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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2007
Applicants:
Shinki Miyaji, Osaka, JP;
Yoshihiko Maruyama, Osaka, JP;
Koji Shin, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kyocera Mita Corporation, , JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image forming apparatus is provided with a rotary image bearing member; a charging roller for charging the outer circumferential surface of the image bearing member by rotating in contact with the image bearing member; a brush roller for cleaning adhered matters on the outer circumferential surface of the charging roller by being held in contact with the charging roller due to its own weight and rotating; a driving mechanism for drivingly rotating the brush roller to have a linear velocity difference to the charging roller; and a moving mechanism for reciprocating the brush roller along the longitudinal direction thereof.