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Image forming apparatus having a plurality of writing electrodes

US6618065B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 1, 2001
Grant dateSep 9, 2003
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Expiry dateOct 1, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2215/017
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The object of the present invention is to provide an image forming apparatus which can forms a high-quality image with high resolution while stabilizing potential and size of an electrostatic latent image and in which the wearing of electrodes and a latent image carrier can be reduced, thereby improving the durability thereof. The image forming apparatus comprises a latent image carrier 2 and a substrate 3a on which a plurality of writing electrodes 3b are formed along the axial direction of said latent image carrier. The latent image carrier 2 and the substrate 3a are arranged in elastic contact with each other so as to form an electrostatic latent image on the latent image carrier 2.

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