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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2022
Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiki Matsuzaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Chihiro Iijima, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a formation target that is wound around rotating bodies including a driving roller and transported by the rotating bodies including the driving roller while forming a shape having linear portions each of which forms a different angle, which is an acute angle or an angle of zero degrees, with a horizontal direction when viewed in an axial direction of the driving roller, first image forming bodies that are arranged along one of the linear portions in such a manner as to be spaced apart from each other by a first distance and that form images onto the formation target, and second image forming bodies that are arranged along another one of the linear portions, the other linear portion forming the angle larger than the angle formed by the one linear portion, in such a manner as to be spaced apart from each other by a second distance shorter than the first distance and that form images onto the formation target.