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US 2014/0212175 A1Published application
Corona charger including shutter
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYuichi Makino, Hiroyuki Kidaka
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Abstract
A charging device includes a corona charger, provided with an opening opposing a photosensitive member, for electrically charging the photosensitive member; a sheet-like member provided so that the sheet-like member can cover the opening; a movable device for moving the sheet-like member; and a regulating device for regulating a shape of the sheet-like member so that a central portion of the sheet-like member protrudes toward the corona charger with respect to a circumferential direction of the photosensitive member.
Claims2
A charging device comprising:
- a corona charger, provided with an opening opposing a photosensitive member, for electrically charging the photosensitive member;
- a sheet-like member provided so that said sheet-like member can cover the opening;
- movable means for moving said sheet-like member;
- and
- regulating means for regulating a shape of said sheet-like member so that a central portion of said sheet-like member protrudes toward said corona charger with respect to a circumferential direction of the photosensitive member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.