Image forming apparatus

Details Image forming apparatus Image forming apparatus

2007-11-27

2007-11-27

Benson, Walter (Department: 2858)

Electrophotography

Internal machine environment

Particle or contaminant control

C399S099000

Reexamination Certificate

active

11042635

ABSTRACT:
An image forming apparatus, is provided with an image forming section, an image carrying member, a transferring section to transfer the toner image from the image carrying member to a recording sheet, and a cleaning section including a cleaning blade being in contact with the image carrying member and a toner supplying section located at an upper stream side of the contact point of the cleaning blade in the rotating direction of the image carrying member and to supply toner to the image carrying member; the toner supplying section including a toner storing section to store toner removed by the cleaning blade and a roller member being in contact with the image carrying member.

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