Charging device and image forming apparatus

Abstract

A charging device includes: a discharge electrode; a control electrode that is disposed between the discharge electrode and a member to be charged, controls discharge of electricity from the discharge electrode, and is supported in a state where the control electrode is curved along a surface shape of the member to be charged in a lateral direction; and a tension applying section that applies tension to the control electrode in a longitudinal direction, in which the tension is larger at a middle portion of the control electrode than at both end portions of the control electrode in the lateral direction.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.