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Image forming apparatus with recording material carrying member having recesses

US5784675A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 21, 1997
Grant dateJul 21, 1998
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Expiry dateOct 21, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2215/1657
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes image an bearing member or members; a movable recording material carrying member for carrying a recording material, with an image being transferred at a transfer position from the image bearing member or members onto a recording material carried on the recording material carrying member; and there are a plurality of recesses extending in a direction of movement of the recording material carrying member, provided on the surface of the recording material carrying member that carries the recording material.

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