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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019
Filed:
May. 17, 2018
Fuji Xerox Co.,ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiki Shimodaira, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaaki Yamaura, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiaki Baba, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Shigezaki, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO.,LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A transfer device includes a holding body that holds a toner image and to which a first tension and a second tension, which is smaller than the first tension, are applied, a transfer body that transfers the toner image to a recording medium while transporting the recording medium between the transfer body and the holding body, and a setting portion that sets tension applied to the holding body to the second tension when a mass of a toner of an uppermost toner layer constituting the toner image and disposed on the holding body is equal to or exceeds a threshold.