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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2021
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yuya Nagatomo, Ibaraki, JP;
Noriyuki Okada, Chiba, JP;
Shozo Aiba, Ibaraki, JP;
Naoki Mugita, Ibaraki, JP;
Akinori Miyamoto, Ibaraki, JP;
Kenta Matsuzaki, Chiba, JP;
Masato Maejima, Ibaraki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an image forming apparatus, a cleaning blade, disposed on a downstream side of a transfer roller in a rotation direction of an image carrier, removes toner remaining on the image carrier after transfer of a toner image to an intermediate transfer member. After completion of an image forming operation, a controller causes the transfer roller to separate from the intermediate transfer member, cause the developing device to form on the image carrier a toner band to be supplied to the cleaning blade, and cause rotation of the image carrier to stop such that at least a part of the toner band formed on the image carrier stops within a section from a first position facing the transfer roller to a second position facing the cleaning blade in the rotation direction.