摘要:
An image forming apparatus enabling suppression of charging non-uniformity due to vibration of a corona charger without impairing motion of a grid cleaning member in a constitution in which the corona charger is supported by supporting members adjacent to respective sides of the corona charger with respect to a circumferential direction of a photosensitive member is provided.An image forming apparatus 100 includes a corona charger 12, first and second supporting members for supporting the corona charger 12 on the respective sides of the corona charger with respect to the circumferential direction of the photosensitive member, and first and second urging portions 18a, 18b for urging a shield 123 of the corona charger 12 in the first and second supporting members, and the first urging portion 18a and the second urging portion 18b urge the shield 123 at no-opposing positions to each other with respect to a longitudinal direction of the corona charger.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member; a charging member contactable to said photosensitive member to electrically charge said photosensitive member; applying means applying a charging bias voltage to said charging member; detecting means detecting a current flowing between said charging member and said photosensitive member; a controller for controlling said image forming apparatus to execute an operational mode for removing an electric discharge product deposited on a surface of said photosensitive member, in the case that detecting means detects a current not lower than a predetermined value when a voltage lower than a voltage at which an electric charge starts between said photosensitive member and said charging member is applied to said charging member.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus includes: a rotation shaft (71);a movable body (72) that is attached to the rotation shaft (71), that is provided with a cleaning member (73), and that moves with rotation of the rotation shaft (71); a motor M for rotating the rotation shaft (71); a control section (8) for controlling rotation of the motor M; a current detecting section (77) for detecting a current flowing through the motor M; and a time counting section for counting time. Here, the control section is provided with: an overcurrent detection checking function; a time counting function; a predetermined position attainment checking function; a reciprocation control function; an erroneous detection checking function for performing erroneous detection checking operation in which an overcurrent detected while the movable body is moving forward in the reciprocation thereof is checked while the movable body is moving backward in the reciprocation thereof; and a repeating function for performing the erroneous detection checking operation once or a plurality of times in a repeating fashion.
摘要:
A charging unit is disclosed capable of reducing undue variation and fluctuation margin of a charging gap, and controlling accurately the proper gap durably over the change of environmental conditions, which is suitably incorporated into an image forming apparatus. The charging unit is configured to charge an image bearing member in a non-contact arrangement, including a charging roller provided with a core shaft, a charging member formed of electroconductive resin integrally disposed on the periphery of the core shaft, and gap holding members formed of insulating resin each disposed at respective ends of the charging member outside an image forming region. The control of the charging gap is feasible by either forming the gap with a charging member having such a materials condition as to satisfy the relation, |G30−G10|×5
摘要:
An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive drum, a charger detachably mountable with respect to a main body of the image forming apparatus and having a charging wire, a wire electrode for receiving a voltage to be supplied to the charging wire, a grid, and a grid electrode for receiving a voltage to be supplied to the grid, a wire power-feeding contact arranged to come into contact with the wire electrode, and a grid power-feeding contact arranged to come into contact with the grid electrode, wherein, in mounting the charger in the image forming apparatus, the wire electrode comes into contact with the wire power-feeding contact after the grid electrode comes into contact with the grid power-feeding contact.
摘要:
An electrophotographic image forming apparatus includes an electrostatic latent image carrying body, an electric charger for uniformly electrifying the carrying body, an optical exposure unit to form an electrostatic latent image on the carrying body, a developer for developing the electrostatic latent image to form a toner image on the carrying body, a transfer unit for transferring the toner image from the carrying body onto a printing sheet, a fixing unit for fixing the toner image to the printing sheet, a cleaner for cleaning to remove residual toner from the carrying body and a toner returning mechanism for returning the residual toner removed by the cleaner to the developer. The developer includes a housing in which a toner chamber is defined, a developing roller rotatably mounted in the housing, an agitator rotatably mounted in the housing so as to be positioned in the toner chamber, a partitioning member provided in the housing for defining a carrier chamber adjacent to the developing roller. The toner returning mechanism includes a toner recirculator for recirculating the residual toner removed from the carrying body to the toner chamber.
摘要:
An imaging module mounting structure is used for mounting an imaging module to an imaging device that has a support member and a rotatable photoreceptor. The imaging module includes an imaging bar and a corona generating device. The imaging module mounting structure includes a pair of pivot block devices which are pivotably connected to the support member in a spaced apart relationship. The imaging bar and the corona generating device are secured to each one of the pair of pivot block devices. Each pivot block device includes a cam follower element. The pair of pivot block devices are operative to flex independently of one another while the photoreceptor rotates so that the respective cam follower elements remain in contact with the rotating photoreceptor to compensate for photoreceptor run out. A method for practicing the present invention is also described.
摘要:
An electrophotographic image forming apparatus includes an electrostatic latent image carrying body, an electric charger for uniformly electrifying, the carrying body, an optical exposure unit to form an electrostatic latent image on the carrying body, a developer for developing the electrostatic latent image to form a toner image on the carrying body, a transfer unit for transferring the toner image from the carrying body onto a printing sheet, a fixing unit for fixing the toner image to the printing sheet, a cleaner for cleaning to remove residual toner from the carrying body and a toner returning mechanism for returning the residual toner removed by the cleaner to the developer. The developer includes a housing in which a toner chamber is defined, a developing roller rotatably mounted in the housing, an agitator rotatably mounted in the housing so as to be positioned in the toner chamber, a partitioning member provided in the housing for defining a carrier chamber adjacent to the developing roller. The toner returning mechanism includes a toner recirculator for recirculating the residual toner removed from the carrying body to the toner chamber.
摘要:
A charge roller displacement mechanism prevents the build up of a sharply defined circumferential ring of contaminants on the surface of a charge roller in an electrophotographic printing system, thereby reducing the severity of the print defect caused by the contaminants. By cyclically laterally displacing the charge roller parallel to the longitudinal axis of a photoconductor drum as the photoconductor drum rotates, contaminants which reach the surface of the charge roller will not form a sharply defined circumferential ring that interferes with the uniform charging of a photoconductor drum charged by the charge roller. The charge roller displacement mechanism includes a first gear that engages the gear used to rotate paddles in a waste hopper of an electrophotographic printer cartridge. A second gear engages the first gear to provide a reduction of approximately 400 to 1. The charge roller is forced against a face of the second gear by a spring or, alternatively, by angling the longitudinal axis of the charge roller with respect to the longitudinal axis of the photoconductor drum. The face of the second gear contacting the charge roller includes a lobe. As the second gear rotates, the charge roller is laterally displaced across the surface of the photoconductor drum. The lobe is shaped so that one rotation of the second gear corresponds to one cycle of displacement of the charge roller.
摘要:
The door (3) of a laser printer (1) is pivoted to the frame (1c) of the printer by a pin (21) of hinge (19). When the door is shut, link (33) is rotatably connected to the hinge at a location above the pin. Link 33 has an elongated slot (33a) at its end opposite the hinge in which a pin (51) does not encounter the edge of the slot when the door is closed. Spring (31) therefore rotates U shaped link 11 around its pivot point (15) to the frame to bring charge roller (9) into contact with photoconductor drum (5). When the door is manually opened, spring 31 provides an upward force, link 33 is moved forward where the slot engages pin 51, which pivots both link 13 and door 3 upward. Force of the charge roller against the drum is by the spring as the only active element, thereby providing a controlled force.