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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2020
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Kazuhiko Aono, Numazu, JP;
Seiji Inada, Numazu, JP;
Kazushi Suzuki, Suntou-gun, JP;
Atsushi Kimura, Susono, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/16 (2006.01); G03G 15/01 (2006.01); B65H 5/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/161 (2013.01); B65H 5/06 (2013.01); G03G 15/0105 (2013.01); G03G 15/162 (2013.01); G03G 2221/0005 (2013.01); G03G 2221/1606 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member, an intermediary transfer member, a transfer portion, a cleaning portion, and an air blowing portion. The air blowing portion blows the air toward an outer peripheral surface of the intermediary transfer member in a moving direction of the intermediary transfer member away from the transfer portion, at a position between the transfer portion and the cleaning portion with respect to a movement direction of the intermediary transfer member.