Image forming apparatus that suppresses occurrence of image smearing by maintaining a metal soap on a surface of a photoconductor
US11073781B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 18, 2020 |
| Grant date | Jul 27, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 18, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/00071
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image forming apparatus that executes an image forming operation for forming a toner image on a recording material and an application operation of applying a metal soap to a surface of an image bearing member by supplying a toner stored in a toner storing unit to the surface of the image bearing member from the developing member. A surficial moving speed of the image bearing member during the application operation is lower than the surficial moving speed of the image bearing member during the image forming operation, and a speed difference between the surficial moving speed of the developing member and the surficial moving speed of the image bearing member during the application operation is larger than that during the image forming operation.
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