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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2024
Applicant:
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/02 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/0266 (2013.01); G03G 15/5041 (2013.01); G03G 2215/025 (2013.01);
Abstract
The image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a charging unit, an exposure unit, a developing unit, a transfer unit, a cleaning blade, and a controller. The controller detects printing-coverage rates on a basis of plural areas divided in the longitudinal direction of the image carrier. Upon occurrence of a difference exceeding a specified threshold value among the coverage rates of the plural areas, the controller executes, for a duration of specified aging time, aging process in which the image carrier is driven into rotation in its charged state.