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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2017
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Atsuhiro Wakimoto, Osaka, JP;
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an intermediate transfer belt and a developer unit. The image forming apparatus includes a cooling unit, a cleaning roller, and an auxiliary brush. The cooling unit cools a predetermined component by sending air by a fan inside the image forming apparatus. The cleaning roller removes remaining toner on the intermediate transfer belt at an upstream side of a region facing the developer unit in a rotationally moving direction of the intermediate transfer belt and at an upstream side of a region with which the image carrier is in contact in the intermediate transfer belt. The auxiliary brush located on an outer surface of the developer unit so as to close the clearance between the intermediate transfer belt and the developer unit and is in contact with the intermediate transfer belt to clean the intermediate transfer belt.