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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2017
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Nofumi Mizumoto, Nara, JP;
Shigeo Uetake, Takatsuki, JP;
Keiko Momotani, Ibaraki, JP;
Eiji Tabata, Ibaraki, JP;
Makiko Watanabe, Uji, JP;
Toshiya Natsuhara, Takarazuka, JP;
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A transfer belt includes: an elastic layer, wherein the transfer belt is used to transfer a toner image onto a recording medium, the toner image being carried on a first main surface which is one of a pair of main exposed surfaces including the first main surface and a second main surface, when, using a lower block and an upper block, the transfer belt is placed on an upper surface of the lower block, a part of the transfer belt is interposed between a curved convex surface and a curved concave surface, and a pressed region reaches a pressing force of 200 [kPa] and is constantly pressed by the pressing force, if 'a' represents a maximum value of displacement of a measurement region, and 'b' represents displacement of the measurement region after convergence, E [−] calculated by (a−b)/b satisfies a condition of 0.2≤E≤3.