Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.

Kenichi Matsumoto

Noboru Tohyama

Takashi Kai

Toshiya Yuasa

Kohzoh Arahara

Motokazu Kobayashi

Hiroshi Fukumoto

Akihito Hosaka

Takashi Hasegawa

Akihiro Mouri

Atsushi Takeda

Hidejiro Kadowaki

Shinnosuke Taniishi

Kyo Miura

Osamu Hoshino

Junichi Koiso

Hiroaki Ura

Kozo Arahara

Keiji Masuda

Tamio Ogino

Motokazu Kobyashi

Shinobu Fujiwara

Kadowaki

An image forming apparatus, particularly a color image forming apparatus. A conveyer belt made of dielectric material is charged-up electrically by repetitive image transfer actions using corona charging. By the charge-up the transfer current decreases with the result of decrease of image density. In order to compensate with this, the average charge amount of the toner particles transferred to the image receiving material at later stage or stages of the repetitive image transfer actions is decreased with respect to the average charge amount of the toner particles transferred onto the image receiving material in the initial stage or stages of the repetitive image transfer actions. By doing so, the toner image densities in the respective colors are made uniform, so that sharp images can be produced.

Image forming apparatus

An apparatus for conveying a transfer material to a position where an image is transferred from an image bearing member such an electrophotographic photosensitive member to it. A humidity detecting device is provided in the image forming apparatus. An attracting device for electrostatically attracting the transfer material on the transfer material conveying device. The attracting device is controlled in accordance with an output of the humidity detecting device. By this, the transfer material can be stably attracted on the carrying device irrespective of the humidity change in the apparatus. When the temperature is taken into account in addition to the humidity, a further preferable attraction control is possible.

Image forming apparatus provided with an attraction charger controlled

A method for transferring a viscous substance, including the steps of: providing a viscous substance capable of changing its adhesiveness corresponding to the polarity of a voltage applied thereto; disposing the viscous substance between a first electrode and a second electrode; and applying a voltage to the viscous substance plural times, thereby to reduce the adhesiveness of the viscous substance to the first electrode.

Method of transferring viscous substance by applying plural voltages to

A method for supplying a viscous substance includes providing a viscous substance capable of changing its adhesiveness corresponding to the polarity of a voltage to be applied thereto; supplying the viscous substance between a pair of electrodes; and applying a pulse voltage between the pair of electrodes thereby to attach to at least one of the pair of electrodes the viscous substance of which amount corresponds to the effective duration factor of the pulse voltage.

Method and apparatus for supplying a substance between electrodes, the

There is provided a method and apparatus for forming an image which includes providing a recording composition capable of changing its adhesivity corresponding to the polarity of a voltage applied thereto between a pair of electrodes. The recording composition has a transfer characteristic having a tendency to change by loss of at least one component of the recording composition. A voltage is applied between the pair of electrodes to attach the recording composition to one of the pair of electrodes to attach the recording composition to one of the pair of electrodes. Any such change in the transfer characteristic of the recording composition is detected during the process. In response to any change in the transfer characteristic additional component is added to the recording composition to compensate for that change.

Transferring ink with an adhesive characteristic changed by applied

The present invention aims to make an image forming apparatus using photopolymerization reaction small-sized, and the image forming apparatus is designed so that a supporting device for supporting a photosensitive image forming member used in a sheet fashion and having a polymerizable layer is shifted endlessly. Further, an exposure device for effecting the image exposure on the image forming member is disposed within a light-shield mechanism, and a whole image exposure device is also disposed within this lightshield mechanism. The image formation on the image forming member is effected by shifting the supporting device endlessly, by passing the image forming member through the exposure device at least two times, by effecting the image exposure by the exposure device, by effecting the heating by a heating device and by effecting whole image exposure at a position of the exposure device.

Image forming apparatus using photopolymerization reaction

An image forming apparatus of the type having a transfer device for transferring images formed on an image carrying member to a transfer material such as a paper sheet. The apparatus comprises an image carrying member; a charging device for charging the image carrying member; a measuring device for measuring the surface potential of the image carrying member; and a transfer device for forming a transfer electric field by means of which images formed on the image carrying member are transferred to a transfer material. The measuring device measures the surface potential of the image carrying member when it is charged but is not undergoing image transfer and measures the surface potential of the image carrying member when it is charged and is undergoing image transfer. The transfer electric field formed by the transfer device is controlled on the basis of the measurement results thus obtained by the measuring device.

A method for supplying a viscous substance includes the step of providing a viscous substance having an adhesive characteristic which changes in correspondence to a polarity of a voltage applied thereto. The viscous substance has an adhesive characteristic when no voltage is applied thereto and its adhesiveness is reduced when a voltage is applied thereto. The method further includes the step of supplying the viscous substance between a pair of electrodes at least one of which has a pattern comprising an electroconductive portion and an insulating pattern. The method also includes the step of applying a voltage between the first and second electrodes to thereby attach the viscous substance in an amount which corresponds to the ratio of the area of the electroconductive portion to the area of the insulating portion.

Method and apparatus for transferring an adhesive viscous substance

An image forming apparatus comprises: an electroconductive substrate; an electroconductive member disposed opposite to the electroconductive substrate; a plate-forming unit for forming an insulating pattern on the electroconductive substrate; a supplier for providing a recording material between the electroconductive substrate and the electroconductive member, the recording material being capable of changing its adhesiveness corresponding to the polarity of a voltage applied thereto; and a voltage source for applying a voltage between the electroconductive substrate and the electroconductive member.

Image forming apparatus and image forming method using a negative image

An original reading apparatus includes: a line sensor having first and second sensor arrays each composed of a plurality of light receiving elements; a first optical filter disposed on the light incident side of the first sensor array; a second optical filter disposed on the light incident side of the second sensor array, the second optical filter being complementary in color to the first optical filter; a first light source which turns on and off during one line scan of an original; a second light source which is continually turned on until an original scanning is completed.

Original reading apparatus with light source switching without a

An image forming apparatus is of the type in which a plurality of toner images are successively transferred onto a printing medium from a plurality of image carriers one above another. A toner image built on each of the image carriers is transferred onto the printing medium at a predetermined image transferring position. The apparatus is so constructed that each of the image carriers and printing medium conveying means are driven by single driving power transmitting means which is caused to move endlessly.

Multi-color image forming apparatus in which a plurality of toner images

A magnetic brush developing device for developing an electrostatic latent image formed on a charge retaining member includes a housing for containing developer, a developing sleeve arranged rotatably in the housing, a plurality of magnets interior of the developing sleeve, a doctor blade for regulating a thickness of a developer layer formed on a circumferential surface of the developing sleeve by a magnetic flux of the magnets, and a magnetic material fixed on an internal surface of the housing and downstream of the doctor blade as viewed from the direction of the rotation of the developing sleeve. The magnetic material extends in the direction of the width of the developing sleeve, is spaced from the circumferential surface of the developing sleeve, and is positioned opposite to at least one of the magnets arranged in the developing sleeve.

Magnetic brush type developing device

A roller fixing device wherein a claw member facing a pressure roller is arranged so that the distance between the contact point of a roller and a pressure roller and the top end portion of said claw member be within 6.5 mm on the pressure roller periphery and an angle between a tangential line of the pressure roller at a point where said top end portion of said claw member contacts under pressure with said pressure roller and the upper edge of said claw member be at least 45 degrees. Said roller is a heat roller including a heater therein. An electrophotographic copying machine which comprises: a charge receptor, a latent image forming means for forming an electrostatic latent image on said charge receptor, a developing means for developing said electrostatic latent image, a transferring means for transferring said developed image to a transfer material, and said roller fixing device.

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Kenichi Matsumoto