US 12,461,486 B2
Image forming apparatus
Takashi Kawanago, Fuchu (JP)
Assigned to KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Oct. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/482,089.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-161414 (JP), filed on Oct. 6, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0118658 A1, Apr. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. G03G 21/20 (2006.01); G03G 15/16 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 21/203 (2013.01) [G03G 15/161 (2013.01)] 37 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image forming apparatus forming an image on a recording medium, comprising:
a developing device that forms a toner image on an image carrier,
a transfer device that transfers the toner image formed by the developing device to a recording medium at a transfer position, and
a charge eliminator that is arranged upstream of the transfer position in a conveyance direction of the recording medium and eliminates charges of the recording medium in a non-contact manner,
wherein the charge eliminator is an ionizer and is arranged at a position which is away by a predetermined distance from a conductor for moving ionic particles generated at the time of charge elimination.