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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2014
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Takafumi Tanaka, Okazaki, JP;
Shigetaka Kato, Shinshiro, JP;
Satoru Sasaki, Toyokawa, JP;
Natsuyo Higashi, Toyokawa, JP;
Hirotada Seki, Toyokawa, JP;
Hiroshi Eguchi, Toyohashi, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
After a toner image is transferred from a photoreceptor to an intermediate transfer belt, a surface of the photoreceptor is destaticized by a static eraser including a plurality of light emitting elements arranged in an axial direction of the photoreceptor. A first density sensor and a second density sensor for detecting densities of toner applied to the intermediate transfer belt are provided at a position where a large quantity of light from the static eraser is applied to the photoreceptor surface and a position where a small quantity of light from the static eraser is applied to the photoreceptor surface. In a case where a density difference between the detected toner densities exceeds a predetermined threshold value, a destaticization controller carries out an additional destaticizing operation by the static eraser.