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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2016
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yasutaka Yagi, Mishima, JP;
Kazuhiro Funatani, Mishima, JP;
Tetsuichiro Fujimoto, Mishima, JP;
Hiroyuki Seki, Suntou-gun, JP;
Masanori Asai, Tokyo, JP;
Shuji Saito, Suntou-gun, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/08 (2006.01); G03G 15/16 (2006.01); G03G 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/161 (2013.01); G03G 21/0011 (2013.01); G03G 2215/0132 (2013.01); G03G 2221/001 (2013.01); G03G 2221/0073 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus including a cleaning member having a belt cleaning blade and a conductive brush. A value of a charging current that is generated when charging residual toner with the conductive brush is smaller when a color mode is executed compared to that when a monochrome mode is executed.