Image forming apparatus having a cleaning section

Details Image forming apparatus having a cleaning section Image forming apparatus having a cleaning section

2008-03-28

2011-10-25

Gray, David (Department: 2852)

Electrophotography

Cleaning of imaging surface

Plural diverse

C399S071000

Reexamination Certificate

active

08045911

ABSTRACT:
An image forming apparatus, including an image carrier, a toner image forming section which forms a toner image on the image carrier, a transfer section which transfers the toner image formed on the image carrier to an intermediate transfer member or a recording sheet, a cleaning section which includes a brush and a blade to remove toner particles remaining on the image carrier after the toner image are transferred by the transfer section, and a control section executes a blade cleaning mode in which toner particles having an opposite polarity against the toner particles adhered onto the blade are sent to the cleaning section while an amount of toner particles to be removed by the brush is changed.

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