KR20100075266A - Image forming apparatus - Google Patents
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus having an improved power transmission structure. The image forming apparatus according to a preferred embodiment includes a rotating body, a rotating shaft coupled to the rotating body, a driven coupling coupled to the rotating shaft, and a driving motor. A dummy having a drive coupling rotated by a driving force generated by the drive force; (dummy) Includes a coupling.
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The present invention relates to an image forming apparatus, and more particularly, to an image forming apparatus having an improved power transmission structure through a coupling.
An image forming apparatus is an apparatus for forming an image on a paper sheet according to an input signal, and this includes a printer, a copying machine, a fax machine, and a multifunction printer incorporating these functions.
An electrophotographic image forming apparatus, which is a type of image forming apparatus, scans light on a photosensitive member charged to a predetermined potential to form an electrostatic latent image on the surface of the photosensitive member, and uses a developer supply unit that supplies a developer to the electrostatic latent image. Form a visible image. The visible image formed on the photosensitive member is transferred directly to the paper or transferred to the paper via the intermediate transfer unit, and the image transferred to the paper is fixed to the paper through the fixing process.
The image forming apparatus includes a rotating body such as a photosensitive member and a developing roller. In general, a rotating body such as a photosensitive member and a developing roller is provided to be detachable from the main body of the image forming apparatus. Rotate by. In this case, the coupling is provided in the image forming apparatus so that the driving force generated from the driving motor is smoothly transmitted to the rotating body such as the photosensitive member and the developing roller.
1A and 1B illustrate a structure in which driving force is transmitted to a photosensitive member of a conventional image forming apparatus.
As shown in FIG. 1, a conventional image forming apparatus includes an
As illustrated in FIG. 1, image degradation may occur when the
In addition, the structure of the coupling may affect image quality, durability of the image forming apparatus, and the like.
It is an object of the present invention to provide an image forming apparatus having an improved power transmission structure through a coupling.
An image forming apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention for achieving this object is rotated by a rotating body, a rotating shaft coupled to the rotating body, a driven coupling coupled to the rotating shaft, and a driving force generated from a driving motor. And a dummy coupling having a through hole through which the rotating shaft penetrates, and is connected to the driving coupling on one side and is complementarily connected to the driven coupling on the other side. can do.
In addition, an inner diameter of the through hole of the dummy coupling may be larger than an outer diameter of the rotation shaft.
In addition, the inner diameter of the through hole of the dummy coupling may satisfy the following relationship.
here,
d = outer diameter of the axis of rotation
l = height of the torso of the dummy coupling
W = overall height of the dummy coupling
D 2 = outer diameter of drive coupling
a = (distance between body of drive coupling and body of driven coupling)-(total height of dummy coupling)
b = distance between the center of rotation of the drive coupling and the center of rotation of the driven coupling
In addition, the dummy coupling may include a trunk portion and protrusions provided on both sides of the trunk portion, and the width of the protrusion portion of the dummy coupling may be provided to be narrower as the distance from the trunk portion increases.
In addition, the drive coupling and the driven coupling is provided with a projection provided on one side of the body portion and the body portion, respectively, the width of at least one of the protrusions of the protrusion of the drive coupling and the driven coupling is from the body portion. The farther it can be arranged to narrow.
In addition, the rotating body may be a photosensitive member.
In addition, the rotating body may be a developing roller.
In addition, the power transmission structure of the image forming apparatus of the preferred embodiment of the present invention is rotated by a rotating body, a rotating shaft coupled to the rotating body, a driven coupling coupled to the rotating shaft, and a driving force generated from a driving motor. And a dummy coupling having a drive coupling, a complementary connection to one side of the drive coupling, a complementary connection to the driven coupling on the other side, and a through hole through which the rotating shaft passes. Can be.
In addition, an inner diameter of the through hole of the dummy coupling may be larger than an outer diameter of the rotation shaft.
In addition, the inner diameter of the through hole of the dummy coupling may satisfy the following relationship.
here,
d = outer diameter of the axis of rotation
l = height of the torso of the dummy coupling
W = overall height of the dummy coupling
D 2 = outer diameter of drive coupling
a = (distance between body of drive coupling and body of driven coupling)-(total height of dummy coupling)
b = distance between the center of rotation of the drive coupling and the center of rotation of the driven coupling
In addition, the dummy coupling may include a trunk portion and protrusions provided on both sides of the trunk portion, and the width of the protrusion portion of the dummy coupling may be provided to be narrower as the distance from the trunk portion increases.
In addition, an image forming apparatus of a preferred embodiment according to the present invention includes a photosensitive member, a rotating shaft coupled to the photosensitive member, a driven coupling coupled to the photosensitive member, a driving coupling rotated by a driving force generated from a driving motor, and one side. And a dummy coupling having a through hole through which the rotating shaft penetrates and is complementarily connected to the driving coupling, and complementarily connected to the driven coupling to the other side.
In addition, the image forming apparatus according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a developing roller, a rotating shaft coupled to the developing roller, a driven coupling coupled to the developing roller, and a drive coupling rotated by a driving force generated from a driving motor. And a dummy coupling having a through hole through which the rotating shaft penetrates, and is complementarily connected to the driving coupling on one side, and complementarily connected to the driven coupling on the other side.
In the image forming apparatus according to the present invention, the power transmission structure through the coupling is improved.
Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
2 is a cross-sectional view showing an image forming apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in Fig. 2, the
The printing apparatus 3 prints an image according to a signal input from the
The
The paper feeding unit 20 includes a
The
The
The
The
The
The
The
The fixing
The
Hereinafter, a power transmission structure in which driving force is transmitted to the
3 is a perspective view illustrating the dummy coupling according to the first embodiment of the present invention separately from the driving coupling and the driven coupling of the image forming apparatus, and FIG. 4 illustrates the dummy coupling according to the first embodiment of the present invention. 5 is a perspective view illustrating a state in which the drive coupling and the driven coupling are connected, and FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view illustrating the connection state of FIG. 4. 6 is a view briefly showing FIG. 5.
3 to 5, the image forming apparatus of the present embodiment includes a
The driving
The driven
The
The
As shown in FIG. 5, the
In this case, the inner diameter D of the through hole 145 of the dummy coupler satisfies the following expression.
(Eq. 1)
d = outer diameter of the axis of rotation
l = height of the torso of the dummy coupling
θ = angle at which the dummy coupling is tilted
In order to eliminate θ of (Equation 1), FIG. 5 is simply expressed as in FIG. 6. Specifically, the
P 1 (W, D 1 -δ), P 2 (W + a, D 2 -b)
W = overall height of the dummy coupling
D 1 = outer diameter of the dummy coupling
D 2 = outer diameter of drive coupling
a = (distance between body of drive coupling and body of driven coupling)-(total height of dummy coupling)
b = distance between the center of rotation of the drive coupling and the center of rotation of the driven coupling
At this time, α and θ are calculated using the coordinates of P 1 , P 2 (W + a, D 2 -b) as follows.
(Eq. 2)
(Eq. 3)
Here, and using the fact that the distance of the straight line OP 1 and OP 2 are the same, it is possible to obtain an equation for δ as follows:
(Eq. 4)
When δ of (Eq. 4) is inserted into (Eq. 3), θ is derived as follows.
(Eq. 5)
That is, the overall height (W) of the dummy coupling, the outer diameter (D 1 ) of the dummy coupling, the outer diameter (D 2 ) of the drive coupling, the distance and the dummy between the body of the drive coupling and the body of the driven coupling Under the condition that the difference in the total height of the coupling (a), the distance between the center of rotation of the drive coupling and the center of rotation of the driven coupling (b) is constant, the dummy couple at an angle θ as shown in Eq. The ring is tilted. In order to prevent interference between the inner diameter of the dummy coupler and the rotating shaft at the angle θ, (Equation 1) must be satisfied. In other words, when the conditions of W, D 1 , D 2 , a, and b are determined, the dummy coupling must satisfy (Equation 1) in order to smoothly incline with respect to the driving coupling and the driven coupling.
With this structure, in the image forming apparatus of this embodiment, even when the
At this time, the
The embodiments described above are illustratively described, and the present invention may be modified in various ways.
For example, FIG. 7 is a perspective view illustrating the dummy coupling according to the second embodiment of the present invention separately from the driving coupling and the driven coupling of the image forming apparatus, and the protrusions of the driving
Of course, the width of the projection of any one of the projection of the drive coupling and the projection of the driven coupling may be provided so that the narrower the further away from the body portion.
1 is a perspective view showing a power transmission structure using a coupling of a conventional image forming apparatus.
2 is a cross-sectional view showing an image forming apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a perspective view showing a dummy coupling separately from a driving coupling and a driven coupling of an image forming apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a perspective view showing a state in which the dummy coupling according to the first embodiment of the present invention is connected to the driving coupling and the driven coupling.
5 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a connection state of FIG. 4.
FIG. 6 is a schematic view of FIG. 5.
7 is a perspective view illustrating a dummy coupling separated from a driving coupling and a driven coupling of an image forming apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
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1 Image forming apparatus 3 Printing apparatus
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