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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. 18, 1990
Filed:
Sep. 01, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Konica Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355315 ; 361235 ;
Abstract
An electrophotographic image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording sheet comprises a photosensitive drum for holding a toner image thereon, in developer for forming the toner image on the photosensitive drum, an image transfer device for electrostatically transferring the toner image from the photosensitive drum to the recording sheet, and a sheet separator for separating the recording sheet from the photosensitive drum as the recording sheet advances. The sheet is controlled to generate a discharge voltage which includes separator at least alternating currents at various duty factors.