Image forming apparatus
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTAKAHIRO KURAUCHI, Shintaro MIYANISHI, Norihide MOMOSE
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Abstract
The image forming apparatus of the present invention includes a photoreceptor, a charger that charges a surface of the photoreceptor, an exposer that irradiates the charged surface of the photoreceptor with light to form an electrostatic latent image, a developer that develops the electrostatic latent image to form a toner image, a transferer that transfers the toner image onto a recording medium, a cleaner that removes residual toner on the surface of the photoreceptor, and an inductor. The photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate and a photoreceptive layer provided on the conductive substrate. The conductive substrate is connected to a ground via the inductor.
Claims6
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a photoreceptor;
- a charger that charges a surface of the photoreceptor;
- an exposer that irradiates the charged surface of the photoreceptor with light to form an electrostatic latent image;
- a developer that develops the electrostatic latent image to form a toner image;
- a transferer that transfers the toner image onto a recording medium;
- a cleaner that removes residual toner on the surface of the photoreceptor;
- and an inductor,
- wherein the photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate and a photoreceptive layer provided on the conductive substrate, and
- wherein the conductive substrate is connected to a ground via the inductor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.