US 12,468,252 B2
Charge eliminating apparatus, image forming system, and charge adjusting apparatus
Shin Iwasaki, Chiba (JP); Hiroyuki Eda, Ibaraki (JP); Ryou Sakaguchi, Chiba (JP); Riki Fukuhara, Chiba (JP); and Yuko Shimpo, Ibaraki (JP)
Assigned to CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Apr. 12, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/634,099.
Claims priority of application No. 2023-070974 (JP), filed on Apr. 24, 2023; and application No. 2024-010581 (JP), filed on Jan. 26, 2024.
Prior Publication US 2024/0353786 A1, Oct. 24, 2024
Int. Cl. G03G 21/06 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 21/06 (2013.01) [G03G 15/5016 (2013.01); G03G 15/6529 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00679 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A charge eliminating apparatus comprising:
a charge eliminating roller pair configured to convey a sheet and eliminate charge of the sheet;
a setting unit configured to set a charge elimination amount by the charge eliminating roller pair; and
a controller configured to control a sheet conveyance speed of the charge eliminating roller pair based on the charge elimination amount set by the setting unit, wherein the controller is configured to:
in a state where the charge elimination amount set by the setting unit is a first charge elimination amount, set the sheet conveyance speed of the charge eliminating roller pair to a first speed; and
in a state where the charge elimination amount set by the setting unit is a second charge elimination amount that is greater than the first charge elimination amount, set the sheet conveyance speed of the charge eliminating roller pair to a second speed that is slower than the first speed.