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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2005
Masanori Yamada, Nara, JP;
Hiroshi Tachiki, Ikoma-gun, JP;
Takahiko Yoshida, Kashihara, JP;
Masashi Hirai, Katano, JP;
Masanori Yamada, Nara, JP;
Hiroshi Tachiki, Ikoma-gun, JP;
Takahiko Yoshida, Kashihara, JP;
Masashi Hirai, Katano, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A transfer belt device includes an endless transfer belt that is tightly stretched by a plurality of rollers and forms a transport path where a recording medium or a developer image is transported facing a monochrome image bearing member and a plurality of color image bearing members arranged in parallel along a fixed direction. In the apparatus, a first transfer unit having a first linking member in which a monochrome-image transfer member is supported that transfers a developer image formed on the monochrome image bearing member onto a recording medium or an outer peripheral surface of the belt, and a second transfer unit having a second linking member in which a plurality of color-image transfer members are supported that transfer developer images formed on the respective color image bearing members onto a recording medium or an outer peripheral surface of the belt, are linked via the first and second linking members.