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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2004
Tomohide Mori, Tokyo, JP;
Hidetoshi Noguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Hideo Yamaki, Tokyo, JP;
Yasunori Nakayama, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuo Tanaka, Hino, JP;
Satoru Shibuya, Tokyo, JP;
Hideji Higashimura, Tokyo, JP;
Tomohide Mori, Tokyo, JP;
Hidetoshi Noguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Hideo Yamaki, Tokyo, JP;
Yasunori Nakayama, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuo Tanaka, Hino, JP;
Satoru Shibuya, Tokyo, JP;
Hideji Higashimura, Tokyo, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A cleaning device is provided with a conductive fur brush kept in contact with a transfer belt, a conductive brush kept in contact with the transfer belt upstream of the fur brush in the feed direction, and a single of constant-current d.c. power supply. The fur brush is connected to the constant-current d.c. power supply, and the conductive brush is grounded. A current flows from the constant-current d.c. power supply via the transfer belt to the conductive brush.