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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2011
Kaoru Matsushita, Kanagawa, JP;
Kuniaki Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Arichika Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A charging device includes a charging member that charges an outer peripheral surface of a cylindrical latent-image carrier; an electrode member including a curved portion that is formed by press working so as to extend along the outer peripheral surface of the latent-image carrier, the curved portion having an electrode to which a voltage is applied, the electrode being disposed between the charging member and the latent-image carrier; a cleaning member that is movable along the curved portion in an axial direction of the latent-image carrier and that cleans the electrode; and a receiving portion formed in the curved portion at a position outside the electrode, the receiving portion receiving the cleaning member to release a contact pressure between the curved portion and the cleaning member.