Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus having intermediate transfer member
- Patent Title (中): 图像形成装置具有中间转印部件
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Application No.: US11956432Application Date: 2007-12-14
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Publication No.: US07668479B2Publication Date: 2010-02-23
- Inventor: Katsutoshi Iwai
- Applicant: Katsutoshi Iwai
- Applicant Address: JP
- Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Priority: JP2007-022763 20070201
- Main IPC: G03G15/16
- IPC: G03G15/16 ; G03G15/01

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes: a primary transfer section which executes a first transfer by superimposing respective color toner images formed on a plurality of photoreceptors onto an intermediate transfer member; a secondary transfer section including a transfer roller, which concurrently transfers a plurality of toner images superimposed and formed on the intermediate transfer member onto a sheet conveyed from a sheet feed tray, which is in contact with the intermediate transfer member, and a high voltage power source which applies voltage to the transfer roller; and a controller which judges whether there is residual toner, which is a toner image formed onto the intermediate transfer member but not transferred onto the sheet when a sheet sensor detects the sheet exhaustion, and executes a cleaning mode in which the transfer roller is cleaned when there is the residual toner.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080187342A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER MEMBER Public/Granted day:2008-08-07
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