Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.

Hirofumi Goto

Hiroaki Yagi

Kenji Suzuki

Akihiro Ouchi

Yoshihisa Nakao

Hibiki Sasaki

Ayaka Miyoshi

Masaaki Tokunaga

Atsushi Ogihara

Yoshihiro Enomoto

Masakazu Shirai

Shinichi Kawamata

Kazumi Yamanaka

An intermediate transfer device includes an intermediate transfer member, intermediate transfer member support members, and two frame members each including first and second positioning members each having a positioning portion. At least one of the frame members satisfies a condition L:L=2.85:x 0&#x2266;x&#x2266;1, where Lis the length of a line segment connecting an intersection point to the positioning portion of one of the positioning members on a side opposite to a side toward which a line of action of a force applied by a second-transfer unit is inclined and Lis the length of a line segment connecting the intersection point to the positioning portion of the other of the positioning members on the side toward which the line of action is inclined, the intersection point being an intersection of the line of action and a line segment connecting the positioning portions.

Intermediate transfer device and image forming apparatus including frame members

An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit that forms an image to be formed on a recording medium. The image formed by the image forming unit has a size larger than a size of the recording medium that is transported, the image forming unit causing the image to adhere to the entire area of the recording medium. A width of the image in a direction substantially orthogonal to a transporting direction of the recording medium increases from a front end toward a rear end of the recording medium in the transporting direction of the recording medium.

Image forming apparatus

A developer-conveying apparatus is provided, the developer-conveying apparatus including: a conveying member that has a rotational axis rotatably set in a container and a blade formed around the rotational axis, the conveying member conveying a developer along the rotational axis by rotation; and a static eliminating member set in the container and eliminating static electricity of the developer in the container by being brought into contact with the developer.

Developer conveying apparatus and image forming apparatus

A powder container includes a housing including a container chamber, a rotation member extending in an axial direction, and a sealing member. The housing includes a first wall portion having a first hole into which an end portion of the rotation member is inserted. The rotation member includes a second wall facing a part of the first wall portion around the first hole with a distance therebetween. The sealing member has a second hole through which the rotation member extends, is interposed between the part of the first wall portion around the first hole and the second wall portion, and includes a foam member that is contractible and a pair of sheet members respectively contacting the part of the first wall portion around the first hole and the second wall portion and having a friction coefficient lower than the foam member.

Powder container, cleaning device, and image forming apparatus including sealing member

An image forming apparatus comprises an image forming portion that forms a toner image on an image carrying body, a transfer portion that transfers the toner image formed on the image carrying body to a recording medium, a detector that detects at least one of a skew and a passing position of the recording medium, and a controller that is provided downstream of the transfer portion in a recording medium transporting direction and controls at least one of the skew and the passing position of the recording medium according to a detection result by the detector.

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