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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2001
Norihiko Kubo, Numazu, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus has an image bearing member for bearing an electrostatic latent image, a charging device for applying a voltage to the surface of said image bearing member to charge the surface thereof, electrostatic latent image forming means for forming an electrostatic latent image on the surface of said image bearing member charged by said charging device; developing means for adhering the toner carried on a toner carrying member to the electrostatic latent image formed on the surface of the image bearing member to form a toner image, a transfer material carrying member for carrying and conveying a transfer material to the surface of said image bearing member, transferring means for electrostatically transferring the toner image formed on the surface of said image bearing member to a transfer material, and cleaning means for cleaning said image bearing member.