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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2016
Applicant:
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/1665 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier that carries a toner image; a transfer part that is disposed so as to be in contact with the image carrier and transfers the toner image carried by the image carrier to a recording medium; and a charge applying part that is disposed on an upstream side of the transfer part in a recording-medium transport direction and charges the recording medium such that an amount of charge in the recording medium varies according to the position therein in a direction intersecting a recording-medium transport direction when the recording medium has reached the transfer part.