JPS58153955A - Ozone eliminating device of copying machine - Google Patents

Ozone eliminating device of copying machine

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JPS58153955A
JPS58153955A JP57037468A JP3746882A JPS58153955A JP S58153955 A JPS58153955 A JP S58153955A JP 57037468 A JP57037468 A JP 57037468A JP 3746882 A JP3746882 A JP 3746882A JP S58153955 A JPS58153955 A JP S58153955A
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Yoshiharu Fujii
義晴 藤井
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    • G03PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03GELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY
    • G03G21/00Arrangements not provided for by groups G03G13/00 - G03G19/00, e.g. cleaning, elimination of residual charge
    • G03G21/20Humidity or temperature control also ozone evacuation; Internal apparatus environment control
    • G03G21/206Conducting air through the machine, e.g. for cooling, filtering, removing gases like ozone

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Abstract

PURPOSE:To eliminate ozone and discharge air efficiently without reducing the airflow rate at an air discharging time, by giving the ozone eliminating effect to a fan itself which discharges forcibly ozone in a corona discharger to the outside of a machine. CONSTITUTION:A cooling fan 9 is arranged in one side part of a copying machine body, and a current of air is generated in directions of arrows by apertures 10 and 11 to eliminate the heat of a lamp for exposure and a fixing part. At this time, ozone generated in corona dischargers 5, 6, and 7 for electrification, transfer, destaticization, etc. is flowed. Consequently, the cooling fan 9 itself has the ozone eliminating effect. That is, the fan itself is made from an ozone absorbing member or an ozone absorber is applied to the fan. Thus, ozone is eliminated simultaneously with cooling without reducing the airflow rate. The fan 9 itself is replaced when the ozone elimination efficiency is degraded.

Description

【発明の詳細な説明】 本考案は電子写真複写機等において、感光体を均一に除
電文は帯電するコロナ放電器によるコロナ放電時に発生
するオゾン(03)を除去してなるオゾン除去装置に関
する。
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an ozone removal device for use in electrophotographic copying machines and the like, which removes ozone (03) generated during corona discharge by a corona discharger that uniformly charges a photoreceptor.

電子写真複写装置は、感光体表面を一様に帯電し像を露
光することで、像に応じた静電潜像にトナーと称する着
色顔料を付着させて可視像化し、該トナー像を適宜送ら
れてくる用紙に転写した後、該用紙を定着部へ通してト
ナー像を定着し複写像を形成するものである。上記感光
体は転写後、表面電荷が除電され、残留トナーがクリー
ニング装置にて除去され、次の像形に備えられる。上述
の如く感光体に像を形成するために感光体を一様に帯電
又は除電し、更に転写工程においてトナー像を用紙に静
電転写しており、これらの装置としては一般にコロナ放
電器が使用されている。
An electrophotographic copying device uniformly charges the surface of a photoreceptor and exposes the image to light, thereby attaching a colored pigment called toner to an electrostatic latent image corresponding to the image to make it visible, and converting the toner image as appropriate. After the toner image is transferred onto the paper being sent, the paper is passed through a fixing section to fix the toner image and form a copy image. After the photoreceptor is transferred, the surface charge is removed, residual toner is removed by a cleaning device, and the photoreceptor is prepared for the next image formation. As mentioned above, in order to form an image on the photoreceptor, the photoreceptor is uniformly charged or neutralized, and the toner image is electrostatically transferred to paper in the transfer process, and a corona discharger is generally used as this device. has been done.

上記コロナ放電器は、高電圧が加えられるコロナ放電用
の導電性の細線(ワイヤ)を、感光体と対向する面を開
放し接地されているシールド板で囲んだ構成である。ワ
イヤに高電圧を加えコロナ放電を行うと、空気中で放電
が行われることからオゾン(03)が大量に発生するこ
とは、一般的によく知られている。この発生したオゾン
は感光体に悪影響を及ぼし、感光体の寿命を著しく短縮
する。これを防止する目的でコロナ放電器内よりオシン
を排出させ、複写機外ヘファーン等を設けて排気してい
る。コロナ放電器のオゾンを排出させるためには、シー
ルド板の一部に吸引口等を設け、上記7アーンを駆動す
ることでオゾンを吸引し外部に強制的に排気している。
The corona discharger has a structure in which a conductive thin wire for corona discharge to which a high voltage is applied is surrounded by a shield plate whose surface facing the photoreceptor is open and grounded. It is generally well known that when a high voltage is applied to a wire to cause corona discharge, a large amount of ozone (03) is generated because the discharge occurs in the air. This generated ozone has an adverse effect on the photoreceptor and significantly shortens the life of the photoreceptor. In order to prevent this, the air is discharged from the inside of the corona discharger, and a hefern or the like is installed outside the copying machine to exhaust the air. In order to discharge ozone from the corona discharger, a suction port or the like is provided in a part of the shield plate, and the ozone is sucked in and forcibly exhausted to the outside by driving the 7-arne.

上記オゾンは、大変臭いの強い気体であり息切れ1頭痛
等の生理的作用が認められる。そのため、機外に排気さ
れたオゾンは人体に対して全く無害であるとはいいきれ
ず、機外に排気するのにも問題がある。
The ozone mentioned above is a gas with a very strong odor, and physiological effects such as shortness of breath and headache are observed. Therefore, it cannot be said that the ozone exhausted outside the aircraft is completely harmless to the human body, and there are also problems in exhausting it outside the aircraft.

そこで、従来では77−ンの前又は後にオゾン吸収フィ
ルタを設け、排気されるオゾンを吸収し分解するものが
提案されている。しかし、オゾン吸収フィルタを設ける
ことで風量が相当減じられることから、今まで同様の排
気を行うためには、排気用7アーンを大型化する必要が
ある。また、該排気用7アーンを冷却用のファー2と兼
用させれば、風量が少なくなることから、冷却効果がな
::・ くなり、複写機が異常に温度上昇することも考えられる
。このことから、排気用ファー2は別途設ける必要があ
るため、コスト及びスペースの問題を残す。
Conventionally, it has been proposed to provide an ozone absorption filter before or after the 77-n to absorb and decompose the exhausted ozone. However, since the air volume is considerably reduced by providing an ozone absorption filter, it is necessary to increase the size of the 7-arne for exhaust in order to perform the same exhaust as before. Furthermore, if the exhaust air 7 arn is also used as the cooling fur 2, the air volume will be reduced, resulting in a loss of cooling effect and the possibility of an abnormal temperature rise in the copying machine. For this reason, the exhaust fur 2 needs to be provided separately, which leaves problems of cost and space.

上述の様なことから、コロナ放電器内で発生するオゾン
を吸収し分解するものが提案され、実施に供されるよう
になった。このコロナ放電器は、シールド板の内側にオ
ゾンを吸収し分解するためのオゾン吸収剤を塗布して構
成されたものである。
In view of the above, a device that absorbs and decomposes ozone generated within a corona discharger has been proposed and put into practice. This corona discharger is constructed by coating the inside of a shield plate with an ozone absorbent for absorbing and decomposing ozone.

該コロ°す放電器によれば、発生するオゾンが分解され
るため、オゾンを排気する必要がなくなる。
According to the colloidal discharge device, the generated ozone is decomposed, so there is no need to exhaust the ozone.

しかしながら、上記オゾン吸収剤は半永久的に使用でき
るものではなく、どうしてもオゾンを吸収し劣化する。
However, the ozone absorbent mentioned above cannot be used semi-permanently and inevitably absorbs ozone and deteriorates.

オゾン吸収剤が劣化すれば、高価なコロナ放電器を使い
捨てにもできず、劣化した吸収剤を溶剤できれいにふき
とり、新たに吸収剤を塗布するといった、非常に面倒な
作業を行わなければならない。また、このコロナ放電器
によれば、排気ファー2によるものに比ベオゾン吸収効
率が良好と−はいいきれない・ ・・::。
If the ozone absorbent deteriorates, the expensive corona discharger cannot be used as a disposable device, and the extremely troublesome work of wiping off the deteriorated absorbent with a solvent and applying new absorbent must be performed. Moreover, it cannot be said that this corona discharger has better biozone absorption efficiency than that of the exhaust fur 2.

本考案はコロナ放電器内に生じるオゾンを排気ファーン
r用いて強制的に排気する方式によるオーシン除去装置
であって、排気7アーンの風量を減しることなく効率よ
くオゾンを除去してなる装置を提供するものである。
The present invention is an ozone removal device that uses an exhaust fan to forcibly exhaust the ozone generated in a corona discharger, and the device efficiently removes ozone without reducing the air volume of the exhaust fan. It provides:

以下図面に従って本考案におけるオゾン除去装置を詳細
に説明する。
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The ozone removal device according to the present invention will be explained in detail below with reference to the drawings.

第1図は本考案によるオゾン除去装置を適用してなる電
子写真複写機の概略を示す断面図である。
FIG. 1 is a sectional view schematically showing an electrophotographic copying machine to which an ozone removal apparatus according to the present invention is applied.

図中1は複写機本体上に例えば往復動する原稿台、2は
原稿台上の原稿を照射するランプを含めた照明装置、8
は原稿による光像を回転するドラム状の一黍光尊4へ結
像するための光学レンズである。
In the figure, 1 is a document table that moves back and forth on the main body of the copying machine, 2 is an illumination device including a lamp that illuminates the document on the document table, and 8 is an illumination device.
is an optical lens for forming an optical image of a document onto a rotating drum-shaped single-light beam 4.

上記感光体4の周囲には像形成するための各種装置が配
置されており、図中5は感光体i均一に帯電するための
帯電用のコロナ放電器である。図には示していないが、
光学レンズ8の後方には形成された静電潜像を可視化す
ると共に残留、トナーを除去してなる現像兼クリーニン
グ用の磁気プラン装置が設けられている。また、符号6
は適宜送られてくる用紙に形成されたトナー像を転写す
るための転写用°コロナ放電器、7は転写後感光体4に
残留する電荷を除電するための除電用のコロナ放電器で
ある。更に感光体4より少し離れた位置に配置された符
号8で示すものは、転写後の用紙を挾持して搬送しトナ
ー像を加熱定着するためのヒートローラである。
Various devices for forming an image are arranged around the photoreceptor 4, and numeral 5 in the figure is a charging corona discharger for uniformly charging the photoreceptor i. Although not shown in the diagram,
Behind the optical lens 8, there is provided a magnetic plan device for both development and cleaning, which visualizes the formed electrostatic latent image and removes residual toner. Also, code 6
Reference numeral 7 indicates a transfer corona discharger for transferring the toner image formed on a sheet of paper that is sent as appropriate, and 7 indicates a discharge corona discharger for discharging the charge remaining on the photoreceptor 4 after the transfer. Further, a heat roller indicated by reference numeral 8 disposed at a position slightly apart from the photoconductor 4 is used to grip and convey the transferred paper and heat and fix the toner image.

上述の構成の複写機は、露光及び定着部において大容量
の熱源を用いている。そのため、ユーザーの触れやすい
箇所(原稿台lのガラス面等)や各部の部品が高温に晒
される。そこで、上述の箇所を冷却するために、特に原
稿台1及びヒート口、−ラ8等の部分の空気を機外に排
気するための冷却用フ1−ン9が複写機本体の一側部に
配置されている。この冷却用ファー29はモータ等の駆
動源にて回転駆動されることで、開口10又は11等を
介して矢印方向へ空気の流れを作り、複写機外へ空気を
排気する。この時、露光特に照明用のランプ及び定着部
で発生した余分な熱量は、一定の温度以上に達しないよ
うに排気される。また第1図で示す様に、空気の流れに
乗って帯電、転写及び除電用のコロナ放電器5,6及び
7のシールド板内より発生したオゾンが複写機本体外へ
排気される。
The copying machine configured as described above uses a large-capacity heat source in the exposure and fixing sections. Therefore, parts that are easily touched by the user (such as the glass surface of the document table l) and various parts are exposed to high temperatures. Therefore, in order to cool the above-mentioned parts, a cooling fan 1-9 is installed on one side of the copying machine body to exhaust air from parts such as the document table 1, heat port, and rear 8 to the outside of the machine. It is located in The cooling fur 29 is rotationally driven by a drive source such as a motor, thereby creating a flow of air in the direction of the arrow through the opening 10 or 11, etc., and exhausting the air to the outside of the copying machine. At this time, excess heat generated in the lamp for exposure, especially illumination, and the fixing unit is exhausted so as not to reach a certain temperature or higher. Further, as shown in FIG. 1, ozone generated from inside the shield plates of the corona dischargers 5, 6, and 7 for charging, transfer, and neutralization is exhausted to the outside of the copying machine body along with the air flow.

本考案における冷却用ファージ9は、ファージ自体にオ
ゾン除去効果を持たせている0つまり1冷却用フアーン
9は、オゾン吸収性のある部材で作成するか、あるいは
ファージ表面にオゾン吸収剤を塗布して構成している。
In the cooling phage 9 of the present invention, the phage itself has an ozone removal effect.The cooling fan 9 is made of an ozone-absorbing material or coated with an ozone absorbent on the surface of the phage. It is composed of

この構成によれば、風量を減じることなく冷却と同時に
オゾンを排気できると共に、排気時にオゾンを効率よく
除去できる。また、オゾンの除去効率が悪くなれば、フ
ァージ9自体を交換すれば、その効果が維持できるため
、サービス性等が良くなる。
According to this configuration, ozone can be exhausted at the same time as cooling without reducing the air volume, and ozone can be efficiently removed during exhaust. Moreover, if the ozone removal efficiency deteriorates, the effect can be maintained by replacing the phage 9 itself, which improves serviceability.

上記オゾン吸収剤は、一般的に活性炭(@若作用)に二
酸化マンガン(触媒作用)等を混合したものが知られて
いるが、オゾンを吸収あるいは分解作用を有するもので
あれば何でも良い。
The above-mentioned ozone absorbent is generally known to be a mixture of activated carbon (@wakayo) and manganese dioxide (catalytic), but any ozone absorbent may be used as long as it has the ability to absorb or decompose ozone.

第2図は第1図に示す如く冷却用7アーン9をオゾン除
去用に兼用させて設けるものでなく、例えばコロナ放電
器のオゾンを排気する目的で排気用ファージを設けた場
合の実施態様を示す。図に示す如くコロナ放電器5,6
に対応しシールド板内に発生するオゾンを排気用ファー
ジ12にて強制的に排気するものである。上記排気用フ
ァージI2は、第1図で説明した通り、7ア一ン自体を
オゾンを吸収あるいは分解するための部材で形成するか
、ファージ表面にオゾン吸収剤を塗布して構成される。
FIG. 2 shows an embodiment in which the cooling 7 arn 9 is not also used for ozone removal as shown in FIG. 1, but an exhaust phage is provided for the purpose of exhausting ozone from a corona discharger, for example. show. As shown in the figure, corona dischargers 5 and 6
In response to this, the ozone generated within the shield plate is forcibly exhausted by the exhaust phage 12. As explained in FIG. 1, the evacuation phage I2 is constructed by forming the 7-arne itself with a member for absorbing or decomposing ozone, or by coating the surface of the phage with an ozone absorbent.

以上の様に本考案の複写機のオゾン除去装置によれば、
コロナ放電器内に発生するオゾンを強制的に機外へ排気
するための71一ン自体に、オゾン除去効果を持たせて
いるため、排気時の風量を減じることなく、コロナ放電
器内のオゾンの排気効果を高めると同時に機外への排気
時に効率よくオゾンを除去できる。
As described above, according to the ozone removal device for a copying machine of the present invention,
The 71-unit itself, which forcibly exhausts the ozone generated inside the corona discharger to the outside of the machine, has an ozone removal effect, so the ozone inside the corona discharger can be removed without reducing the air volume during exhaust. At the same time, it is possible to efficiently remove ozone when exhausting air to the outside of the machine.

また、排気用ファージを複写機内の冷却用排気ファージ
と兼用させることで、コストの低減及びスペース的叫も
余裕ができる等の利点の他に、排気的の風量が減らない
ととから、ファージを兼用させたとしても十充な冷却が
望める。
In addition, by using the exhaust phage as the cooling exhaust phage inside the copier, in addition to the advantages of reducing costs and freeing up space, it is also possible to use the phage without reducing the exhaust air volume. Even if it is used for both purposes, sufficient cooling can be expected.

【図面の簡単な説明】[Brief explanation of the drawing]

第4図は本考案のオゾン除去装置を適用した複写機の内
部の概略構成を示す断面図、第2図は本考案のオゾン除
去装置の他の実施態様による複写機を示す断面図である
。 l:原稿台  2:照明装置  4:感光体5:帯電用
コロナ放電器  6:転写用コロナ放電器  7:除電
用コロナ放電器  8:ヒートローラ  9:冷却用7
アーン  12ニオシン排気用フアーン
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing a schematic internal structure of a copying machine to which the ozone removing apparatus of the present invention is applied, and FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing a copying machine according to another embodiment of the ozone removing apparatus of the present invention. l: Original table 2: Illumination device 4: Photoreceptor 5: Charging corona discharger 6: Transferring corona discharger 7: Static elimination corona discharger 8: Heat roller 9: Cooling 7
Ern 12 Niosin exhaust fan

Claims (1)

【特許請求の範囲】[Claims] 1、 コロナ放電器によるコロナ放電時に発生するオゾ
ンを、排気用フ7−ンを用いて強制的に複たせたことを
号機とする複写機におけるオゾンンであることを特徴と
する実用新案登録請求の範囲第1項記載の複写機におけ
るオゾン除去装置。
1. Request for registration of a utility model characterized in that the ozone generated during corona discharge by a corona discharger is forcibly duplicated using an exhaust fan. An ozone removal device for a copying machine according to scope 1.
JP57037468A 1982-03-09 1982-03-09 Ozone eliminating device of copying machine Pending JPS58153955A (en)

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JPS60102659A (en) * 1983-11-10 1985-06-06 Canon Inc Electrophotographic device
JPS60134255A (en) * 1983-12-23 1985-07-17 Matsushita Electric Ind Co Ltd Electrostatic recorder
JPS62250468A (en) * 1986-04-23 1987-10-31 Fuji Xerox Co Ltd Optical writing device
FR2645289A1 (en) * 1989-03-30 1990-10-05 Toshiba Kk IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH COOLING MECHANISM
US5508782A (en) * 1990-02-17 1996-04-16 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Lighting unit cooling device control and combined exhaust device

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JPS4984660A (en) * 1972-12-20 1974-08-14

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Cited By (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JPS60102659A (en) * 1983-11-10 1985-06-06 Canon Inc Electrophotographic device
JPS60134255A (en) * 1983-12-23 1985-07-17 Matsushita Electric Ind Co Ltd Electrostatic recorder
JPS62250468A (en) * 1986-04-23 1987-10-31 Fuji Xerox Co Ltd Optical writing device
FR2645289A1 (en) * 1989-03-30 1990-10-05 Toshiba Kk IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH COOLING MECHANISM
US5508782A (en) * 1990-02-17 1996-04-16 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Lighting unit cooling device control and combined exhaust device

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