Abstract: A developing apparatus deterioration of toner charge quantity on double rollers and prevents filming of the toner. The developing apparatus includes a first roller for conveying a developer contained in a container, a blade for charging the developer on the first roller to a predetermined polarity and for restricting the conveyance quantity of the developer, and a second roller opposed to the first roller. The second roller receives the developer from the first roller to hold it on an outer surface thereof. The apparatus further includes a developer recovering device for recovering the developer from the second roller at a non-developing time.

Abstract: An apparatus for removing developer from a developer carrier includes a developer-charge-eliminating means including a first elastic member. The first elastic member is electrically conductive and contacts the developer carrier with an uneven surface. Preferably, the uneven surface includes exposed cells of a foamed body. The uneven surface of the first elastic member insures that sufficient contact and frictional resistance is applied to excess developer on a developer carrier. Preferably, the first elastic body is backed by a backing member which is more flexible than the first elastic member. The flexible second elastic body further insures that the charge-eliminating member sufficiently contacts the developer carried by the developer carrier even with extended use.

Abstract: The present invention provides a mono-component developing method comprising the steps of: supplying a mono-component developer containing a toner particles having an average shape factor (SF value) of 100 to 150 to a developer transporting member;regulating the developer on the developer transporting member by a regulating member to form a thin developer-layer on the transporting member;transporting the thin developer-layer by the transporting member to develop an electrostatic latent image; andafter development, making a residual developer on the developer-transporting member in contact with a static erasing member applied with a voltage having a polarity opposite to a charging polarity of the toner particles,and also provides a mono-component developing machine for effectuate the above method.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for removing remaining toner from an image forming apparatus, when a non developing time is detected during a performing of printing, a supply voltage applied to a supplying roller is increased to a level higher than a developing voltage applied to a developing roller. When the supplying roller having the supplying voltage of a voltage level higher than the developing voltage is in contact with the developing roller, electric flux is directed from the supplying voltage having a high electric potential to the developing voltage having a low electric potential due to a difference of intensities of electric fields between the supplying roller and the developing roller, while toner having negative charge moves from the developing roller to the supplying roller in a reverse direction to that of the direction of the electric flux to remove the remaining toner.

Abstract: A developing device for developing an electrostatic latent image on a photoconductive member has a developing roller that bears a one-component developer on its surface and develops the electrostatic latent image by contacting the photoconductive member; a supply roller for supplying developer to the developing roller; and a blade that contacts the developing roller so as to regulate a layer thickness of the developer supplied by the supply roller, wherein supposing that the developer has a volume-average particle size represented by Dbk, the developer at this time being maintained on the developing roller as a layer that has been supplied by the supply roller and again formed so as to have a predetermined thickness by the blade after the developing roller, on which the developer was formed as a layer having a predetermined thickness, carried out a black-image developing process, and supposing that the volume-average particle size of the developer is Dwt, the developer at this time being maintained on the dev

Abstract: A method for separately retrieving used developing material on a developing roller and supplying new developing material, while balancing the retrieval of the used developing material with the supply of the new developing material in accordance with an increase in the number of papers being printed. The method is directed to retrieving and supplying developing material in an electrophotography forming apparatus which includes a developing roller, a retrieval roller and a supply roller. The method includes the steps of: rotating the retrieval roller connected to the developing roller in the same direction as the direction of rotation of the developing roller; and applying voltages to the developing roller, the retrieval roller and the supply roller in accordance with a predetermined relationship.

Abstract: A developing device used in an image forming apparatus has a developing roller at a lower opening of a toner hopper, and the developing roller contacts a photosensitive drum to form a developing portion therebetween. The hopper stores nonmagnetic toner and is provided with a toner stirring member and a toner feed roller being in press-contact with the developing roller in a lower part of the hopper. A doctor blade contacts a circumferential surface of the developing roller on an upstream side of the developing portion in a rotation direction of the drum. A conductive scooping sheet contacts the circumferential surface of the developing roller on a downstream side of the developing portion. A residual toner not used to develop a latent image on the drum and left on the developing roller is passed under the sheet into the hopper with the rotation of the developing roller.

Abstract: A toner conveying roll including a rotary shaft, and a surface layer provided around the rotary shaft and formed from a foam elastic body, and wherein the surface layer has a projection extended along an axial direction, and the projection has a substantially trapezoidal cross section. A developing apparatus includes a developing container containing developer, a developer bearing member provided at an opening portion of the developing container and adapted to bear and convey the developer, and a scrape and supply rotary member for scraping and supplying developer while contacting with the developer bearing member, and wherein the scrape and supply rotary member has a surface layer made of foam elastic body and has a projection extending in an axial direction.

Abstract: To prevent scattering of toner when an image forming operation is started and ended in a developing process using one-component toner, a rotatable developing roller in contact with a photosensitive member carrying a static latent image, which is used to carry and feed one-component toner, is provided in a developing tank containing one-component toner. Initially, toner is fed to a feed roller, then passed through a toner restricting member which is pressed against the developing roller to restrict the amount of toner to be fed, so that a layer of toner is formed at a fixed thickness and fed into a developing area in contact with the photosensitive member. Thus a static latent image is produced on the developing roller. In this process, a developing bias voltage Va is supplied to the developing roller, a restricting voltage Vb is supplied to the toner restricting member so as to fix the thickness of the toner layer, and a supply voltage Vc is supplied to the feed roller to control the supply of toner.

Abstract: An elastic member for pressing is provided in a prescribed location in an area where the developer carrier comes in contact with the discharging member, in order to bring the discharging member into contact with the developer carrier so that mechanical peeling of the residual developer on the developer carrier is not caused, and the discharging member is provided with a bias power supply for setting bias in a direction imparting to the discharging member a force for electrically drawing the residual developer on the developer carrier away from the developer carrier, and after thus reducing the electric adhesion of the residual developer to the developer carrier, the developer feed member removes the residual developer on the developer carrier in the vicinity of disjunction area or in the contact area of the developer carrier and the developer feed member, thereafter applies new developer in a developer container to the developer carrier in the vicinity of approaching area or in the contact-starting area of th

Abstract: A developing unit for an electrophotographic apparatus that uses a cleaning roll, oppositely charged from the toner remaining on the developing roller, to clean a developing roller after a latent electrostatic image has been developed into a latent toner image. The ink is removed from the developing roller and mixed with fresh toner from the toner cartridge to maintain a uniform charge throughout the toner that is applied to the developing roller and to increase the quality of resolution obtained when printing for an extended period of time.

Abstract: An image forming device and a paper transporting method are capable of improving a paper transporting path by establishing a transfer drum, a developing unit, an optical unit and a paper feeding unit in four quadrant directions centering around a photosensitive drum unit, Thereby, the optical unit is protected from mechanical shock or vibration. Jamming of paper adhered to the transfer drum is easily rectified, and the overall structure of the device is simplified.

Abstract: The ghost-image preventing apparatus including a grounded seal installed on a developing frame that prevents toner from flowing to the developing roller and neutralizes the charge of toner remaining on the developing roller. Another embodiment induces a voltage across the seal of the same magnitude as, but having opposite polarity to, the charge of the developing roller to neutralize the electric charge of the toner remaining on the surface of the developing roller after an electrostatic latent image or a photosensitive drum is developed.

Abstract: A system for the delivery of a substantially uniform mono-layer of toner to an electrostatic latent image in an imaging member (such as a rotating cylinder) insures proper handling of the toner, and utilizes first and second rollers which function as a polarity filter for toner, allowing only particular charged toner to be transferred from a toner reservoir to the imaging member. The twin roller delivery system comprises first and second rollers mounted for rotation about substantially parallel substantially horizontal axes, so that the peripheral surface of the first roller receives the toner from the substantially open top reservoir, and the second roller receives toner from the first roller and transfers it to the imaging member. The first and second rollers are charged to different electrical potentials, e.g. both being positive with the second roller at a potential that is about 400 volts below the first. The rollers are rotated in opposite directions about the axes of rotation.

Abstract: Embodiments of a material-moving electrophotography roller are shown and described, each embodiment having an outer surface having ridges. The ridges may extend in right-handed or left-handed orientation, or in other angled (non-radial and non-horizontal) manner. The ridges lie in such a pattern so that the ridges move material radially over the roller or against a restrictive surface, and so that there are no gaps in the contact between the ridges and the material or the restrictive surface during a revolution of the roller. The roller is preferably made of a shaft covered by a sleeve or tube of non-disintegrating material with external ridges. The ridged tube is twisted and secured to the shaft so that the ridges run preferably and substantially at a 45.degree.-75.degree. angle from perpendicular to the roller axis.

Abstract: The developing unit of an electrostatic printer is designed to avoid under-development of the bottom part of a dark latent image due to a reduction in recycled toner. This can be accomplished by providing the developing unit with one developing roller and at least two supply rollers. Alternatively, the developing unit has just one supply roller, but the rate at which toner is transferred from the supply roller to the developing roller can be switched. As another alternative, the supply roller and developing roller are designed to turn slowly enough that development of an entire page is completely developed before reaching the point where under-development would begin.

Abstract: A developing device for a copying machine, a printer, a facsimile apparatus, and the like, includes a developing container for containing a toner added with an additive, a toner carrier which is arranged in an opening portion of the developing container and is rotated while carrying the toner, and a peeling member which is in sliding contact with the toner carrier and peels the toner on the toner carrier. The triboelectric charging potential difference between the surface of the peeling member and the additive is substantially zero.

Abstract: A mechanism for cleaning the toning roller of a development station for a reproduction apparatus, the toning roller serving to apply marking particles to a latent image to develop such image. The cleaning mechanism comprises including an elongated polyurethane blade having a lead edge. The elongated polyurethane blade is mounted such that the lead edge contacts such toning roller at an angle to a plane tangent to such toning roller, the angle when measured between the plane and the blade adjacent to the cleaned side of the toning roller being in the range of approximately 10.degree.-30.degree..

Abstract: A developing device for use in an image forming apparatus like a copying machine or printer that develops an electrostatic latent image formed on an electrostatic latent image carrier to obtain a visible image. In the developing device, a toner charge erasing member contacts with the surface of a developing agent carrier and is connected to a power supply which applies developing bias voltage, so that a toner charge erasing bias voltage is applied to the toner charge erasing member from the power supply. A connection circuit provided between the toner charge erasing member and the power supply to maintain a constant electric potential difference between the developing bias voltage and the toner charge erasing bias voltage.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus having a developing device which develops an electrostatic latent image formed on an electrostatic latent image carrier to obtain a visible image. The developing device includes a charge erasing member that erases the electrical charge of residual toner on a developing agent carrier by a charge erasing bias voltage applied thereto. When exposure or not developing is not performed in the image forming apparatus, the charge erasing bias voltage is applied to the charge erasing member. While, during exposure or developing, the charge erasing bias voltage is not applied to the charge erasing member for preventing leaks or discharge phenomenon between the charge erasing member and the developing agent carrier.