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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2009
Keisuke Mitsuhashi, Suntou-gun, JP;
Michio Uchida, Susono, JP;
Shoichi Zensai, Mishima, JP;
Youhei Suzuki, Suntou-gun, JP;
Tomonori Shida, Boise, ID (US);
Takeshi Shinji, Suntou-gun, JP;
Tomoaki Nakai, Numazu, JP;
Keisuke Mitsuhashi, Suntou-gun, JP;
Michio Uchida, Susono, JP;
Shoichi Zensai, Mishima, JP;
Youhei Suzuki, Suntou-gun, JP;
Tomonori Shida, Boise, ID (US);
Takeshi Shinji, Suntou-gun, JP;
Tomoaki Nakai, Numazu, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The speed at which transfer-material enters a transfer region is controlled to prevent a phenomenon in which a toner image on an intermediate transfer belt is scraped by the leading edge of the transfer-material when the toner image is transferred onto the transfer-material. While the conveying speed of the transfer-material in a transfer nip coincides with the speed of the intermediate transfer belt, the transfer-material is conveyed at a speed lower than the peripheral speed of the intermediate transfer belt when the leading edge of the transfer-material comes into contact with the intermediate transfer belt, and the conveying speed of the transfer-material is increased by the time when the transfer-material enters the transfer nip.