Apparatus for the forming of images with a cleaning device for a corona wire
US4811050A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 14, 1987 |
| Grant date | Mar 7, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 14, 2007 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2221/1693
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An apparatus for the formation of images having a body of the apparatus provided with a corona charger, in which a corona wire is strung along a charging opening of the corona charger. An image-forming device is installed in the body of the apparatus. The device is removable from the body of the apparatus along the corona wire. The apparatus further includes a cleaning device that is attached to the end portion of the image-forming device opposite to the direction in which the image-forming device is pulled out of the body of the apparatus. The cleaning device touching the corona wire through the charging opening when the image-forming device moves along the corona wire and separating from the corona wire when the image-forming device is installed into the body of the apparatus.
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