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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:
Jul. 29, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/500 ; G03G 1/502 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/500 ; G03G 1/502 ;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a rotatable member to be charged; a rotatable charge member for electrically charging the member to be charged, the charge member being contactable to the member to be charged; and a moving element for moving the member to be charged and the charge member in a longitudinal direction of the member to be charged.