Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus having image bearing member and collection device to collect materials adhered on the image bearing member
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Application No.: US15711393Application Date: 2017-09-21
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Publication No.: US10254678B2Publication Date: 2019-04-09
- Inventor: Yuichi Matsushita , Hiroshige Hiramatsu , Chieko Mimura , Kengo Yada , Hotaka Kakutani , Shota Iriyama
- Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya, Aichi
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya, Aichi
- Agency: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, PC
- Priority: JP2016-191789 20160929
- Main IPC: G03G21/00
- IPC: G03G21/00 ; G03G15/08 ; G03G15/02 ; G03G21/10 ; G03G21/16 ; G03G15/04 ; G03G15/045 ; G03G15/00

Abstract:
In an image forming apparatus, the image bearing member has a surface and configured to rotate about an axis. The collection device is in contact with the surface, and configured to collect materials adhered to the surface. The developing roller is configured to provide a charged toner having a first polarity. The processor is configured to perform: executing a print job in a printing period; executing, in a non-printing period, a first process in which the image bearing member is rotated at least one rotation while a holding bias is applied to the collection device, the holding bias having a second polarity opposite to the first polarity; and executing, in a non-printing period after the first process, a second process in which the image bearing member is rotated while an ejection bias is applied to the collection device, the ejection bias having the first polarity.
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