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Image forming apparatus or transfer roller used in image forming apparatus

US8509663B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha · JP

Inventors

Jun Asami · Susono, JP
Eiji Uekawa · Susono, JP

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 14, 2010
Grant date	Aug 13, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 30, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG03G2215/1614
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes a transfer roller. The transfer roller includes an elastic layer disposed on a metal core bar. The elastic layer is made of a non-foamed solid rubber. The surface of the elastic layer includes a plurality of convex portions extending in a line in the axis direction of the transfer roller.

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