Patent · US Expired

Charging member and process cartridge having same

US5790927A · kind A · utility

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17Claims
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Filing dateSep 4, 1996
Grant dateAug 4, 1998
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Expiry dateSep 4, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G15/0233
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A charging member contactable to a member to be charged and capable of being supplied with a voltage to charge the member to be charged, the charging member including a core member having a stepped portion to provide a smaller diameter portion at an end portion side than at a longitudinally central side; and an elastic member supported by the core member, the elastic member covering the stepped portion.

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