Image forming apparatus
First Claim
1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image bearing member;
electrostatic image forming means for forming an electrostatic image on said image bearing member, said electrostatic image forming means including a flexible charge member for electrically charging said image bearing member, said charge member forming a nip between said image bearing member and itself and is supplied with an oscillating voltage, wherein electroconductive particles are provided in the nip; and
developing means for developing an electrostatic image formed on said image bearing member with a developer, said developing means being capable of a residual developer on said image bearing member, wherein a frequency f (cycle/sec) of the oscillating voltage and a peripheral speed v (nm/sec) of said image bearing member satisfy ¦
f/v¦
≧
12 (cycle/mm).
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member; electrostatic image forming means for forming an electrostatic image on said image bearing member, said electrostatic image forming means including a flexible charge member for electrically charging said image bearing member, said charge member forming a nip between said image bearing member and itself and is supplied with an oscillating voltage, wherein electroconductive particles are provided in the nip; and developing means for developing an electrostatic image formed on said image bearing member with a developer, said developing means being capable of a residual developer on said image bearing member, wherein a frequency f (cycle/sec) of the oscillating voltage and a peripheral speed v (mm/sec) of said image bearing member satisfy ¦f/v¦≧12 (cycle/mm).
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1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
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an image bearing member;
electrostatic image forming means for forming an electrostatic image on said image bearing member, said electrostatic image forming means including a flexible charge member for electrically charging said image bearing member, said charge member forming a nip between said image bearing member and itself and is supplied with an oscillating voltage, wherein electroconductive particles are provided in the nip; and
developing means for developing an electrostatic image formed on said image bearing member with a developer, said developing means being capable of a residual developer on said image bearing member, wherein a frequency f (cycle/sec) of the oscillating voltage and a peripheral speed v (nm/sec) of said image bearing member satisfy ¦
f/v¦
≧
12 (cycle/mm). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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