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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2021
Applicant:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sakai, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/02 (2006.01); G03G 21/00 (2006.01); G03G 5/047 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/0266 (2013.01); G03G 5/047 (2013.01); G03G 21/0005 (2013.01);
Abstract
The image forming apparatus includes a photoreceptor, a charger that charges a surface of the photoreceptor, an exposer that irradiates the charged surface of the photoreceptor with light to form an electrostatic latent image, a developer that develops the electrostatic latent image to form a toner image, a transferer that transfers the toner image onto a recording medium, a cleaner that removes residual toner on the surface of the photoreceptor, and an inductor. The photoreceptor includes a conductive substrate and a photoreceptive layer provided on the conductive substrate. The conductive substrate is connected to a ground via the inductor.