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Method and apparatus for forming an image with no degradation

US6697595B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 7, 2001
Grant dateFeb 24, 2004
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Expiry dateSep 7, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2215/1661
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An image forming apparatus including a belt guide member fixedly provided at an upstream side of a nip formed between a roller and a transfer roller so the belt guide member protrudes an image bearing belt such that the belt is substantially parallel with a conveying direction of a transfer medium.

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