Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus for realizing downsizing of a main body of the apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 用于实现装置主体的小型化的图像形成装置
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Application No.: US12109237Application Date: 2008-04-24
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Publication No.: US07738823B2Publication Date: 2010-06-15
- Inventor: Masao Umezawa , Eiichiro Kimizuka , Ichiro Yasumaru , Masao Amano , Junichi Ochi
- Applicant: Masao Umezawa , Eiichiro Kimizuka , Ichiro Yasumaru , Masao Amano , Junichi Ochi
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Canon U.S.A., Inc. I.P. Division
- Priority: JP2007-124691 20070509; JP2007-124692 20070509
- Main IPC: G03G15/01
- IPC: G03G15/01

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a substantially horizontally arranged image bearing member; a developing unit, including a plurality of developing devices and supporting the developing devices rotatably relative to the image bearing member; a movable intermediate transfer belt supported by first and second rotation members and facing the developing unit; a primary transfer member forming, together with the image bearing member, a primary transfer portion located near the first rotation member in a moving direction of the intermediate transfer belt, through the intermediate transfer belt; and a secondary transfer member forming, together with the second rotation member, a secondary transfer portion through the intermediate transfer belt. A toner image formed on the image bearing member by the developing unit is transferred on the intermediate transfer belt at the primary transfer portion, and is transferred on a recording material at the secondary transfer portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080317520A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2008-12-25
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