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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2019
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Keishi Araki, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroki Ando, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirofumi Iida, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Mizoguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroki Oka, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A charging device includes: a charging member that is rotatable and has a peripheral surface to be in contact with a charging target and to which a voltage is to be applied for charging the charging target; a removing member that includes a core and a removing material spirally wound one to less than two times around the core and rotates and comes into contact with the charging member to remove an unnecessary material from the peripheral surface of the charging member; and a detecting unit that detects a current flowing between the charging member and the removing member.