Patent ID: 8417143

Claim:
An image forming apparatus comprising: a rotatable photosensitive member; a corona charger provided with an opening opposed to a surface of said photosensitive member; an image forming device configured to form a toner image on said photosensitive member; a shutter configured to open and close said opening relative to said photosensitive member; a sliding device configured to remove a byproduct of an electrical discharge of said corona charger from said photosensitive member when said sliding device is in sliding contact with said photosensitive member; and a control device configured to control an operation of said image forming apparatus, wherein said control device is configured to control said image forming apparatus so as to stop rotation of said photosensitive member with said shutter kept opened after completion of image formation, and wherein in a case that said opening is to be closed after the stop of the rotation of said photosensitive member, said control device rotates said photosensitive member to remove the byproduct from said photosensitive member by said sliding device, immediately before, during or immediately after said shutter closes said opening.