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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2003
Harumi Ishiyama, Numazu, JP;
Yasunori Chigono, Susono, JP;
Jun Hirabayashi, Numazu, JP;
Norio Takahashi, Susono, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A charging apparatus includes a charging member for charging a member to be charged while forming a nip with the member to be charged, and electroconductive particles disposed in the nip. The charging member is supplied with a voltage of a certain polarity, a surface of the member to be charged is triboelectrically charged by a surface of the charging member so as to have a polarity opposite from that of the voltage, and the electroconductive particles are triboelectrically charged in the nip so as to have a polarity opposite from that of the voltage.
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