Charger positioning adjuster and image forming apparatus incorporating same
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsHiroyuki UENISHI, Hirotaka HATTA, Toshiya SATO, Takeshi KOJIMA, Akira ASAOKA, Yusuke ISHIZUKA
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Abstract
A charger positioning adjuster, which is included in an image forming apparatus and disposed facing a charger uniformly charging a surface of an image carrier using corona discharging, includes a mounting part provided at a position on which the charger is detachably attached, a positioning member attached to the mounting part and positioning the charger by contacting thereto, and a spacer disposed between the mounting part and the positioning member and adjusting a distance between the surface of the image carrier and the charger.
Claims8
A charger positioning adjuster to adjust a charger that is disposed facing an image carrier and uniformly charges a surface of the image carrier using corona discharging, the charger positioning adjuster comprising:
- a mounting part provided at a position on which the charger is detachably attached;
- a positioning member attached to the mounting part and positioning the charger by contacting the charger;
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- a spacer disposed between the mounting part and the positioning member and adjusting a distance between the surface of the image carrier and the charger.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.