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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:
Dec. 05, 1989
Filed:
Oct. 07, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tsumori Satoh, Yokosuka, JP;
Yasushi Koichi, Yamato, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355305 ; 118652 ; 1525652 ;
Abstract
A cleaning device for an image forming apparatus which develops an electrostatic latent image provided on an image carrier with toner, transfers the resulting toner image to a transfer material, and cleans the image carrier to remove toner remaining thereon and, more particularly, a cleaning device of the type using a carrier retaining member which retains carrier thereon by a magnetic force. Carrier particles which form a magnet brush have volume resistivity of lower than 10.sup.10 .OMEGA..cm while toner particles have a dielectric constant of smaller than 3.7.