Japan Intellectual Property Rights: IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

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 a...