US Patent Application 18136027. IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS simplified abstract
Contents
IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
Organization Name
Inventor(s)
SHINICHI Agata of Shizuoka (JP)
HISASHI Taniguchi of Shizuoka (JP)
KEITARO Nakata of Shizuoka (JP)
TAKUTO Kobayashi of Shizuoka (JP)
IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A simplified explanation of the abstract
- This abstract for appeared for US patent application number 18136027 Titled 'IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS'
Simplified Explanation
The abstract describes an image forming apparatus that includes various components such as an image bearing member, a charging member, a developing member, a cleaning member, and an accommodating portion. The apparatus also has a controller that can perform both an image forming operation and a supplying operation. During the supplying operation, the controller applies a metal soap onto the surface of the image bearing member using the developing member. The controller is programmed to ensure that the surface moving speed of the image bearing member is higher during the supplying operation compared to the image forming operation.
Original Abstract Submitted
An image forming apparatus includes a rotatable image bearing member, a charging member, a developing member, a cleaning member, an accommodating portion, and a controller capable of executing an image forming operation and a supplying operation for supplying a metal soap, accommodated in the accommodating portion, onto a surface of the image bearing member by the developing member. The controller carries out control so that when the supplying operation is executed, a surface moving speed of the image bearing member is higher than a surface moving speed of the image bearing member when the image forming operation is executed.
