Image carrier surface treatment device, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus
US9037038B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 7, 2013 |
| Grant date | May 19, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 7, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G21/0094
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image carrier surface treatment device is disposed opposite an image carrier rotatable in a first rotation direction and carrying a toner image. The image carrier surface treatment device includes a roller rotatable in a second rotation direction while contacting an outer circumferential surface of the image carrier. The roller includes a shaft projecting from each lateral end of the roller in an axial direction thereof. A rolling-element bearing is fitted on the shaft of the roller to support and position the roller inside the image carrier surface treatment device.
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