Image forming apparatus
US9141038B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 26, 2013 |
| Grant date | Sep 22, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 26, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G21/1652
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus main body, an image bearing member capable of bearing a toner image, a current supply member, and an intermediate transfer unit which is removably mounted to the apparatus main body. When the intermediate transfer unit is attached to the apparatus main body, the intermediate transfer unit includes an endless belt whose outer peripheral surface is configured to contact the current supply member, onto which the toner image is transferred from the image bearing member by current supplied from the current supply member, a contact member configured to contact an inner peripheral surface of the endless belt at a position opposed to the image bearing member through the endless belt, an opposing member configured to contact the inner peripheral surface of the endless belt at a position opposed to the current supply member through the endless belt, and a voltage maintaining element which is connected to the opposing member and the contact member.
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