Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus with condensation control
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Application No.: US17086021Application Date: 2020-10-30
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Publication No.: US11599059B2Publication Date: 2023-03-07
- Inventor: Shinji Katagiri , Shuichi Tetsuno , Keisuke Ishizumi , Yuichiro Inaba
- 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: JPJP2019-205594 20191113
- Main IPC: G03G21/20
- IPC: G03G21/20 ; G03G15/16 ; G03G21/00

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, a belt, a development unit having a development member in contact with the image bearing member to develop an electrostatic latent image formed on the image bearing member using toner, and a collection unit having a contacting member in contact with the belt to collect toner remaining on the belt adjacent to the contacting member. If condensation is detected inside the image forming apparatus, the image forming apparatus performs predetermined control to separate the development member from the image bearing member and drive the belt in such a manner that the belt moves at a second surface speed different from a first surface speed while driving the image bearing member in such a manner that the image bearing member rotates at the first surface speed in a state where the image bearing member is in contact with the belt.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210141337A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2021-05-13
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