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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2017
Applicant:
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Kanji Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/16 (2006.01); G03G 15/02 (2006.01); G03G 15/01 (2006.01); G03G 15/20 (2006.01); G03G 15/08 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/0225 (2013.01); G03G 15/011 (2013.01); G03G 15/0808 (2013.01); G03G 15/0849 (2013.01); G03G 15/168 (2013.01); G03G 15/2064 (2013.01); G03G 15/652 (2013.01); G03G 15/161 (2013.01); G03G 2215/1652 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image holding body, a transfer member, and a controller. The image holding body holds an unfixed image. The transfer member presses a continuous medium against the image holding body and causes the image to be transferred to the medium. The controller allows a cleaning operation in which undesired adhering matter adhering to the transfer member is transferred to the image holding body to be performed when the medium does not exist between the image holding body and the transfer member.