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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. 12, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2009
Applicants:
Mitsuhiro Goda, Osaka, JP;
Naoki Yamane, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Mitsuhiro Goda, Osaka, JP;
Naoki Yamane, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Kyocera Mita Corporation, , JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 21/06 (2006.01); G03G 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image forming apparatus is provided with an image bearing member for bearing a toner image while rotating, a toner image forming device for forming the toner image on the image bearing member, a neutralizer for neutralizing electric charges on the image bearing member by irradiating light to the charged image bearing member after the toner image formed on the rotating image bearing member is transferred to a transfer material, and a frame for supporting the neutralizer. A first clearance is present between the neutralizer and the frame.