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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2016
Tsutomu Kato, Kanagawa, JP;
Masakazu Imai, Kanagawa, JP;
Osamu Ichihashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsuhito Haruno, Kanagawa, JP;
Takahiro Konishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsutomu Kato, Kanagawa, JP;
Masakazu Imai, Kanagawa, JP;
Osamu Ichihashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsuhito Haruno, Kanagawa, JP;
Takahiro Konishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A transfer device includes an image bearer and a transfer rotator. The transfer device further includes an adjuster including a rotatable cam and an opposed member opposed to the cam. The cam alternately contacts and separates the transfer rotator against and from the image bearer, having a continuous sloped surface with a plurality of positions, each position to contact the opposed member to obtain a different amount of separation between the image bearer and the transfer rotator. The transfer device further includes a controller to control the adjuster to adjust the amount of separation between the transfer rotator and the image bearer according to thickness or type of the recording medium when the recording medium starts to enter the transfer nip.