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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2007
Jin Iwasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Sakanobe, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshitaka Kuroda, Kanagawa, JP;
Kanji Shintaku, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Shigezaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Jin Iwasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Sakanobe, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshitaka Kuroda, Kanagawa, JP;
Kanji Shintaku, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Shigezaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: an image carrier that carries an image; a developing unit that develops the image on the image carrier into a toner image; a transfer unit that transfers the toner image carried on the image carrier onto a transfer medium; and a cleaning unit that cleans residual toner, having not been transferred by the transfer unit, from the image carrier. The cleaning unit includes a cleaning roller member provided in contact with the image carrier and supplied with a predetermined bias voltage, having a surface layer of a conductive fiber cloth, and a conductive roller member provided in contact with the cleaning roller member and supplied with a predetermined bias voltage.