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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2017
Applicant:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yotaro Sato, Machida, JP;
Nobuhiko Okano, Hino, JP;
Assignee:
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/20 (2006.01); G03G 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 21/206 (2013.01); G03G 15/1605 (2013.01); G03G 15/168 (2013.01); G03G 21/203 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00772 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00776 (2013.01); G03G 2215/1619 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: an image supporter that supports an image to be transferred to paper; a transfer belt that is opposed to the image supporter and forms a nip; and a first heater and a second heater that heat the transfer belt, wherein, the first heater has higher performance to uniformly heat an entire area of the transfer belt than the second heater; and the second heater has higher performance to respond to a temperature change of the transfer belt in a case of output change than the first heater.