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Patent No.:

US 10180643 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2019

Filed:

Oct. 16, 2017

Image forming apparatus having intermediate transfer belt, secondary transfer member that contacts outer surface of intermediate transfer belt, opposed member opposed to secondary transfer member via intermediate transfer belt, contact member that contacts inner surface of intermediate transfer belt, and constant-voltage element through which opposed member and contact member are grounded

Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Shinji Katagiri, Yokohama, JP;

Yuji Kawaguchi, Inagi, JP;

Masaru Ohno, Ebina, JP;

Tsuguhiro Yoshida, Yokohama, JP;

Takeo Kawanami, Kamakura, JP;

Taro Minobe, Ichikawa, JP;

Masaru Shimura, Yokohama, JP;

Assignee:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Canon U.S.A., Inc. IP Division

Primary Examiner:

William J Royer

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/01 (2006.01); G03G 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/1675 (2013.01); G03G 15/161 (2013.01); G03G 15/1605 (2013.01); G03G 15/1615 (2013.01); G03G 15/1665 (2013.01);
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.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Katagiri, Shinji. (2019). Image forming apparatus having intermediate transfer belt, secondary transfer member that contacts outer surface of intermediate transfer belt, opposed member opposed to secondary transfer member via intermediate transfer belt, contact member that contacts inner surface of intermediate transfer belt, and constant-voltage element through which opposed member and contact member are grounded (U.S. Patent No. 10180643). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10180643

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