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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 1992
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1990
Hiroshi Fuma, Hachioji, JP;
Mitsuo Motohashi, Hachioji, JP;
Yozo Fujii, Hachioji, JP;
Akihiko Kakita, Hachioji, JP;
Takashi Murahashi, Hachioji, JP;
Kazuo Yasuda, Hachioji, JP;
Yoshio Yamazaki, Hachioji, JP;
Masashi Sugano, Hachioji, JP;
Konica Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The invention provides an apparatus for transferring a toner image from a photoreceptor to a recording sheet. The apparatus includes a plurality of rollers and a belt stretched around the plurality of rollers. The belt is adapted to come in contact with the photoreceptor at a transfer area so that a recording sheet is conveyed on the belt and brought in contact with the image surface at the transfer area and that the toner image is transferred onto the recording sheet. The apparatus further includes a conductive member, disposed so as to come in contact with the belt on one of the plurality of rollers which is positioned upstream in conveying direction than the transfer area, for charging the recording sheet conveyed on the belt.