JP3088053B2 - Developer supply container - Google Patents
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【０００１】[0001]
【産業上の利用分野】本発明は、例えばフィルムを用い
て熱溶着により密封し、充填した現像剤を乾式電子写真
複写機やプリンター等に補給する際に、該フィルムを引
き剥がして使用する現像剤補給容器及び熱溶着方法に関
するものである。BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a developing method in which a film is peeled off and used when replenishing a filled developer to a dry-type electrophotographic copying machine or a printer by sealing the film by heat welding. The present invention relates to an agent supply container and a heat welding method.
【０００２】[0002]
【従来の技術】従来、現像剤補給容器は合成樹脂、紙等
を主な構造材料とした現像剤補給開口部を有する容器本
体と、［ポリエチレンテレフタレート（ＰＥＴ）層／ナ
イロン層］又は［二軸延伸ポリプロピレン（ＯＰＰ）層
／ナイロン層］のように層構成された合成樹脂フィルム
を基盤とし、これに加熱により溶融し溶着力を発現する
エチレン酢酸ビニル共重合体（ＥＶＡ）等を主成分とす
る溶着層を、クッション材であるＰＥ層を介してラミネ
ートした図５のような熱溶着フィルムから構成され、こ
の熱溶着フィルムを前記現像剤補給開口部周りのフラン
ジ部等に熱溶着して現像剤収納部を密封するのが一般的
である。2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a developer replenishing container has a container main body having a developer replenishing opening mainly made of synthetic resin, paper or the like, and a [polyethylene terephthalate (PET) layer / nylon layer] or [biaxial]. [Stretched polypropylene (OPP) layer / nylon layer] as a base material, which is mainly composed of an ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer (EVA) or the like, which melts by heating to develop a welding force. A heat-sealing film as shown in FIG. 5 in which a welding layer is laminated via a PE layer serving as a cushion material, and this heat-sealing film is heat-welded to a flange portion around the developer supply opening and the like. It is common to seal the storage.
【０００３】そして現像剤の補給は、図４のように現像
剤補給容器の現像剤補給開口部を下向きとして複写機等
本体側の現像剤供給部に嵌め込み、フィルムを手等で引
っ張ることでフィルムと容器との溶着部分を引き剥がし
ながら現像剤補給開口部を開口させて補給を行なってい
た。As shown in FIG. 4, the developer is supplied by fitting the developer supply opening of the developer supply container downward into the developer supply section of the main body of a copying machine or the like, and pulling the film by hand or the like. The developer was replenished by opening the developer replenishing opening while peeling off the welded portion between the developer and the container.
【０００４】[0004]
【発明が解決しようとする課題】しかしながら、従来の
現像剤補給容器では、現像剤補給時に熱溶着したフィル
ムを引き剥がす時に、［フィルム−容器間］の溶着強
度、つまり［溶着層−容器被溶着面］の界面剥離強度が
とても大きくなりすぎると、［ナイロン層−ＰＥ層］の
層間強度が比較的弱いため［ナイロン層−ＰＥ層］間で
層間剥離が発生し、フィルム切れの原因となることがあ
った。さらに現像器一体型カートリッジや現像剤補給開
口部を開閉するシャッター部材等を有する現像剤補給容
器では、熱溶着フィルムがモルトプレンやシャッター等
と接触する構造なため、高温高湿下で放置されると溶着
層のブロッキング現象で［溶着層−モルトプレン、シャ
ッター等］間に擬似接着が起こり易く、フィルムを引き
剥がす時にとても大きな力を必要とすることもあった。However, in the conventional developer supply container, when peeling off the heat-sealed film at the time of replenishment of the developer, the welding strength between [film-container], that is, [weld layer-container adhesion] If the interfacial peel strength of the [surface] is too large, the interlayer strength of the [nylon layer-PE layer] is relatively weak, so that delamination occurs between the [nylon layer-PE layer], which may cause the film to break. was there. Further, in a developer supply container having a developer-integrated cartridge and a shutter member for opening and closing the developer supply opening, the structure is such that the heat-sealing film is in contact with maltprene, a shutter, and the like. Due to the blocking phenomenon of the welded layer, pseudo-adhesion easily occurred between [welded layer-maltoprene, shutter, etc.], and a very large force was sometimes required when the film was peeled off.
【０００５】また溶着層はフィルム基盤であるＰＥＴや
ＯＰＰそしてナイロンと比較して、その表面が粗いため
フィルムに現像剤が多量に付着しやすく、拭き取り部材
とフィルムを摺動させても現像剤は拭き取られにくい。
そのため、現像剤補給時にフィルムを引き剥がすとフィ
ルムに付着した現像剤で周囲を汚すことがあった。[0005] Further, since the surface of the welding layer is rougher than that of PET, OPP or nylon which is a film base, a large amount of the developer easily adheres to the film. Hard to wipe off.
Therefore, if the film is peeled off when the developer is supplied, the surroundings may be stained by the developer attached to the film.
【０００６】本発明は、上記従来技術の問題を解決する
ためになされたものでその目的とするところは、現像剤
補給時の熱溶着フィルムを引き剥がす時に、引き剥がし
やすく、フィルムの切れおよび擬似接着を防止でき、か
つフィルムに現像剤が付着しない現像剤補給容器を提供
することにある。SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art. It is an object of the present invention to easily peel off a heat-sealed film when replenishing a developer, and to make the film cut and simulated. An object of the present invention is to provide a developer supply container that can prevent adhesion and does not cause the developer to adhere to a film.
【０００７】[0007]
【課題を解決するための手段】上記目的を達成するため
に本発明にあっては、現像剤補給開口部を備え現像剤を
収容する現像剤容器と、前記開口部を覆い前記現像剤容
器から引き剥がし可能なフィルムと、を有し、前記現像
剤容器は前記開口部の周縁に前記フィルムを溶着するた
めに加熱により溶着力を発現する溶着層を備える現像剤
補給容器において、前記溶着層はエチレン酢酸ビニル共
重合体を備え、前記フイルムの前記開口部に対応する面
であって前記溶着層と接する面はナイロン層を備えるこ
とを特徴とする。In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, there is provided a developer supply opening provided with a developer supply port.
A developer container to be accommodated, and the developer container covering the opening.
A film peelable from a container,
An agent container is used to weld the film to the periphery of the opening.
With a welding layer that develops welding force by heating
In the supply container, the welding layer is made of ethylene vinyl acetate.
A surface provided with a polymer and corresponding to the opening of the film;
And a surface in contact with the welding layer is provided with a nylon layer .
【０００８】また、前記溶着層は塗工によって被溶着面
に組込むこともできる。[0008] The welding layer may be incorporated into the surface to be welded by coating.
【０００９】さらに、前記溶着層は二色成型によって被
溶着面に組込むこともできる。Further, the welding layer can be incorporated into the surface to be welded by two-color molding.
【００１０】[0010]
【作用】上記のように構成された現像剤補給容器では、
フィルムの開口部に対応する部分がナイロン層を備える
ことにより表面の平滑性が高くフィルムに現像剤が付着
しにくい。さらに、フィルムの溶着層と接する部分もナ
イロン層を備え、溶着層とは異なる材料で溶着している
ので、同じ材料の溶着に比べて現像剤容器からのフィル
ムのイージーピール性が高くなる。 In the developer supply container constructed as described above ,
The part corresponding to the opening of the film has a nylon layer
High surface smoothness allows developer to adhere to film
Hard to do. In addition, the part in contact with the welding layer
It has an iron layer and is welded with a material different from the welding layer
So that the fill from the developer container is
Easy to peel.
【００１１】[0011]
【実施例】以下に本発明を図示の実施例に基づいて説明
する。DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to the illustrated embodiments.
【００１２】図１は本発明の特徴を最もよく表わす現像
剤補給容器の補給開口部周囲へのフィルムの熱溶着手段
を示す。なお図２は図１の断面図を、図３は熱溶着フィ
ルムの断面を示す。ここで０１は現像剤補給容器、０２
は現像剤補給開口部、０２´の斜線部は現像剤補給開口
部０２周囲の被溶着面、０３は熱溶着治具、０３´の斜
線部は熱溶着治具の熱溶着パターンの突起部、０４は熱
溶着フィルムを示す。FIG. 1 shows a means for thermally fusing a film around a replenishing opening of a developer replenishing container which best illustrates the features of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a cross-section of the heat welding film. Here, 01 is a developer supply container, 02
Is a developer supply opening, a hatched portion of 02 'is a welding surface around the developer supply opening 02, 03 is a heat welding jig, and a hatched portion of 03' is a projection of a heat welding pattern of the heat welding jig. Numeral 04 indicates a heat welding film.
【００１３】本実施例における現像剤補給容器０１は、
図１は図２のように、熱により溶融し溶着力を発現する
ＥＶＡ等を主成分とする溶着層が、熱溶着フィルムに対
する容器の被溶着面０２´に組み込まれているため、従
来のような［ＰＥＴ又はＯＰＰ層／ナイロン層］に層構
成された合成樹脂フィルム基盤に、クッション材である
ＰＥ層を介して溶着層をラミネートした図５のような四
層構成の熱溶着フィルム０５ではなく、［ＰＥＴ又はＯ
ＰＰ層／ナイロン層］のようなフィルム基盤のみの二層
構成のフィルム０４（図３）を使用しても、従来と同様
の熱溶着手段によって補給開口部０２を密封することが
できる。フィルムとしては図３に示すようなラミネート
されたフィルムは一例にすぎず、単層フィルムでもよ
く、また材料的にも樹脂のみならず紙やアルミ等のフィ
ルムも使用できる。In this embodiment, the developer supply container 01 is
As shown in FIG. 2, as shown in FIG. 2, a welding layer mainly composed of EVA or the like, which melts by heat and develops a welding force, is incorporated in a surface to be welded 02 'of a container to a heat welding film. Instead of a four-layer heat-sealing film 05 as shown in FIG. 5 in which a welding layer is laminated via a PE layer serving as a cushioning material to a synthetic resin film base layered on a [PET or OPP layer / nylon layer]. , [PET or O
Even if a two-layer film 04 (FIG. 3) having only a film base, such as a PP layer / nylon layer, is used, the replenishing opening 02 can be sealed by the same heat welding means as in the related art. As a film, a laminated film as shown in FIG. 3 is merely an example, and a single-layer film may be used, and a material such as paper or aluminum as well as resin may be used.
【００１４】ここで熱溶着手段とは、図１や図２のよう
に、現像剤補給容器０１の補給開口部０２が上向きの状
態で、該補給開口部０２を覆うように前記熱溶着フィル
ム０４を置き、アルミニウムや真鍮等で作成され、熱溶
着パターンの突起部０３´を設けた熱溶着治具０３を用
いて、前記フィルム０４の上面から前記現像剤補給開口
部０２周囲に熱と圧力を加えることによって、前記現像
剤補給開口部０２を密封することである。Here, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the heat welding means means the heat welding film 04 so as to cover the replenishing opening 02 when the replenishing opening 02 of the developer replenishing container 01 faces upward. And heat and pressure are applied from the upper surface of the film 04 to the periphery of the developer supply opening 02 by using a heat welding jig 03 made of aluminum, brass or the like and provided with a protrusion 03 ′ of a heat welding pattern. In addition, the developer supply opening 02 is sealed.
【００１５】前記二層構成のフィルム０４使用によっ
て、溶着層とクッション材であるＰＥ層がフィルムから
なくなったので、従来の四層構成のフィルム０５で［溶
着層−容器被溶着面］の界面剥離強度がとても大きな時
に発生した、［ナイロン層−ＰＥ層］間での層間剥離に
よるフィルム切れが防止できる。またその表面が粗く、
そのため現像剤を多量に付着しやすかった溶着層の代わ
りに、表面の平滑性が良いナイロン層で現像剤を密封す
る構成になるため、たとえ現像剤がフィルムに付着して
も拭き取り部材等で簡単に拭き取ることが可能であり、
現像剤補給時のフィルムを引き剥がした際に、フィルム
に付着した現像剤で周囲を汚すことを防止できる。By using the two-layer film 04, the welding layer and the PE layer serving as the cushioning material are removed from the film. Film breakage due to delamination between [nylon layer and PE layer], which occurs when the strength is very high, can be prevented. The surface is rough,
As a result, instead of a welded layer that easily adheres a large amount of developer, the structure is such that the developer is sealed with a nylon layer with a good surface smoothness. It is possible to wipe off
When the film is peeled off at the time of replenishing the developer, the surroundings can be prevented from being stained by the developer attached to the film.
【００１６】すなわち本発明は、熱により溶融し溶着力
を発現するＥＶＡ等を主成分とする溶着剤を、塗工にて
現像剤補給開口周囲の被溶着面等に組み込むことによ
り、熱溶着フィルムの溶着層とＰＥ層を不要とし、基盤
部のみの構成で容器に熱溶着することが可能としたもの
である。従ってフィルムとしては［ＰＥＴ層／ナイロン
層］又は［ＯＰＰ層／ナイロン層］のようにラミネート
されたフィルムのみならず、単層のフィルムでも可能で
あり、また材料的にも樹脂のみならず紙やアルミ等のフ
ィルムも使用できとても自由度が大きくなる。このよう
な構成のフィルムを使用することにより、従来発生して
いた［ナイロン層−ＰＥ層］の層間剥離によるフィルム
切れを完全に防止することができる。That is, the present invention provides a heat-sealing film by incorporating a welding agent mainly composed of EVA or the like, which melts by heat to develop a welding force, on a surface to be welded around a developer supply opening by coating. This eliminates the need for a welding layer and a PE layer, and allows for heat welding to a container with a configuration consisting only of a base portion. Therefore, the film can be not only a laminated film such as [PET layer / nylon layer] or [OPP layer / nylon layer], but also a single layer film. Films such as aluminum can also be used, greatly increasing the degree of freedom. By using a film having such a configuration, it is possible to completely prevent film breakage due to delamination of the [nylon layer-PE layer], which has conventionally occurred.
【００１７】またフィルム表面を従来の溶着層と比べて
平滑性の、現像剤が付着しにくくなり、たとえ現像剤が
付着したとしても、拭き取り部材で簡単に拭き取ること
が可能となる。Further, the surface of the film is smoother than the conventional welding layer, and the developer is less likely to adhere thereto. Even if the developer adheres, the film can be easily wiped off with a wiping member.
【００１８】フィルムに溶着層がないので他部品とのブ
ロッキングによる擬似接着もなくなり、フィルムの引き
剥がし時にとても大きな力を必要とするようなこともな
くなる。Since there is no welding layer on the film, there is no pseudo adhesion due to blocking with other parts, and there is no need for a very large force when peeling off the film.
【００１９】また現像剤補給開口部周囲への該溶着剤の
組み込みは、容器本体との二色成型によって塗工より簡
単に組み込むことができる。Further, the welding agent can be incorporated around the developer supply opening by two-color molding with the container body, which can be easily incorporated by coating.
【００２０】[0020]
【発明の効果】以上説明したように、本発明によれば、
フィルムの現像剤補給開口部に対応する部分がナイロン
層を備えることによって表面の平滑性も高くなるため、
フィルムに現像剤が付着しにくくなる。さらに、フィル
ムの溶着層と接する部分もナイロン層を備え、溶着層と
は異なる材料で溶着しているので、同じ材料に比べて現
像剤容器からのフィルムのイージーピール性が高くな
る。 As described above, according to the present invention,
The part of the film corresponding to the developer supply opening is nylon
By providing a layer, the surface smoothness also increases,
The developer hardly adheres to the film. Furthermore, Phil
The part in contact with the welding layer of the
Are welded with different materials, so the current
Easy peeling of film from imaging agent container
You.
【００２１】[0021]
【００２２】[0022]
【図１】図１は本発明の実施例である現像剤補給容器を
示す斜視図である。FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a developer supply container according to an embodiment of the present invention.
【図２】図２は図１の断面図である。FIG. 2 is a sectional view of FIG. 1;
【図３】図３は本発明の二層フィルムの断面図である。FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the two-layer film of the present invention.
【図４】図４は現像剤の補給方法を示す概略図である。FIG. 4 is a schematic view showing a method of supplying a developer.
【図５】図５は従来の四層フィルムの断面図である。FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of a conventional four-layer film.
１ 現像剤補給容器 ０１ 現像剤容器 ０２ 現像剤補給開口部 ０２´ 被溶着面 ０３ 熱溶着治具 ０４ 熱溶着フィルム ０５ 従来の熱溶着フィルム DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Developer supply container 01 Developer container 02 Developer supply opening 02 'Surface to be welded 03 Heat welding jig 04 Heat welding film 05 Conventional heat welding film
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Claims (3)
る現像剤容器と、前記開口部を覆い前記現像剤容器から
引き剥がし可能なフィルムと、を有し、前記現像剤容器
は前記開口部の周縁に前記フィルムを溶着するために加
熱により溶着力を発現する溶着層を備える現像剤補給容
器において、 前記溶着層はエチレン酢酸ビニル共重合体を備え、前記
フイルムの前記開口部に対応する面であって前記溶着層
と接する面はナイロン層を備えることを特徴とする現像
剤補給容器。 An image forming apparatus includes a developer supply opening for storing a developer.
Developer container, and the developer container covering the opening.
A peelable film, the developer container
Is used to weld the film to the periphery of the opening.
Developer replenishing container with welding layer that expresses welding force by heat
In vessels, the welding layer comprises ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer, wherein
A surface corresponding to the opening of the film, wherein the welding layer
Characterized by having a nylon layer on the surface in contact with
Refill container.
込まれていることを特徴とする請求項１に記載の現像剤
補給容器。2. The developer supply container according to claim 1, wherein the welding layer is incorporated into a surface to be welded by coating.
に組込まれていることを特徴とする請求項１に記載の現
像剤補給容器。3. The developer supply container according to claim 1, wherein said welding layer is incorporated into a surface to be welded by two-color molding.
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