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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2016
Applicant:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Erika Sawada, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/161 (2013.01);
Abstract
A transfer apparatus includes an image bearing member, a transfer member, a cleaning-bias output section, a first resistance-state detector, a second resistance-state detector, and a controller configured to control the cleaning-bias output section based on a first resistance state and a second resistance state, so as to change timing of ending outputting of a cleaning bias.