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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2018
Applicant:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hokuto Hatano, Toyohashi, JP;
Assignee:
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/0233 (2013.01);
Abstract
A charging device is configured to apply electric charge to an image carrier provided outside the charging device. The charging device includes: a cored bar member; and a conductive resin layer provided on a surface of the cored bar member. The conductive resin layer has a film thickness of 200 μm or less. Filtered maximum waviness in an axial direction of the cored bar member is 8 μm or less in a range of a reference length of 60 mm.