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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2019
Applicant:
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Yoshiya Mashimo, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/01 (2006.01); G03G 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/0011 (2013.01); G03G 21/00 (2013.01); G03G 2221/0089 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a cleaner, and a controller. The image carrier holds an image on a surface thereof. The cleaner cleans the surface of the image carrier. The controller forms, at timing at which a developer is fed to the cleaner, a feeder image that feeds the developer to the cleaner. The feeder image includes toner whose amount is smaller on a downstream side than on an upstream side in a travel direction of the image carrier.