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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2016
Applicant:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Takahiro Iwasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/6573 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00654 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit that forms an image by transferring toner onto a paper sheet; a fixing unit that fixes the image onto the paper sheet having the image formed thereon by the image forming unit; a charging unit that electrically charges the paper sheet having the image fixed thereonto by the fixing unit; and an adhesion preventing unit that prevents adhesion of wax to the charging unit, the wax being contained in the toner transferred onto the paper sheet, the adhesion preventing unit being located on an upstream side of the charging unit in a direction of conveyance of the paper sheet.