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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2003
Hiromi Ogiyama, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuya Kawagoe, Tokyo, JP;
Shin Kayahara, Yokohama, JP;
Ryuuichi Minbu, Kawasaki, JP;
Yuuji Sawai, Yokohama, JP;
Mitsuru Takahashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Satoru Uchida, Tokyo, JP;
Hideki Kamiyama, Yokohama, JP;
Hiromi Ogiyama, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuya Kawagoe, Tokyo, JP;
Shin Kayahara, Yokohama, JP;
Ryuuichi Minbu, Kawasaki, JP;
Yuuji Sawai, Yokohama, JP;
Mitsuru Takahashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Satoru Uchida, Tokyo, JP;
Hideki Kamiyama, Yokohama, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus of the present invention includes an intermediate image transfer belt passed over a plurality of support members and movable while carrying a toner image of preselected polarity transferred thereto. An electrode member contacts the inside surface of the belt and is applied with a preselected voltage for transferring the toner image from the belt to a recording medium. A contact member with high electric resistance contacts the belt at a position adjacent the electrode member and includes an insulating layer thereon.