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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:
Feb. 11, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/501 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/501 ;
Abstract
A color image forming apparatus in accordance with the present invention including an intermediate transfer member having a movable surface. The apparatus also includes plural image forming units for forming toner images on the intermediate transfer member at each of image-forming positions, and a transfer roller for transferring the toner images formed on the intermediate transfer member onto a sheet, the transfer roller having a circumferential length equal to the distance between the adjacent image forming positions.