US Patent Application 18343901. IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS simplified abstract
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IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
Organization Name
Inventor(s)
Kazuhiro Funatani of Kanagawa (JP)
Shinsuke Kobayashi of Kanagawa (JP)
Kensuke Umeda of Kanagawa (JP)
Takanori Watanabe of Kanagawa (JP)
IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A simplified explanation of the abstract
- This abstract for appeared for US patent application number 18343901 Titled 'IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS'
Simplified Explanation
The abstract describes a printing system that includes various components such as an image bearing member, a charging member, an exposure unit, a developing unit, a transfer member, and a collecting member. The image bearing member is charged by the charging member and then exposed. The developing unit uses a developer to create a developer image on the image bearing member. This developer image is then transferred to a transfer-receiving body by the transfer member. The collecting member collects any deposits on the image bearing member after the transfer process. Any remaining developer on the image bearing member is collected by the developing unit.
Original Abstract Submitted
Provided are an image bearing member; a charging member that charges the image bearing member; an exposure unit that exposes the image bearing member; a developing unit that develops an electrostatic latent image as a developer image by supplying a developer, charged to regular polarity, to the image bearing member; a transfer member that transfers the developer image to a transfer-receiving body; and a collecting member that collects a deposit on the image bearing member downstream of a transfer portion of the image bearing member at which the developer image is transferred to the transfer-receiving body by the transfer member, and upstream of a charging portion of the image bearing member charged by the charging member, in a rotation direction of the image bearing member. After transfer of the developer image to the transfer-receiving body, the developer remaining on the image bearing member is collected by the developing unit.
