Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus that prevents toner charged with polarity opposite normal charging polarity from being collected
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Application No.: US15816818Application Date: 2017-11-17
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Publication No.: US10248043B2Publication Date: 2019-04-02
- Inventor: Shuichi Tetsuno , Shinji Katagiri , Takayuki Tanaka , Tsuguhiro Yoshida , Takahiro Ikeda
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Canon U.S.A., Inc. IP Division
- Priority: JP2016-231525 20161129
- Main IPC: G03G15/02
- IPC: G03G15/02 ; G03G21/00

Abstract:
In a case where a collection mode in which an exposure unit forms a first potential on a photosensitive member and a developing unit collects discharging toner discharged from the developing unit to a position where the first potential is formed is executed, a potential forming unit forms, on an intermediate transfer member, a potential same as a normal charging polarity of toner and an absolute value greater than an absolute value of the first potential, and a charging power supply applies, to a charging member, a voltage having a polarity same as the normal charging polarity and an absolute value greater than an absolute value of the first potential.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180149993A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2018-05-31
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