Contact charger having charging performance enhancing particles existing at a contact portion between the contact charger and the member to be charged
US6163671A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 3, 1999 |
| Grant date | Dec 19, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 3, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/021
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A charging apparatus for charging a member to be charged includes a charging member for contacting to the member to be charged to electrically charge it; charging performance enhancing particles existing at a contact portion between the charging member and the member to be charged; wherein the charging performance enhancing particles is triboelectrically charged at the contact portion to a polarity opposite from that of a voltage applied to the charging member.
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