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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:
Nov. 15, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2003
Applicants:
Yoshihiro Funamizu, Chiba, JP;
Tomohiro Tamaoki, Ibaraki, JP;
Inventors:
Yoshihiro Funamizu, Chiba, JP;
Tomohiro Tamaoki, Ibaraki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G015/00 ; G03G015/01 ; G03G015/04 ; G03G015/16 ; G03G015/22 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image forming apparatus has a movable image bearing member, a image forming device for forming a developer image on the image bearing member, and an intermediate transfer member on which the developer image on the image bearing member is transferred while it is moving at a predetermined surficial moving speed different from the surficial moving speed of the image bearing member. The image forming apparatus forms a predetermined image prior to formation of a normal image.