Electrophotography – Control of electrophotography process – Control of cleaning
Patent
1995-06-27
1996-11-12
Pendegrass, Joan H.
Electrophotography
Control of electrophotography process
Control of cleaning
399 1, 399366, 399343, G03G 2100
Patent
active
055745385
ABSTRACT:
In a method and an apparatus for removing an image forming substance such as toner from an image holding member such as a sheet of transfer paper, an unstabilizing agent is provided to the image holding member. An attaching state between the image forming substance and the image holding member stably attaching the image forming substance on a surface thereof is changed to an unstable state by the unstabilizing agent. The image forming substance is separated and removed from the image holding member by making a separating member come in close contact with the image forming substance on the image holding member having the provided unstabilizing agent. A processing situation mark showing a processing situation of removal of the image forming substance is formed in the image holding member. The processing situation mark can be removed from the image holding member by the image forming substance removing processing.
REFERENCES:
patent: 5353108 (1994-10-01), Tsukamoto
Ando Kazuhiro
Asaba Youichi
Kimura Yoshiyuki
Kuramoto Shin-ichi
Miyashita Yoshiaki
Grainger Quana
Pendegrass Joan H.
Ricoh & Company, Ltd.
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