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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2012
Applicants:
Hidetaka Kubo, Kanagawa, JP;
Jun Aoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenichi Mashiko, Kanagawa, JP;
Sayaka Katoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinichi Nitta, Miyagi, JP;
Inventors:
Hidetaka Kubo, Kanagawa, JP;
Jun Aoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenichi Mashiko, Kanagawa, JP;
Sayaka Katoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinichi Nitta, Miyagi, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/00 (2006.01); G06K 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/60 (2006.01); G06K 15/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G06K 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 15/02 (2013.01); G06F 3/1203 (2013.01); G06K 15/4025 (2013.01);
Abstract
To provide an intermediate transfer belt, containing a base, an elastic layer formed on the base, and spherical particles deposited on a surface of the elastic layer, in which wherein the elastic layer has micro rubber hardness of 40° or lower in the environment of 10° C. and 15% RH, and the intermediate transfer belt is designed to be mounted in an image forming apparatus.