Image forming apparatus including a cleaning web for removing residual toner
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorShigeki Takishita
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Abstract
The image forming apparatus of this invention includes an image bearing member which bears a toner image; a toner image forming device which forms a plurality of the toner images on the image bearing member continuously; a transfer device which transfers the toner image on the image bearing member to a recording material; a cleaning web which wipes off toner remaining on the image bearing member after the toner image is transferred to the recording material; and a separating unit which separates the web from the image bearing member when the toner image forming means is forming a plurality of the toner images on the image bearing member continuously.
Claims4
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image bearing member which bears a toner image;
- a toner image forming unit which forms a plurality of the toner images on the image bearing member continuously;
- a transfer unit which transfers the toner images on the image bearing member to a recording material;
- a cleaning web which wipes off toner remaining on the image bearing member after the toner images are transferred to the recording material at a cleaning position;
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- a contacting/separating unit which contacts the cleaning web to the image bearing member and separates the cleaning web from the image bearing member when an inter-image area of the image bearing member exists at the cleaning position,
- wherein during forming a plurality of the toner images on the image bearing member continuously, the contacting/separating unit separates the cleaning web from an image formed area of the image bearing member and brings the cleaning web into contact with a non-image formed area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.