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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2015
Applicant:
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka-shi, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/0058 (2013.01); G03G 15/0808 (2013.01); G03G 15/0815 (2013.01); G03G 21/0064 (2013.01);
Abstract
In an image forming apparatus, a coating layer of each of a photoconductor drum and a collecting roller has been formed by a dipping method in which a base body of each of the photoconductor drum and the collecting roller is dipped in a liquid in a state where the base body is in a vertical attitude such that a first end of the base body faces down and a second end of the base body faces up. The collecting roller is supported in a state where the first end of the collecting roller base body and the second end of the drum base body face a same direction.