Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus capable of suppressing maldistribution of an ion conductive agent on an intermediary transfer member
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Application No.: US17342134Application Date: 2021-06-08
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Publication No.: US11378901B2Publication Date: 2022-07-05
- Inventor: Yusaku Iwasawa , Yasutaka Yagi , Ken Yokoyama , Hiroyuki Seki
- 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: JPJP2020-100558 20200609
- Main IPC: G03G15/16
- IPC: G03G15/16

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes image bearing members, an intermediary transfer member having ion conductivity, primary transfer members, a first voltage applying portion, a secondary transfer member, a second voltage applying portion, and a controller. On the basis of image information, the controller controls a transfer voltage applied to the secondary transfer member so as to be different between a first voltage when a first region, in which a coverage indicating a ratio occupied by an image region per predetermined area is a first coverage passes through the secondary transfer portion and a second voltage when a second region, in which the coverage is a second coverage larger than the first coverage, passes through the secondary transfer portion. The controller controls a change amount of the first voltage with respect to the second voltage so as to be different between a first mode and a second mode.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210382416A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2021-12-09
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