| US 7,433,637 B2 | ||
| Image forming apparatus and method of manufacturing electronic circuit using the same | ||
| Hideo Aoki, Yokohama (Japan); Naoko Yamaguchi, Yokohama (Japan); Chiaki Takubo, Tokyo (Japan); Toshiaki Yamauchi, Fujisawa (Japan); Koji Imamiya, Kawasaki (Japan); and Hiroshi Hashizume, Hino (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Kabsushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo (Japan); and Toshiba TEC Corporation, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Apr. 07, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/100,388. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. P2004-114059 (JP), filed on Apr. 08, 2004; application No. P2004-115795 (JP), filed on Apr. 09, 2004; and application No. P2004-163408 (JP), filed on Jun. 01, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0227161 A1, Oct. 13, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. G03G 15/16 (2006.01); G03G 15/14 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 399—297 [399/315] | 12 Claims |
| 1. An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a substrate having a conductor layer, using toner containing formation
material of a circuitry layer, the image forming apparatus comprising:
a photoconductor;
an exposure unit exposing said photoconductor based on image information of the circuitry layer to form an electrostatic latent
image on said photoconductor;
a developing unit developing the electrostatic latent image on said photoconductor by the toner to form a toner image on said
photoconductor;
an electrostatic transferring unit transferring the toner image on said photoconductor onto the substrate so that at least
a part of the conductor layer is covered with the toner image; and
a charge removing unit arranged to be in electrical contact with at least a part of an exposed face of the conductor layer
and electrically grounded to remove excessive charges caused in the conductor layer accompanying the start of the transfer
of the toner image.
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