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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2021
Applicants:
Naohiro Kumagai, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhiko Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Naohiro Kumagai, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhiko Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/16 (2006.01); G03G 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/161 (2013.01); G03G 21/0017 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of image bearers and a rotatable transferor. Images borne on the plurality of image bearers are transferred to the transferor. The transferor has an elastic power larger than an elastic power of each of the plurality of image bearers, and a difference in elastic power between the transferor and a most upstream image bearer in a rotation direction of the transferor is smaller than a difference in elastic power between the transferor and any other image bearer except the most upstream image bearer of the plurality of image bearers.