Patent ID: 6473582
Filing Date: 2002-10-29
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
A charging apparatus comprising:a charging member for being supplied with a voltage to charge a member to be charged, the charging member including an elastic member contacting with the member to be charged and a plurality of projections which are provided at a surface of the elastic member and which are inclined relative to a normal line of a surface of said charging member; and supplying means for supplying electroconductive particles so that particles are provided in a contacting portion between the member to be charged and said charging member, wherein said charging member carries the electroconductive particles, wherein a speed A of a surface of said charging member and a speed B of a surface of the member to be charged satisfy: Bâˆ’A>0 wherein the plurality of projections are inclined upstream with respect to a movement direction of the surface of the member to be charged.