Patent ID: 9198268
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: G03G,H05F

Abstract:
1. A static eliminator, comprising: a plurality of static eliminating needles arranged in a width direction of a recording medium, including a free end at one end of the plurality of static eliminating needles facing a surface of the recording medium; a holder including a retaining surface on which the plurality of static eliminating needles is held; a plurality of partitions arranged in a standing manner between the plurality of static eliminating needles on the retaining surface of the holder; a restriction member disposed facing the retaining surface of the holder via the plurality of static eliminating needles, the restriction member including a first end portion having a restriction surface at a static eliminating needle side to contact the plurality of static eliminating needles to regulate a range of movement of a leading end of the plurality of static eliminating needles; and a pressing member to press the plurality of static eliminating needles against the retaining surface, wherein a length of the plurality of static eliminating needles from the first end portion as an origin to the leading end of the plurality of static eliminating needles is shorter than a distance from the origin to an end surface of the plurality of partitions within the range of movement of the plurality of static eliminating needles from the retaining surface up to a position five degrees (5°) below the restriction surface in an angle between the retaining surface and an imaginary plane including the restriction surface, and wherein the restriction member is disposed upstream from the pressing member in a transport direction of the recording medium and contacts the plurality of partitions in the width direction of the recording medium.