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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2010
Tsugio Okamoto, Kani, JP;
Hiroshi Igarashi, Nagoya, JP;
Tsugio Okamoto, Kani, JP;
Hiroshi Igarashi, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus may include an intermediate transfer belt for transferring, onto a sheet, a developer image that has been transferred from an image carrier to the intermediate transfer belt. The image forming apparatus may also include a cleaning unit that cleans the sheet conveying belt. The image forming apparatus that may also include a first driving unit that drives the intermediate transfer belt; a second driving unit that drives the cleaning unit, wherein the second driving unit is independent from the first driving unit; and a sheet conveying mechanism that conveys the sheet, wherein the second driving unit drives at least a part of the sheet conveying mechanism.