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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 04, 1999
Fuji Xerox Co., LTD, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An improved image forming apparatus having an endless belt is provided. The apparatus uses an endless belt as a toner image carrier for holding a toner image thereon and transporting the toner image. In one embodiment, rib members are arranged on opposing ends of the endless belt to assist in inhibiting the endless belt from walking relative to a drive roll. A rib guide member is interposed between the rib member and the drive roll, and is rotatable independent of the drive roll. In another embodiment, the toner image is transferred from a photosensitive member to the endless transfer belt and then to a recording medium. Indicia is arranged on an outer perimeter surface of the endless transfer belt indicative of a position of the endless transfer belt, with a sensor used to detect the indicia.