Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 图像形成装置
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Application No.: US15002188Application Date: 2016-01-20
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Publication No.: US09563145B2Publication Date: 2017-02-07
- Inventor: Ken Kato
- Applicant: Oki Data Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Oki Data Corporation
- Current Assignee: Oki Data Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, P.C.
- Priority: JP2015-014261 20150128
- Main IPC: G03G15/02
- IPC: G03G15/02 ; G03G15/00

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier that carries a developer image formed by a developer including external additives, a charging member for charging the image carrier, a developer carrier that carries the developer, a developer supply member to which a supply voltage is applied for supplying the developer to the developer carrier, a main controller that controls an image formation mode for developing the developer image and controls a cleaning sequence mode for cleaning the charging member, and a voltage controller that changes outputs of the charging voltage, the development voltage and the supply voltage, and executes the cleaning sequence mode based on instructions of the main controller. When executing the cleaning sequence mode, the voltage controller makes an absolute value of the charging voltage larger than that in the image forming mode, and afterwards sets the output of the charging voltage to an OFF state.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160216681A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2016-07-28
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