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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:
Apr. 04, 2000
Filed:
May. 13, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ; G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
399 55 ; 399 53 ;
Abstract
In an image forming apparatus, the absolute value (.vertline.VBH-VM.vertline.) of the potential difference between a first development bias electric potential (VBH) and an intermediate electric potential (VM) is set to be smaller (.vertline.VBH-VM.vertline.<.vertline.VBL-VM.vertline.) than the absolute value (.vertline.VBL-VM.vertline.) of the potential difference between a second development bias electric potential (VBL) and the intermediate electric potential (VM).