PARTICLE COLLECTING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
FIG2 is a schematic diagram illustrating a particle collecting device of the first embodiment
FIG2 is a schematic diagram illustrating a particle collecting device of the first embodiment. The particle collecting device 200 illustrated in FIG2 includes a duct 201, a blower 202, an ionizing device 203, two electrodes 204, a power supply 205, and a controller 206. The controller 206 can be a processor including a central processing unit (CPU) and associated memory units such as a read only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), etc. The processor performs various types of control processing by executing programs stored in the memory.
schematic diagram
201
duct
202
blower
12
secondary transfer backup roller
203
ionizing device
304
electrode electrodes
206
controller
204
electrodes
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duct
300
particle collecting device particle collecting devices
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power supply
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exposure device
200
particle collecting device particle collecting devices
['1. A particle collecting device (200) comprising: a duct (201); a blower (202) configured to cause air to flow in a predetermined blowing direction (D11) inside the duct (201); an ionizing device (203) disposed inside the duct (201) and configured to ionize particles contained in the air inside the duct (201); at least two electrodes (204; 301a,304) extending along the predetermined blowing direction (D11) and facing each other, the at least two electrodes (204; 301a,304) disposed downstream from the ionizing device (203) inside the duct (201) in the predetermined blowing direction (D11); a power supply (205) configured to charge at least one of the at least two electrodes (204; 301a,304) to cause a potential difference between the at least two electrodes (204; 301a,304);  characterized by a controller (206) configured to: control the blower (202), the ionizing device (203), and the power supply (205); and stop the blower (202) in response to an ionization operation by the ionizing device (203).']