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Transport device and image forming apparatus having a powder applying device

US10379481B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 5, 2018
Grant dateAug 13, 2019
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Expiry dateApr 5, 2038

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2215/00801
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A transport device includes a powder applying device and a guidance member. The powder applying device is provided in a guide path through which a sheet is guided toward an image holding body holding a toner image to be transferred onto the sheet, and applies powder to end portions of the sheet in a transport direction. The guidance member is provided on a side facing the powder applying device in the guide path, and guides the sheet being transported through the guide path to the powder applying device.

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