- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus having toner collecting mode after stoppage
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Application No.: US14225759Application Date: 2014-03-26
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Publication No.: US09645528B2Publication Date: 2017-05-09
- Inventor: Yusuke Minato
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
- Priority: JP2013-075760 20130401
- Main IPC: G03G15/16
- IPC: G03G15/16 ; G03G15/00

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member; an electrostatic image forming unit; a developing device; an intermediary transfer member; a rotatable transfer member; a constant-voltage element; a power source; a cleaning device; an executing portion capable of executing a toner image collecting mode after jam clearance; and a controller for controlling the power source in an operation in a collecting mode so that a voltage of an identical polarity to a charge polarity of the toner is applied to the rotatable transfer member to transfer, onto the intermediary transfer member, the toner in an upstream-side end region of the toner image carried on the image bearing member with respect to the rotational direction of the image bearing member, and then a voltage of an opposite polarity to the charge polarity of the toner is applied to the rotatable transfer member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140294414A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2014-10-02
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