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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 1981
Filed:
Jul. 20, 1979
Hiroshi Okamoto, Toyokawa, JP;
Tetsuya Yamada, Aichi, JP;
Fumitoshi Atsumi, Shizuoka, JP;
Isao Iizaka, Shinshiro, JP;
Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A photoreceptor charge control arrangement to be employed for electrophotographic copying apparatuses wherein a specific circumferential portion on a uniformly charged photoreceptor is first exposed by a referenced exposure source to a specific amount of exposure and successively, the surface potential of the circumferential portion mentioned above is detected either at the relative position immediately before a position for an imagewise light exposing station or at the position juxtaposing the position of the station mentioned above, so that the successive comparison of the surface potential thus detected with a fixed reference is capable of effectively providing an appropriate control signal which can be employed to compensate the amount of exposure of the exposure source, irrespective of the surface condition of the photoreceptor.