Patent ID: 8275279
Filing Date: 2012-09-25
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a rotatable image bearing member; a charging roller, contacting said image bearing member, for electrically charging said image bearing member; a developing device for developing a latent image formed on said image bearing member into a developer image; a cleaning device for removing a developer remaining on said image bearing member after the developer image is transferred from said image bearing member onto a developer image receiving member, wherein said cleaning device includes a cleaning blade contacting said image bearing member and having a fixed end and a free end which is located upstream of the fixed end with respect to a rotational direction of said image bearing member; and a control device for controlling a rotating operation of said image bearing member, wherein said control device is capable of performing an operation for rotating said image bearing member, in a direction identical to a rotational direction of said image bearing member during image formation, effected by rotating said image bearing member after a lapse, without next instruction of image formation, of a predetermined period from a stop of rotation of said image bearing member made after completion of the image formation, and wherein the predetermined period is longer with a larger number of sheets subjected to the image formation in an image forming job before the rotation of said image bearing member is stopped.