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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2014
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yuichiro Inaba, Chigasaki, JP;
Masaaki Takeuchi, Mitaka, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A transfer device can make more stable contact with a belt, thus yielding preferable transfer performance. In an image-forming apparatus in which the transfer device has a sheet member, the sheet member includes a conductive sheet, and an electrical connection path section (power source connecting section) for supplying voltage to the conductive sheet from the primary transfer power source, and the power source connecting section is arranged outside an image formation enabling region where a toner image can be formed on a photosensitive drum, in a direction perpendicular to the direction of movement of the intermediate transfer belt.