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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:
Dec. 09, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2012
Applicant:
Jun Mochizuki, Abiko, JP;
Inventor:
Jun Mochizuki, Abiko, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/16 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a control unit having a first function and a second function. The first function controls a downstream transfer current to be less than an upstream transfer current. The second function controls the downstream transfer current to be greater than the upstream transfer current.