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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2011
Yoshitaka Imanaka, Osaka, JP;
Shinki Miyaji, Osaka, JP;
Masaki Kadota, Osaka, JP;
Masahito Ishino, Osaka, JP;
Hiroka Itani, Osaka, JP;
Yoshitaka Imanaka, Osaka, JP;
Shinki Miyaji, Osaka, JP;
Masaki Kadota, Osaka, JP;
Masahito Ishino, Osaka, JP;
Hiroka Itani, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides an image forming apparatus, including: an image carrier configured by a positively charged single-layer electrophotographic photosensitive body; a charging device which is based on a contact charging method for charging a circumferential surface of the image carrier while making contact with the circumferential surface of the image carrier; and a transfer unit which transfers a toner image on the circumferential surface of the image carrier to a transfer receiving body by gripping the transfer receiving body with the image carrier, wherein the transfer unit includes an application unit to which a transfer bias is applied, and a region having a volume resistivity of 10to 10Ω·cm exists between the image carrier and the application unit.