Patent ID: 7120376
Filing Date: 2006-10-10
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording material, said apparatus comprising: a rotatable image bearing member; a developing member for developing a latent image formed on said image bearing member; a cleaning blade for removing a developer from said image bearing member, said cleaning blade being cooperative with said image bearing member to form a nip in which said cleaning blade is contacted to said image bearing member within a predetermined area; and a controller for executing a first step of stopping rotation of said image bearing member after completion of an image forming operation for forming an image on the recording material; a second step of rotating, after the first step, said image bearing member through a predetermined peripheral distance in a rotational direction which is the same as a direction in which said image bearing member is rotated during the image forming operation; a third step of rotating, after the second step, said image bearing member in a rotational direction which is opposite the direction in which said image bearing member is rotated during the image forming operation; and a fourth step of stopping rotation of said image bearing member after the third step.