Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus with a charging power supply that outputs an AC bias and a DC bias
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Application No.: US16549496Application Date: 2019-08-23
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Publication No.: US10656548B2Publication Date: 2020-05-19
- Inventor: Tsugihito Yoshiyama , Masayasu Haga , Sayaka Morita , Kunitomo Sasaki
- 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: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@7f5cfae3
- Main IPC: G03G15/02
- IPC: G03G15/02 ; G03G15/16

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes: a photoreceptor; a charging member that charges the photoreceptor; a charging power supply that outputs an AC bias as a charging bias to be applied to the charging member during image formation, and outputs a DC bias as the charging bias during a non-image forming operation, the AC bias being obtained by superimposing an alternating current voltage and a direct current voltage, the image formation forming a latent image, the DC bias being a direct current voltage, the non-image forming operation rotating and driving the photoreceptor; a processor that performs predetermined processing on the photoreceptor; and a controller that controls the charging power supply and the processor such that a value of a potential difference of the photoreceptor before and after being charged by the DC bias is a value equal to or less than a setting value during the non-image forming operation.
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