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Electrophotography > Internal Machine Environment > Particle Or Contaminant Control > Toner Removal > Charging Member (e.g., Corona Wire) Charging Member (e.g., Corona Wire)Charging Member (e.g., Corona Wire) patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.08/23/07 - 20070196123 - Charging device, process cartridge, image forming apparatus, and toner The present invention provides a charging device which comprises a charging roller (14a) and a cleaning component (14b). The charging roller charges a surface of an image-recording medium (11) with a voltage which is applied from an external source. The cleaning component cleans a surface of the charging roller. The ... 06/14/07 - 20070134019 - Cleaning device and image forming device The present invention provides an image forming device. The image forming device includes a photosensitive body, a charging roller, a cleaning member, and a controller. The charging roller, while rotating in a first direction, charges the photosensitive body for image formation. The cleaning member, formed by an elastic body, contacts ... 05/31/07 - 20070122180 - Cleaning device, charging device and image forming apparatus A cleaning device cleans a charging roller for charging the outer circumferential surface of a photoconductive drum while being rotated in contact with the photoconductive drum, and is provided with a cleaning brush for cleaning the outer circumferential surface of the charging roller by brushing while being rotated in contact ... 05/31/07 - 20070122179 - Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a member to be cleaned, and a cleaning member, formed by foam material having plural foam cells, that cleans the member to be cleaned by contacting the member to be cleaned and rubbing against the member to be cleaned. In any one of the plural ... 05/24/07 - 20070116490 - Image forming device, charging device and cleaning device An image forming device has a charging roller including a shaft which is rotatably supported and a cleaning roller that abuts the charging roller. The cleaning roller includes a shaft that is rotatably supported and a porous elastic layer being provided around the shaft. The image forming device satisfies the ... 05/10/07 - 20070104504 - Image forming apparatus and cleaning method therefor An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, a charging roll that charges the image bearing member by rotating in contact with the image bearing member, and a cleaning member that removes materials adhered to the surface of the charging roll by contacting the surface of the charging roll. ... 05/03/07 - 20070098435 - Image forming device An image forming device includes a charging roller that charges a body-to-be-charged by press-contacting and is rotated by the rotating body-to-be-charged, a first receiving portion that supports a supporting portion provided at the charging roller, and causes the charging roller to press-contact the body-to-be-charged, a cleaning member that press-contacts a ... 04/26/07 - 20070092289 - Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a charge roll which charges a body to be charged by contact charge, and a roll-like sponge member which is supported such that it comes into contact with a surface of the charge roll and which is rotated together with the charge roll. The roll-like ... 03/22/07 - 20070065173 - Cleaning system for a charging device in a xerographic printer In a xerographic printing apparatus, a charge device is used to apply a charge to a photoreceptor. The shuttle includes a wiper that cleans a sidewall of the charge device. A tab is disposed adjacent the sidewall to retain toner or dirt accumulated by the scraper. The tab is electrically ... 03/22/07 - 20070065172 - Cleaning system for removing dendrites from a charging device in a xerographic printer In a xerographic printing apparatus, a charge device is used to apply a charge to a photoreceptor. The charge device includes a wire. A shuttle moves along the charge device, and includes a brush wherein the sides of the bristles contact the wire. When the brush moves along the wire, ... 03/15/07 - 20070059026 - Corona device grid cleaner This is a device for cleaning a corona grid used in electrostatic printing or copying machines. This device has a cleaner pad that cleans the outer surface of the grid, that is the surface closest to the photoreceptor surface. This pad is located between the outer surface of the grid ... 01/18/07 - 20070014588 - Charging device, and process cartridge and image forming apparatus using the charging device A charging device including: a charging roller having a metal cylinder and an elastic layer located on the metal cylinder; a cleaner configured to clean the charging roller, which includes an electroconductive brush roller including a roller having a shaft; and hair located overlying the roller, wherein the hair includes ... 01/18/07 - 20070014587 - Charger, process unit and image forming apparatus According to the present invention, at a position where a cleaning member of a corona discharge member reaches the movement end and a belt with teeth is stopped in driving, a drive pulley slides in contact with a slip area of the belt with teeth, thus although the belt with ... 01/04/07 - 20070003315 - Image forming method and image forming apparatus An image forming method including charging a rotating latent image bearing member with a rotating charger selected from the group consisting of contact chargers and short range chargers; irradiating the rotating latent image bearing member with imagewise light to form an electrostatic latent image on the latent image bearing member; ... 12/14/06 - 20060280518 - Charging roller and image forming apparatus A charging roller, adapted to face an image carrier at a predetermined charging gap and charge the image carrier in a non-contact state, including: a conductive shaft, provided with a pair of annular concave portions formed on an outer circumferential surface at both ends thereof; a conductive layer, formed on ... 10/05/06 - 20060222400 - Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member; a charging member for contacting a peripheral surface of the image bearing member to electrically charge the peripheral surface; a first developing device for forming a first developed image on the peripheral surface of the image bearing member charged by the ... 10/05/06 - 20060222399 - Cleaning member for charging device The present invention relates to printing devices and particularly to devices and a method for the reduction of contamination on a charging device. A cleaning member is supplied that has a cleaning material affixed to a substrate. The cleaning material is positioned to contact the charge roller and the substrate ... 07/27/06 - 20060165431 - Charging device, and process cartridge and image forming apparatus including the charging device using the same A charging device including a charging roller having a metal cylinder and an elastic layer located thereon, and a cleaner for cleaning the surface of the charging roller. The cleaner includes a driving shaft and a cleaning roller which is rotatably mounted on the driving shaft. The cleaning roller is ... 07/27/06 - 20060165430 - Charger cleaning device, charger cleaning method and image forming apparatus The present invention drives cleaning member moving devices for moving cleaning members of a plurality of chargers at the same time by a single cleaning motor to miniaturize an image forming apparatus and reduce the cost. Further, at the end time of cleaning, all the cleaning members are shifted to ... 07/20/06 - 20060159484 - Image forming apparatus A grid cleaner 35 is fixed to a fixing holder 41 of an apparatus main body in such a way that a wet sponge 38 faces a grid 33. When a charging device 3 is made to slide in the direction indicated by arrow A, the wet sponge 38 comes ... 06/29/06 - 20060140664 - Process cartridge for image-forming device A charger has a charging wire that extends in the axial direction and that has one end and another end. The charger is configured to charge the image-bearing member. A cleaning member is movable in the axial direction for cleaning the charging wire. The cleaning member is movable between a ... 06/15/06 - 20060127123 - Image forming apparatus, process cartridge and charger Dust collection portions are installed at both ends of a holding plate installed on a shield plate of a charger. On the other hand, in a cleaning device, a dust collection member is installed so as to make contact with the shield plate and holding plate. Dust such as discharge ... 06/01/06 - 20060115292 - Image forming apparatus and process cartridge capable of performing stable charging operation An image forming apparatus includes an image carrying member, a charging roller for charging the image carrying member, a charging roller cleaning roller, and first and second shaft bearings. The charging roller cleaning roller contacts and cleans a surface of the charging roller. The first shaft bearing rotatably holds a ... 05/11/06 - 20060099005 - Image forming apparatus with a proximity charger roller A proximity charger roller is disposed in proximity to a surface of an image carrier and uniformly charges an effective charging area of the image carrier. Abutting portions abut on the image carrier at its both edges which are located on the outer side of the effective charging area, thereby ... 03/30/06 - 20060067727 - Charging device, and process cartridge and image forming apparatus using the charging device A charging device including a charging member configured to charge an image bearing member while the charging member is contacted with or is located so as to be close to the image bearing member when the charging device is set in an image forming apparatus; and a cleaning member configured ... 03/02/06 - 20060045559 - Method of actuating a cleaning system and a printing machine including the same A printing machine comprises a charging device. The charging device comprises a coronode and a control grid. An included power supply supplies a coronode voltage to the coronode. Under control of the grid, the coronode generates ions which flow towards an included photosensitive surface. The printing machine includes a cleaning ... 01/05/06 - 20060002733 - Charger and image forming apparatus A charger in one embodiment of this invention includes an electrode cleaning mechanism having a film-like elastic sheet which is deformed by a provided predetermined stress, wherein deposits deposited on the edge of a sawtooth electrode are removed, and a potential above a certain level can be given to the ... 12/01/05 - 20050265745 - Cleaning apparatus for a rotatable member The cell wall removal ratio of an elastic foam body is set such that developer or other fouling material adhering to a rotatable member can be continuously absorbed through the cells of the elastic foam body during a single maintenance cycle of an image forming apparatus. For example, the cell ... 09/22/05 - 20050207778 - Charger and image forming apparatus A charger in one embodiment of this invention includes an electrode cleaning mechanism having a film-like elastic sheet which is deformed by a provided predetermined stress, wherein deposits deposited on the edge of a sawtooth electrode are removed, and a potential above a certain level can be given to the ... 09/01/05 - 20050191081 - Charged device, cleaning device, process cartridge, toner, and image-forming device that uses these There is provided a cleaning device for an image-forming device configured so as to be capable of preventing the image quality from deteriorating by being able to prevent the deterioration of the charging state caused by deposits of foreign matter without increasing costs. There is also provided a cleaning member ... 08/04/05 - 20050169661 - Image forming apparatus A metal holder has a V-shape in cross-section formed by two arm sections. PET sheets are attached to mutually opposed surfaces of respective arm sections, and part of each PET sheet extends toward the electrically-conductive roller beyond the arm section. Flocked sheets are attached to the surfaces of the respective ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |