Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 图像形成装置
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Application No.: US11284943Application Date: 2005-11-23
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Publication No.: US07302200B2Publication Date: 2007-11-27
- Inventor: Takeshi Washio , Masaharu Yokono , Kazuosa Kuma
- Applicant: Takeshi Washio , Masaharu Yokono , Kazuosa Kuma
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.
- Priority: JP2004-347661 20041130; JP2005-255966 20050905
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00 ; G03G15/02

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus of the present invention includes a pair of support plates supporting the rotary shaft of a photoconductive drum at axially opposite ends of the drum. One of the support plates is openable away from the body of the apparatus and loaded with a contact forming member including a current feed path for feeding a current from a high-tension power supply for charging to a charge roller, a wiring forming a current return path that allows a current to flow from the photoconductive drum to the ground of the power supply, and a plurality of contacts where the wiring and drum contact each other. A current flowing through the current return path is sensed to execute feedback control to the output of the high-tension power supply.
Public/Granted literature
- US20060140659A1 Image forming apparatus Public/Granted day:2006-06-29
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