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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.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2010

Filed:

Jul. 26, 2006
Applicants:

Masaru Ishikawa, Kanagawa, JP;

Takashi Kanagawa, Kanagawa, JP;

Akihito Nishimura, Kanagawa, JP;

Hiroshi Hashino, Kanagawa, JP;

Yuzo Ichikawa, Kanagawa, JP;

Inventors:

Masaru Ishikawa, Kanagawa, JP;

Takashi Kanagawa, Kanagawa, JP;

Akihito Nishimura, Kanagawa, JP;

Hiroshi Hashino, Kanagawa, JP;

Yuzo Ichikawa, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An image forming device includes an image carrier, a cleaning device, a charging device and a shielding member. The image carrier carries a toner image thereon. The cleaning device removes a toner on the image carrier. The charging device charges the image carrier. The shielding member is disposed between the cleaning device and the charging device. The shielding member is in contact with the image carrier in an area where the image carrier is charged.


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