Japan, July 14 -- CANON INC has got intellectual property rights for 'IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS.' Other related details are as follows:
Application Number: JP,2022-056010
Category (FI): G03G15/02,101
Stage: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image forming apparatus that, when a shutter unit enters a space between a grid of an electrifying unit and a photoreceptor drum, prevents interference with the grid and damage to the photoreceptor drum.SOLUTION: An image forming apparatus has: a photoreceptor drum 202 that forms an electrostatic latent image; an electrifying unit that electrifies the photoreceptor drum 202; a shutter 234 that enters a space between a second grid plate 402 of the electrifying unit and the photoreceptor drum 202; and acting means that increases the interval between the second grid plate 402 of the electrifying unit and the photoreceptor drum 202 when the shutter 234 enters the space between the second grid plate of the electrifying unit and the photoreceptor drum 202.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5 (Grant)
Filing Date: March 30, 2022
Publication Date: Oct. 13, 2023
The original document can be viewed at: https://www.j-platpat.inpit.go.jp/p0100
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