Image forming apparatus featuring discharge prevention in a...

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2006-08-29

2009-08-25

Grainger, Quana M (Department: 2852)

Electrophotography

Supplemental electrophotographic process

Exposure or charging

Reexamination Certificate

active

07580654

ABSTRACT:
An image forming apparatus includes a movable bearing member; a charging device for electrically charging the image bearing member at a charging position; a transferring device for contacting the image bearing member at the transfer position and for transferring a toner image from the image bearing member onto a transfer material; a transfer device separating mechanism for effecting a separating operation by which the transferring device and the image bearing member contacted to each other are separated from each other; and a discharging device for electrostatically discharging the image bearing member; and a controller for controlling the discharging device to electrically discharge regions of the image bearing member so as to avoid an electrical discharge when the transfer device and contacting device and separating member are separated.

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