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AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsYukimichi Someya, Eiichi Ohta, Naomi Sugimoto, Takuro Sekiya, Yasuo Katano, Shohji Tanaka, Yoshihiko Iijima, Toshihiro Ishii
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An electric charging apparatus and an image forming apparatus using the electric charging apparatus, capable of stably discharging electrons and reducing deterioration in an electron discharging member, which includes an electric field forming device including two electrodes facing each other to form electric field therebetween including an electron discharging member provided at a portion of one of the electrodes, where the portion faces the other electrode, to discharge electrons into the electric field, and a voltage applying controller to control voltage applied to the electrodes, wherein the voltage applying controller selects two or more intensities of the electric field.
An electric charging apparatus to charge a surface of a charging object, comprising:
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
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