Electrophotographic apparatus having improved grounding means
US4344698A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 1, 1980 |
| Grant date | Aug 17, 1982 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 1, 2000 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T83/6584
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Electrophotographic apparatus of the kind utilizing a flexible photoconductor film or web including a support and photoconductive layer sandwiching a conducting layer comprises a grounding member having an incising edge. The grounding member is electrically coupled to a reference potential and urged into a predetermined cutting position to incise the photoconductive layer and to effect contact of the conductive layer as film is moved therepast along the operative path of the apparatus.
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