Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US14953602Application Date: 2015-11-30
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Publication No.: US09726999B2Publication Date: 2017-08-08
- Inventor: Kenichiro Kitajima
- 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: JP2014-245425 20141203
- Main IPC: G03G15/02
- IPC: G03G15/02 ; G03G13/02

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a rotatable photosensitive member (drum), a first corona charger, a second corona charger, an image forming portion, a voltage applying portion, a surface potential detecting portion, a controller. The controller determines a condition of voltages applied to the first and second corona chargers during image formation, by setting a first voltage condition for the first corona charger so that the surface potential of the drum is a second potential lower in absolute value than the first potential in a state in which the first corona charger operates, and the second corona charger does not operates, and then by setting a second voltage condition for the second corona charger so that the surface potential of the drum is the first potential in a state in which the first corona charger operates under the first voltage condition, and the second corona charger operates.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160161878A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2016-06-09
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