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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 11, 1997
Hiroyuki Hazama, Osaka, JP;
Masaru Watanabe, Osaka, JP;
Takashi Terada, Osaka, JP;
Hirotsugu Ogawa, Osaka, JP;
Mita Industrial Co., Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
A charging device is provided which is suitable for use in a compact electrophotographic image forming apparatus. The charging device includes: a pair of support members spaced a predetermined distance; and a discharge wire stretched between the pair of support members with one end thereof being fixed to one of the support members and with a middle portion thereof being supported by the other support member. One end of a coil spring is connected to the other end of the discharge wire, and the other end of the coil spring is received by a hooking portion of an electrode. The electrode is fixed in the vicinity of one of the support members.