| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus for image formation and an image forming unit that can suppress trouble caused by sticking of external additives of toner on a charging wire of a corona charger. <P>SOLUTION: The image forming apparatus 1 is provided with a sealing material 50 between the charger 30 and a drum cleaning device 40 in a periphery of a photoreceptor drum 11. The sealing material 50 is fixed to the drum cleaning device 40 at the base end portion, and the tip portion comes into surface contact with the photoreceptor drum 11. Consequently, the sealing material 50 blocks toner and external additives between the drum cleaning device 40 and charger 30. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT |
