PRODUCTION OF ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC SENSITIVE BODY

摘要

PURPOSE:To remove quickly and effectively the binder of a photoconductive layer by moving a cleaning tape impregnated with a solvent which can dissolve the binder in the direction opposite from the rotating direction of a base in the stage of wiping the surface of the base with said tape to clean the same. CONSTITUTION:The side edges of a photoconductive layer formed on a base are dipped in a soln. which can dissolve the photoconductive layer to strip the photoconductive layer from the side edges. The photosensitive layer subjected to such stripping is transferred into a wiping and cleaning device in the stripping section. The stepping motor 17 of the wiping and cleaning device is so driven as to move a cleaning tape 11 in the direction opposite from the rotating direction of the photosensitive body which is supported by a chuck 9 and is thus rotated. A cleaning tape 11 impregnated with a treating solvent is pressed by the effect of an air cylinder 12 to the part of the photosensitive body from which the photoconductive layer is stripped. The tape 11 is thus pressed to the stripped part under rotation to wipe the surface of the stripped part thereby cleaning said part.