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Patent No.:

US 8660473 B1

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Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2014

Filed:

Dec. 06, 2012
Applicants:

Masahiro Ashikawa, Kanagawa, JP;

Takahisa Koike, Tokyo, JP;

Hideyuki Takayama, Kanagawa, JP;

Yoshihiro Asano, Kanagawa, JP;

Minoru Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;

Inventors:

Masahiro Ashikawa, Kanagawa, JP;

Takahisa Koike, Tokyo, JP;

Hideyuki Takayama, Kanagawa, JP;

Yoshihiro Asano, Kanagawa, JP;

Minoru Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:

Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/01 (2006.01); G03G 15/16 (2006.01); G03G 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An intermediate transfer device including an intermediate transfer body having a primary transfer portion and a secondary transfer portion which bears a secondary image formed by transferring a primary image from an image bearing member; a pair of secondary transfer rollers having a secondary transfer roller and a support roller provided in contact with each other via the intermediate transfer body at the secondary transfer portion, which transfers the secondary image to a recording medium at the secondary transfer portion; a variation detection device that detects an amount of variance occurring to a transfer rotation body when the recording medium is transferred to the secondary transfer portion; and an adjustment device that adjusts the distance between the pair of the secondary transfer rollers according to the amount of variance detected by the variation detection device.


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Ashikawa, Masahiro. (2014). Intermediate transfer device, image forming apparatus and secondary transfer method (U.S. Patent No. 8660473). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8660473

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