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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:
Oct. 05, 1993
Filed:
May. 21, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Masamichi Ikeda, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355215 ; 355219 ;
Abstract
In an image forming apparatus, while an engaging pawl of a driving unit for driving a cleaner for cleaning a charger performs one reciprocating movement along the charger, an engaging projection of the cleaner engages the engaging pawl. Hence, when the charger is remounted after first detaching it from the image forming apparatus, engagement between the cleaner and the driving unit can be securely performed. As a result, cleaning of the charger can be securely performed after mounting the charger on the image forming apparatus.