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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2012
Arichika Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Kuniaki Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Arichika Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Kuniaki Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A charging device includes a discharge electrode that is attached to a base member and discharges electricity to supply an electric charge to a latent-image carrier that carries an electrostatic latent image, a control electrode that is located on the latent-image-carrier side of the discharge electrode attached to the base member, that is curved along the latent-image carrier, and that controls a potential of the latent-image carrier, a support member that is fixed to the base member by a fixing member and includes a curved support surface that supports both ends of the control electrode in a longitudinal direction at a side at which the discharge electrode is provided, and first and second pressing members that are provided at respective ends of the control electrode in the longitudinal direction and that press the control electrode against the support surface.