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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2020
Applicant:
Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Akira Shimodaira, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/16 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 9/09 (2006.01); G03G 9/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/1675 (2013.01); G03G 9/0819 (2013.01); G03G 9/0821 (2013.01); G03G 9/09 (2013.01); G03G 15/1605 (2013.01); G03G 15/602 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00654 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00679 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00708 (2013.01); G03G 2215/1666 (2013.01); G03G 2221/0073 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a transfer unit configured to transfer second charged images superposed with one another onto a holding surface of a recording medium on which at least one first charged image has been electrostatically held and a static eliminating unit disposed upstream from the transfer unit in a transport direction of the recording medium and configured to remove static electricity from the recording medium electrostatically holding the at least one first charged image.