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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 26, 1996
Yasuyuki Ishii, Mishima, JP;
Hiroyuki Adachi, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Hiroki Kisu, Fujisawa, JP;
Hiroaki Ogata, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A charging apparatus includes a charging member contactable or proximatable to a member to be charged, the charging member being capable of being supplied with a voltage; wherein the charging member has a magnetic particle layer, and a magnetic force generator with a gap for generating magnetic force in the magnetic particles, the magnetic particle layer and magnetic force generator forming a magnetic circuit; and wherein the magnetic particle has a particle size of no less than 10 .mu.m and no more than 100 .mu.m, and the maximum magnetic flux density in the gap ranges 1,000.times.10.sup.-4 T-10,000.times.10.sup.-4 T.