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Image forming apparatus

US8577268B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 8, 2010
Grant dateNov 5, 2013
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Expiry dateMay 30, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03G2215/00654
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An image forming apparatus comprising: an image bearing member; a conveying member; a transfer means; an attraction means, which is disposed upstream of the transfer means in a conveying direction of the transfer material, for attracting the transfer material onto the conveying member; and a winding means, which is disposed downstream of the transfer means in the conveying direction of the transfer material, for winding the conveying member, wherein a contact amount between the conveying member and the winding means corresponding to a first region where a width of the attraction means pressing the conveying member in the conveying direction is smaller than the contact amount between the conveying member and the winding means corresponding to a second region in which a width of the attraction means which presses the conveying member in the conveying direction that is smaller than the first width.

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