Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus with current detection when photoconductor is re-charged
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Application No.: US14996856Application Date: 2016-01-15
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Publication No.: US09606470B2Publication Date: 2017-03-28
- Inventor: Shota Soda
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Canon USA, Inc. IP Division
- Priority: JP2015-007954 20150119
- Main IPC: G03G15/02
- IPC: G03G15/02 ; G03G15/00 ; G03G21/08

Abstract:
When attachment of an unused photoconductor unit is detected, a mode is executed in which, during non-image formation, a first current flowing in a charging roller is detected when a photoconductor is re-charged without irradiation of light by a pre-exposure device after being charged and passing through a transfer position during non-image formation, and a second current flowing in the charging roller is detected when the photoconductor is re-charged with irradiation of light by the pre-exposure device after being charged and passing through the transfer position, and a current supplied to an LED lamp during image formation is controlled in accordance with detection results.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160209772A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2016-07-21
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