Color image forming apparatus
US6571078B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 28, 2001 |
| Grant date | May 27, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 28, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/0119
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A color image forming apparatus of the present invention comprises: an intermediate transfer member being driven to rotate by a driving roller; a plural image forming units for forming superposed toner images on the intermediate transfer member, the plural image forming units being located below the intermediate transfer belt; a transfer member for transferring the superposed toner images formed on the intermediate transfer member onto a sheet of paper in a transfer area; and a pair of rotatable conveyance rollers for conveying the paper to the transfer area in synchronization with the superposed toner images on the intermediate transfer member, wherein a first distance from a image forming position, for the image forming unit located most-downstream in the plural image forming units relative to the movement of the intermediate transfer member, to the transfer area is longer than a second distance from a nipping area formed by the pair of conveyance rollers to the transfer area.
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