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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2004
Masanobu Saito, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Kazuhiro Okubo, Mishima, JP;
Minoru Matsuguma, Susono, JP;
Jun Haruna, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Kazuhisa Maruyama, Sagamihara, JP;
Yoshihiro Ito, Mishima, JP;
Masanobu Saito, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Kazuhiro Okubo, Mishima, JP;
Minoru Matsuguma, Susono, JP;
Jun Haruna, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Kazuhisa Maruyama, Sagamihara, JP;
Yoshihiro Ito, Mishima, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material, includes a rotatable image bearing member; a developing member for developing a latent image formed on the image bearing member; a cleaning blade for removing a developer from the image bearing member, the cleaning blade being cooperative with the image bearing member to form a nip in which the cleaning blade is contacted to the image bearing member within a predetermined area; and a controller for executing a first step of stopping rotation of the image bearing member after completion of an image forming operation for forming an image on the recording material; a second step of rotating, after the first step, the image bearing member through a predetermined peripheral distance in a rotational direction which is the same as a direction in which the image bearing member is rotated during the image forming operation; a third step of rotating, after the second step, the image bearing member in a rotational direction which is opposite the direction in which the image bearing member is rotated during the image forming operation; and a fourth step of stopping rotation of the image bearing member after the third step.