Image forming apparatus with cleaning current control

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9098020
APP PUB NO 20130051832A1
SERIAL NO

13593791

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An image forming apparatus includes transferring current to the transfer portion; a cleaning blade, provided downstream of a transfer portion and upstream of an image forming station with respect to a rotational moving direction of an intermediary transfer member, for removing toner from the intermediary transfer member; an executing portion for executing an operation in a cleaning mode for removing the toner by the cleaning blade, in which a cleaning current is applied to a transfer portion in a direction opposite to that of an image transferring current to shift the toner from the transfer roller onto the intermediary transfer member; and a controller for setting the cleaning current, in which the set cleaning current is lower when a cumulative number of fed recording materials from the execution of the previous cleaning mode is larger.

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  • CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Aiba, Shozo Ushiku, JP 15 70

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