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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 08, 1998
Kouichi Hashimoto, Numazu, JP;
Atsushi Takeda, Mishima, JP;
Fumiteru Gomi, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Yoshiyuki Komiya, Mishima, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member; a charging member, contactable to said image bearing member, for being supplied with a voltage to charge said image bearing member; a developing device for forming a toner image by developing with toner an electrostatic image formed on said image bearing member, and also being capable of cleaning said image bearing member to remove residual toner; and a transferring device for transferring the toner image onto a transfer material. When the apparatus stops during an image forming operation as during a jam, the voltage applied to said charging member is a superimposed voltage of an AC voltage and DC voltage and is a DC voltage without the AC voltage thereafter between resumption after jamming and the start of image formation.