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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2012
Fumito Mizoguchi, Osaka, JP;
Toshiki Takiguchi, Osaka, JP;
Hideshi Izumi, Osaka, JP;
Hiroshi Tachiki, Osaka, JP;
Fumito Mizoguchi, Osaka, JP;
Toshiki Takiguchi, Osaka, JP;
Hideshi Izumi, Osaka, JP;
Hiroshi Tachiki, Osaka, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A secondary transfer unit stretches a transfer belt in an endless form over a driving roller, a driven roller, a transfer roller, an auxiliary roller, and a support roller therebetween. The transfer belt moves, by rotation of the driving roller, along a circulation path which passes through a transfer position. The transfer roller and the auxiliary roller press the transfer belt from the inner peripheral surface of the transfer belt toward an intermediate transfer belt in the transfer position. The transfer belt has an outer peripheral surface thereof which is pressed against the intermediate transfer belt and is roughened so that the surface roughness of the outer peripheral surface becomes 6 μm to 10 μm.