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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017
Filed:
May. 09, 2016
Applicant:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Shota Sakurai, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuya Furuta, Tokyo, JP;
Natsuko Kawai, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuya Ishikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomohiro Kawasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/16 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/161 (2013.01); G03G 15/5058 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00059 (2013.01); G03G 2221/001 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a second cleaning section, an image formation control section configured to control an image forming section to form a high-coverage patch on a transfer belt, and a cleaning control section configured to control the second cleaning section to perform cleaning of the patch on the transfer belt.