Charging device with charging and cleaning members
US9411254B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 19, 2013 |
| Grant date | Aug 9, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 19, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G15/0225
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A charging device includes a charging member and a cleaning member. The charging member is driven and rotated while in contact with an outer peripheral surface of an image carrier which rotates, and charges the image carrier. The cleaning member is driven and rotated while in contact with an outer peripheral surface of the charging member and cleans the outer peripheral surface of the charging member. In the charging device, a radius of the charging member is less than a radius of the cleaning member.
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