Image forming apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9946216
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15298546

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An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member; a developing device; a transfer member; a contact member provided downstream of the transfer member and upstream of the developing device with respect to a movement direction of a surface of the image bearing member and contacting the image bearing member at a contact portion, wherein the surface of the image bearing member passed through a transfer portion reaches the contact portion without being cleaned, a detecting portion for detecting a size of the sheet; and a controller for executing an operation in a cleaning mode for cleaning the contact member. The controller executes the operation in the cleaning mode when the controller discriminates that the size of the sheet detected by the detecting portion is smaller than a size of the toner image.

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  • CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Akamatsu, Takaaki Yokohama, JP 30 143
Hayato, Takuya Kawasaki, JP 2 1
Kobayashi, Shinsuke Yokohama, JP 78 269
Okayasu, Kohei Mishima, JP 21 99
Sasame, Hiroki Ichikawa, JP 10 6
Shindo, Kenji Yokohama, JP 21 162

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