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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2004
Yoshiki Nakane, Toyokawa, JP;
Futoshi Okazaki, Toyokawa, JP;
Tomohiro Kawasaki, Toyokawa, JP;
Shinji Ogawa, Toyokawa, JP;
Yoshiki Nakane, Toyokawa, JP;
Futoshi Okazaki, Toyokawa, JP;
Tomohiro Kawasaki, Toyokawa, JP;
Shinji Ogawa, Toyokawa, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A charging device has a discharging electrode, a stabilizer plate having a rectangular section and accommodating the discharging electrode, and a grid arranged in a opening of the stabilizer plate, and at least one member of the discharging electrode, the stabilizer plate and the grid is made of an electrically conductive material containing 30% or more of nickel by weight or is plated with nickel or platinum at a rate from 30% to 80% by weight with respect to whole weight of the plated member. An image forming apparatus employs the charging device.