Global Patent Index - EP 0601801 A2

EP 0601801 A2 19940615 - Maintaining precise electrostatic control using two esvs.

Title (en)

Maintaining precise electrostatic control using two esvs.

Title (de)

Sicherstellung hochwertiger elektrostatischer Kontrolle durch Verwendung zweier elektrostatischer Voltmeter.

Title (fr)

Maintien d'un contrÔle électrostatique avec précision en utilisant deux voltmètres électrostatiques.

Publication

EP 0601801 A2 19940615 (EN)

Application

EP 93309687 A 19931203

Priority

US 98640092 A 19921207

Abstract (en)

Erroneous voltage readings of Electrostatic Voltmeters (ESVs), which have become contaminated by charged particles (i.e. toner) from developer housings (58,60) used for developing latent images on a photoreceptor surface (10), are negated by adjusting the readings of the ESVs (ESV1,ESV2) to compensate for the contamination of the ESVs. Additionally, the developer housing biases (70,71) are adjusted by an amount equal to the difference between the voltages measured by the ESVs thereby insuring proper development and cleaning fields during development. <IMAGE>

IPC 1-7

G03G 15/01

IPC 8 full level

G01N 27/60 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/01 (2006.01); G03G 15/06 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

G03G 15/01 (2013.01); G03G 15/0121 (2013.01); G03G 15/5037 (2013.01); G03G 2215/0495 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

DE FR GB

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0601801 A2 19940615; EP 0601801 A3 19950913; EP 0601801 B1 19970102; BR 9304957 A 19940621; CA 2107190 A1 19940608; CA 2107190 C 19961001; DE 69307111 D1 19970213; DE 69307111 T2 19970703; JP 2778906 B2 19980723; JP H06208275 A 19940726; MX 9307527 A 19940630

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 93309687 A 19931203; BR 9304957 A 19931206; CA 2107190 A 19930928; DE 69307111 T 19931203; JP 28324793 A 19931112; MX 9307527 A 19931130