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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2006
Makoto Shishido, Osaka, JP;
Shiho Okawa, Osaka, JP;
Eiichi Miyamoto, Osaka, JP;
Yasufumi Mizuta, Osaka, JP;
Makoto Shishido, Osaka, JP;
Shiho Okawa, Osaka, JP;
Eiichi Miyamoto, Osaka, JP;
Yasufumi Mizuta, Osaka, JP;
Kyocera Mita Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus which can exhibit an excellent charge eliminating effect by erasing a transfer memory using a precharging device with optimized conditions even when a positively-charged single-layer-type electrophotographic photoconductor is used as a photoconductor. In the image forming apparatus which sequentially arranges a charging device, a developing device, a transfer device, and a charge eliminating device around a single-layer-type electrophotographic photoconductor, the charging device charges a surface of the single-layer-type electrophotographic photoconductor with a positive polarity, a precharging device having a conductive member is arranged on an upstream side of the charge eliminating device, the conductive member is brought into contact with the electrophotographic photoconductor, and a current density I(μA/m) of the injected current into the photoconductor from the conductive member is set to a value of 700 (μA/m) or more.