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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 23, 1994
Shinichi Tsukida, Yono, JP;
Koichi Tanigawa, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Goto, Yokohama, JP;
Toshio Miyamoto, Yokohama, JP;
Yuko Ohkama, Tokyo, JP;
Satoru Izawa, Yokohama, JP;
Yozo Hotta, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus including an image bearing member for bearing an image thereon, an intermediate transfer member having a base body and an elastic member provided outside the base body and onto which an image is transferrable from the image bearing member, and a second transfer member forming a nip portion between the second transfer member and the intermediate transfer member, for transferring an image from the intermediate transfer member to a transfer material in the nip portion. The hardness of the surface of the second transfer member is greater than the hardness of the surface of the intermediate transfer member.