Contact charger having charging performance enhancing particles existing at a contact portion between the contact charger and the member to be charged

摘要

A charging apparatus for charging a member to be charged includes a charging member for contacting to the member to be charged to electrically charge it; charging performance enhancing particles existing at a contact portion between the charging member and the member to be charged; wherein the charging performance enhancing particles is triboelectrically charged at the contact portion to a polarity opposite from that of a voltage applied to the charging member.