WO2005029199A1 - 定着装置及び定着方法並びに画像形成装置 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to, for example, a fixing device and a fixing method in a dry electrophotographic apparatus.
- a fixing device which is a type of a typical heating device used in electrophotographic apparatuses such as copying machines and printers, generally has a roller pair (a fixing roller and a pressure roller) pressed against each other,
- a fixing method a recording sheet on which an unfixed toner image is formed after the fixing roller is heated to a predetermined temperature (fixing temperature) by a heating unit such as a halogen heater disposed inside the fixing roller in contact with the toner image surface side.
- a heat roller fixing method is adopted in which the toner image is fixed by heat and pressure by passing the toner to a pressure contact portion (fixing portion) of the fixing roller and the pressure roller.
- the cleaning roller is usually provided in direct contact with the fixing roller in order to remove the toner attached to the fixing roller. Therefore, as the surface temperature of the fixing roller rises, the surface temperature of the cleaning roller rises, and the toner removed from the surface of the fixing roller is melted again on the surface of the cleaning roller. As a result, toner adheres to the surface of the cleaning roller, causing a problem that the surface of the fixing roller can not be sufficiently cleaned.
- the cleaning roller since the cleaning roller is in direct contact with the fixing roller, when the temperature of the fixing roller rises, the fixing roller surface force also transfers heat to the cleaning roller, and the amount of heat to be applied to the fixing roller increases. Problems such as increased power consumption and long warm-up time.
- the toner attached to the fixing roller for reducing the thermal load of the fixing roller and reducing power consumption is transferred to the pressure roller, and the toner is in direct contact with the pressure roller whose temperature is lower than that of the fixing roller.
- a configuration has been proposed in which the toner on the pressure roller is collected by the cleaning roller provided. (See, for example, JP-A-2003-162171 (publication date: June 6, 2003)).
- the toner force completely cleaned by the cleaning means is transferred to the pressure roller side force and the fixing roller side again, and toner contamination on the recording paper image side is generated. There is also an issue.
- the transfer means is stained by fog toner on the photosensitive member between sheets during continuous sheet passing, and the result It has been found that fog toner adheres to the back side of the paper, and the pressure roller is significantly stained in the fixing device located downstream of the transfer means.
- An object of the present invention is to reduce or prevent unnecessary toner transfer phenomenon (transfer from the back side of the recording sheet to the pressure roller, transfer from the pressure roller to the fixing roller), thereby causing toner contamination on the recording sheet. It is an object of the present invention to provide a fixing device which is less likely to occur and which is excellent in maintainability.
- the fixing device of the present invention includes a first pressure contact member in contact with the toner image surface and a second pressure contact member in contact with the opposite surface of the toner image surface.
- the surface temperature of the heating means for heating the first pressure contact member and the second pressure contact member, and the surface temperature of the second pressure contact member are the low temperature offset occurrence boundary temperature of the first pressure contact member and Z Or the control means for controlling the heating means such that the temperature range defined by the high-temperature offset generation boundary temperature of the first pressure contact member becomes a temperature range.
- the low temperature offset of the first pressure contact member means that the surface temperature of the first pressure contact member is too low relative to the toner fixing temperature, so the toner on the recording material surface (image surface) side is the first pressure contact member. It is a phenomenon of shifting to (offset).
- the high temperature offset of the first pressure contact member means that the surface temperature of the first pressure contact member is too high for the toner fixing temperature, so the toner on the recording material surface (image surface) side is attached to the first pressure contact member. It is a phenomenon of migration (offset).
- the low temperature offset occurrence boundary temperature of the first pressure contact member is a surface temperature of the first pressure contact member when the low temperature offset starts to occur.
- the high temperature offset generation boundary temperature of the first pressure welding member is defined by the surface temperature of the first pressure welding member when the high temperature offset starts to occur.
- the above configuration is a toner transfer phenomenon from the surface of the recording sheet to the first pressure contact member (fixing roller) which is caused by the surface temperature of the first pressure contact member, which has conventionally been a problem (low temperature offset, high temperature Toner transfer phenomenon for the second pressure contact member (pressure roller) using the mechanism of offset) (toner temperature etc. at the time of occurrence) (transfer phenomenon of toner adhering to the back of the recording material to the second pressure contact member) And a second pressure-contacting member (pressure roller) to suppress the transfer phenomenon of toner attached to the first pressure-contacting member.
- the surface temperature of the second pressure contact member is defined by the low temperature offset generation boundary temperature of the first pressure contact member and the high temperature offset generation boundary temperature of the first pressure contact member by the control means.
- the heating means is controlled to be within the temperature range.
- the toner transfer phenomenon from the back surface of the recording material to the second pressure contact member (the toner transfer phenomenon from the back surface of the recording material (recording paper)) or the first pressure contact member of the second pressure member.
- the toner transfer phenomenon (the toner transfer phenomenon of the second pressure contact member (pressure roller) and the like) can be suppressed.
- the first pressure contact member in contact with the toner image surface and the toner image are provided.
- a recording material on which an unfixed toner image is formed passes through a pressure contact area which is formed by pressure contact with a second pressure contact member in contact with the opposite surface of the surface and is heated to the toner fixing temperature.
- the temperature of the first pressure-contacting member is raised as a step for bringing the first pressure-contacting member and the second pressure-contacting member into a fixable state.
- the method further includes a second step of starting to feed the recording material to the pressure contact area substantially simultaneously with heating the second pressure contact member from the outside.
- the temperature of the second pressure contact member is raised by the first pressure contact member (for example, by heat transfer of the first pressure contact member).
- the temperature of the second pressure-contacting member is raised by the external heating means almost simultaneously with the start of feeding the recording material to the pressure-contacting region.
- the surface temperature of the second pressure-contacting member can be easily controlled to a predetermined temperature or less, which can not excessively increase the surface temperature of the second pressure-contacting member.
- the first pressure contact member in contact with the toner image surface is in contact with the second pressure contact member in contact with the opposite surface of the toner image surface and heatable by the external heating means.
- the fixing method for fixing the toner image to the recording material the recording material on which the unfixed toner image is formed passes through the pressure contact area which is formed and heated to the toner fixing temperature, and the fixing is completed.
- the first step for lowering the temperature of the first pressure-contacting member and the temperature of the external heating means And a second step of maintaining the temperature lower than the temperature of
- the temperature of the external heating means for heating the second pressure-contacting member is maintained lower than the temperature when the recording material passes while the temperature of the first pressure-contacting member is lowered. Therefore, the surface temperature of the second pressure-contacting member can be easily controlled to a predetermined temperature or less, which prevents the surface temperature of the second pressure-contacting member from rising excessively. Thus, the second pressure-contacting member can be reliably cleaned without causing the transfer phenomenon of the toner attached to the second pressure-contacting member to the first pressure-contacting member.
- the image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member on which unfixed toner is formed on the surface, and a transfer unit which contacts the photosensitive member and transfers the unfixed toner image from the photosensitive member to the recording paper.
- An image forming apparatus comprising a fixing means for fixing an unfixed toner image transferred onto a recording material by the transfer means, wherein the fixing device described above is used as the fixing means; As a feature! /.
- toner stains are easily generated on the back surface of the recording material by the toner (covering toner) attached to the surface of the transfer means. Unnecessary toner transfer phenomena (toner transfer on the back of the recording material and toner transfer on the pressure roller) can be suppressed, and the quality of the formed image can be improved.
- FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing the configuration of a fixing device according to an embodiment using a cross section.
- FIG. 2 (a) is an explanatory view showing the relationship between the temperature (° C.) of each roller and the toner off-set state in each device according to the present embodiment.
- FIG. 2 (b) is an explanatory view showing the relationship between the temperature (° C.) of each roller and the toner offset state in each device according to the present embodiment.
- FIG. 2 (c) is an explanatory view showing the relationship between the temperature (° C.) of each roller and the off-set state of toner in each device according to the present embodiment.
- FIG. 3 (a) is an explanatory view showing the relationship between the temperature (.degree. C.) of the pressure roller and the toner temperature (.degree. C.) on the back side of the recording paper in each of the above-mentioned devices.
- FIG. 3 (b) is an explanatory view showing the relationship between the temperature (.degree. C.) of the pressure roller and the toner temperature (.degree. C.) on the back side of the recording paper in each of the above-mentioned devices.
- FIG. 3 (c) The temperature (° C.) of the pressure roller and the toner temperature (° C.) on the back side of the recording paper in each of the above devices And FIG.
- FIG. 4 is an explanatory drawing showing the relationship between the temperature (° C.) of the pressure roller and the toner temperature (° C.) on the back side of the recording sheet in the present embodiment.
- FIG. 5 (a) is an explanatory view showing the relationship between the temperature (° C.) of the pressure roller and the fixing roller and the occurrence of a low temperature offset in each device.
- FIG. 5 (b) is an explanatory view showing the relationship between the temperature (° C.) of the pressure roller and the fixing roller and the occurrence of a low temperature offset in each device.
- FIG. 5 (c) is an explanatory view showing the relationship between the temperature (° C.) of the pressure roller and the fixing roller and the occurrence of a low temperature offset in each device.
- FIG. 6 (a) is an explanatory view showing the relationship between the temperature (low temperature range) (° C.) of the fixing roller and the toner temperature (° C.) on the surface of the recording paper in each of the above devices.
- FIG. 6 (b) is an explanatory view showing the relationship between the temperature (low temperature range) (° C.) of the fixing roller and the toner temperature (° C.) on the surface of the recording paper in each of the above devices.
- FIG. 6 (c) is an explanatory view showing the relationship between the temperature (low temperature range) (° C.) of the fixing roller and the toner temperature (° C.) on the surface of the recording paper in each of the above devices.
- FIG. 7 is an explanatory view showing the relationship between the temperature (low temperature range) (° C.) of the fixing roller and the toner temperature (° C.) on the surface of the recording paper in the present embodiment.
- FIG. 8 (a) The temperature (° C.) of the fixing roller and the pressure roller and the fixing portion Y outlet at the moment when the toner T attached to the pressure roller is offset to the fixing roller in each of the above devices.
- FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing a toner temperature (° C.) at
- FIG. 8 (b) The temperature (° C.) of the fixing roller and the pressure roller and the fixing portion Y outlet at the moment when the toner T attached to the pressure roller is offset to the fixing roller in each of the above-mentioned devices.
- FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing a toner temperature (° C.) at
- FIG. 8 (c) The temperature (° C.) of the fixing roller and the pressure roller and the fixing portion Y outlet at the moment when the toner T attached to the pressure roller is offset to the fixing roller in each of the above devices.
- FIG. 6 is an explanatory view showing a toner temperature (° C.) at
- FIG. 9 (a) A description showing the relationship between the temperature (° C.) of the pressure roller and the fixing roller, the presence or absence of occurrence of high temperature offset, and the toner temperature (° C.) on the recording paper surface in each of the above devices.
- FIG. 9 (b) A description showing the relationship between the temperature (° C.) of the pressure roller and the fixing roller, the presence or absence of occurrence of high temperature offset, and the toner temperature (° C.) on the recording paper surface in each of the above devices.
- FIG. 9 (b) A description showing the relationship between the temperature (° C.) of the pressure roller and the fixing roller, the presence or absence of occurrence of high temperature offset, and the toner temperature (° C.) on the recording paper surface in each of the above devices.
- FIG. 9 (c) A description showing the relationship between the temperature (° C.) of the pressure roller and the fixing roller, the presence or absence of the occurrence of high temperature offset, and the toner temperature (° C.) on the recording paper surface in each of the above devices.
- FIG. 10 (a) is an explanatory view showing the relationship between the temperature (high temperature range) (° C.) of the fixing roller and the toner temperature (° C.) on the surface of the recording paper in each of the above devices.
- FIG. 10 (b) is an explanatory view showing the relationship between the temperature (high temperature range) (° C.) of the fixing roller and the toner temperature (° C.) on the surface of the recording paper in each of the above devices.
- FIG. 10 (c) is an explanatory view showing the relationship between the temperature (high temperature range) (° C.) of the fixing roller and the toner temperature (° C.) on the surface of the recording paper in each of the above devices.
- FIG. 11 is an explanatory drawing showing the relationship between the temperature (high temperature range) (° C.) of the fixing roller and the toner temperature (° C.) on the surface of the recording paper in the present embodiment.
- FIG. 12 (a) This is a control sequence at the time of warm-up and return from sleep in the present embodiment, and is an explanatory view showing a relationship between time progress of force at start of driving of fixing device and each roller temperature. .
- FIG. 12 (b) is an explanatory view showing the state of the fixing roller and the external heating roller in each sequence shown in FIG. 12 (a).
- FIG. 13 (a) is an explanatory view showing the relationship between the position in the longitudinal direction of the recording paper and the temperature of each roller in contact with the position in the present embodiment.
- FIG. 13 (b) is an explanatory view showing the relationship between the position in the longitudinal direction of the recording sheet and the temperature of each roller in contact with the position in Comparative Example X.
- FIG. 13 (c) is an explanatory view showing the relationship between the position in the longitudinal direction of the recording sheet and the temperature of each roller in contact with the position in Comparative Example Y.
- FIG. 14 Comparative example Fig. 14 is an explanatory view summarizing the presence or absence of occurrence of conditions and offsets in the present embodiment.
- FIG. 15 is an explanatory view showing the type of fixing device used in the embodiment.
- FIG. 16 is an explanatory view showing another configuration of the fixing device of the embodiment by using a cross section.
- FIG. 17 is a perspective view of an image forming apparatus provided with the fixing device shown in FIG. 1;
- FIG. 18 is a diagram showing an internal configuration of the image forming apparatus.
- FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a configuration of a document image reading device in the image forming apparatus.
- FIG. 20 (a) is a view showing a configuration of an image recording apparatus in the image forming apparatus.
- FIG. 20 (b) is an enlarged view showing a transfer unit in FIG. 20 (a).
- FIG. 21 is a view showing a configuration of a recording material supply device in the image forming apparatus.
- FIG. 22 is a view showing a configuration of an external recording material supply device in the image forming apparatus.
- FIG. 23 is a view showing a configuration of a post-processing device in the image forming apparatus.
- FIG. 24 is a view showing the configuration of a double-sided printing conveyance unit in the image forming apparatus.
- FIG. 25 (a) This is a control sequence at the time of conventional warm-up and sleep recovery, and is an explanatory view showing a relationship between time progress of driving force of the fixing device and each roller temperature.
- FIG. 25 (b) is an explanatory view showing the state of the fixing roller and the external heating roller in the sequence shown in FIG. 25 (a).
- FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing the configuration of the main part of fixing device 23 according to the present embodiment, using a cross section. The description of the configuration, functions and the like of the copying machine to which the fixing device 23 is applied will be described in detail later.
- the fixing device 23 includes a fixing roller (first pressure contact member) 131, a pressure roller
- the external heating roller 133 is a heating unit of the pressure roller 132.
- Heater lamps 134 and 135 are heat sources for heating the fixing roller 131, and the heater lamps 136 are heat sources for heating the external heating roller 133.
- the temperature sensors 137 and 138 indicate the temperature of the fixing roller 131, and the temperature sensor 139 indicates the temperature of the external heating roller 133.
- the heater lamps 134 and 135 are halogen heaters and are disposed inside the fixing roller 131.
- the heater lamp 136 also comprises a halogen heater, and is disposed inside the external heating roller 133.
- the temperature control circuit is also energized to the heater lamps 134 to 136, the heater lamps 134 to 136 emit light with a predetermined heat distribution, infrared rays are emitted, and the inner circumferential surfaces of the fixing roller 131 and the external heating roller 133 It is heated.
- Fixing roller 131 is heated to a predetermined temperature (for example, 200 ° C.) by heater lamps 134 and 135, and the heat passes through fixing portion Y (pressure-contact area) of the fixing device. Heat the recording paper (recording material) P on which the toner image is formed.
- a predetermined temperature for example, 200 ° C.
- the fixing roller 131 is provided with a cored bar 131a as its main body and a release layer 13 lb.
- the release layer 131 b is formed on the outer peripheral surface of the core metal 131 a and prevents the toner T on the recording paper P from being offset to the fixing roller 131.
- a metal such as iron, stainless steel, aluminum, copper or an alloy thereof is used for the core metal 131a.
- a core made of iron (STKM) having a diameter of 40 mm is used as the core metal 13 la, and the thickness thereof is set to 1.3 mm to achieve low heat capacity.
- the release layer 13 lb is a fluorine resin such as PFA (copolymer of tetrafluoroethylene and perfluoroalkylester) or PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene). Silicone rubber, fluororubber, etc. are suitable.
- a mixture of PFA and PTFE is applied and fired to a thickness of 25 ⁇ m as a release layer of 13 lbs.
- the pressure roller 132 is configured to have a heat-resistant, heat-resistant material layer 132b that also exerts a silicone rubber force on the outer peripheral surface of a core metal 132a of steel, stainless steel, aluminum or the like.
- a release layer 132c of fluorine resin may be formed as in the case of the fixing roller 131.
- the pressure roller 132 is a pressure such as a spring (not shown). The member is pressed against the fixing roller 131 with a force of 76 kgf (745 N), whereby a fixing portion Y having a width of about 6 mm is formed between the fixing roller 131 and the fixing roller 131.
- the external heating roller 133 internally has a heater lamp 136 as a heating source, is provided on the upstream side of the fixing portion Y with respect to the pressure roller 132, and is in pressure contact with a predetermined pressing force. It is getting better. Further, the heating portion Z is formed between the heating roller 132 and the pressure roller 132.
- the external heating roller 133 has a structure in which a heat-resistant release layer 133 b is provided on a hollow cylindrical core member 133 a.
- the core material 133a is made of aluminum or iron-based material
- the heat-resistant release layer 133b is a synthetic resin material excellent in heat resistance and releasability, for example, an elastomer such as silicone rubber or fluorine rubber, or PFA.
- fluorine resins such as PTFE are used.
- a mold release material constituting the mold release layer 133b a mixture of PFA and PTFE is coated and fired to a thickness of 25 ⁇ m.
- the cleaning roller 140 is for removing toner, paper dust and the like adhering to the pressure roller 132, and for preventing contamination of the pressure roller 132. That is, it is axially supported on the upstream side of the heating nip Z so as to be driven to rotate by the calo pressure roller 132 and is pressed against the pressure roller 132 with a predetermined pressing force.
- a cylindrical metal core material made of aluminum or an iron-based material or the like is used. In the present embodiment, an aluminum-based material which is more excellent in heat conductivity is used.
- Thermistors 137 and 138 for detecting the temperature of the fixing roller 131 are disposed on the circumferential surface of the fixing roller 131, and the thermistor 1 39 for detecting the temperature is also disposed on the circumferential surface of the external heating roller 133. It is provided to detect the surface temperature of each roller. Then, based on the temperature data detected by each of the thermistors 137-139, the temperature control circuit 150 controls the energization of the heater lamps 134-136 so that the temperature of each roller 131-133 becomes a predetermined temperature.
- the rated output of the heater lamps 134 and 135 is 950 W in total, and the rated output of the heater lamp 136 is 200 W.
- the temperature control circuit 150 controls the fixing roller 131 and the pressure roller 132 to predetermined temperatures (in particular, the temperature control of the pressure roller 132 will be described in detail below).
- Fixing section Y Unfixed toner at a predetermined fixing speed and copying speed
- the recording paper P on which one image is formed is conveyed, and fixing of the unfixed toner image is performed by heat and pressure.
- the pressure roller 132 is used to prevent the transfer phenomenon of the toner T attached to the back surface of the recording paper to the pressure roller 132 and the transfer phenomenon of the toner T attached to the surface of the calo pressure roller 132 to the fixing roller 131 below.
- the temperature control of the above will be described using FIG. 1 and FIG. 11 and FIG.
- a contact system using a transfer belt is adopted for the transfer unit 26 (see FIGS. 20 (a) and 20 (b)).
- the transfer belt is stained by the fog toner T on the photosensitive member between sheets during continuous sheet feeding, and as a result, the back surface of the recording sheet P
- the fog toner T may be attached, and the toner T may significantly stain the pressure roller 132 of the fixing device 23 disposed on the downstream side of the transfer belt.
- the phenomenon that the toner T adhered to the back surface of the recording paper is transferred to the pressure roller 132 is considered to be a fixing temperature in view of the temperature of the pressure roller 132 being considerably lower than the temperature of the fixing roller 131.
- the same kind of phenomenon as the low temperature offset phenomenon (a phenomenon in which the toner T on the recording paper P surface (image surface) side is offset to the fixing roller 131 because the temperature of the fixing roller 131 is too low) It is thought that it is not.
- FIG. 15 is an illustration of the fixing device 23 (apparatus 1 to 3) used in this experiment.
- the apparatus 1 fixing speed: 365 mm Zs, fixing roller diameter: ⁇ 40, fixing roller core metal material; STKM, fixing roller core metal thickness; 1.3 mm, pressure roller Diameter: ⁇ 40, pressure roller rubber layer; silicon solid fixing width: 6 mm, device 2 (fixing speed: 225 mm Zs, fixing roller diameter: ⁇ 35, fixing roller core metal material; STKM, fixing roller core metal Thickness; 0.4 mm, pressure roller diameter; ⁇ 35, pressure roller rubber layer; silicon sponge, fixing width 4 mm), device 3 (fixing speed: 122 mm Zs, fixing roller diameter: ⁇ 25, fixing roller core metal material; aluminum, fixing roller core metal thickness; lmm, pressure roller diameter: ⁇ 25, pressure roller rubber layer; silicon sponge 3 kinds of fixing devices 23 are prepared, the temperature of the fixing roller 131 is kept constant at 200 ° C., and the temperature of the pressure roller 132 is controlled by the external heating roller 133 to a predetermined temperature. In this condition, 300 sheets
- the toner T adhering to the pressure roller 132 and the external heating roller 133 after passing the paper was collected with a dressing tape, and comparison was performed visually.
- the toner T adheres to the cleaning port 140 the adhesion is so strong that it can not be collected by the mening tape. Therefore, the experiment was conducted with the cleaning roller 140 removed.
- Fig. 2 (a)-Fig. 2 (c) show the temperature (° C) of each roller (fixing roller 131 ⁇ external heating roller 133 ⁇ pressure roller 132) in the device 13 and the transition state of the toner T, respectively.
- the relationship (visual comparison) is shown.
- the temperature of the fixing roller 131 is kept constant at 200 ° C.
- the temperature of the pressure roller 132 is set to 99 ° C./136° C. in the device 1 (FIG. 2 (a), 2 (FIG. 2 (b))
- the temperature was 102 ° C to 138 ° C
- the temperature was 105 ° C to 141 ° C.
- the temperature (° C.) of the fixing roller 131 and the pressure roller 132 and the portion immediately after passing through the fixing portion Y was examined.
- the toner temperature immediately after passing through the fixing nip Y can actually be measured experimentally by using an infrared radiation thermometer. In order to obtain it more simply here, a one-dimensional heat conduction can be obtained. Simulation was performed using analysis.
- the state in which the recording sheet P having the toner layer on the back surface is passed is modeled by a one-dimensional model.
- fixing mouth The relationship between the temperature (° C.) of the roller 131 and the pressure roller 132 and the toner temperature (° C.) on the back side of the recording paper was analyzed.
- Figure 3 (a)- Figure 3 (c) show that the temperature of the fixing roller 131 is 90 ° C, 200 ° C, and 210 ° C in each case of the device 13;
- the graph shows the relationship between the temperature (° C.) of the pressure roller 132 and the toner temperature (° C.) on the back side of the recording sheet when the temperature is changed to 140 (° C.).
- the toner temperature on the back surface of the recording sheet has a linear relationship with the temperature of the pressure roller 132 which is substantially unrelated to the temperature of the fixing roller 131. Also, it can be seen that the approximate straight lines that are not related to the type of fixing device (devices 1 to 3) almost coincide.
- FIG. 4 shows the result of putting together the results of the three types of fixing devices.
- Figure 4 shows the type of device, the temperature of the pressure roller 132, and the temperature of the pressure roller 132 when changing the temperature of the pressure roller 132 to 100-140 (° C). It shows the relationship (approximated straight line) with the toner temperature (° C.) on the back side of the recording paper.
- the reason why the toner temperature Ttl on the back side of the recording sheet can be expressed only by the temperature Tp of the pressure roller 132 is that the heat from the pressure roller 132 side is directly transmitted to the toner layer attached to the back side of the recording sheet.
- heat from the fixing roller 131 is transferred to the toner layer attached to the back of the recording paper through the recording paper, so the contribution rate to the temperature rise of the toner is much smaller than that of the pressure roller 132. It is. From FIGS.
- the heater lamp 136 for the external heating roller 133 is turned off, and the temperature of the fixing roller 131 is set to a predetermined temperature (temperatures at intervals of 10 ° C. up to 200 ° C.-110 ° C.).
- the paper is plowed on the paper, and when the temperature of the pressure roller 132 is stabilized, the recording paper P having a basis weight of 75 g on which the black band unfixed image is formed on the leading edge of the paper is passed to determine whether low temperature offset occurs. I examined.
- FIGS. 5 (a) -5 (c) show the relationship between the temperature (° C.) of the pressure roller 132 and the fixing roller 131 and the occurrence of the low temperature offset in the device 13 respectively.
- the temperature of the fixing roller 131 was set to 110 to 200 ° C.
- the temperature of the pressure roller 132 was set to 100 ° C. to 185 ° C. correspondingly.
- the temperatures of the fixing roller 131 and the pressure roller 132 and the recording sheet surface (image surface) side immediately after passing through the fixing section Y The relationship with the toner temperature (hereinafter referred to as the toner temperature on the surface of the recording paper) was examined.
- the toner temperature on the recording paper surface (image side) was simulated using a one-dimensional heat conduction analysis.
- FIG. 6 (a) -FIG. 6 (c) show that the temperature of the fixing roller 131 is 120 for each case of the temperature force S110 ° C., 120 ° C. and 130 ° C. of the calo pressure roller 132 in the device 13 respectively.
- the graph shows the relationship between the temperature (° C.) of the fixing roller 131 and the toner temperature (° C.) on the surface of the recording paper when the temperature is changed to 150 ° (° C.).
- the temperature of the fixing roller 131 is x
- the toner temperature on the recording paper surface is If the degree is y, with regard to device 1, the relationship between X and y is
- the toner temperature on the surface of the recording paper has a linear relationship with the temperature of the fixing roller 131 which is substantially unrelated to the temperature of the pressure roller 132. Also, it can be seen that the approximate straight lines unrelated to the type of fixing device 23 substantially coincide.
- FIG. 7 shows the result of putting together the results of the three types of fixing devices.
- 7 shows the type of apparatus and the temperature of the pressure roller 132.
- the temperature (° C.) of the fixing roller 131 when the temperature of the fixing roller 131 is changed to 120-150 (° C.) It shows the relationship (approximated straight line) with the toner temperature (° C.) of the recording paper surface.
- the fact that the toner temperature on the surface of the recording paper can be expressed only by the temperature Th of the fixing roller 131 is that the heat on the side of the fixing roller 131 is directly transferred to the toner layer on the image surface side of the recording paper.
- the toner temperature on the back surface of the recording paper (immediately after passing through the fixing portion Y) is If the temperature of the pressure roller 132 is set so that the low temperature offset does not occur and the temperature is higher than this, it will be different.
- the temperature of the fixing roller 131 (the low temperature offset generation boundary temperature of the fixing roller 131) when the low temperature offset starts to occur is The, according to equation (2), the recording sheet at the start of the low temperature offset generation Surface toner temperature (low temperature offset start toner temperature) Tt2 'is
- the transfer phenomenon of the toner T attached to the back surface of the recording paper to the pressure roller 132 can be said to be a kind of low temperature offset phenomenon to the pressure roller 132, Between the toner temperature Ttl on the back side of the recording sheet at the start of the transition to the roller 132 and the toner temperature Tt2 'on the surface of the recording sheet at the start of low temperature offset,
- the temperature Tp of the pressure roller 132 is
- the of the fixing roller 131 is the low temperature offset when the temperature of the fixing roller 131 is 130 ° C. in FIG. 5 (a) -FIG. 5 (c). In view of the fact that it occurs at 120.degree. C., it may be 125.degree. C. between 120.degree. C. and 130.degree.
- FIG. 8 (a) Next, prevention of the transfer phenomenon of the toner T attached to the surface of the pressure roller 132 to the fixing roller 131 will be described with reference to FIGS. 8 (a) to 11 and 15.
- FIG. 8 (a) Next, prevention of the transfer phenomenon of the toner T attached to the surface of the pressure roller 132 to the fixing roller 131 will be described with reference to FIGS. 8 (a) to 11 and 15.
- FIG. 8 (a) toner T attached to the surface of the pressure roller 132 to the fixing roller 131
- the cleaning roller 140 when the cleaning roller 140 is provided only on the pressure roller 132 side, the toner T on the surface of the pressure roller 132 which can not be completely cleaned by the cleaning roller 140 in the related art.
- the force again shifts from the pressure roller 132 side to the fixing roller 131 side, which may cause toner contamination on the recording paper image side.
- the transfer phenomenon of the toner T adhering to the surface of the pressure roller 132 to the fixing roller 131 occurs when the pressure roller 132 is in a high temperature state close to the temperature of the fixing roller 131.
- the same kind of phenomenon as the high temperature offset phenomenon (a phenomenon in which the toner on the recording paper surface (image side) side is offset to the fixing roller 131 because the temperature of the fixing roller 131 is too high) It is thought that it is not.
- the temperature of the fixing roller 131 was first controlled to 200 ° C., and the heater lamp 136 for the external heating roller 133 was used. With the sheet OFF, 300 sheets of recording paper P were continuously fed, and toner contamination was forcibly generated on the surface of the pressure roller 132 and the external heating roller 133. Thereafter, with the temperature of the fixing roller 131 controlled to a predetermined temperature, the heater lamp 136 for the external heating roller 133 is turned on and at the same time the fixing device 23 is idled to raise the temperature of the pressure roller 132. The temperature of the pressure roller 132 at the moment when the toner T attached to the external heating roller 133 and the pressure roller 132 was offset to the fixing roller 131 was measured. In this experiment, the experiment was performed with the cleaning roller 140 removed.
- the toner temperature at the fixing portion Y outlet at the moment when the toner T attached to the external heating roller 133 and the pressure roller 132 is offset to the fixing roller 131 Calculated.
- the results of this experiment are shown in FIG. 8 (a) -FIG. 8 (c).
- 8A to 8C show the fixing roller 131 and the fixing roller 131 at the moment when the toner T attached to the external heating roller 133 and the pressure roller 132 of the apparatus 1 to 13 respectively transfer to the fixing roller 131.
- the temperature (° C.) of the pressure roller 132 and the toner temperature (° C.) at the fixing portion Y outlet The temperature (° C.) of the pressure roller 132 and the toner temperature (° C.) at the fixing portion Y outlet.
- the toner temperature at the fixing portion Y which is related to the type of the fixing device 23, the temperature of the fixing roller 131, and the temperature of the pressure roller 132 is At approximately 190 ° C., it can be seen that the force on the pressure roller 132 side also causes transfer of the toner T to the fixing roller 131 side.
- FIG. 8 (a) FIG. 8 (accordingly, the toner temperature at the fixing portion Y outlet is Tt3, the fixing roller
- Tt3 (Th + Tp) / 2 (7)
- the heater roller for the external heating roller is turned off, and idling is performed in a state where the temperature of the fixing roller 131 is set to a predetermined temperature (temperature at intervals of 10 ° C. up to 220 ° C.-260 ° C.).
- a predetermined temperature temperature at intervals of 10 ° C. up to 220 ° C.-260 ° C.
- a 75 g basis weight recording sheet was formed on the leading edge of the sheet to form a black band unfixed image, and it was examined whether a high temperature offset occurred. .
- the temperature of the toner on the surface of the recording paper immediately after passing through the fixing nip Y in each experimental condition was calculated by the above-described one-dimensional heat conduction analysis.
- Fig. 9 (a)-Fig. 9 (c) show the temperature (° C) of the pressure roller 132 and the fixing roller 131 and the presence or absence of high temperature offset and the toner temperature of the recording paper surface in the device 13 Relationship with ° C.).
- Fixing roller here
- the temperature of 131 was set to 220-260 ° C. as described above.
- High temperature offset does not occur up to 0 ° C, but high temperature offset occurs at 250 ° C or higher I have a problem to do.
- FIG. 10 (a) -FIG. 10 (c) show the temperature Th (° C) of the fixing roller 131 when the temperature Th of the fixing roller 131 is changed to 220-260 (° C) in the apparatus 13 respectively. It shows the relationship between C) and the toner temperature Tt4 (° C.) on the surface of the recording paper.
- the toner temperature Tt4 on the surface of the recording paper has a linear relationship with the temperature Th of the fixing roller 131.
- the approximate straight lines related to the type of the fixing device 23 substantially coincide.
- FIG. 11 shows the result of putting together the results in the three types of fixing devices 23.
- the type of apparatus and the temperature of the pressure roller 132 can not be specified.
- the toner temperature Tt4 (.degree. C.) of the recording paper surface (approximated straight line).
- the temperature Th of the fixing roller 131 and the toner temperature on the surface of the recording sheet are Tt4.
- the surface of the pressure roller 132 (immediately after passing through the fixing portion Y) is It is sufficient to set the temperature of the pressure roller 132 so that the temperature of the attached toner T becomes equal to or less than the temperature at which the high temperature offset does not occur.
- the temperature Tp of the pressure roller 132 is
- the high temperature offset occurrence boundary temperature Thh of the fixing roller 131 is a high temperature offset when the temperature of the fixing roller 131 is 240 ° C. in FIG. 9 (a) -FIG. 9 (c). It may be set to 245 ° C. between 240 ° C. and 250 ° C. in view of the result that occurs at 250 ° C.
- The is the low temperature offset generation boundary temperature of the fixing roller 131 (temperature of the fixing roller 131 at the start of low temperature offset generation) (° C)
- Th is the high temperature offset generation boundary temperature of the fixing roller 131 (fixing at the high temperature offset generation start The temperature of roller 131) (° C)
- Th is the temperature of fixing roller 131 (° C)
- the temperature of the pressure roller 132 is too high, and the toner T attached to the pressure roller 132 is a fixing roller. After shifting to 131, there is a concern that toner contamination may occur on the image side of the first recording sheet immediately after the warm-up is completed.
- the pressure roller 132 is rapidly heated by the heating action of the external heating unit such as the external heating roller 133, and the surface temperature rises.
- FIG. 25 (a) and FIG. 25 (b) show the conventional control sequence
- FIG. 25 (a) shows the time lapse of the driving force of the fixing device and the time lapse of each roller (the fixing roller 131 ⁇
- FIG. 25 (b) shows the state of the fixing roller 131 and the external heating roller 133 in each sequence.
- the low temperature offset generation boundary temperature The is 125 ° C. Since the high temperature offset occurrence boundary temperature Thh is 245 ° C., assuming that the temperature Th of the fixing roller 131 at the start of sheet feeding is 200 ° C., from the equation (13)
- the temperature Tp of the pressure roller 132 immediately before the start of sheet feeding is 182 ° C. Therefore, when the toner T adheres to the pressure roller 132, the toner T moves to the fixing roller 131 side, and the image surface side of the first recording sheet is soiled.
- the pressure roller 132 is provided with a responsive temperature sensor or the like, the structure and control sequence become complicated, resulting in an increase in cost.
- FIGS. 12 (a) and 12 (b) show the control sequence in this embodiment
- FIG. 12 (a) shows the time lapse from the start of driving of the fixing device 23 and the respective rollers
- FIG. 12 (a) shows the time lapse from the start of driving of the fixing device 23 and the respective rollers
- the heat source of the external heating roller 133 is turned on at the warm-up stage (A-3), and sheet feeding is started after the external heating roller 133 returns to the control temperature.
- the heat source of the external heating roller 133 is turned off, and at the same time the power is turned on, sheet feeding is started.
- the temperature of the pressure roller 132 is in the range of 137 ° C.-180 ° C. even during sheet passing (B). ,
- the toner attached to the back of the recording paper It is possible to prevent problems such as offset to the pressure roller 132 and transfer of the toner T adhering to the pressure roller 132 to the fixing roller 131 between recording sheets.
- the toner is slightly tonered due to the environmental conditions, the initial temperature of the recording paper P, the dispersion of humidity, etc., and the time change of the surface of the pressure roller 132, etc.
- the cleaning effect by the cleaning roller 140 is lowered when the toner T aggregates and solidifies, as the toner T is sufficiently melted. Therefore, as the cleaning roller 140 in the present embodiment, As shown in FIG. 1, the downstream side of the external heating roller 133 is disposed in contact with the surface of the pressure roller 132.
- the toner T adhering to the surface of the pressure roller 132 is heated by the external heating roller 133, so the cleaning effect by the cleaning roller 140 is enhanced.
- the toner T attached to the pressure roller 132 may also adhere to or be deposited on the external heating roller 133, and the toner T attached to the external heating roller 133 is transferred to the pressure roller 132 again.
- the cleaning roller 140 is provided downstream of the external heating roller 133, such toner T can be collected by the cleaning roller 140. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the toner T which has been re-transferred from the external heating roller 133 to the pressure roller 132 from staining the back of the recording paper.
- the fixing roller 131 and The temperature of the external heating roller 133 is controlled to the same temperature (200 ° C. in this case) as during sheet feeding, whereby the toner T adhering to the surface of the pressure roller 132 is heated and melted and collected.
- the heat source of fixing roller 131 is turned off and external heating roller 133 is 180 Switch to temperature control and perform tallying by idling for approximately 5-10 seconds.
- the temperature of pressure roller 132 is approximately 171 ° C. (see C in FIG. 12A), and the temperature of fixing roller 131 is also lowered from 200 ° C. Migration can be effectively prevented.
- the temperature of the external heating roller 133 is maintained at about 180 ° C. (see C in FIG. 12A), and the toner T attached to the surface of the pressure roller 132 can be sufficiently heated and melted. The cleaning effect can also be maintained sufficiently.
- a recording sheet having a smaller width than the width of the fixing roller 131 such as longitudinal paper feed of A4 size or B5 size recording paper, a postcard, an envelope, etc.
- longitudinal paper feed of A4 size or B5 size recording paper is continuously fed.
- non-sheet-passing portion abnormal temperature rise in which the temperature of the fixing roller 131 and the temperature of the pressure roller 132 outside the recording sheet width rise abnormally.
- fixing device 23 of the present embodiment when temperature rise occurs in the non-sheet passing portion due to continuous sheet feeding of small size paper, not only fixing roller 131 but also the non-sheet passing portion of pressure roller 132 The temperature of the pressure roller 132 is such that the toner transfer to the pressure roller 132 or the toner transfer from the pressure roller 132 to the fixing roller 131 does not occur. 12) It becomes difficult to control within the range of the equation.
- the most severe condition for temperature rise in the non-sheet-passing portion is B5 size recording sheet 40 sheets Fixing roller 131 and feeding when 100 sheets are continuously fed at a passing speed of Z minutes The temperature of the pressure roller 132 was measured by experiment. In the experiment,
- a fixing device including an external heating roller 133 and a cleaning roller 140 and controlling the temperature of the external heating roller 133 to 200 ° C. during sheet feeding is used.
- the fixing device 23 is provided with the external heating roller 133 and the cleaning roller 140, and the heat source (heater lamp) of the external heating roller 133 is turned off during sheet feeding.
- the heat source (heater lamp) of the external heating roller 133 is turned off during sheet feeding.
- FIG. 13A shows the position of the recording paper P in the longitudinal direction (the center line is 0) and the temperature of the roller (fixing roller 131 and pressure roller 132) in contact with the position in the present embodiment. Show the relationship with 13 (b) and 13 (c) are for Comparative Example X and Comparative Example Y, respectively.
- FIG. 14 summarizes the conditions and the presence or absence of toner transfer in the comparative example and in the present embodiment.
- the pressure roller temperature rises to 194.8 ° C. due to the abnormal temperature rise in the non-sheet passing portion, so the fixing roller 131 of the toner T adhered to the pressure roller 132 Migration phenomenon occurs.
- the heat uniforming action by the external heating roller 132 and the cleaning roller 140 (the external heating roller 133 and the cleaning roller 140 made of aluminum having good thermal conductivity)
- the heat in the non-sheet passing portion moves to the sheet passing portion via the external heating roller 133 and the cleaning roller 140, thereby acting in the direction in which the temperature unevenness of the pressure roller 132 is eliminated.
- the temperature rise in the non-sheet-passing portion is suppressed compared to X, the heat is supplied from the external heating roller 133, so the non-sheet-passing of the pressure roller 132 is suppressed.
- the temperature of the portion is raised to 181.degree. C. As a result, a transition phenomenon of the toner T adhering to the pressure roller 132 to the fixing roller 131 occurs.
- the heat source (heater lamp 136) of the external heating roller 133 is turned off during sheet feeding, and the pressure roller is started from the external heating roller 133.
- the temperature rise of the non-sheet-passing portion of the pressure roller 132 is suppressed to 166.3 ° C. This makes it possible to prevent the transition of the toner attached to the pressure roller 132 to the fixing roller 131 even when continuously passing a small size sheet.
- the sheet passing speed is generally slower than that of normal size paper, and therefore, even if the heat source of the external heating roller 133 is turned off, as shown in FIG. As shown, since the temperature of the pressure roller 132 at the sheet passing portion is maintained at 138.3 ° C., the transfer of the toner T adhering to the back of the recording sheet to the pressure roller 132 is also prevented. Can.
- the temperature of the external heating roller 133 is 150 ° C. due to the heat supply from the pressure roller 132.
- the temperature of the pressure roller 132 is maintained at 166.3.degree. (See Figure 13 (b))
- the electric power supplied to the external heating roller 133 is reduced to lower the temperature of the external heating roller 133 from 200 ° C. while the heat source (heater lamp 136) remains ON.
- the temperature of the pressure roller 132 may be controlled to a temperature which does not occur offset which is lower than the control temperature at the time of normal size sheet passing (in this case, not more than 175.4.degree. C.).
- Fixing device 23 of the present embodiment is not limited to the above-described configuration (see FIG. 1).
- a configuration as shown in FIG. 16 may be used. This is explained below.
- the fixing roller 131 has the same configuration as that described above, and thus the description thereof will be omitted. Moreover, the same code
- fixing device 23 of this configuration has fixing roller 131 (first pressure contact member), pressure roller 132 (second pressure contact member), induction heating coil (external heat source) 141, fixing roller Heater source 134 ⁇ 135, temperature sensor 137 ⁇ 13 8 for detecting the temperature of the fixing roller 131, temperature sensor 139 for detecting the temperature of the pressure roller 132, cleaning roller 140, control circuit (not shown), And induction heating coil drive power supply (not shown)!
- the heater lamps 134 and 135 are halogen heaters and are disposed inside the fixing roller 131. When the control circuit is also energized to the heater lamp, the heater lamp emits light with a predetermined heat generation distribution, and infrared rays are emitted. As a result, the inner peripheral surface of the fixing roller 131 is heated.
- the rated output of heater lamps 134 and 135 is 950 W in total.
- the pressure roller 132 is formed of a heat-resistant, heat-resistant material layer 132b such as silicone rubber on the outer peripheral surface of a core metal 132a such as steel, stainless steel or aluminum, a heat generating layer 132d on the outside, and an outermost layer. It has a four-layer structure provided with a mold layer 132c.
- the heat generating layer 132 d is a heat generating element that generates heat due to the induction heating action, and the thickness thereof is reduced to 40 m to 50 m in order to shorten the rising time of the surface temperature.
- a conductive member having magnetism such as iron or SUS430 stainless steel is used as its material.
- silicon steel sheets, electromagnetic steel sheets, nickel steel, etc. may be used, as long as the relative magnetic permeability is high, as long as the material is not limited thereto.
- nickel of 40 m thickness produced by the electric deposition method
- the heat generating layer 132 d Even if it is a nonmagnetic material, it can be used for the heat generating layer 132 d because it can be inductively heated because of its high resistance value such as SUS 304 stainless steel. Furthermore, even if it is a nonmagnetic base material (for example, ceramic etc.), if the said material with high relative magnetic permeability is arrange
- the releasing layer 132 c Is covered.
- the release layer 132c may be made of fluorine resin such as PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene) or PFA (copolymer of tetrafluorethylene and perfluoroalkyl ether), silicone rubber, fluorine rubber or the like.
- An elastic body such as fluorosilicon rubber is used. In addition, A plurality of these elastic elastic bodies may be stacked.
- Pressure roller 132 is pressed against fixing roller 131 with a force of 274 N by a pressure member (not shown) such as a spring, whereby a fixing portion Y having a width of about 7 mm between fixing roller 131 and pressure roller 132 is fixed. It is configured to be formed.
- a pressure member such as a spring
- An induction coil 141 is provided on at least a part of the outer peripheral portion of the pressure roller 132 as an induction heating unit of the pressure roller 132.
- the induction coil 141 By disposing the induction coil 141 with a curvature so as to surround the outer peripheral portion of the pressure roller 132, the magnetic flux is concentrated on the center side of the induction coil 141, and the amount of generated eddy current increases. As a result, the surface temperature of the pressure roller 132 can be raised quickly.
- induction coil 141 As the material of induction coil 141, here, in consideration of heat resistance, an aluminum single wire having an insulating layer (for example, an oxide film) on the surface is used, but a copper wire or copper wire is used. It may be a composite wire of the base, or may be a litz wire (a wire in which an enameled wire or the like is twisted). No matter which wire is used, the total resistance value of the induction coil 141 is preferably 0.5 ⁇ or less (desirably 0.1 ⁇ or less) in order to suppress Joule loss in the coil. Also, depending on the size of the recording paper P, a plurality of induction coils 141 may be disposed.
- a high frequency current is supplied to the induction coil 141 from an excitation circuit (not shown), and the pressure roller 132 is inductively heated by the alternating magnetic field generated thereby.
- Thermistors 137 and 138 as temperature detecting means are provided on the circumferential surface of fixing roller 131, and thermistor 139 as a temperature detecting means is provided on the circumferential surface of pressure roller 132. , To detect the surface temperature of each roller!
- the temperature control means (not shown) causes the heater lamps 134 and 135 and the induction heating coil so that each roller temperature becomes a predetermined temperature. Control the power supply to 141.
- FIG. 17 is a perspective view showing the configuration of the image forming apparatus as viewed from the outside
- FIG. 18 is a view showing the internal configuration of the image forming apparatus
- FIG. 20A is a perspective view showing the configuration of the image forming apparatus as viewed from the outside.
- the image forming apparatus includes an original image reading device 11, an image recording device 12, a recording material supply device 13, a post-processing device 14, and an external recording material supply device 15.
- the above-described fixing device 23 (see FIG. 20A) is provided in the image recording device 12 as described later.
- An image forming apparatus such as a digital printer is configured by the image recording apparatus 12 as an image forming unit and the recording material supply apparatus 13 as a recording material supply unit.
- a conveyance unit 17 for conveying the recording material from the recording material supply device 13 to the recording material discharge unit 16 through the image recording device 12 is disposed.
- the original image reading device 11 which is an image reading device on the main body of the image forming device, a digital copying machine, a facsimile machine, etc. can be configured.
- FIG. 19 shows the configuration of the document image reading device 11.
- the document image reading device 11 reads a document, acquires image data, and outputs the image data to the image recording device 12.
- the image recording device 12 performs appropriate image processing on the input image data.
- a sheet of recording material such as printing paper and OHP (Over Head Projector) sheet is separated and carried out one by one from the recording material supply device 13, and is conveyed to the conveyance unit 17. It is then transported to the image recording device 12.
- an image based on the image data is formed (printed) on the recording material by the image recording device 12.
- the recording material on which the image is printed is conveyed by the conveyance unit 17 to the recording material discharge unit 16 and discharged to the outside of the apparatus.
- the document image reading device 11 includes a document supply unit or a document rotation unit.
- a document tray 18 which is a storage unit is attached.
- this original document tray 18 works as an original document supply unit, a series of original documents having a plurality of pages are placed on the original document tray 18.
- the original tray 18 can separate the placed originals one by one and continuously supply them to the reading unit.
- the document tray 18 when the document tray 18 functions as a document collection unit, the document tray 18 receives and holds the scanned document which is continuously discharged.
- the recording material discharge unit 16 When printing a plurality of copies of a series of read originals, if the printed recording material is discharged to the recording material discharge unit 16, the recording material on which the same page is printed is continuously discharged, etc. The user must sort the recording material after printing because it is mixed.
- the post-processing device 14 by attaching the post-processing device 14 to the main body of the image forming apparatus, it becomes possible to distinguish and discharge the plurality of discharge trays, for example, so that the recording materials do not mix. ing. Further, the image forming apparatus main body and the post-processing apparatus 14 are installed at a predetermined distance, and a space is formed between the image forming apparatus main body and the post-processing apparatus 14
- the image forming apparatus main body and the post-processing apparatus 14 are connected by the external conveyance unit 19, and the recording material on which the image is printed is transferred from the conveyance unit 17 to the post-processing apparatus 14 through the external conveyance unit 19. It is transported.
- a recording material such as printing paper is required to have a function of printing an image on both sides thereof.
- This function can be realized by the conveyance unit 21 for double-sided printing which reverses the front and back of the recording material on which an image is printed on one side and conveys the recording material to the image recording apparatus 12 again.
- the recording material printed on one side is not conveyed to the recording material discharge unit 16 nor to the post-processing device 14, and the front and back sides are reversed by the conveyance unit 21 for double-sided printing, and the image recording device 12 will be described later. It is transported to the electronic photography process unit.
- the image recording device 12 can perform double-sided printing by printing an image on the side on which the image is not printed.
- the external recording material supply device 15 is attached to the main body of the image forming apparatus as a peripheral device for function expansion.
- External recording material feeder 15 accommodates recording materials of various types and quantities It becomes possible to supply by doing.
- FIG. 20 (a) is a diagram showing the configuration of the image recording device 12. As shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, an electrophotographic process unit centering on the photosensitive drum 22 is disposed on the substantially central left side of the image recording apparatus 12.
- the electrophotographic process unit scans the light image on the charging unit 31 that uniformly charges the surface of the photosensitive drum 22 around the photosensitive drum 22 and the photosensitive drum 22 that is uniformly charged.
- the light scanning unit 24 writes the electrostatic latent image
- the developing unit 25 develops the electrostatic latent image written by the light scanning unit 24 with the developer
- the image recorded and developed on the surface of the photosensitive drum 22 A transfer unit 26 for transferring to a recording material, a cleaning unit 27 for removing a developer remaining on the surface of the photosensitive drum 22 and allowing a new image to be recorded on the photosensitive drum 22 are sequentially arranged. There is.
- a fixing device 23 is disposed above the electrophotographic process unit (image transfer device), and sequentially receives the recording material to which the image is transferred by the transfer unit 26, and the developer transferred to the recording material Heat and fix (Toner T).
- the recording material on which the image is printed is discharged from the recording material discharge unit 16 on the upper side of the image recording apparatus 12 with the printing surface facing downward (feces down).
- the residual developer removed by the cleaning unit 27 is collected, returned to the developer supply portion 25a of the developing unit 25, and reused.
- a recording material supply unit 20 for containing the recording material is disposed inside the apparatus.
- the recording material supply unit 20 separates the recording material one by one and supplies it to the electrophotographic process unit.
- the conveyance unit 17 includes a plurality of rollers and guides, and the recording material is specified from the recording material supply unit 20, between the rollers, between the guides, between the photosensitive drum 22 and the transfer unit 26, etc. After the image is printed through the conveyance path of 1, the recording material is discharged to the recording material discharge unit 16 through the second conveyance path defined between the rollers, between the guides, and between the rollers of the fixing device 23, etc.
- the conveyance of the image recording device 12 is performed.
- the recording material accommodating tray is pulled out in the direction orthogonal to the direction, that is, the front side direction to replenish the recording material or replace the recording material.
- the lower surface of the image recording apparatus 12 receives the recording material sent from the recording material supply device 13 of the extension unit, and sequentially supplies the recording material toward the space between the photosensitive drum 22 and the transfer unit 26.
- a recording material receiving unit 32 is provided.
- a process control unit (PCU) substrate for controlling the electrophotographic process unit, an interface substrate for receiving image data from the outside of the apparatus, and an interface substrate Image control unit (ICU) substrate for performing predetermined image processing on image data and image data read by the document image reading device 11 and causing an optical scanning unit to scan and record as an image, and these various substrates And a power supply unit etc. that supplies power to the unit.
- PCU process control unit
- ICU interface substrate
- ICU interface substrate
- a power supply unit etc. that supplies power to the unit.
- the image recording apparatus 12 can be connected to an external device such as a personal computer via an interface substrate, and can be operated as a printer for forming image data from the external device on a recording material. .
- the recording material supply unit 20 installed in the image recording apparatus 12 is not limited to one, and the recording material supply unit 20 is not limited to this.
- more recording material supply units It is also possible to decorate the inside of the device.
- FIG. 21 is a cross-sectional view showing the configuration of the recording material supply device 13 of the extension unit.
- the recording material supply device 13 can be added as a part of the image recording device 12 when the recording material supply unit 20 alone is insufficient in the number of recording materials.
- the recording material supply device 13 can also store a recording material of a size larger than that of the recording material stored in the recording material supply unit 20, and separates the stored recording materials one by one.
- the recording material supply device 13 is carried out toward the recording material discharge unit 33 provided on the upper surface.
- the tray also has three stages of recording material storage trays 34a to 34c.
- the recording material storage tray storing the desired recording material is selectively operated by controlling the PCU or the like, and the stored recording materials are separated and carried out.
- the recording material carried out passes from the recording material discharge unit 33 through the recording material receiving unit 32 provided in the lower part of the image recording apparatus 12 to the electrophotographic process unit.
- the recording material is set in the recording material supply device 13 either of the recording material accommodation trays 34a to 34c is pulled out toward the front side of the recording material supply device 13 to replenish the recording material or replace the recording material. And so on.
- a plurality of wheels 35 are provided on the lower surface of the recording material supply device 13, and the image forming apparatus main body including the recording material supply device 13 can be easily moved at the time of extension or the like. . Moreover, it is also possible to fix to an installation place by the stopper 36. FIG.
- FIG. 22 is a diagram showing the configuration of the external recording material supply device 15. As shown in FIG.
- the external recording material supply device 15 is capable of accommodating more than the types and quantities of recording materials that can be accommodated in the recording material supply device 13 provided in the image recording device 12, and one recording material is accommodated. Separately, the sheet is discharged toward the recording material discharge unit 37 provided on the upper right side of the apparatus.
- the recording material carried out of the recording material discharge unit 37 is delivered to the external recording material receiving unit 38 (see FIG. 20A) provided at the lower part of the left side surface of the image recording apparatus 12.
- the recording material When the recording material is set in the external recording material supply device 15, the recording material is supplied from the supply port 151 shown in FIG. 17 formed in the upper part of the external recording material supply device 15, or the recording material is replaced, etc. I do.
- the replenishing port 151 is provided with an openable and closable lid 152, and the replenishing port may be closed and turned except in the case of replenishment or replacement.
- a plurality of wheels 39 are provided on the lower surface of the external recording material supply device 15, and can be easily moved at the time of extension or the like. In addition, it is also possible to fix it at the installation site by means of a stobo.
- FIG. 23 is a diagram showing the configuration of the post-processing device 14.
- the post-processing apparatus 14 is installed at a predetermined distance from the image forming apparatus main body.
- the post-processing apparatus 14 and the image forming apparatus main body are connected by the external conveyance unit 19, and the recording material on which the image is printed by the image forming apparatus main body passes through the external conveyance unit 19 and the post-processing apparatus 14.
- the post-processing apparatus 14 has a sort conveyance unit 44 capable of selectively discharging the conveyed recording material to the discharge tray 42 or the discharge tray 43.
- the sort conveyance unit 44 includes a plurality of rollers 45, a guide and a conveyance direction switching guide 46, and the discharge destination can be switched by controlling the conveyance direction switching guide 46.
- the user can select one of the discharge trays 42 and 43 as the discharge destination of the recording material, and can distinguish and discharge the recording material on which the image is printed.
- the post-processing besides the sorter processing as described above, a stable processing is performed on a predetermined number of recording materials, a printing paper such as ⁇ 4 or A3 size is folded, a recording material It is also possible to apply post-treatments such as drilling holes for filings.
- a wheel 48 is provided on the lower surface of the post-processing device 14 so that it can be easily moved.
- the configuration of the external conveyance unit 19 is not particularly limited, and the post-processing apparatus 14 is provided with the external conveyance unit 19 and the external conveyance unit 19 and the image recording apparatus 12 are configured to be detachable.
- the external conveyance unit 19, the post-processing apparatus 14, and the image forming apparatus main body 20 may be configured to be detachable.
- FIG. 19 is a diagram showing the configuration of the document image reading device 11.
- the document image reading device 11 automatically supplies sheet-like documents by an automatic document feeder (ADF), sequentially exposes and scans one sheet at a time, and reads a document by an automatic reading mode, a book-like document, or an ADF. It is possible to operate in a manual reading mode in which a sheet-like document which can not be automatically fed is manually set and read.
- ADF automatic document feeder
- An image of a document set on a transparent document reading table 49 which is a reading unit either automatically or manually, is exposed and scanned to form an image on a photoelectric conversion element, and is converted into an electrical signal to be converted into image data.
- the acquired image data is output via the connection with the image recording device 12.
- moving the scanning exposure optical system that scans the lower surface of the document table force guides the light image to the CCD while stopping at a predetermined position on the document conveyance path, It is configured to read.
- An integrated contact sensor (CIS) is arranged.
- the document set in the document supply unit 111 is sequentially transported, and the double-sided image is read almost simultaneously with the conveyance.
- a document tray 18 is attached to the document image reading device 11.
- Original tray 18 Used when supplying originals before reading or when receiving originals that have already been read.
- the loading unit of the ADF takes in the document and conveys it to the document reading table 49.
- the read document is discharged out of the apparatus by the document discharge unit.
- the ADF loading unit takes in the document and conveys it to the document reading table 49.
- the read document is discharged to the document tray 18 by the document discharge unit.
- FIG. 24 is a diagram showing the configuration of the double-sided printing conveyance device 21. As shown in FIG. The double-sided printing conveyance device 21 has a double-sided printing conveyance unit, and is attached to the left side of the image recording device 12 shown in FIG. 20 (a).
- the conveyance unit for double-sided printing includes a plurality of rollers 210, and switches and conveys the recording material discharged from the fixing device 23 using the discharge unit 16 at the top of the image recording apparatus. That is, the recording material can be fed again between the photosensitive drum 22 and the transfer device 26 in the electrophotographic process unit of the image recording device 12 by reversing the front and back of the recording material.
- the post-processing apparatus shown in FIG. 23 is carried out by switchback conveying the recording material printed in the conveyance path for discharging the recording material toward the discharge unit 16 at the top of the apparatus.
- the recording material can be guided to the double-sided printing apparatus 21 shown in FIG.
- the cleaning means (cleaning roller 140) is disposed downstream of the heating area by the external heating means (external heating roller 133). And is preferred.
- the surface of the pressure roller 132 is heated after being heated by the external heating roller 133, and therefore cleaning is performed when the temperature of the toner attached to the pressure roller 132 during cleaning is high.
- the cleaning effect of the roller 140 is improved. Further, even if the toner T adhering to the fixing roller 131 is transferred to the surface of the pressure roller 132 again, it is cleaned by the cleaning roller 140 on the downstream side, so the recording paper P is not soiled.
- the fixing device includes the first pressure contact member in contact with the toner image surface and the second pressure contact member in contact with the surface on the opposite side of the toner image surface,
- the toner image is fixedly adhered to the recording material by passing the recording material on which the unfixed toner image is formed while the pressure contact area where the member and the second pressure contact member are in pressure contact is heated to the toner fixing temperature.
- the surface temperature of the heat means and the second pressure contact member is in a temperature range defined by the low temperature offset occurrence boundary temperature of the first pressure contact member and the high temperature offset occurrence boundary temperature of Z or the first pressure contact member.
- control means for controlling the heating means.
- control means sets the surface temperature of the second pressure contact member to Tp (° C.), and the low temperature offset occurrence boundary temperature of the first pressure contact member to the temperature (° C.). It is preferable to control the above-mentioned heating means so that the above-mentioned Tp force Tp 0 0. 669 Thc + 53.4 is satisfied.
- control means sets the surface temperature of the second pressure contact member to Tp (° C.), and the surface temperature of the first pressure contact member to Th (° C.),
- the heating means is controlled to satisfy the above Tp force Tp ⁇ l. 552Thh-Th, where the high temperature offset occurrence boundary temperature of the first pressure welding member is Thh (° C.).
- the control means sets the surface temperature of the second pressure contact member to Tp (° C.), and the surface temperature of the first pressure contact member to Th (° C.), Assuming that the low temperature offset generation boundary temperature of the first pressure contact member is The (° C.), and the high temperature offset generation boundary temperature of the first pressure contact member is Thh (° C.), the above Tp is 0.469Thc + 53.4 ⁇ Tp ⁇ l. Control the above-mentioned heating means to satisfy 552Thh-Th!
- a cleaning means for cleaning the surface of the second pressure-contacting member is provided.
- the heating means includes an external heating means for directly heating the vicinity of the surface of the second pressure contact member.
- the external heating means is an external heating roller in contact with the surface of the second pressure contact member.
- control means controls the temperature of the external heating roller according to the size of the recording material.
- the external heating means is an induction heating means for inductively heating the vicinity of the surface of the second pressure contact member.
- the fixing device of the present invention has the first pressure-contacting member and the second pressure-contacting member.
- the surface temperature of the second pressure contact member is within a temperature range defined by the low temperature offset generation boundary temperature of the first pressure contact member and the high temperature offset generation boundary temperature of the first pressure contact member.
- control means for controlling the heating means are provided.
- control means sets the surface temperature of the second pressure contact member to Tp (° C.), and the low temperature offset generation boundary temperature of the first pressure contact member to the It is preferable that the above-mentioned heating means be controlled so as to satisfy the above-mentioned Tp force Tp 0. 669 Thc + 53.4 as (° C.).
- the surface temperature of the second pressure welding member is controlled to be equal to or higher than the above-mentioned temperature (0.469Thc + 53. 4) determined by the low temperature offset generation boundary temperature of the first pressure welding member.
- the control means sets the surface temperature of the second pressure contact member to Tp (° C.) and the surface temperature of the first pressure contact member to Th (° C.).
- the above heating means is preferably controlled such that the above Tp satisfies Tppl. 552Thh-Th, where the high temperature offset occurrence boundary temperature of the above first pressure contact member is Thh (° C.), .
- the surface temperature of the second pressure welding member is controlled to be equal to or lower than the above temperature (1. 552 Thh-Th) determined by the high temperature offset occurrence boundary temperature and the surface temperature of the first pressure welding member.
- the control means sets the surface temperature of the second pressure contact member to Tp (° C.) and the surface temperature of the first pressure contact member to Th (° C.).
- the low temperature offset occurrence boundary temperature of the first pressure contact member is The (° C.)
- the high temperature offset occurrence boundary temperature of the first pressure contact member is T hh (° C.). It is preferable to control the above heating means so as to satisfy 4 ⁇ Tp. L. 552 hh Th Th.
- the surface temperature of the second pressure contact member is controlled within the above range determined by the low temperature and high temperature offset occurrence boundary temperature and the surface temperature of the first pressure contact member. Toner transfer phenomenon from the back side of the recording material and toner from the second pressure contact member Both of the transition phenomena can be suppressed.
- the toner transfer from the back surface of the recording material to the second pressure contact member, or the transfer of toner to the first pressure contact member, is reduced.
- a sufficient cleaning effect can be obtained by the cleaning means provided on the pressure contact member.
- the heating unit preferably includes an external heating unit that directly heats the vicinity of the surface of the second pressure-contacting member.
- the temperature of the surface of the second pressure contact member can be raised more quickly compared to the configuration in which the heat source is provided inside the second pressure contact member, and accurate temperature control of the surface of the second pressure contact member is performed. Becomes possible.
- the external heating unit is preferably an external heating roller that is in contact with the surface of the second pressing member.
- the heat of the portion of the second pressure contact member not in contact with the recording material moves to the portion in contact with the recording material through the external heating roller (heat equalization effect).
- control means control the temperature of the external heating roller according to the size of the recording material.
- the portion of the second pressure contact member where the recording material is not in contact becomes too hot. As a result, it is easy to control the temperature of the second pressure contact member to a predetermined temperature or less.
- the external heating unit is preferably an induction heating unit that inductively heats the vicinity of the surface of the second pressure member. According to the above configuration, the temperature of the surface of the second pressure contact member can be efficiently raised more quickly, and the accuracy of the temperature control of the surface of the second pressure contact member can be further enhanced.
- the temperature of the first pressure contact member is raised as a step for making the first pressure contact member and the second pressure contact member in a fixable state. After the first pressure contact member reaches a first temperature lower than a predetermined temperature, a first step of raising the temperature of the second pressure contact member by the first pressure contact member; and the first pressure contact member is higher than the predetermined temperature After reaching the second temperature, the method further includes the second step of starting to feed the recording material to the pressure contact area substantially simultaneously with the external force heating of the second pressure contact member.
- the temperature of the first pressure contact member is measured as a step of cleaning the toner attached to the first pressure contact member and the second pressure contact member after the fixing is completed. And a second step of maintaining the temperature of the external heating means at a temperature lower than the temperature at the time of passage of the recording material.
- a photosensitive member on the surface of which an unfixed toner is formed transfer means for contacting the photosensitive member and transferring the unfixed toner image from the photosensitive member to the recording paper, and the transfer means on the recording material
- the fixing device described above may be used as the above-mentioned fixing device of the image forming apparatus.
- the present invention can be widely used as a fixing device which is a kind of heating device used for electrophotographic apparatuses such as copying machines and printers.
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