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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. 24, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 10, 1995
Osamu Sugino, Yokohama, JP;
Takeo Yamamoto, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus has an image bearing member; developing device for developing the image bearing member to form a toner image on the image bearing member, in a developing zone; and a transferring member for forming a nip in cooperation with the image bearing member and for transferring the toner image onto a transfer material in the nip. During a portion of a period in which the transfer material is not in the nip, an electric field is formed for transferring the toner having the same polarity as the toner image from the transferring member to a first region of the image bearing member. A discharging unit is provided for discharging a second region of the image bearing member; wherein a potential of the first region in the developing station is different from a potential of the second region in the developing zone, and a bias voltage applied to the developing unit when the first region is in the developing zone before the generation of the electric field is different from that applied when the second region having been discharged by the discharging unit is in the developing zone.
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