Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US15792488Application Date: 2017-10-24
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Publication No.: US10409218B2Publication Date: 2019-09-10
- Inventor: Yotaro Sato , Nobuhiko Okano
- Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Current Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
- Priority: JP2016-215776 20161104
- Main IPC: G03G21/20
- IPC: G03G21/20 ; G03G15/16

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes: an image supporter that supports an image to be transferred to paper; a transfer belt that is opposed to the image supporter and forms a nip; and a first heater and a second heater that heat the transfer belt, wherein, the first heater has higher performance to uniformly heat an entire area of the transfer belt than the second heater; and the second heater has higher performance to respond to a temperature change of the transfer belt in a case of output change than the first heater.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180129163A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2018-05-10
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