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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2012
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuji Okamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Ogihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Wataru Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Koichi Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Shuichi Nishide, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsuyuki Kitamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A transfer device includes a transfer body that transports a recording medium to a transfer position to transfer toner images to the recording medium; a leading-end gripping member that grips a leading-end portion of the recording medium when causing the recording medium to be wrapped around the transfer body and releases the leading-end portion when causing the recording medium that has been wrapped around the transfer body to become separated from the transfer body; and a moving member that moves, after a final toner image starts being transferred to the recording medium but before the leading-end gripping member releases the leading-end portion, the leading-end gripping member while the leading-end gripping member grips the leading-end portion in order to cause a leading-end side of the recording medium to become separated from the transfer body.