Electrophotography – Cleaning of imaging surface – Fibrous brush
Reexamination Certificate
2011-05-17
2011-05-17
Tran, Hoan (Department: 2884)
Electrophotography
Cleaning of imaging surface
Fibrous brush
C399S354000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07945202
ABSTRACT:
An cleaning apparatus includes: a first brush roll for removing toner from an image carrier; a second brush roll for removing the toner from the image carrier; a first recovery device for recovering the toner deposited on the first brush roll; a second recovery device for recovering the toner deposited on the second brush roll; a first electric field forming device for forming an electric field between the first brush roll and the image carrier; and a second electric field forming device for forming an electric field between the second brush roll and image carrier, wherein the first brush roll and the second brush roll each has a plurality of electrically conductive yarns arranged on a conductive core, and a resistance R2of each of the yarns used in the second brush roll is smaller than 1×107Ω/cm.
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Kawakami Hajime
Kimura Takenobu
Sato Yotaro
Cantor & Colburn LLP
Konica Minolta Business Technologies Inc.
Tran Hoan
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