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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2005
Yoshio Ozawa, Watarai-gun, JP;
Hidehisa Konishi, Watarai-gun, JP;
Yoshio Ozawa, Watarai-gun, JP;
Hidehisa Konishi, Watarai-gun, JP;
Kyocera Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus having a belt supporting frame for supporting an intermediate transfer belt is provided. The intermediate transfer belt is a multi-layered structure composed of at least an elastic layer on a substrate layer. When a percentage difference of a stretched length of an outer circumference of the intermediate transfer belt to an inner circumference thereof at a position of contact to the driving roller is A % and a percent difference of a length of stretched side of the belt driven and stretched by the driving roller to a length of non-stretched opposite side of the belt is B %, the intermediate transfer belt is configured so that ranges of A and A+B fall simultaneously into inequalities of 1<A<6 and 3<A+B<10.