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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:
Oct. 30, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ichiro Terada, Abiko, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/500 ;
Abstract
A charging device for charging a charged member includes a charging member for contacting the charged member to charge the charged member. A contact-separation device is provided for contacting/separating the charging member to/from the charged member. A power supply device supplies power to the charging member, in which a power supply path can be opened. The power supply device is constituted so that when the charging member contacts the charged member, the power supply path is closed, and when the charging member is separated from the charged member, the power supply path is opened.