Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US16703373Application Date: 2019-12-04
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Publication No.: US11079702B2Publication Date: 2021-08-03
- Inventor: Tomohiro Saito , Kenta Matsuzaki , Shozo Aiba
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Venable LLP
- Priority: JPJP2018-234943 20181214
- Main IPC: G03G15/16
- IPC: G03G15/16

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member, a rotatable intermediate transfer belt configured to come into contact with a photosensitive member at a first contact portion on an outer peripheral surface thereof, and, a transfer member configured to come into contact with an inner peripheral surface of the intermediate transfer belt at a second contact portion. The transfer member is disposed such that an upstream end of the second contact portion is positioned downstream of a downstream end of the first contact portion in the rotation direction of the intermediate transfer belt. In a case where a surface resistivity measured on the outer peripheral surface of the intermediate transfer belt is G and a surface resistivity measured on the inner peripheral surface of the intermediate transfer belt is N, 0.75≤N/G≤1.2 is satisfied.
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