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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2023
Hiroaki Takagi, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroaki Takagi, Kanagawa, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A transfer device includes an intermediate transferor to rotate, primary transfer sections, a tension roller, a first movement mechanism, and a second movement mechanism. Each of the primary transfer sections includes a primary transferor. The tension roller stretches the intermediate transferor. The first movement mechanism causes the tension roller to move and change a position at which the tension roller stretches the intermediate transferor. The second movement mechanism causes the primary transferor of a primary transfer section to move to a contact position at which the primary transferor contacts a latent image bearer and a separation position at which the primary transferor is separated from the latent image bearer. The most-downstream primary transferor is movable between a contact position and a separation position. The first movement mechanism causes the tension roller to move to at least three positions at each of which the tension roller stretches the intermediate transferor.