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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2006
Applicant:
Hiroki Takayanagi, Abiko, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroki Takayanagi, Abiko, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G00G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image forming apparatus including an image bearing member for bearing a toner image and a contact transfer member. The contact transfer member has a temperature-dependent resistance value and contacts the image bearing member. The contract transfer member is applied with a voltage so as to transfer the toner image on the image bearing member to a transfer material, wherein the contact transfer member is heated or cooled in such a way that the resistance value of the contact transfer member is changed in response to the type of the transfer material.