Image forming apparatus with variable capacity cleaning means

Details Image forming apparatus with variable capacity cleaning means Image forming apparatus with variable capacity cleaning means

1997-01-27

1999-11-09

Grimley, Arthur T.

Electrophotography

Control of electrophotography process

Control of cleaning

1525653, 399349, 399352, 399353, G03G 2100, G03G 1516

Patent

active

059830506

ABSTRACT:
An image forming apparatus includes: an image carrying member for carrying an image; a recording material carrying member for carrying a recording material; a transfer device for transferring the image from the image carrying member to the recording material carried by the recording material carrying member; and a cleaning device for cleaning the recording material carrying member, wherein, when images are formed successively on a plurality of recording materials, the cleaning capacity of this cleaning device is made larger as a distance between the rear end of a recording material and the forward end of the next recording material becomes larger.

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