Patent ID: 6506087
Filing Date: 2003-01-14
Classification: H01J,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of manufacturing an image forming apparatus having an envelope made of members inclusive of a first substrate and a second substrate with a space therebetween, an image forming means, and at least one plate spacer disposed in the envelope and maintaining the space between the first substrate and the second substrate, the method comprising the steps of:forming at least one plate spacer by (i) cutting a spacer base member so as to yield a plate spacer with a cut surface and two opposing non-cut surfaces and (ii) forming an electroconductive film along a longitudinal direction of one of the opposing non-cut surfaces; and abutting a non-cut surface of the plate spacer against the first substrate or the second substrate so that the electroconductive film contacts the first or the second substrate against which the non-cut surface of the plate spacer abuts.