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Charging device for electronic copier

US4380384A · kind A · utility

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9Claims
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Filing dateJan 23, 1981
Grant dateApr 19, 1983
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Expiry dateJan 23, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G15/0233
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A charging device for an electronic copier including a charging belt having a characteristic resistance ranging from 10.sup.4 to 10.sup.10 .OMEGA..cm. The copier's charging belt is in contact with the photosensitive drum, and as the photosensitive drum is rotated a voltage smoothly increasing over a predetermined period of time is applied to the charging belt for uniformly charging the photosensitive drum.

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