Electrophotography – Image formation – Development
Patent
1999-02-23
2000-11-28
Lee, Susan S. Y.
Electrophotography
Image formation
Development
399284, G03G 1508
Patent
active
061546275
ABSTRACT:
An object of the present invention is to prevent an electrical breakdown of a toner layer and an occurrence of overcurrent, thereby preventing quality of image from being degraded at the time of development, when development with one-component toner is conducted using a developing roller of low resistance. The resistance value Rd of a developing roller which carries and conveys one-component toner in a manner of coming into contact with a photoconductor which bears an electrostatic latent image, is defined as Rd=.rho.d.multidot.(Dd1/S1), wherein S1 (cm.sup.2) is an area in which the developing roller comes into contact with the static image bearing member via a toner layer, Dd1 (cm) is a layer thickness of a semiconductive layer which composes the developing roller, and .rho.d (.OMEGA..multidot.cm) is a volume resistivity thereof. The range of the resistance Rd is set as 10.sup.4 <Rd<10.sup.5 and the resistance Rt (.OMEGA.) of the toner layer is set as Rt>5.times.10.sup.7. By using the developing roller of low resistance, excellent development is realized and an electrical breakdown and an overcurrent can be avoided by the resistance value of the toner layer.
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Azuma Nobuyuki
Inoue Atsushi
Iwamatsu Tadashi
Matsuyama Kazuhiro
Takaya Toshihiko
Lee Susan S. Y.
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
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