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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2019
Filed:
May. 04, 2018
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiki Hayami, Hachioji, JP;
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image formation apparatus includes: a plurality of image formers each of which is provided for each color and forms a toner image; a plurality of image carriers each of which is provided in accordance with each of the image formers and carries the toner image formed by each image former; a first intermediate transfer body on which multiple toner images are formed; a secondary transferor that secondarily transfers to a sheet, the multiple toner images formed on the first intermediate transfer body; and an adhesion force reducer that is provided between a position where the multiple toner images are formed on the first intermediate transfer body and a secondary transfer position of the secondary transferor and that reduces an adhesion force of toner included in the multiple toner images formed on the first intermediate transfer body.