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Charging method and a charging device for charging a member to be charged by a flexible charging member

US6038418A · kind A · utility

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29Claims
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Filing dateJun 23, 1998
Grant dateMar 14, 2000
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Expiry dateJun 23, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G15/0241
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A charging device includes a charging member to which a voltage is applicable to charge a member to be charged; an electroconductive particle supply member for supplying electroconductive particles, wherein the supply member produces the electroconductive particles by abrasion of itself, and the thus produced electroconductive particles are fed to the nip formed by the charging member and the member to be charged.

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