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US 4,780,741 AGranted
Method and apparatus for forming toner layer
AssigneeKYOCERA Corporation
InventorsTakasumi Wada, Susumu Shoji
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AssigneeKYOCERA Corporation
InventorsTakasumi Wada, Susumu Shoji
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The invention relates to a method and apparatus for forming a toner layer adapted for electrophotographic developing apparatuses for developing using magnetic toner. Toner carried on a toner carrier and flowing toward the developing position is regulated in thickness by a toner layer thickness regulating member contacting the surface of the toner carrier. Lines of magnetic force are applied to the toner layer having a regulated thickness so as to stir the toner conveyed toward the developing position, thereby forming a uniform toner layer at the downstream side. The toner layer thickness regulating member can be a thin plate member of a nonmagnetic material having elasticity, or a rigid blade having a pivotal proximal end. The toner is stirred in a repulsive magnetic field forming region formed between a magnetic blade and the toner carrier.
An apparatus for forming a toner layer comprising toner carrier means for carrying toner and toner layer thickness regulating means comprising a nonmagnetic thin plate which contacts the toner carrier means through the toner layer, wherein a plurality of grooves are formed at both sides of said nonmagnetic thin plate in a surface of said toner carrier means contacting said nonmagnetic thin plate, so as to extend linearly in a direction inclined at predetermined angles with respect to a moving direction of said toner carrier means, and said grooves are formed in a lattice-like manner so as to intersect with each other, wherein said grooves have a depth which is 1/4 to 3 times an average toner particle diameter, and a pitch of adjacent grooves is 1 to 5 times a width of said grooves.
An apparatus for forming a toner layer comprising toner carrier means for carrying toner and toner layer thickness regulating means comprising a nonmagnetic thin plate which contacts the toner carrier means through the toner layer, wherein a plurality of grooves are formed at both sides of said nonmagnetic thin plate in a surface of said toner carrier means contacting said nonmagnetic thin plate, so as to extend linearly in a direction inclined at predetermined angles with respect to a moving direction of said toner carrier means, and said grooves are formed in a lattice-like manner so as to intersect with each other, wherein said grooves intersect at an angle of 30.degree. to 150.degree..
An apparatus for forming a toner layer comprising toner carrier means for carrying toner and toner layer thickness regulating means comprising a nonmagnetic thin plate which contacts the toner carrier means through the toner layer, wherein a plurality of grooves are formed at both sides of said nonmagnetic thin plate in a surface of said toner carrier means contacting said nonmagnetic thin plate, so as to be extended linearly in a direction inclined at predetermined angles with respect to a moving direction of said toner carrier means, and said grooves are formed in a lattice-like manner so as to intersect with each other, wherein said grooves have a depth which is 1/4 to 3 times an average toner particle diameter, and a pitch of adjacent grooves is 1 to 5 times a width of said grooves, and further wherein said grooves intersect at an angle of 30.degree. to 150.degree..
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