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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 1988
Filed:
May. 15, 1987
Masaki Nakaoka, Yokohama, JP;
Tadashi Yagi, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a corona discharging device having a cleaner for cleaning a corona discharging wire and is removably mountable in an operative position. Further, an image forming apparatus in which a cartridge containing therein at least a corona discharging device functioning as image formation processor is provided with a cleaner for cleaning a corona discharging wire removably mountable therein. When the corona discharging device or the cartridge is to be mounted in the image forming apparatus, and when the cleaner is not positioned at a predetermined position in the corona discharging device or at a predetermined position in the cartridge, a stopper provided on the image forming apparatus side is brought into engagement with the cleaner to thereby relatively move the cleaner to the predetermined position in the corona discharging device or the cartridge.