Invention Grant
US08175498B2 Image forming apparatus and method that charges latent image carrier
有权
图像形成装置和对潜像载体进行充电的方法
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus and method that charges latent image carrier
- Patent Title (中): 图像形成装置和对潜像载体进行充电的方法
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Application No.: US12552194Application Date: 2009-09-01
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Publication No.: US08175498B2Publication Date: 2012-05-08
- Inventor: Yoichi Yamada , Masaru Kobashi , Mikio Furumizu
- Applicant: Yoichi Yamada , Masaru Kobashi , Mikio Furumizu
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: DLA Piper LLP (US)
- Priority: JP2008-232894 20080911
- Main IPC: G03G15/02
- IPC: G03G15/02

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes: a latent image carrier; a first charging unit which charges the latent image carrier; a second charging unit which supplies a charge having a reverse polarity of the charged polarity of the toner; a toner carrying roller which carries a toner layer containing both a contact toner which comes in direct contact with the surface of the toner carrying roller and a non-contact toner which comes in contact with the contact toner and does not come in contact with the surface of the toner carrying roller; an electric field forming unit which develops the electrostatic latent image by the toner by generating an alternate electric field as a toner fly electric field between the latent image carrier and the toner carrying roller; and a transfer unit which transfers a toner image formed by developing the electrostatic latent image to a transfer medium.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100061764A1 Image Forming Apparatus and Image Forming Method Public/Granted day:2010-03-11
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