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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2015
Hideyasu Seki, Chiba, JP;
Satoshi Hatori, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Fukao, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuta Kawashima, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideyasu Seki, Chiba, JP;
Satoshi Hatori, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Fukao, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuta Kawashima, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electric charging-diselectrifying device includes an electric charging member that contacts an image bearer to form an electric charging nip between the electric charging member and the image bear. The electric charging member electrically charges multiple electric charge regions in the image bearer located both upstream and downstream of the electric charging nip in a direction of rotation of the image bearer. An electric charge removing device is provided to remove electric charge borne on the image bearer by irradiating the multiple electric charging regions of the image bearer with light. The electric charging member is made of a material that allows the light emitted from the electric charge removing device to penetrate the electric charging member.