Patent ID: 6505021
Filing Date: 2003-01-07
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus comprising:an image bearing member for bearing an image, wherein said image bearing member is movable; electrifying means having an electrification particle for slidably rubbing said image bearing member and electrifying said image bearing member, said electrifying means recovering residual toner on said image bearing member and returning the residual toner to said image bearing member; image exposure means for image-exposing said image bearing member electrified by said electrifying means and forming a latent image; developing means for developing the latent image with toner and recovering the residual toner on said image bearing member; and particle barring member for barring the electrification particle while substantially passing the toner, said barring member being arranged downstream of an electrifying portion of said electrifying means and upstream of a developing portion of said developing means in a moving direction of said image bearing member.