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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2008
Applicants:
Yoshio Sakagawa, Ashiya, JP;
Tetsumaru Fujita, Nishinomiya, JP;
Yuji Nagatomo, Minoo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A brush member includes plural raisings and contacts a surface of an image bearer downstream of a transfer station and temporary captures toner remaining on the surface of the image bearer into the brush member in a toner capturing process. The brush member returns the toner to the surface of the image bearer at a prescribed time in a toner returning process. A bending direction of the plural raisings is opposite in the returning process to that in the toner capturing process.