Image forming apparatus and cleaning control section

Details Image forming apparatus and cleaning control section Image forming apparatus and cleaning control section

2008-03-05

2010-11-16

Porta, David P (Department: 2884)

Electrophotography

Cleaning of imaging surface

Fibrous brush

C399S071000, C399S123000, C399S343000, C399S353000, C015S256500, C015S356000, C015S356000

Reexamination Certificate

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07835682

ABSTRACT:
Disclosed is an image forming apparatus, comprising: an image carrier; a brush to remove toner remaining on the image carrier by scrubbing a surface of the image carrier; a flicker to remove the toner adhering to the brush by contacting to the brush; a brush driving section to rotate the brush; and a control section to obtain a quantity of the toner adhering to the brush and to control the brush driving section so as to change a rotation speed of the brush based on the obtained quantity of the toner.

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Japanese Office Action for Japanese Patent Application No. 2007-153751 mailed Apr. 21, 2009 with English translation.

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