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Image forming apparatus

US6104136A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 22, 1997
Grant dateAug 15, 2000
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Expiry dateDec 22, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01J2329/8645
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes a vacuum envelope and an electron emission element, an image forming member and a spacer disposed within the vacuum envelope. The spacer, which is disposed between electrodes to which mutually different voltages are applied within the vacuum vessel, has semiconductivity on a surface thereof faced to vacuum and a conductive member arranged to encircle the surface.

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