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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2011
Hideshi Izumi, Osaka, JP;
Toshiki Takiguchi, Osaka, JP;
Kuniaki Nakano, Osaka, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A transfer device includes a transfer belt, a transfer roller and a tension roller over which the transfer belt is passed in a tensioned condition and which is made to be in an electrically floated state; it also includes a guide member that is installed in the vicinity of the tension roller. A control section, in transfer processing, controls a first switch so that the guide member is in a grounded state while controlling a second switch so that an electric current being caused to flow to the transfer roller becomes a first electric current; and in cleaning processing, controls the first switch so that the guide member is in an electrically floated state while controlling the second switch so that an electric current being caused to flow to the transfer roller becomes a second electric current.