Image forming apparatus
US11693340B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 9, 2021 |
| Grant date | Jul 4, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 9, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G15/161
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: a paper feeding part that houses a medium to be fed; a belt-shaped image holding part that holds an image on a surface of the image holding part and rotates; a transfer part disposed to face the image holding part and transfers an image onto a medium from the image holding part in a final transfer region; and a cleaning part that removes a deposit on the surface of the image holding part passed through the final transfer region, in which a downstream side of the paper feeding part in a transport direction of a medium is inclined to be closer than an upstream side of the paper feeding part to the final transfer region, and the image holding part is inclined upward on a downstream side of the final transfer region toward the downstream side in a rotation of the image holding part.
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