Fujitsu Corporation

Mikio Amaya

Junzo Nakajima

Masatoshi Kimura

Kunihiko Sato

Norio Sawatari

Sachio Sasaki

Toshiaki Narusawa

Akira Nagahara

Tsuneo Watanuki

Mitsuhito Furukawa

Masakatsu Horie

Akihiko Ishii

Tetsurou Nakashima

Isao Kondo

An imaging device for use in an electrographic imaging process, without a cleaning unit for residual toners, which comprises an image-carrying element, an image exposure means, a developing means, an image transfer means, and a distribution roller means of an elastic and electrically conductive material for uniformly distributing the residual toners over a surface of the image-carrying element and at the same time deelectrifying and recharging the same surface of said element. The imaging device has a simplified and compact structure and does not cause an environmental pollution problem due to the generation of ozone in the device.

Cleanerless electrographic imaging device

An electrostatic recording apparatus is provided which comprises a recording electrode with a plurality of stylus electrodes and a developing device with a back electrode provided on opposite sides of a recording medium. The recording apparatus is capable of simultaneously processing the forming of and development of a latent image by using the recording electrode which has a magnetic piece embedded at a tip portion thereof. A magnetic field is concentrated in its path and is increased in a narrow gap region between the recording electrode and the back electrode. Toner chains of magnetic particles in the developing process can easily stand upright on the back electrode, and can thus easily and uniformly contact the recording medium. Dot defects on a formed image, are therefore, avoided. The present invention is directed to several embodiments of the magnetic piece and the manner of embedding the magnetic piece in the recording electrode.

Electrostatic recording apparatus with improved recording electrode

A new image recording method, such as an electrophotographic method or electrostatic recording method, where a plurality of recording papers, each having visualized images, can be produced from an electrostatic latent image which is formed only once on the electrostatic latent image forming material. A recording material having a high resistance value and dielectric factor is laid on the electrostatic latent image forming material after an electrostatic latent image corresponding to a image to be recorded has been formed on said electrostatic latent image forming material. An electrostatic latent image on the recording material corresponding to the electrostatic latent image on the electrostatic latent image forming material is visualized by supplying developer to the surface of the recording material not facing or opposite to the electrostatic latent image forming material. Thereafter the developer on said recording material is fixed. In the same way, a recording paper having a plurality of the same image or recording papers with the same image can be produced as required by laying another recording material on the same electrostatic latent image forming material having the previously formed latent image and developing same.

Image recording method

A direct imaging method wherein a recording electrode comprising a plurality of electrode styli and a magnetic toner developer are provided on opposite sides of an insulating recording medium, such that an image is printed on the recording medium through direct adherence of magnetic toner on the recording medium when a voltage is applied across the recording electrode and magnetic toner developer. A proper gap discharge is generated between the recording electrode and the recording medium by forming a very narrow gap between the recording electrode and the recording medium. The present invention also comprehends adhering charges to the rear side of the recording medium by means of such gap discharge and the magnetic toner of the magnetic toner developer is reliably held to the surface of the recording medium by means of such charges.

Direct imaging method and equipment using recording electrode, magnetic

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Mikio Amaya