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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2016
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/01 (2006.01); G03G 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/0136 (2013.01); G03G 15/5008 (2013.01); G03G 2215/0132 (2013.01); G03G 2215/0193 (2013.01);
Abstract
A positional relationship between a photosensitive drum and an intermediate transfer belt during a period from the start of the driving of the photosensitive drum to the start of image formation, or during a period of the end of the image formation to the stop of the driving of the photosensitive drum enters a separating state in a case where the image formation is executed when the process speed is a first speed, and enters a contacting state in a case where the image formation is executed when the process speed is a second speed.