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- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus that calculates surface potential of image carrier according to developing current
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Application No.: US17362948Application Date: 2021-06-29
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Publication No.: US11487218B2Publication Date: 2022-11-01
- Inventor: Yoshihiro Yamagishi , Tamotsu Shimizu , Kazunori Tanaka
- Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: IP Business Solutions, LLC
- Priority: JPJP2020-114846 20200702,JPJP2020-114847 20200702
- Main IPC: G03G15/06
- IPC: G03G15/06 ; G03G15/00 ; G03G15/02

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a charging device, a developing device, a developing power source, a current measuring device, and a processor. On a surface of the image carrier, an electrostatic latent image is formed. The charging device electrically charges the image carrier. The developing device forms a toner image, by supplying toner to the image carrier and developing the electrostatic latent image formed on the image carrier. The developing power source applies a predetermined bias voltage to the developing device. The current measuring device measures a developing current flowing in the developing device. The processor acts, by executing a control program, as a calculator that calculates a surface potential of the image carrier, on a basis of the developing current measured by the measuring device.
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