Charging apparatus for charging a moving member to be charged including an elastic rotatable member carrying electroconductive particles on the surface thereof
US6134407A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 5, 1998 |
| Grant date | Oct 17, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 5, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G15/0216
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A charging apparatus includes a charging member, to which a voltage is applicable, for charging a member to be charged; the charging member including: a flexible member for forming a nip with the member to be charged, wherein the flexible member is moved with a peripheral speed difference between surfaces of the flexible member and the member to be charged at the nip; and electroconductive particles in the nip.
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