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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2004
Eisaku Murakami, Tokyo, JP;
Toshio Koike, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Masato Yanagida, Tokyo, JP;
Naohiro Kumagai, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Takeshi Shintani, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Masanori Kawasumi, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Atsushi Sampe, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Masami Tomita, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Hiroyuki Nagashima, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Takeshi Uchitani, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Eisaku Murakami, Tokyo, JP;
Toshio Koike, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Masato Yanagida, Tokyo, JP;
Naohiro Kumagai, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Takeshi Shintani, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Masanori Kawasumi, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Atsushi Sampe, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Masami Tomita, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Hiroyuki Nagashima, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Takeshi Uchitani, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member configured to form an electrostatic latent image on a surface thereof, and a separating mechanism configured to separate an irregular charge toner from a residual toner remaining on the surface of the image bearing member after a completion of an image forming process, to provide an extra travel passage to give a time delay to the irregular charge toner, and to return the irregular charge toner with the time delay to the surface of the image bearing member.