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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 1995
Filed:
May. 20, 1994
Mitsuru Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Yasunori Kawaishi, Narashino, JP;
Hideo Yu, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiaki Motohashi, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuya Kawagoe, Kamakura, JP;
Hideki Kamiyama, Yokohama, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image recording apparatus is disclosed which includes an intermediate transfer belt rotatable in a reciprocating motion. Before the belt is rotated back and forth for forming a composite toner image, it is rotated in the opposite direction to the image forming direction. This provides the belt with substantially the same deviation in both the forward movement and the reverse movement. Hence, the apparatus insures desirable images by preventing the individual toner images from being brought out of register due to the deviation of the belt.