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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2010
Applicants:
Kouichi Hayashi, Osaka, JP;
Shigeki Tsukahara, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Kouichi Hayashi, Osaka, JP;
Shigeki Tsukahara, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A cleaning device of an image forming apparatus includes: a magnetic brush roller rubbing a surface of a photosensitive drum by a magnetic brush formed of a toner and carriers; a cleaning blade removing the toner remaining on a photosensitive drum; a toner concentration initialization control part, in order that toner-to-carrier ratio T/C of the magnetic brush formed on the magnetic brush roller falls within a predetermined range, controlling bias applied to the magnetic brush roller and an amount of the toner supplied from a developing device to the photosensitive drum.