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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2019
Applicant:
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Akihiro Nonaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuyuki Kano, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/0225 (2013.01); G03G 15/0233 (2013.01); G03G 2215/021 (2013.01);
Abstract
A charging device includes a charging member that includes a conductive elastic layer and a conductive surface layer disposed on an outer circumferential surface of the conductive elastic layer and a cleaning member that includes a support and a foamed elastic layer disposed on an outer circumferential surface of the support and having a higher surface free energy than the conductive surface layer of the charging member and that rotates in contact with the conductive surface layer of the charging member.