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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:
Jun. 02, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 10, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shigeo Kurando, Osaka, JP;
Toru Tanjoh, Osaka, JP;
Jun Kusakabe, Osaka, JP;
Kazuhisa Kondo, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Mita Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
399 44 ; 399 66 ; 399296 ;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus transfers a toner image formed on a photoconductive member onto transfer paper by passing the photoconductive member consecutively beside a main charger, exposure unit, developer unit, pre-transfer charger, transfer charger, and charge remover. During image formation under conditions with temperature or humidity lower than a predetermined level, the pre-transfer charger is deactivated.