Fujitsu Corporation

Teturou Nakashima

Masae Ikeda

Kazunori Hirose

Yukio Nishio

Hideki Kamaji

Masatoshi Kimura

Tomoaki Tanaka

Eiji Suzuki

Hiroshi Nou

Tsuneo Mizuno

Katsumi Sugimoto

Masahiro Wanou

Kenji Fuke

Katsuya Shimatsu

Yasuhiro Wakabayashi

Hitoshi Yoshii

Kazumi Kawabata

Yoshimi Takizawa

An electrophotographic recording apparatus includes a photosensitive drum on which an electrostatic latent image can be written, a developing device for developing the latent image of a charged visible image with a one-component developer, and a transferring device for electrostatically transferring the charged visible image from the drum to a sheet or paper. The developing device has a conductive foam rubber roller for entraining the developer to form a developer layer therearound and for bringing the layer to the drum for the development of the latent image, a conductive blade resiliently engaged with the foam rubber roller for uniformly regulating a thickness of the developer, and an electric source for applying electric energy to the blade to electrically charge the developer layer by a charge-injection effect. The transferring device has a conductive foam rubber transfer roller in contact with the drum, and an electric source for applying energy to the transfer roller to give a paper an electric charge having a polarity opposite to that of the charged visible image during a passage of a recording medium through a nip between the drum and the transfer roller.

Electrophotographic recording apparatus using developing device with one-component type developer and having combination of charge injection effect and conductive contact type charger

An electrostatic recording system using a dielectric belt for conducting electrification of a sheet of paper and a transfer belt so that the sheet of paper is not wound and caught by a photoconductor drum, and a transfer voltage can be lowered so as to smoothly separate the sheet of paper from a transfer belt. The electrostatic recording system applies a voltage to only the dielectric belt at a stage before the sheet of paper 3 is attracted to the dielectric belt 10 and applies voltage to the sheet of paper 3 conveyed to the dielectric belt, and to the dielectric belt 10 while the sheet of paper and the belt are mutually superposed.

Electrostatic recording system using dielectric belt in which

A developing device is used to develop an electrostatic latent image with a one-component type developer, the latent image being formed on a photosensitive body. The device has a developing roller made of a conductive rubber, and a conductive sponge roller engaged with the developing roller to feed the developer to the developing roller. The rollers are rotated in the same direction, and the developer fed to a nip between the rollers is subjected to triboelectrification by the rollers, whereby the developer is electrically charged. The charged developer is electrostatically adhered to the surface of the developing roller due to an electrostatic image force acting therebetween. The sponge roller has a friction plate associated therewith, for effectively and additionally charging the developer. Also, the developing roller has a developer-removing plate associated therewith, for removing residual developer, not used for development of latent images, from the developing roller.

Developing device using one-component type developer

A one-component developing apparatus includes a developing roller which holds a one-component developer and feeds the developer to a photosensitive drum, and a developer layer thickness regulating blade. The regulating blade has an edge which is parallel with a surface of the developing roller and the edge regulates the thickness of the developer layer on the drum. The edge is constructed by being machined along a direction in parallel with the surface of the developer roller. The edge of the regulating blade may be either sharp or rounded.

One-component developing apparatus having a developer layer thickness

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Kawasaki, Japan

Teturou Nakashima