Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus and method for controlling an image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US15223039Application Date: 2016-07-29
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Publication No.: US09785111B2Publication Date: 2017-10-10
- Inventor: Satoru Suzuki
- Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Agency: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
- Priority: JP2015-151781 20150731
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00 ; G03G21/20 ; G03G15/02 ; G03G15/06

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus, including a photosensitive member, a charger configured to charge the photosensitive member, a developer roller configured to contact the photosensitive member and supply a developer agent to the photosensitive member, a humidity sensor configured to detect humidity, and a controller is provided. The controller is configured to a voltage-application controlling process, in which the controller controls the photosensitive member and the developer roller to rotate, applies a charger-voltage to the charger, and applies a developer-voltage to the developer roller. In the voltage-application controlling process, the controller controls a voltage difference between the charger-voltage and the developer-voltage based on a peripheral velocity ratio of the developer roller with respect to the photosensitive member and the humidity.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170031314A1 Image Forming Apparatus and Method for Controlling an Image Forming Apparatus Public/Granted day:2017-02-02
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