Image forming device which forms an electric field to discharge an object
US5864737A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 27, 1996 |
| Grant date | Jan 26, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 27, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G15/0291
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An apparatus which forms a discharge electric field in order to discharge an object. The apparatus includes an electrode member facing and separated by a preselected gap from the object, and a power source which applies a discharge voltage to the electrode member to thereby cause discharge to occur between the object and the electrode member. Further, the electrode member at the gap includes a material selected in association with the gap so that a functional relationship between the discharge voltage and a discharge current caused by the discharge voltage is a continuous function.
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