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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2017
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yusaku Iwasawa, Mishima, JP;
Tomoaki Nakai, Numazu, JP;
Yu Izaki, Suntou-gun, JP;
Takateru Ohkubo, Susono, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/161 (2013.01); G03G 15/1665 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus charges toner on a transfer belt by using a first brush and collects the toner, in which a second brush is provided on the upstream side of the first brush, and the amount of inroad of the second brush into the transfer belt is larger than the amount of inroad of the first brush into the transfer belt.