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Image forming apparatus

US5198863A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 17, 1991
Grant dateMar 30, 1993
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Expiry dateJun 17, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G15/167
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes a movable photosensitive member having a photosensitive layer of an organic photoconductor, a device for forming an image on a surface of the photosensitive member, a device for transferring the image formed on the photosensitive member by the image forming device onto a transfer material, the transfer device including a rotatable transfer member having a dielectric surface for moving the transfer material while contacting it to the surface of the image bearing member at a transfer position and an electrode for forming an electric field, the electrode being contacted to a surface of the rotatable transfer member remote from the photosensitive member.

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