Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Tadashi Ochiai

Nobuhiro Imai

Fumio Asano

The present invention provides an image forming apparatus comprising recording electrodes to which voltage for recording is applied, a sheet-shaped recording medium arranged in confronting relation to the recording electrodes, a driving source for driving the recording medium, a toner accommodating container arranged transversely to a direction to which the recording medium is moved, toner conveying means to supplying toner between the recording electrodes and the recording medium, and power source means for driving the image forming apparatus. In the image forming apparatus, the power source means is arranged below the toner accommodating container to obtain a high quality image.

Image forming apparatus

The image-forming apparatus comprises a first frame, a recording electrode with an image formation voltage applied thereto, a belt-like recording medium disposed facing the charging electrode and toner transporting means for supplying toner to a space between said recording electrode and recording medium. For the positioning of the belt-like recording medium with respect to the charging electrode, a second frame for movably supporting the recording medium is provided together with the recording electrode in the first frame. An recording medium feed member is urged against the second frame at a predetermined position thereof. Thus, the recording electrode and recording medium can be positioned relative to each other without need of any particular adjustment whenever the recording medium is replaced.

Growing community of inventors

Ibaraki, Japan

Tadashi Ochiai