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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2011
Shinji Katagiri, Yokohama, JP;
Masaru Shimura, Yokohama, JP;
Ken Nakagawa, Yokohama, JP;
Takamitsu Soda, Mishima, JP;
Takaaki Akamatsu, Suntou-gun, JP;
Kazuhiro Doda, Yokohama, JP;
Shinji Katagiri, Yokohama, JP;
Masaru Shimura, Yokohama, JP;
Ken Nakagawa, Yokohama, JP;
Takamitsu Soda, Mishima, JP;
Takaaki Akamatsu, Suntou-gun, JP;
Kazuhiro Doda, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member for bearing a toner image; an endless rotatable intermediary transfer belt onto which the toner image is to be transferred from the image bearing member; a transfer device disposed at a position in which the transfer device opposes the image bearing member through the intermediary transfer belt, the transfer device including a sheet member surface-contacted to an inner surface of the intermediary transfer belt and including an urging member for urging the sheet member toward the intermediary transfer belt; and a primary transfer voltage source for applying a voltage to the sheet member.