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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 dateMar 5, 1998
Grant dateOct 17, 2000
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Expiry dateMar 5, 2018

Classification

  • 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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