The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Aug. 23, 1983
Filed:
Jul. 20, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tadashi Yamashita, Yokohama, JP;
Toyoo Okamoto, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., , JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ; G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355 15 ; 355 / ; 355 / ; 355 / ; 361212 ; 361220 ; 118652 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for cleaning a photosensitive member of an electrostatic copying machine which includes neutralizing means electrically connected to the ground and disposed for contact with the surface of a photosensitive member in a region located between a transfer station where a toner image formed on photosensitive member is transferred onto a transfer sheet and a cleaning station where any residual toner remaining on the photosensitive member after the transfer step is removed. In this manner, the photosensitive member is neutralized after the transfer step before the residual toner is removed therefrom.