Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

Yuka Nakamura

Makoto Tamura

Mitutosi Kogure

Hiroshi Murata

Masashi Hiroki

Takao Izumi

Mitsuaki Kohyama

Takeo Miki

Minoru Yoshida

Keiji Itaya

Koichi Tsunemi

Sadao Kajiura

Etsuko Miyamoto

The recording head have a substrate and a plurality of ring-shaped recording electrodes juxtaposed on the substrate. A counter electrode is located above the recording electrodes and spaced apart therefrom by a predetermined distance. Each recording electrode consists of a ring and a lead. A pulse generator is connected by an IC (not shown) to the leads, for applying a drive voltage to each recording electrode. The drive voltage consists of a bias voltage and a recording voltage higher than the bias voltage. When a bias voltage, having the same polarity as a charged polarity of coloring particles dispersed in an insulating liquid, is applied to each recording electrode, potential wells are formed. The coloring particles in ink are thereby trapped in the ring of the electrodes. The coloring particles agglomerate in the apical part of the ink meniscus formed at the recording electrode. When the recording voltage, having the same polarity as a charged polarity of the coloring particles. is applied to any recording electrodes selected in accordance with an image signal, the agglomeration of coloring particles flies from the potential well toward the counter electrode, forming any dot on a recording medium interposed between the recording head and the counter electrode.

Image forming apparatus in which a potential well is formed in an

A method of manufacturing a developing agent, comprising the steps of forming a aggregate containing resin particles and a colorant, forming a dispersion by dispersing the aggregate, a first polymerizable monomer, and a semi-polymerizable monomer in a solvent, the semi-polymerizable monomer being obtained by partially polymerizing a second polymerizable monomer, forming a composite seed containing the aggregate, the first polymerizable monomer, and the semi-polymerizable monomer by stirring the dispersion to granulate the aggregate and polymerizing the composite seed in the presence of a soap-free polymerization initiator.

Method of manufacturing developing agent

A method for forming a pigment containing film on a work-piece includes the steps of circulating coating liquid containing pigment through a circulation path, and pulverizing the pigment to disperse the pigment in the coating liquid during the circulating step. The method further includes the steps of dipping a work-piece in the coating liquid during the circulating step, and raising the work-piece from the coating liquid. An apparatus for forming a pigment containing film on a work-piece includes a coating tank, having an inflow portion and an overflow portion, for holding coating liquid containing pigment, and a circulation path having one end connected to the inflow portion of the coating tank and the other end connected to the overflow portion of the coating tank, for circulating the coating liquid. In the circulation path, a pulverizing device is arranged for pulverizing the pigment to disperse the pigment in the coating liquid and to cause the coating liquid to flow in the circulation path. The apparatus further includes a work-piece mounting device for dipping a work-piece in the coating liquid held in the coating tank and raising the work-piece from the coating liquid to form a pigment containing film on the work-piece during the circulating of the coating liquid along the circulation path. A coated medium includes a work-piece, and a film coated on the work-piece by dipping the work-piece in circulated coating liquid in which pigment has been dispersed using an impact pulverizing disperser.

Pigment containing film coating method utilizing a colliding of two flow

A thermal roller for fixing a powdered toner image onto an image receiving sheet is provided with a sub-surface resistive heat generating layer adjacent the outer surface of the roller. The thickness of the heat generating layer or the materials that constitute the layer are controlled so that the resistance per unit length of the thermal roller increases gradually in the axial direction from the center portion thereof toward and to both ends. Electrical energy passed through the heat generating layer generates a desired temperature distribution profile along the roller to provide appropriate fixing temperatures, without excessively increasing the temperature at both ends of the roller.

Toner image fixing apparatus

A fixing device for image forming apparatus utilizing image forming media of a plurality of different widths, comprises a core roller and a supporting roller parallel to and in contact with the core roller to supports the selected one of the image forming media with the toner image thereon and transporting the selected image forming medium, an electrically resistive heat layer on the core roller and a plurality of power supply electrodes for supplying power to at least two portions of the electrically resistive heat layer having sizes corresponding to the widths of at least two of the image forming media.

Fixing device including a heat roller having a device for heating a

A device for fixing a toner image on an image forming medium in an image forming apparatus includes a heating roller and a supporting roller for supporting the sheet of paper and transporting the paper, the heating roller having an inner peripheral surface, and at least one electrically resistive layer on the inner surface of the heating roller for fixing the toner image on the paper and reducing heat loss from the heating roller. Further, the device includes a pair of electrodes at opposite ends of the resistive layer for transmitting electrical power to the resistive layer.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Yuka Nakamura