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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2001
Filed:
May. 20, 1998
Koji Yamamoto, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Tetsuya Onuki, Toyokawa, JP;
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus is provided with a plurality of image forming units along a transportation path of a recording sheet transported by a revolving transport belt, each image forming unit including an image holding component. The image forming apparatus is further provided with a transport belt moving unit for moving the transport belt between a first state and a second state by changing a form of a revolution of the transport belt, the first state being where the transport belt does not touch at least one of the image holding components and the second state being where the transport belt touches the image holding components not touched in the first state.