Patent · US Expired

Charging member having bristless, process cartridge, and electrophotographic apparatus employing such a charging member

US5805961A · kind A · utility

9Cited by

4References

26Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha · JP

Inventors

Kiyoshi Mizoe · Numazu, JP
Shuichi Aita · Mishima, JP
Fumihiro Arahira
Yoshifumi Hano · Inagi, JP

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 29, 1996
Grant date	Sep 8, 1998
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 29, 2016

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG03G2215/023
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A charging member, which electrically charges an object to be charged by being placed in contact with the object to be charged and by being applied with a voltage, is provided where the charging member includes an electroconductive base and brush bristles to come into contact with the object to be charged, and the brush bristles include at least one of etching fibers and divided fibers.

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