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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2019
Takahiro Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuuji Wada, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoto Kochi, Tokyo, JP;
Shinya Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Takahiro Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuuji Wada, Kanagawa, JP;
Naoto Kochi, Tokyo, JP;
Shinya Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A transfer device includes an intermediate transfer belt configured to bear a toner image and rotate, a transferor configured to contact the intermediate transfer belt via a recording medium and form a transfer nip, a guide configured to guide the recording medium conveyed to the transfer nip, and a pressure reducing device. The intermediate transfer belt is shaped as an endless belt. The pressure reducing device is configured to reduce pressure-contact force of the transferor against the intermediate transfer belt as the recording medium advances in the transfer nip. Therefore, a trailing end of the recording medium does not move toward the intermediate transfer belt when the trailing end of the recording medium has passed the guide.