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Charge removal brush

US5508879A · kind A · utility

21Cited by
5References
7Claims
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Filing dateAug 30, 1994
Grant dateApr 16, 1996
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Expiry dateAug 30, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH05F3/02
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A charge removal brush with a number of long conductive filamentous elements for removing charges from an object when the charge removal brush comes in contact with the object, is disclosed. The charge removal brush includes a metal shaft rotatable about the axis thereof, a strip-like woven cloth including a base cloth and long conductive filamentous elements uniformly planted in the substantially entire surface of the base cloth, the strip-like woven cloth being spirally wound on the metal shaft with no gap, and a conductive fiber is woven into the base cloth in a state that the conductive fiber runs along the center line of the base cloth, which is extended in the lengthwise direction of the base cloth.

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