Image forming apparatus comprising image bearing member, intermediate image transfer member and secondary image transfer member for facilitating transfer of developed image from intermediate image transfer member to transfer material
US5732314A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 23, 1994 |
| Grant date | Mar 24, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 23, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G15/162
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image forming apparatus including an image bearing member for bearing an image thereon, an intermediate transfer member having a base body and an elastic member provided outside the base body and onto which an image is transferrable from the image bearing member, and a second transfer member forming a nip portion between the second transfer member and the intermediate transfer member, for transferring an image from the intermediate transfer member to a transfer material in the nip portion. The hardness of the surface of the second transfer member is greater than the hardness of the surface of the intermediate transfer member.
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