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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2023
Applicant:
Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Tomomi Ootaka, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/1685 (2013.01); G03G 15/1615 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00679 (2013.01); G03G 2215/1623 (2013.01);
Abstract
A transfer unit that transfers a developing agent image formed with a developing agent, includes a belt; and a rotational body that stretches the belt. The rotational body includes a shaft body, and a surface layer provided on an outer side of the shaft body in radial directions. Surface roughness of an outer peripheral surface of the surface layer is greater than a volume mean particle diameter of the developing agent.