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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2017
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Eiji Tabata, Ibaraki, JP;
Nofumi Mizumoto, Nara, JP;
Toshiya Natsuhara, Takarazuka, JP;
Shigeo Uetake, Takatsuki, JP;
Keiko Momotani, Ibaraki, JP;
Makiko Watanabe, Uji, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A transfer belt is configured to transfer a toner image carried on a first main surface of the transfer belt to a recording medium. When the transfer belt is pressed with pressure application three increased at a predetermined pressure application rate and is then pressed with certain pressure application force by using a lower block provided with a hole and an upper block, k[μm/s] satisfies 6≤k≤30, k[μm/s] being determined by (a−b)/{2×(t−t)}, where a [μm/s] represents a maximum value of a displacement amount of a measurement region that is a portion of the first main surface corresponding to the hole, b [μm] represents a convergence value thereof, t[s] represents a time when the maximum value is observed, and t[s] represents a time when the displacement amount reaches (a+b)/2 again after the maximum value is observed.