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US 6,807,390 B2Granted
Image forming apparatus
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsTakeo Suda, Shinichi Kawahara, Masanori Kawasumi, Ken Amemiya, Hiroshi Ono, Hiroshi Mizusawa
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of photoreceptors and an intermediated transfer body through which toner images on the photoreceptors are transferred to a recording medium. The image forming apparatus also includes charging members provided in contact with or adjacent to the respective photoreceptors, and further includes at least one cleaning unit that contacts the charging member and removes foreign substance from the surface of the charging member.
Claims10
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of image carriers;
- an intermediate transfer body configured to receive toner images from one or more of the plurality of image carriers and transfer the toner images onto a recording medium;
- a plurality of charging members provided in contact with or adjacent to the image carriers, respectively;
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- a cleaning unit that is in contact with at least one of the charging member and removes foreign substances from a surface of the charging member.
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