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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2007
Applicants:
Yoko Miyamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Hoshino, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Yoko Miyamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Hoshino, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides an image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus includes plural image carriers, an endless intermediate transfer belt, plural first transfer members and a second transfer member. The image forming apparatus starts application of the transfer bias sequentially from the first transfer members disposed upstream and continues to apply the transfer bias to two or more of the first transfer members until the recording medium enters a transfer position where the toner images are transferred by the second transfer member.