Patent · US Expired

Image forming apparatus having erasing means for erasing an electrical charge in a non-image region of an image bearing member

US5126792A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 19, 1991
Grant dateJun 30, 1992
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Expiry dateMar 19, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G15/047
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The image forming apparatus according to this invention is adapted to erase unnecessary black images otherwise appearing on the peripheral portion of a copy sheet so that output images of a high quality are obtained. Further, erasable peripheral areas of the copy sheet on which unnecessary black images are otherwise formed are freely selected.

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