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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. 19, 1989
Filed:
Mar. 22, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Akio Ohno, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ; G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355326 ; 355219 ; 355271 ;
Abstract
In an image formation apparatus for sequentially forming toner images on an image carrier and transferring the toner images onto a transfer material on a transfer material support member which is moved in an endless manner, when the transfer material is brought into contact with the image carrier other than in a transfer process, the surface of the image carrier is maintained at the same polarity as that of toner transferred to the transfer material. Thus, toner image transferred to the transfer material can be prevented from being offset onto the image carrier.