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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2013
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Eiji Tabata, Ibaraki, JP;
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a secondary transfer belt that rotates, an imaging unit for forming a patch image of toner on the secondary transfer belt, and an upstream brush and a downstream brush coming into contact with the secondary transfer belt in a rotating state to remove the patch image from on the secondary transfer belt. A length p of the patch image formed by the imaging unit along a rotational direction of the secondary transfer belt, a distance bover which the secondary transfer belt rotates while the upstream brush makes one turn, and a distance bover which the secondary transfer belt rotates while the downstream brush makes one turn satisfy an expression: p≦|b−b