Patent ID: 6611671
Filing Date: 2003-08-26
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus comprising:an image bearing member; electrifying means for electrifying said image bearing member with a voltage; a transferring member including a contact portion contacting with said image bearing member, said transferring member causing said contact portion to allow a transferring material to pass by and to thereby transfer a toner image formed on said image bearing member to the transferring material, wherein a length of said transferring member in a lengthwise direction of said image bearing member is shorter than a length in the lengthwise direction of an electrification area in which said electrifying means electrifies said image bearing member; a cleaning blade contacting with said image bearing member to remove residual toner from said image bearing member; and lubricant imparting means for imparting, in a circumferential direction of said image bearing member, a lubricant to said image bearing member at position other than a position where said cleaning blade contacts with said image bearing member, wherein said lubricant imparting means imparts the lubricant to surface areas of said image bearing member, which are outside said transferring member in the lengthwise direction, said surface areas corresponding to ends of said cleaning blade, and wherein said lubricant imparting means does not impart, the lubricant to a surface area of said image bearing member said area corresponding to a position where said transferring member contacts with said image bearing member.