Tandem high productivity color architecture using a photoconductive intermediate belt
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorGerald M. Fletcher
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Abstract
Tandem, high productivity color images are formed by using a photoconductive belt as an imaging surface and as a transferring device. A multi-colored image is produced comprising a plurality of color layers. The apparatus includes a charging device, an image forming device, and a developing device located along a photoconductive belt to form a toned image layer on the belt. Additional color layers may be provided by either photoreceptive imaging drums or additional photoconductive belts.
Claims27
An image forming apparatus forming a multi-colored copy image of a multi-colored original image on an image receiving member, the multi-colored copy image comprising a plurality of color layers, the image forming apparatus comprising:
- a photoconductive belt;
- first charging means for charging a portion of the belt;
- first image forming means for forming a latent electrostatic image in the charged portion of the belt;
- first developing means for developing the latent electrostatic image into a first developed image, the first developed image forming a first one of the plurality of color layers;
- a plurality of second image forming means, each second image forming means forming a second developed image, the second developed image of each second image forming means being another one of the plurality of color layers;
- a plurality of first image transferring means, each for transferring one of the second developed images from the corresponding one of the plurality of second image forming means to the charged portion of the belt to form the multi-colored image;
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- second image transferring means for transferring the multi-colored copy image formed on the charged portion of the belt to the image receiving member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.