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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 04, 1996
Mitsugu Inomata, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus comprises an image bearing member for bearing an image, an image forming means for forming the image on the image bearing member, a movable member which can be shifted along a transfer station of the image bearing member and onto which a first image and a second image on the image bearing member are successively transferred in a superimposed fashion, and a shifting speed switching means for switching a shifting speed of the movable member between a first shifting speed during a transferring operation and a second shifting speed slower than the first shifting speed, after the first image was transferred to the movable member and before the second image is transferred onto the movable member.