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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2001
Yuusuke Morikami, Toyohashi, JP;
Takanobu Yamada, Toyokawa, JP;
Seiichi Munemori, Toyokawa, JP;
Yasunori Nakayama, Gamagoori, JP;
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus comprising an intermediate transfer belt having a horizontal belt part , and a transfer section arranged opposite the horizontal belt part of the intermediate transfer belt for transferring to a sheet overlaid images formed on the intermediate transfer belt by a plurality of image forming sections Y, M, C, K for overlaying multiple images of respectively different color, wherein a belt unit comprises a frame , at least three rollers supported on frame , and the intermediate transfer belt supported on the exterior surface of these rollers, and wherein the belt unit can be installed and removed from the image forming apparatus body perpendicular to the shafts of the rollers , and parallel to the horizontal part