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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Takeshi Tabuchi, Kawaguchi, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/502 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/502 ;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus and a photoconductive belt module including an endless belt configured to be electrically charged, a plurality of rollers that span the endless belt around the rollers and rotatively transport the endless belt, and a charging device disposed opposite one of the plurality of rollers and apart from the surface of the endless belt at a predetermined distance and configured to charges a surface of the endless belt electrically.