Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus and method of controlling the same
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Application No.: US15833487Application Date: 2017-12-06
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Publication No.: US10372055B2Publication Date: 2019-08-06
- Inventor: Hisashi Murata
- Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo
- Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Current Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo
- Agency: Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
- Priority: JP2016-244274 20161216
- Main IPC: G03G15/02
- IPC: G03G15/02 ; G03G21/20

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a photoconductor, a charging member, a first power supply circuit which supplies electric power to the charging member, a detector configured to detect a current value of an alternating current which flows to the charging member, and a controller configured to control an operation of the first power supply circuit. The controller is configured to lower a frequency of alternating-current power supplied to the charging member by the first power supply circuit when the current value detected by the detector in application of a voltage of a prescribed value to the charging member by the first power supply circuit is equal to or smaller than a predetermined value.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180173130A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2018-06-21
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