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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2012
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Suzuki, Numazu, JP;
Masaru Shimura, Yokohama, JP;
Shinji Katagiri, Yokohama, JP;
Tatsuya Kinukawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Shigeru Hoashi, Numazu, JP;
Akinori Takayama, Yokohama, JP;
Takeo Kawanami, Yokohama, JP;
Michio Uchida, Mishima, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an image forming apparatus, one of a plurality of support members supporting an intermediate transfer belt is a guide member configured to regulate the rotational direction of the intermediate transfer belt while being held in sliding contact with the intermediate transfer belt at a position opposite the secondary transfer member across the intermediate transfer belt. This guide member is equipped with a first resistor portion in sliding contact with the intermediate transfer belt and a second resistor portion of a higher electrical resistance than the first resistor portion, with the second resistor portion provided upstream of the first resistor portion in the rotational direction of the intermediate transfer belt.