Image forming apparatus
US6640077B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 19, 2002 |
| Grant date | Oct 28, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 19, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/0119
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
In an image forming apparatus wherein the slip of a transporting belt relative to a driving device due to a change in the surface state the inner surface of the transporting belt and a bad image can be reliably prevented, and having a photosensitive drum on the surface of which a toner image is formed, a transfer belt and a driving roller for driving the transfer belt, wherein the toner image formed on the surface of the photosensitive drum is transferred onto the transfer belt or a recording material borne on the transfer belt, an abrasive roller is provided at a position, in contact with a surface on which the driving roller abuts against the transfer belt.
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