Image forming system having charge balancing system
View Patent ↗An image formation system is configured by connecting two or more image formation devices. The system includes a fixing device fixing an unfixed development image to a record medium and a charge elimination device eliminating a charge of the record medium in an inlet of the fixing device of the second or later image formation device.
1. An image formation system formed by connecting two or more image formation devices, the image formation system comprising:
a first image formation device to fix an image on a first surface of a record medium; and
a second image formation device substantially immediately subsequent to said first image formation device, said second image formation device receiving the record medium from said first image formation device, thereby being a downstream image formation device of said first image formation device, wherein said second image formation device comprises:
a fixing device that fixes an unfixed development image to an opposite, second surface of said record medium; and
a charge elimination device that eliminates a charge of the record medium in an inlet of the fixing device, as resultant from an image fixed by said first image formation device on said first surface of said record medium, said charge elimination device being incorporated only in said second image formation device.
2. An image formation system according to claim 1 , wherein the charge elimination device comprises a brush.
3. An image formation system according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second image formation devices are connected by a joint path.
4. An image formation system according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second image formation devices further comprise a paper reversal device.
5. An image formation system according to claim 1 , wherein said first image formation device forms an image on a front side of the record medium and said second image formation device forms an image on a back side of the record medium.
6. An image formation system according to claim 1 , further comprising a pressure roller, wherein the pressure roller comprises a zero electrical potential.
7. An image formation system according to claim 1 , wherein the fixing device further comprises a pressure roller, wherein the pressure roller has a polarity opposite to a polarity of charge of toner.
8. An image formation system according to claim 5 , wherein the charge elimination device eliminates a charge of toner particles present on the back side of the record medium.
9. An image formation system formed by connecting two or more image formation devices, the image formation system comprising:
a first image formation device that fixes a first unfixed development image to a first surface of a record medium; and
a second image formation device substantially immediately subsequent to said first image formation device, said second image formation device receiving said record medium from said first image formation device, thereby being a downstream image formation device of said first image formation device, wherein said second image formation device comprises:
a fixing device that fixes an unfixed development image to a second surface of said received record medium; and
a charge provision device that provides a charge for the record medium in an inlet of the fixing device, thereby neutralizing a residual charge on the record medium as resultant from the image on the first surface fixed by said first image formation device, said charge provision device being incorporated only in said second image formation device.
10. An image formation system according to claim 9 , wherein the charge provision device comprises a corotron.