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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 08, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Akihiko Takeuchi, Yokohama, JP;
Toshihiko Ochiai, Tokyo, JP;
Motoi Kato, Yokohama, JP;
Toshiaki Miyashiro, Ichikawa, JP;
Nobuaki Kabeya, Toride, JP;
Takehiko Suzuki, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
399318 ; 399297 ; 399301 ; 399303 ; 399313 ;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus comprises an image bearing member for bearing an image, and a movable member which is abutted against the image bearing member and onto which the image on the image bearing member is transferred. The movable member includes a substrate, a sheet-like member, and an elastic layer disposed between the substrate and the sheet-like member and compressed to a predetermined thickness before the movable member is abutted against the image bearing member.