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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2013
Hidetoshi Noguchi, Tahara, JP;
Kazuyoshi Hara, Itami, JP;
Takahiro Kuroda, Toyokawa, JP;
Satoru Shibuya, Chiryu, JP;
Hidetoshi Noguchi, Tahara, JP;
Kazuyoshi Hara, Itami, JP;
Takahiro Kuroda, Toyokawa, JP;
Satoru Shibuya, Chiryu, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Brush rollers rotate in a direction indicated by an arrow while being in contact with an image formation surface to remove toner remaining on the image formation surface from an intermediate transfer belt. The brush rollers each mainly include a rotational shaft and a brush. The brush rollers face the intermediate transfer belt with brush winding directions being opposite from one another. The brush rollers rotate in the direction indicated by the arrow. Thus, seams of the brush rollers can be prevented from being in contact with the same portion on the image formation surface of the intermediate transfer belt.