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Patent No.:

US 9025978 B1

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Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015

Filed:

May. 23, 2012
Applicant:

Yuuji Ohmura, Ibaraki, JP;

Inventor:

Yuuji Ohmura, Ibaraki, JP;

Assignee:

Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/16 (2006.01); H04N 1/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/1635 (2013.01); G03G 15/1665 (2013.01); H04N 1/40 (2013.01);
Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes an image holding body on which a toner image is formed; a transfer unit that functions to transfer the toner image formed on the image holding body onto a recording medium; and an adjusting unit that adjusts a gap between the transfer unit and the image holding body based on the rigidity of the recording medium, the recording medium being conveyed through the gap with respect to the image holding body.


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Ohmura, Yuuji. (2015). Image forming apparatus and method of forming image (U.S. Patent No. 9025978). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9025978

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