# US 2005/0135852 A1 · Image forming apparatus

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- Number: US 2005/0135852 A1
- Document ID: US20050135852A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 11/011,183
- Filed: 2004-12-15
- Published: 2005-06-23
- Earliest claimed: 2003-12-22
- Assignees: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inventors: Hajime Sekiguchi
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20050135852A1

## CPC

- G03G 21/0047: {using electrostatic or magnetic means; Details thereof, e.g. magnetic pole arrangement of magnetic devices (G03G21/0064 takes precedence)}
- G03G 15/167: {at least one of the recording member or the transfer member being rotatable during the transfer}
- G03G 15/5008: {Driving control for rotary photosensitive medium, e.g. speed control, stop position control}
- G03G 2215/0141: the linear arrangement being horizontal
- G03G 2215/0158: Colour registration
- G03G 2221/0078: Magnetic
- G03G: ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY

## Abstract

To provide an image forming apparatus capable of improving the deterioration of an image by cleaning a photosensitive drum with stability and by use of the photosensitive drum and the cleaning roller. In an image forming apparatus of the type in which a toner image formed on a photosensitive drum 1 is transferred to form a color image and in which the toner remaining on the photosensitive drum 1 after the toner imager is transferred is cleaned by cleaning means, the cleaning means includes a cleaning blade 30 for removing the toner remaining on the photosensitive drum 1 and a magnet roller 31 that is arranged nearer to the upstream side in the rotational direction of the photosensitive drum 1 than the cleaning blade 30 and is made to abut against by the photosensitive drum 1, thereby being rotated, and the magnet roller 31 is rotated independently of the rotating of the photosensitive drum 1.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An image forming apparatus comprising:
an image bearing member;
a plurality of image forming means for forming images of toner of different colors on the image bearing member, at least one of the plurality of image forming means forming the image by use of magnetic toner;
transfer means for transferring the image formed on the image bearing member to a transfer medium sequentially in a superimposing manner; and
a rotary member provided with magnetic poles of different magnetic properties so as to bear the magnetic toner, the rotary member sliding the toner born thereon with respect to the image bearing member to clean the image bearing member,
wherein the image bearing member is rotated by a drive source that is different from a drive source for rotating the rotary member.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a rotational speed of the rotary member is varied in accordance with a reduction in a rotational speed of the image bearing member.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The image forming apparatus according to claim 2, wherein assuming that the rotational speed of the rotary member when a rotational speed of the image forming member is VA is VB and that the rotational speed of the rotary member when the rotational speed of the image forming member is decreased from VA to Va is Vb, the following relationship holds.
0.3×VB−VA≦Vb−Va≦VB−VA

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a blade that abuts against and cleans the image forming member, wherein the rotary member supplies the toner to a portion where the blade abuts against the image bearing member.

### Claim 5

An image forming apparatus comprising:
a plurality of image forming means for forming images of toner of different colors on a plurality of image bearing members, predetermined image forming means of the plurality of image forming means forming the image on a predetermined image bearing member by use of magnetic toner;
transfer means for transferring the images formed on the plurality of image bearing members to a transfer medium sequentially in a superimposing manner; and
a rotary member provided with magnetic poles of different magnetic properties so as to bear the magnetic toner, the rotary member sliding the toner born thereon with respect to a predetermined image bearing member to clean the predetermined image bearing member,
wherein the predetermined image bearing member is rotated by a drive source that is different from a drive source for rotating the rotary member.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The image forming apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising means for varying a rotational speed of the rotary member in accordance with the switching of a rotational speed of the image bearing member.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The image forming apparatus according to claim 6, wherein assuming that the rotational speed of the rotary member when the rotational speed of the image forming member is VA is VB and that the rotational speed of the rotary member when the rotational speed of the image forming member is decreased from VA to Va is Vb, the following relationship holds.
0.3×VB−VA≦Vb−Va≦VB−VA

### Claim 8 (depends on 5)

The image forming apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising a blade that abuts against and cleans the predetermined image forming member, wherein the rotary member supplies the toner to a portion where the blade abuts against the predetermined image bearing member.