Image forming apparatus using stretch member and contact member to maintain potential with current flowing from current supply member to intermediate transfer belt
US9158238B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 14, 2013 |
| Grant date | Oct 13, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 14, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G15/1665
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A voltage maintenance element is connected to a contact member that contacts a primary transfer surface area of an intermediate transfer belt to which toner images are transferred from a plurality of image carriers between stretch members, in such a way as to prevent the electric potential of the intermediate transfer belt from varying between respective image forming stations.
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