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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2016
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Teppei Yawada, Kanagawa, JP;
Manabu Furuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Uchida, Kanagawa, JP;
Masashi Ikeda, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Kamisaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Tatsuhiro Igarashi, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming device includes an image carrier, a charging device that charges the surface of the image carrier, an electrostatic image forming device that forms an electrostatic image on the surface of the image carrier, a developing device that uses a developer containing toner particles and external additives adhering to the surface of the toner particle to develop the electrostatic image into a toner image, a transfer device that transfers the toner image to a recording medium, a cleaning device having a blade that cleans off residual toner from the image carrier, a suction device that suctions all or part of residual toner excepting the external additives released from the surface of the toner particles, and a fixing device that fixes the toner image to the recording medium.