Image forming apparatus including a gap forming unit
US7945176B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 4, 2007 |
| Grant date | May 17, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 20, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/1614
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier that carries an image and rotates, a transfer member that rotates in contact with the image carrier and transfers an image formed on the image carrier to a recording medium, a conveying unit that conveys the recording medium to a contact position where the image carrier and the transfer member come into contact with each other, and a gap forming unit that forms a gap between the image carrier and the transfer member at the contact position. The gap forming unit forms the gap immediately before the recording medium enters the contact position.
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