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Patent No.:

US 8173229 B1

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Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2012

Filed:

Feb. 18, 2009
Applicant:

Jun Aoto, Yokohama, JP;

Inventor:

Jun Aoto, Yokohama, JP;

Assignee:

Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M 5/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An intermediate transfer belt, which receives plural color toner images from one or more image bearing members and then transfers the plural color toner images onto a receiving material. The intermediate transfer belt includes a substrate; and an outermost layer located overlying the substrate and including an epoxy-silicone copolymer. An image forming apparatus including at least one image bearing member configured to bear plural color toner images thereon; a primary transfer device including the intermediate transfer belt, wherein the primary transfer device transfers the plural color toner images from the at least one image bearing member to the intermediate transfer belt to form a combined color toner image thereon; and a secondary transfer device configured to transfer the combined color toner image onto a receiving material.


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