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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2004
Yoshie Iwakura, Higashiosaka, JP;
Susumu Murakami, Soraku-gun, JP;
Takahiro Fukunaga, Sakurai, JP;
Kuniaki Nakano, Soraku-gun, JP;
Hideshi Izumi, Ikoma, JP;
Minoru Tomiyori, Soraku-gun, JP;
Yoshie Iwakura, Higashiosaka, JP;
Susumu Murakami, Soraku-gun, JP;
Takahiro Fukunaga, Sakurai, JP;
Kuniaki Nakano, Soraku-gun, JP;
Hideshi Izumi, Ikoma, JP;
Minoru Tomiyori, Soraku-gun, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A transfer device has a control circuit. The control circuit initiates supplying transfer power to one or more first transfer rollers and to a second transfer roller when a first transfer operation is initiated by a first transfer roller positioned most upstream with respect to a direction in which an intermediate transfer belt travels. The control circuit stops supplying the transfer power to the one or more first transfer rollers and to the second transfer roller when a second transfer operation is completed by the second transfer roller. The transfer power supplied to the one or more first transfer rollers and to the second transfer roller, respectively, is free from fluctuation during a period from the initiation of the first transfer operation performed first to the completion of the second transfer operation.