Invention Grant
US07860430B2 Image forming apparatus having transfer belt and cleaning arrangement
有权
具有转印带和清洁装置的图像形成装置
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus having transfer belt and cleaning arrangement
- Patent Title (中): 具有转印带和清洁装置的图像形成装置
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Application No.: US12356409Application Date: 2009-01-20
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Publication No.: US07860430B2Publication Date: 2010-12-28
- Inventor: Yoshihisa Saka
- Applicant: Yoshihisa Saka
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: DLA Piper LLP (US)
- Priority: JP2008-010399 20080121; JP2008-258665 20081003
- Main IPC: G03G15/16
- IPC: G03G15/16

Abstract:
A transfer device has a cleaning arrangement for preventing any leakage of the toner and the liquid carrier remaining on a transfer belt. The transfer device includes a transfer belt onto which liquid developer images are transferred, the transfer belt being wound around a roller having an axial length of L1, a transfer belt cleaning blade to be brought into contact with the roller by way of the transfer belt, the transfer belt cleaning blade having a length L2 in the axial direction of the roller, and cleaning blade seal members arranged at the opposite lateral ends of the transfer belt cleaning blade in the axial direction of the roller and having a length of L3. The lengths of these members have the relationships of L1>L2 and L1
Public/Granted literature
- US20090185818A1 Transfer Device and Image Forming Apparatus Having the Same Public/Granted day:2009-07-23
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