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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 05, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Harumi Ishiyama, Numazu, JP;
Yukio Nagase, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Yasunori Chigono, Susono, JP;
Jun Hirabayashi, Numazu, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
399174 ; 361225 ; 399176 ;
Abstract
A charging apparatus includes a charging member, to which a voltage is applicable, for charging a member to be charged; the charging member including: a flexible member for forming a nip with the member to be charged, wherein the flexible member is moved with a peripheral speed difference between surfaces of the flexible member and the member to be charged at the nip; and electroconductive particles in the nip.