Toner adhesion preventing mechanism for image forming apparatus
US5678151A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 9, 1996 |
| Grant date | Oct 14, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 9, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G15/1685
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, an image forming means for forming a toner image on the image bearing member, a rotary member contacted with a surface of the image bearing member, a transfer member for transferring the toner image from the image bearing member to the rotary member, and a cleaning member for removing residual toner from the image bearing member. Wherein a longitudinal width of a contact area between the image bearing member and the rotary member is smaller than the length of the cleaning member.
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