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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Jun Asami, Shizuoka, JP;
Taisuke Minagawa, Shizuoka, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A transfer roller includes a shaft portion rotatable in an axial direction and an elastic portion covering an outer peripheral surface of the shaft portion, wherein an identification portion is provided on the outer peripheral surface of the shaft portion. On one side in the axial direction, the identification portion includes a first end portion located on a center side of the shaft portion and a second end portion located on an end side of the shaft portion in the axial direction. In a direction from the center side to the end side, the first end portion is located on an outer side of an end portion of a maximum sheet-passing area of a transferring material, and the second end portion is located on an inner side of the maximum sheet-passing area and on an outer side of an end portion of the elastic portion.