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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2013
Yuichi Matsushita, Nagoya, JP;
Toshio Furukawa, Nagoya, JP;
Yosuke Sugiyama, Gifu, JP;
Minoru Matsuura, Nagoya, JP;
Yuichi Matsushita, Nagoya, JP;
Toshio Furukawa, Nagoya, JP;
Yosuke Sugiyama, Gifu, JP;
Minoru Matsuura, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
There is provided an image forming apparatus including plural photosensitive members on which developer images are formed by supplying developer to electrostatic latent images, respectively, an exposure device which illuminates light beams onto surfaces of the photosensitive members to form the electrostatic latent images, respectively. The developer images on the respective photosensitive numbers are transferred to a transferred medium which is moved in a moving direction while contacting the respective photosensitive members. The exposure device is configured such that a beam diameter of light beam exposing a most-upstream photosensitive member in the moving direction on a surface of the most-upstream photosensitive member is larger than a beam diameter of light beam exposing a most-downstream photosensitive member in the moving direction on a surface of the most-downstream photosensitive member.