Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Transfer belt unit including transfer belt and belt memory configured to store therein
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Application No.: US17533207Application Date: 2021-11-23
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Publication No.: US11886132B2Publication Date: 2024-01-30
- Inventor: Yusuke Ikegami , Shintaro Sakaguchi
- Applicant: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya
- Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya
- Agency: Merchant & Gould P.C.
- Priority: JP 20195868 2020.11.26
- Main IPC: G03G15/01
- IPC: G03G15/01 ; G03G15/16

Abstract:
A transfer belt unit for use with an image forming apparatus includes: a transfer belt; and a belt memory. The transfer belt is configured to transfer toner on a photosensitive drum of the image forming apparatus onto a sheet conveyed to a portion between the photosensitive drum and the transfer belt. The transfer belt is also configured to make contact with a cleaning roller of the image forming apparatus and to be cleaned by the cleaning roller. The belt memory includes: a first storage area configured to store therein a first rotation time period indicating a total of a period of time that the cleaning roller rotates at a first rotational speed; and a second storage area configured to store therein a second rotation time period indicating a total of a period of time that the cleaning roller rotates at a second rotational speed faster than the first rotational speed.
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