Abstract: An image forming apparatus having a roller-shaped charging brush includes a first member for raising the brush pile and cleaning it while rotating in contact with the roller-shaped charging brush and a second member located at a position following the first member in the rotation direction of the roller-shaped charging brush, for shaping the brush pile raised by the first member while contacting with the roller-shaped charging brush. A combination of the first and second members can provide a satisfactory charging function at all times.

Abstract: A brush type charger capable of reducing noise which occurs on superposing AC voltage on DC voltage and of restraining image defects such as moire images and density unevenness from occurring will be supplied.In a brush type charger, having a shaft 1A for brush made of a conductive member, and a brush-shaped charging member 1B which is radially provided toward the outside around the shaft 1A for brush, and which is made of a conductive member entirely formed into a roller shape, configured such that the outer circumference of the brush-shaped charging member 1B is brought into contact with a photoreceptor 3 and predetermined DC voltage having AC voltage superimposed thereon is applied to the brush-shaped charging member 1B to thereby charge the photoreceptor 3, the brush-shaped charging member 1B is provided in a helical fashion around the shaft 1A for brush.

Abstract: A canister is comprised of a casing including a top wall, a vertical wall, first and second chambers formed in the casing and each accommodating an adsorbent, and a partition member partitioning the first and second chambers from each other. A plurality of first protuberances are formed on the inner surface of the top wall at a portion thereof facing toward the first chamber, and a plurality of second protuberances on the inner surface of the vertical wall at a portion thereof facing toward the first chamber. First and second filters are mounted in the first chamber in a fashion abutting on the plurality of the first and second protuberances, respectively. A first space is defined in the top wall between the first filter and the portion of the inner surface of the top wall, and a second space is defined in the vertical wall between the second filter and the portion of the inner surface of the vertical surface and communicates with the first space.

Abstract: In an evaporative fuel processing device, an evaporative fuel passage communicating at one end to an upper space in a fuel tank is connected at the other end to a refueling line at a location corresponding to a negative pressure introducing hole provided in a lower portion of a tip end of a nozzle during refueling by a refueling nozzle which is constructed so that the refueling by the refueling nozzle is automatically stopped in response to a fuel liquid level reaching the negative pressure introducing hole during refueling. The draft resistance of an evaporative fuel passage interconnecting an inlet of the refueling line and a tank body is set larger than the draft resistance of an evaporative fuel passage interconnecting the tank body and a canister. Thus, the releasing of evaporative fuel from the fuel tank during refueling is effectively inhibited without use of a potentially unreliable seal.

Abstract: An evaporative emission control system for an internal combustion engine includes a canister for adsorbing evaporative fuel generated in the fuel tank, a communication passage connecting between first and second adsorbent chambers defined in the canister, a first introducing passage for introducing the generated evaporative fuel into the canister on an occasion other than at fueling, a purging passage for purging the evaporative fuel adsorbed into the canister to the intake passage, and an air-inlet passage communicating with the atmosphere. The first introducing passage, the second air-inlet passage and the purging passage are connected to the first adsorbent chamber. A second introducing passage is connected to the second adsorbent chamber, for introducing the evaporative fuel thereinto at refueling, and an additional passage having a cross sectional area larger than that of the air-inlet passage and communicating with the atmosphere is connected to the first adsorbent chamber.

Abstract: An evaporative fuel-processing system for an internal combustion engine includes a canister accommodating an adsorbent therein, for adsorbing evaporative fuel generated in a fuel tank of the engine, and a charging passage connecting between the canister and the fuel tank. A shutter valve is arranged in a fuel supply pipe of the fuel tank in the vicinity of an inlet end thereof, for isolating the interior of the fuel supply pipe from the atmosphere, and the shutter valve is disposed to be opened by the tip of a refueling gun when the latter is inserted into the fuel supply pipe. A pressure-intake port section is arranged in the fuel supply pipe at a side of the shutter valve closer to the main body of the fuel tank, for taking in pressure within the fuel supply pipe.

Abstract: An evaporative fuel-adsorbing device adsorbs evaporative fuel generated from a fuel tank of an internal combustion engine. A partition divides the interior of a casing at least into a first adsorbent chamber and a second adsorbent chamber. Adsorbents are charged in the first adsorbent chamber and the second adsorbent chamber, respectively, for adsorbing the evaporative fuel. The evaporative fuel from the fuel tank is permitted to flow into the first adsorbent chamber via a charging port provided therein. The evaporative fuel desorbed from the adsorbents in the adsorbent chambers are permitted to flow out of the first adsorbent chamber via a purging port provided therein. The second adsorbent chamber is communicated with the atmosphere via an air-inlet port.

Abstract: In an evaporative fuel processing device, a canister is divided into first, second, third and fourth chambers by partition walls. A control valve is provided in a communication passage which connects the second and third chambers to each other. A first charge passage is connected to an upper space in a fuel tank and to a port in the third chamber, and a second charge passage is connected to a fuel supply valve for the fuel tank and to a port in the first chamber. Further, a purge passage is connected to an intake passage of an internal combustion engine and to a port in the first chamber. The control valve is connected to an electronic control unit, and opened during refueling and during traveling of a vehicle and closed during parking of the vehicle. Thus, it is possible to reliably prevent an evaporative fuel from being released to the atmosphere, while the capacity of the canister to a minimum.

Abstract: An evaporative emission control system for an internal combustion engine includes a canister for adsorbing evaporative fuel generated in the fuel tank, a first introducing passage for introducing evaporative fuel generated in the fuel tank into the canister on an occasion other than at refueling, a purging passage for purging evaporative fuel adsorbed in the canister into the intake passage of the engine, and a first air-inlet passage communicating between the canister and the atmosphere. First and second adsorbent chambers are formed in the canister and each accommodating an adsorbent. The first introducing passage and the purging passage are connected to the first adsorbent chamber. The first air-inlet passage is connected to the second adsorbent chamber. A communication passage communicates between the first adsorbent chamber and the second adsorbent chamber.