Image creating apparatus and image recording apparatus
AssigneeMinolta Co., Ltd.
InventorAkihito Ikegawa
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Abstract
In order to provide an image creating apparatus which is driven at a high speed by a low voltage and realizes high contrast, the image creating apparatus of the present invention applies a voltage selectively to surfaces of arranged plural polymeric electrolyte films and generate a potential difference between both surfaces of the polymeric electrolyte films to which the voltage is applied to deform the polymeric electrolyte films. This image creating apparatus can provide an optical shutter of an image recording apparatus and a reflection or transmitting type image display device.
Claims20
An image creating apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of arranged polymeric electrolyte films;
- a voltage applying device for applying a voltage to surfaces of the polymeric electrolyte films to generate a potential difference between both surfaces of the polymeric electrolyte films to which the voltage was applied so as to deform the polymeric electrolyte films, and
- a controller for controlling the voltage applying device so that a voltage is selectively applied to the plural polymeric electrolyte films.
An image creating apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of arranged polymeric electrolyte films;
- a voltage applying device for applying a voltage to surfaces of the polymeric electrolyte films and generating a potential difference between both surfaces of the polymeric electrolyte films to which the voltage was applied to deform the polymeric electrolyte films;
- a controller for controlling the voltage applying device so that a voltage is selectively applied to the plural polymeric electrolyte films, and
- flexible members which are arranged in vicinities of the polymeric electrolyte films, said flexible members are shifted by pressurizing of the polymeric electrolyte films.
An image recording apparatus comprising:
- an exposing device including:
- a light source, and
- an image creating device being irradiated by the light source having:
- a plurality of arranged polymeric electrolyte films;
- a voltage applying device for applying a voltage to surfaces of the polymeric electrolyte films to generate a potential difference between both surfaces of the polymeric electrolyte films to which the voltage was applied so as to deform the polymeric electrolyte films, and
- a controller for controlling the voltage applying device so that a voltage is selectively applied to the plural polymeric electrolyte films,
- wherein the exposing device creates a light image by the light which transmits through the image creating device, said light image corresponds to selective deformation of the plural polymeric electrolyte films by means of the voltage applying device and the controller, and
- a photoreceptor for creating a electrostatic latent image by receiving the light image.
An image creating apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of arranged polymeric electrolyte films, and
- electrode films provided on surfaces of the polymeric electrolyte films, said electrode films are provided individually to the polymeric electrolyte films,
- wherein a voltage is selectively applied to the electrode films so that the polymeric electrolyte films can be selectively deformed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.