Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording medium by an electrophotographic method
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Application No.: US16512046Application Date: 2019-07-15
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Publication No.: US10739694B2Publication Date: 2020-08-11
- Inventor: Yusuke Kamata
- 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: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@f01487b
- Main IPC: G03G15/04
- IPC: G03G15/04 ; G03G21/02

Abstract:
In a case where a cleaning member is reciprocated in a longitudinal direction of a transmissive member in cleaning operation, the time necessary for the cleaning operation is lengthened. A movement unit is controlled to move the cleaning member in a first direction from a first position in response to a cleaning start signal and then to stop the cleaning member at a second position, and to move the cleaning member in a second direction opposite to the first direction from the second position in response to a next cleaning start signal and then to stop the cleaning member at the first position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200033749A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2020-01-30
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