Claims
- 1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a rotatable member;
- means for forming a latent image on said rotatable member, said rotatable member having a portion which is not used for latent image formation;
- developing means for applying a developer to the latent image on said rotatable member to form a toner image;
- means for transferring the toner image onto a transfer material;
- means for cleaning said rotatable member to permit reuse of said member for image formation; and
- means for detecting a predetermined rotational position of said rotatable member and for stopping said rotatable member at the detected predetermined position where said non-image-forming portion of said rotatable member faces said cleaning means.
- 2. An image forming apparatus in accordance with claim 1, wherein said cleaning means contacts said rotatable image forming member, and wherein said detecting means stops the rotatable member at the said detected predetermined position wherein said non-image-forming portion of said rotatable member contacts said cleaning means.
- 3. An image forming apparatus in accordance with claim 1, wherein said cleaning means includes a cleaning blade disposed in contact with said rotatable member.
Priority Claims (2)
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Parent Case Info
This is a division of application Ser. No. 893,825, filed Apr. 5, 1978, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,270,857, issued June 2, 1981, which is a division of Ser. No. 860,457 filed Dec. 14, 1977, which is a continuation of Ser. No. 588,228 filed June 19, 1975, which in turn is a division of Ser. No. 583,247 filed June 3, 1975, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,009,955 issued Mar. 1, 1977, which in turn is a continuation of Ser. No. 461,104 filed Apr. 15, 1974, which in turn is a continuation of Ser. No. 258,820 filed June 1, 1972, now U.S. Pat. No. 3,804,512 issued Apr. 16, 1974.
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