Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US16784042Application Date: 2020-02-06
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Publication No.: US10996583B2Publication Date: 2021-05-04
- Inventor: Satoru Takezawa
- 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. I.P. Division
- Priority: JPJP2019-036674 20190228
- Main IPC: G03G15/04
- IPC: G03G15/04 ; G03G21/16 ; G03G15/043 ; G03G15/00

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus including a photosensitive member, an optical scanning device including a transmission member configured to cause laser light for scanning the photosensitive member to pass through the transmission member, and a developing device configured to develop an electrostatic latent image with toner, the electrostatic latent image being scanned by the laser light and formed on the photosensitive member; a cleaning mechanism configured to clean the transmission member; a counter configured to store a count value that is a number of sheets on which an image forming operation is performed, and a control unit which executes a cleaning sequence before execution of an adjustment sequence, and resets the count value upon execution of the cleaning sequence, in a case where the count value is less than or equal to a predetermined value.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200278638A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2020-09-03
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