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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2015
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Ichiro Kawahara, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroki Ando, Kanagawa, JP;
Mikio Yamaguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirofumi Iida, Kanagawa, JP;
Keishi Araki, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is an image forming apparatus including an image holder that is provided to be rotatable, and a charging member that includes a charging member main body and a cover member, in which an outer circumferential surface of the cover member is disposed to be in contact with the image holder, and that charges the image holder, wherein a circumferential speed of one member of the rotating image holder and the rotating charging member main body is greater than a circumferential speed of the other member, and wherein the cover member moves to follow a movement of the one member at a contact portion where the cover member and the image holder come into contact with each other, and a portion of the cover member that is positioned on an upstream side of the contact portion is drawn toward a downstream side.