Claims
- 1. A copying apparatus comprising:
- a rotatable medium;
- processing means, including charging means and means for imagewise exposing said rotatable medium, for forming an image of an original to be copied on said rotatable medium and for transferring the image onto a transfer material;
- means for removing residual charge on said rotatable medium;
- means for presetting a desired number of copies to be produced;
- means for instructing the start of an image forming process;
- means for operating said charging means during the formation of the preset number of copies and for rotating said rotatable medium during the operation of said processing means and removing means to produce the preset number of copies;
- post-rotation means for continuing the rotation of said rotatable medium for a predetermined time after termination of the image forming process with said charging means disabled and said removing means operating; and
- control means for controlling the restart of said processing means without completing the post-rotation in response to actuation of said instructing means before the termination of rotation of said rotatable medium but after termination of the image forming process, said control means being operable to maintain said charging means operative for immediate restart of the exposing operation when said instructing means is actuated before said charging means is disabled.
- 2. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said charging means comprises a corona discharger for charging said rotatable medium before exposing the original image thereto.
- 3. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said charging means comprises a corona discharger for transferring the image.
- 4. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said removing means comprises an AC corona discharger.
- 5. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said process means further includes developing means, and said removing means comprises means, for applying uniform light, disposed at a position between said charging means and said developing means.
- 6. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said removing means comprises a corona discharger and means for applying uniform light.
Priority Claims (3)
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47-37288 |
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47-38149 |
Apr 1972 |
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47-72961[U]__ |
Jun 1972 |
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Parent Case Info
This is a divisional of application Ser. No. 778,180, filed Mar. 16, 1977, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,185,909, which in turn is a continuation of applicants' earlier filed application Ser. No. 660,860, filed Jul. 31, 1975, now abandoned which in, turn is a continuation of applicants' earlier filed application Ser. No. 348,092, filed Apr. 5, 1973, now abandoned.
US Referenced Citations (6)
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