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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2018
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Fukashi Hatano, Abiko, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an endless belt; an image bearing member that bears a toner image and contacts with the outer circumferential surface of the belt at a transfer position for transferring the toner image to the belt, the transfer position being disposed downstream; a transfer roller configured to transfer the toner image from the image bearing to the belt and contact with an inner circumferential surface of the belt at a contact position, the contact position not overlapping with the transfer position as viewed from the thickness direction of the belt; a biasing member that biases the transfer roller toward the inner circumferential surface of the belt, and a position of the transfer roller is set to a balanced position between a biasing force by the transfer roller pressing the inner circumferential surface of the belt and the drag received by the transfer roller from the belt.