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Electrophotographic copying machine

US4465360A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 22, 1982
Grant dateAug 14, 1984
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Expiry dateMar 22, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2221/0005
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An electrophotographic copying machine includes a combined developing-cleaning magnetic brush element. When the copy sheet is smaller than half the size of a photosensitive drum surface, two sheets of copy are obtained by three revolutions of the photosensitive drum in a multi-copy mode. During the first revolution of the photosensitive drum, the combined developing-cleaning magnetic brush element conducts the developing operation onto a first half section of the photosensitive drum and conducts the cleaning operation onto a second half section of the photosensitive drum. During the second revolution of the photosensitive drum, the first half section is cleaned and the second half section is developed. During the third revolution of the photosensitive drum, the first and second half sections are cleaned by the combined developing-cleaning magnetic brush element.

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