂脱离，刷辊具有环状刷毛，环状刷毛以无限循环的状态注入，并且闪烁具有形成锐角的接触表面。

公开(公告)号：US08538308B2

公开(公告)日：2013-09-17

申请号：US12871186

申请日：2010-08-30

申请人： Kuniaki Kashiwakura ,  Yoshiki Nakane ,  Ikuko Kanazawa

发明人： Kuniaki Kashiwakura ,  Yoshiki Nakane ,  Ikuko Kanazawa

IPC分类号： G03G21/00

CPC分类号： G03G21/0094

摘要： An image forming device includes a rotation member being held rotatably while making contact with an image carrier, a solid lubricant pressed so as to make contact with the rotation member, and a potential application unit for applying a potential to the rotation member, wherein the material of the solid lubricant and the material of the rotation member are selected so that the charged polarity of the solid lubricant charged due to the friction between the rotation member and the solid lubricant becomes identical with the charged polarity of toner, and the potential to be applied to the rotation member is set so as to be higher or lower than the surface potential of the neutralized image carrier so that the charges having the same polarity as the charged polarity of the solid lubricant are attracted from the rotation member to the neutralized image carrier.

摘要翻译： 图像形成装置包括旋转构件，其与图像载体接触地保持可旋转，被压制以与旋转构件接触的固体润滑剂和用于向旋转构件施加电位的潜在施加单元，其中材料 选择固体润滑剂和旋转构件的材料，使得由于旋转构件和固体润滑剂之间的摩擦而填充的固体润滑剂的带电极性与调色剂的带电极性相同，并且施加的可能性 将旋转构件设置为高于或低于中和的图像载体的表面电位，使得具有与固体润滑剂的带电极性相同的极性的电荷从旋转构件吸引到中和的图像载体。

公开(公告)号：US20110052287A1

公开(公告)日：2011-03-03

申请号：US12871186

申请日：2010-08-30

申请人： Kuniaki Kashiwakura ,  Yoshiki Nakane ,  Ikuko Kanazawa

发明人： Kuniaki Kashiwakura ,  Yoshiki Nakane ,  Ikuko Kanazawa

IPC分类号： G03G21/00

CPC分类号： G03G21/0094

摘要： An image forming device includes a rotation member being held rotatably while making contact with an image carrier, a solid lubricant pressed so as to make contact with the rotation member, and a potential application unit for applying a potential to the rotation member, wherein the material of the solid lubricant and the material of the rotation member are selected so that the charged polarity of the solid lubricant charged due to the friction between the rotation member and the solid lubricant becomes identical with the charged polarity of toner, and the potential to be applied to the rotation member is set so as to be higher or lower than the surface potential of the neutralized image carrier so that the charges having the same polarity as the charged polarity of the solid lubricant are attracted from the rotation member to the neutralized image carrier.

摘要翻译： 图像形成装置包括旋转构件，其与图像载体接触地保持可旋转，被压制以与旋转构件接触的固体润滑剂和用于向旋转构件施加电位的潜在施加单元，其中材料 选择固体润滑剂和旋转构件的材料，使得由于旋转构件和固体润滑剂之间的摩擦而填充的固体润滑剂的带电极性与调色剂的带电极性相同，并且施加的可能性 将旋转构件设置为高于或低于中和的图像载体的表面电位，使得具有与固体润滑剂的带电极性相同的极性的电荷从旋转构件吸引到中和的图像载体。

公开(公告)号：US08503920B2

公开(公告)日：2013-08-06

申请号：US13062709

申请日：2009-08-14

申请人： Kuniaki Kashiwakura ,  Yoshiki Nakane ,  Ikuko Kanazawa

发明人： Kuniaki Kashiwakura ,  Yoshiki Nakane ,  Ikuko Kanazawa

IPC分类号： G03G21/00

CPC分类号： G03G21/0017 ,  G03G2221/1609

摘要： An image forming apparatus includes an image carrying member which carries an image composed of a developer, a lubricant application device which applies a lubricant onto the image carrying member, and a cleaning blade which abuts against the image carrying member to scrape the developer. The cleaning blade is formed of a material whose tensile stress-elongation test shows that the definite integral of a tensile stress with respect to an elongation percentage on an interval between the elongation percentage of zero and the elongation percentage at which the stress is a predetermined value is a predetermined upper limit value or less.

摘要翻译： 图像形成装置包括承载由显影剂构成的图像的图像承载构件，对图像承载构件施加润滑剂的润滑剂施加装置以及与图像承载构件抵接以刮擦显影剂的清洁刮板。 清洁刮板由拉伸应力 - 伸长率试验表明拉伸应力相对于伸长率在零伸长率与应力为预定值的伸长百分比之间的间隔的确定积分的材料形成 是预定的上限值以下。

公开(公告)号：US20110176845A1

公开(公告)日：2011-07-21

申请号：US13062128

申请日：2009-08-14

申请人： Ikuko Kanazawa ,  Kuniaki Kashiwakura ,  Yoshiki Nakane

发明人： Ikuko Kanazawa ,  Kuniaki Kashiwakura ,  Yoshiki Nakane

IPC分类号： G03G21/00

CPC分类号： G03G21/0011 ,  G03G15/751 ,  G03G21/007 ,  G03G2215/00075 ,  G03G2221/1609

摘要： A lubricant application device 12 capable of shaving a solid lubricant evenly and lubricating an image carrying member evenly has a solid lubricant 25 formed by solidifying a lubricant for lubricating the surface of an image carrying member 8 which carries images composed of a developer, and a brush roller 24 rotating while abutting against the solid lubricant 25 and the image carrying member 8, wherein the brush roller 24 has looped bristles 23 implanted in an endless state and is rotated in a direction of the rotation following the rotation of the image carrying member 8, and has a circumferential velocity of the rotation of the brush roller 24 is faster than 56% of the circumferential velocity of the image carrying member 8 and slower than 80% of the circumferential velocity of the image carrying member 8.

摘要翻译： 能够均匀地剃刮固体润滑剂并润滑图像承载构件的润滑剂施加装置12具有固体润滑剂25，其通过固化润滑剂而形成，润滑剂用于润滑图像承载构件8的表面，图像承载构件8承载由显影剂构成的图像和刷子 辊24在抵靠固体润滑剂25和图像承载构件8的同时旋转，其中刷辊24具有环状的刷毛23，其植入环形状态并沿着图像承载构件8的旋转沿旋转方向旋转， 并且具有刷辊24的旋转的圆周速度快于图像承载构件8的圆周速度的56％，并且比图像承载构件8的圆周速度的80％慢。

公开(公告)号：US20110164909A1

公开(公告)日：2011-07-07

申请号：US13063067

申请日：2009-08-14

申请人： Yoshiki Nakane ,  Kuniaki Kashiwakura ,  Ikuko Kanazawa

发明人： Yoshiki Nakane ,  Kuniaki Kashiwakura ,  Ikuko Kanazawa

IPC分类号： G03G21/00

CPC分类号： G03G21/007 ,  G03G2221/1609

摘要： In the lubricant application device 12, including a brush roller 23 which rotates while contacting an image carrying member 8 and a solid lubricant 24, shaves the solid lubricant 24 and applies the shaved solid lubricant 24 onto the image carrying member 8, and a flicker 26 which abuts against the brush roller 23 and knocks off a developer adhering to the brush roller 23 through a rotation of the brush roller 23, the brush roller 23 has looped bristles implanted in a state of endless loop, and the flicker 26 has a contact surface 29 which forms an acute angle, preferably an angle θ of 5° or more and 70° or less, with a direction of a tangent line on an upstream side in a rotation direction of the brush roller 23, and the looped bristles have the inclination of 30° or more and 60° or less with respect to a direction of a rotation axis of the brush roller 23.

摘要翻译： 在润滑剂施加装置12中，包括在与图像承载构件8接触的同时旋转的刷辊23和固体润滑剂24，剃刮固体润滑剂24并将剃刮的固体润滑剂24施加到图像承载构件8上，并且闪烁26 其与刷辊23抵接并通过刷辊23的旋转而撞击附着在刷辊23上的显影剂，刷辊23以环状环状态注入环形刷毛，并且闪烁26具有接触面 29，其形成锐角，优选角度和角度; 在刷辊23的旋转方向上游侧的切线方向为5°以上且70°以下，环状刷毛的倾斜度为30°以上且60°以下，通过 相对于刷辊23的旋转轴线的方向。

公开(公告)号：US20110164908A1

公开(公告)日：2011-07-07

申请号：US13062709

申请日：2009-08-14

申请人： Kuniaki Kashiwakura ,  Yoshiki Nakane ,  Ikuko Kanazawa

发明人： Kuniaki Kashiwakura ,  Yoshiki Nakane ,  Ikuko Kanazawa

IPC分类号： G03G21/00

CPC分类号： G03G21/0017 ,  G03G2221/1609

摘要： An image forming apparatus includes an image carrying member which carries an image composed of a developer, a lubricant application device which applies a lubricant onto the image carrying member, and a cleaning blade which abuts against the image carrying member to scrape the developer. The cleaning blade is formed of a material whose tensile stress-elongation test shows that the definite integral of a tensile stress with respect to an elongation percentage on an interval between the elongation percentage of zero and the elongation percentage at which the stress is a predetermined value is a predetermined upper limit value or less.

摘要翻译： 图像形成装置包括承载由显影剂构成的图像的图像承载构件，对图像承载构件施加润滑剂的润滑剂施加装置以及与图像承载构件抵接以刮擦显影剂的清洁刮板。 清洁刮板由拉伸应力 - 伸长率试验表明拉伸应力相对于伸长率在零伸长率与应力为预定值的伸长百分比之间的间隔的确定积分的材料形成 是预定的上限值以下。

公开(公告)号：US08471879B2

公开(公告)日：2013-06-25

申请号：US13213266

申请日：2011-08-19

申请人： Ikuko Kanazawa ,  Hirofumi Nakagawa

发明人： Ikuko Kanazawa ,  Hirofumi Nakagawa

IPC分类号： B41C1/055 ,  B41M1/06 ,  B41J2/32

CPC分类号： B41M1/24

摘要： Disclosed is an image forming method including forming a concave-convex pattern on a surface of a plate by pressing the plate and a mold having the convex-concave pattern on a surface thereof against each other, the plate having the surface made of a material in which a hardness changes reversibly at a transition point temperature, forming a plate image constituted of a concave-convex region having the concave-convex pattern and a smooth region in which the concave-convex pattern is erased on the plate by erasing the concave-convex pattern by selectively heating the surface of the plate to the transfer point temperature or above corresponding to an image signal, and forming an image on a recording medium by forming an ink image on the plate by applying an ink on the plate image and by transferring the ink image on to the recording medium.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种图像形成方法，包括通过将板压在板的表面上并在其表面上具有凸凹图案的模具彼此相对地形成凹凸图案，该板具有由材料制成的表面 其硬度在转变点温度下可逆地变化，形成由凹凸图案的凹凸区域构成的平板图像和通过擦除凹凸图案而在该板上擦除凹凸图案的平滑区域 通过将所述板的表面选择性地加热到对应于图像信号的转印点温度或高于图像信号的转印点温度，并且通过在平板图像上施加墨水将印刷图像形成在印版上形成图像，并通过转印 油墨图像到记录介质上。