JPS6243681A - Copying machine - Google Patents

Copying machine

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Publication number
JPS6243681A
JPS6243681A JP18354685A JP18354685A JPS6243681A JP S6243681 A JPS6243681 A JP S6243681A JP 18354685 A JP18354685 A JP 18354685A JP 18354685 A JP18354685 A JP 18354685A JP S6243681 A JPS6243681 A JP S6243681A
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Prior art keywords
voltage
wave
electrode
transfer
power source
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JP18354685A
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JPH0535869B2 (en
Inventor
Hiroshi Tokunaga
洋 徳永
Junichi Hamada
純一 浜田
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Konica Minolta Inc
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Konica Minolta Inc
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Priority to JP18354685A priority Critical patent/JPS6243681A/en
Publication of JPS6243681A publication Critical patent/JPS6243681A/en
Publication of JPH0535869B2 publication Critical patent/JPH0535869B2/ja
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Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent a thunderbolt from falling owing to a transfer electrode by applying the voltage of a separation electrode and a common power source to the transfer electrode as a half-wave rectified rectangular wave voltage. CONSTITUTION:The rectangular-wave AC voltage of specific frequency is supplied from a high-voltage AC power source 30A to the separation electrode 20A. The rectangular-wave AC voltage from the power source 30A is rectified by a diode 11A and supplied to the transfer electrode 10A as the rectangular wave voltage which is rectified on a half-wave basis. This rectangular-wave voltage is used, so a voltage peak value need not be raised unlike the use of a sine-wave voltage, and a thunderbolt is prevented from falling owing to the transfer electrode.

Description

【発明の詳細な説明】 【産業上の利用分野] 本発明は多針電極記録装置や、レーザプリンタ等の電子
写真複写機等の静電記録を行なう複写装置に関するもの
で、更に詳しくは像担持体上のトナー像を転Tf−電極
一二よって記録紙等の転写材上1こ転写を行ない、分離
電極を用いて(写材を像担持体から分離し定着を行なう
ようにした複写装置の改良に関する。 【従来の技術] lW電記録を行なう複写装置においては、コロナ放電を
用いた転写電極は転写ffl極の放電ワイヤに高圧の直
流電圧を印加し、転写材の背面がら像セ「1持体上のト
ナーを吸引する極性に帯電させて、像担持体上のトナー
像を転写材上に転写する二とがなされている。更に転写
をおえた転写材にばか呵mfiに高圧交流電圧を印加し
、コロナ放電を行なうことで除電がなされ電気的に吸着
力が除去されて、像担持体より転写紙の分離がなされる
。 転写電極にも分離電極にもともに高圧電圧が印加される
ところから従来より転写及び分離を同一電源化する提案
がなされている。第6図は之を示すもので、矢示方向に
回転する像担持体40上のトナー像を転写紙P上に転写
し、分離を行なうの1こ転写電極10と分w!電極20
とが用いられるが、同一?l!igとして正弦波の高圧
AC電源30を用い、転写電極101:灯しては整流器
11を中間に設けて゛[”波整流し、分離電極20と高
圧AC電極30との間には抵抗21を設けることがなさ
れている。 転写電極によって像担持体上のトナー像を転写紙上に転
写を行なおうとする際、転写がなされるためにはコロナ
による像担持体への転写電流(ドラム電流)がある規定
値よりも大きくなることが必要で、前記の正弦波の半波
整流した電圧を印加することによって、ある規定値以上
の転写電流を得ようとすると1′波整流した正弦波のピ
ーク電圧は更に高圧となり、ピーク電圧が高圧となると
落雷といわれる像担持体の絶縁破壊が発生しやすいとい
う問題がある。 第5図には1転写電極への印加電圧と像担持体へのドラ
ム電流との関係の1例を示したものである。 このグラフは像担持体としてSe/Te感光体ドラムを
用い、感光体ドラムの線速度は140mm/see、感
光体ドラムの幅は320mm1二ついて行なったもので
、この場合必要とする転写7M流の規定値は38μAで
あって、カーブ(1)はDC電源による転写電極の出力
口の印加電圧とドラム74流との関係を示し、カーブ(
2−1)及びカーブ(2−2)は半波整流したAC電源
での整流後の転写電極でのピーク電圧とドラム電流との
関係を示している。カーブ(2−1)は図示したような
正弦波を半波整流しrこもので、カーブ<2−2 )は
図示したような波形について半波整流したものである0
図示したカーブからも明らかなように、正弦波又は正弦
波に近いAC波形を半波整流した場合十分に(写電流を
与えるためにはそのピーク電圧は鳳めて大きな値となり
、落雷を生じ易くなる。 【発明が解決しようとする問題点] 本発明は転写電極と分@電極とを共通の電源とし、かつ
転写電極によって落雷が発生することのないような転写
電極を有するようにした複写装置を提供することを目的
とする。 【問題点を解決するための手段1 上記目的は、電源が分離電極と共通のAC電源であり半
波整流された矩形波電圧を印加するようにした転写電極
を有することを特徴とする複写装置により達成される。 [実施例1 第1図は本発明のPttJlの実施例を示したもので、
複写装置の転写及び分離部を示す、ここで高圧AC?I
i源30Aとして第2図に示すような矩形波で、500
11zの周波数をもつAC電源を半波整流するようにし
、半波整流した矩形波の電圧を転写電極10Aに印加す
るようにしたものである。このようにすると前記の!¥
′S5図に示したと同条件において、カーブ(3)に示
すように38μへの規定値のドラム電流を得るには最大
電圧5.1KVの矩形波のAC電源を用いればよい。な
お正弦波のAC電源を用いたときの38μAの規定値の
ドラム電流を得るには6,2KVのピーク電圧の正弦波
であることを必要とする。 第3図は本発明のtjS2の実施例を示すもので、第1
の実施例と同じく半波整流した矩形波の電圧を転写電t
ilOBに印加するようにした。但しその矩形波はデユ
ーティ比(1波長中の0時間と0時間との比)を1:1
以外に変えるようにしたもので、本実施例ではデユーテ
ィ比を第4図に示すように3:1=3/4とし転写極性
側のエネルギーが大きくなるよ)にした、この上うにす
ると、第5図に示したと同条件において、38μへの規
定値のドラム電流を得るにはカーブ(4)に示すように
最大電圧4.8KVのデユーティ比3/4の矩形波のA
C電源を用いればよい、このようなデユーティ比が1=
1以外の矩形波のAC電源をそのまま分離電極20Bに
印加すると、除電けなされず本実施例では像担持体40
上に■の電位が残ることとなる。第3図の補正回路21
Bは像担持体40上に残留電位が残らないようにするた
めの、分離電極20Bに印加する電圧を補正する回路で
ある。 以上説明した本発明の2つの実施例は何れも矩形波の電
源交流を整流して転写電極10A又はIOBに印加する
ようにしたものであるが、本発明は之に限定するもので
はなく一般の交流を整流したのち之を整形して矩形波と
し、転写′Iri極に印加することも可能であって本発
明に含まれる。 ■発明の効果】 転写電極と分離電極の電源を共通とした本発明の複写装
置は同一の電源とすることによる原価の低減を可能とし
た。 そして従来の同一電源とした際に発生する落雷等による
コピー品質が低下する問題は解i¥f L、高速のライ
ンスピードをもってコピーを行なう複写装置として使用
されることとなった。
Detailed Description of the Invention [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a multi-needle electrode recording device and a copying device that performs electrostatic recording such as an electrophotographic copying machine such as a laser printer. A copying apparatus in which a toner image on a body is transferred onto a transfer material such as a recording paper by a Tf-electrode 12, and a separation electrode is used to separate the photographic material from an image carrier and perform fixing. [Prior Art] In a copying apparatus that performs 1W electrorecording, a transfer electrode using corona discharge applies a high DC voltage to a discharge wire of a transfer ffl pole, and the back side of a transfer material is removed from the image separator "1". The toner image on the image carrier is charged to a polarity that attracts the toner on the carrier, and the toner image on the image carrier is transferred onto a transfer material.Furthermore, a high voltage AC voltage is applied to the transfer material after transfer. is applied and corona discharge is performed to eliminate static electricity and remove the electrical adsorption force, separating the transfer paper from the image carrier.High voltage is applied to both the transfer electrode and the separation electrode. Therefore, proposals have been made to use the same power source for transfer and separation. Fig. 6 shows this, in which the toner image on the image carrier 40 rotating in the direction of the arrow is transferred onto the transfer paper P. , one transfer electrode 10 and one electrode 20 perform separation.
are used, but are they the same? l! A high voltage AC power source 30 with a sine wave is used as the ig, a rectifier 11 is provided in the middle of the transfer electrode 101 to rectify the wave, and a resistor 21 is provided between the separation electrode 20 and the high voltage AC electrode 30. When trying to transfer the toner image on the image carrier onto transfer paper using the transfer electrode, a transfer current (drum current) to the image carrier due to corona is required for the transfer to occur. If you try to obtain a transfer current greater than a certain specified value by applying a half-wave rectified voltage of the sine wave mentioned above, the peak voltage of the 1'-wave rectified sine wave will be Furthermore, when the voltage becomes higher and the peak voltage becomes higher, there is a problem that dielectric breakdown of the image carrier, which is called lightning strike, is likely to occur.Figure 5 shows the relationship between the voltage applied to one transfer electrode and the drum current to the image carrier. This graph shows an example of the relationship. This graph was taken using Se/Te photoreceptor drums as image carriers, the linear velocity of the photoreceptor drums was 140 mm/see, and the width of the photoreceptor drums was 320 mm. In this case, the specified value of the transfer 7M flow required is 38 μA, and the curve (1) shows the relationship between the voltage applied to the output port of the transfer electrode by the DC power source and the drum 74 flow.
2-1) and curve (2-2) show the relationship between the peak voltage at the transfer electrode and drum current after rectification using a half-wave rectified AC power source. Curve (2-1) is obtained by half-wave rectification of the sine wave shown in the figure, and curve <2-2) is obtained by half-wave rectification of the waveform shown in the figure.
As is clear from the curve shown, when a sine wave or an AC waveform close to a sine wave is half-wave rectified, the peak voltage becomes a very large value in order to provide photocurrent, making it easy to cause lightning strikes. [Problems to be Solved by the Invention] The present invention provides a copying apparatus that uses a common power source for the transfer electrode and the electrode, and has a transfer electrode that does not cause lightning strikes due to the transfer electrode. [Means for solving the problem 1] The above purpose is to provide a transfer electrode whose power source is an AC power source that is common to the separated electrodes and which applies a half-wave rectified rectangular wave voltage. This is achieved by a copying apparatus characterized by having: [Embodiment 1] Fig. 1 shows an embodiment of PttJl of the present invention.
High-voltage AC? I
With a rectangular wave as shown in Figure 2 as i source 30A, 500
The AC power source having a frequency of 11z is subjected to half-wave rectification, and the half-wave rectified rectangular wave voltage is applied to the transfer electrode 10A. If you do it like this, the above! ¥
Under the same conditions as shown in Figure S5, a rectangular wave AC power source with a maximum voltage of 5.1 KV can be used to obtain a specified drum current of 38μ as shown in curve (3). Note that in order to obtain a specified drum current of 38 μA when a sine wave AC power source is used, a sine wave with a peak voltage of 6.2 KV is required. FIG. 3 shows an embodiment of tjS2 of the present invention.
As in the embodiment, a half-wave rectified rectangular wave voltage is transferred to the transfer voltage t.
The voltage was applied to ilOB. However, the duty ratio (ratio of 0 time to 0 time in one wavelength) of the square wave is 1:1.
In this embodiment, as shown in Fig. 4, the duty ratio is set to 3:1=3/4, which increases the energy on the transfer polarity side. Under the same conditions as shown in Figure 5, in order to obtain the drum current of the specified value to 38μ, the maximum voltage is 4.8KV and the duty ratio is 3/4 square wave A as shown in curve (4).
It is sufficient to use a C power supply, such a duty ratio is 1=
If a rectangular wave AC power other than 1 is directly applied to the separation electrode 20B, the static electricity will not be removed, and in this embodiment, the image carrier 40
A potential of ■ will remain on the top. Correction circuit 21 in Fig. 3
B is a circuit that corrects the voltage applied to the separation electrode 20B in order to prevent residual potential from remaining on the image carrier 40. In the two embodiments of the present invention described above, the rectangular power supply AC is rectified and applied to the transfer electrode 10A or IOB, but the present invention is not limited to this and can be applied to general It is also possible to rectify the alternating current and then shape it into a rectangular wave and apply it to the transfer pole Iri, which is included in the present invention. [Effects of the Invention] The copying apparatus of the present invention uses the same power source for the transfer electrode and the separation electrode, making it possible to reduce cost by using the same power source. The conventional problem of deterioration in copy quality due to lightning strikes and the like that occurs when using the same power source has been solved, and the copying apparatus has been used as a copying apparatus that performs copying at a high line speed.

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

第1図及び第3図は本発明の実施例を示す要部構成図て
゛、第2図及び第4図はそれぞれ第1図及ブ第3図での
電源波形を示す。 第5図は転写電極への印加電圧とドラム電流との関係を
示tグラフ。 第6図は従来の共通電源とした要部構成図。 +0,10A、1of3 ・・・転写電極20.20A
、20B・・・・・分離電極30−− A C電源(正
弦波) 30A、30B・・・・・AC電源(矩形波)40・・
・像担持体 +1.lIA、IIB  ・・・・整流器(グイオード
)21.21A・・・・・・抵抗 21B・・・・補正回路 出願人 小西六写真工業株弐g:i 第1図 第3図 第5図
1 and 3 are main part configuration diagrams showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 2 and 4 show power waveforms in FIGS. 1 and 3, respectively. FIG. 5 is a t-graph showing the relationship between the voltage applied to the transfer electrode and the drum current. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the main parts of a conventional common power source. +0,10A, 1of3...Transfer electrode 20.20A
, 20B...Separated electrode 30--AC power supply (sine wave) 30A, 30B...AC power supply (square wave) 40...
・Image carrier +1. lIA, IIB...Rectifier (guiode) 21.21A...Resistor 21B...Correction circuit Applicant Konishi Roku Photo Industry Co., Ltd. 2g:i Figure 1 Figure 3 Figure 5

Claims (3)

【特許請求の範囲】[Claims] (1)電源が分離電極と共通のAC電源であり、転写電
極には半波整流された矩形波電圧を印加するようにした
転写電極を有することを特徴とする複写装置。
(1) A copying apparatus characterized in that the power source is an AC power source common to the separation electrode, and the transfer electrode is configured to apply a half-wave rectified rectangular wave voltage to the transfer electrode.
(2)前記矩形波のデューティ比が1/2より大きいこ
とを特徴とする特許請求の範囲第1項記載の複写装置。
(2) The copying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the duty ratio of the rectangular wave is greater than 1/2.
(3)前記AC電源の出力波形を矩形とした特許請求の
範囲第1項記載の複写装置。
(3) The copying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the output waveform of the AC power source is rectangular.
JP18354685A 1985-08-20 1985-08-20 Copying machine Granted JPS6243681A (en)

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