Invention Grant
US08064792B2 Image forming apparatus with an independent drive unit for a cleaning unit
有权
具有用于清洁单元的独立驱动单元的图像形成装置
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus with an independent drive unit for a cleaning unit
- Patent Title (中): 具有用于清洁单元的独立驱动单元的图像形成装置
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Application No.: US12732418Application Date: 2010-03-26
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Publication No.: US08064792B2Publication Date: 2011-11-22
- Inventor: Tsugio Okamoto , Hiroshi Igarashi
- Applicant: Tsugio Okamoto , Hiroshi Igarashi
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Agency: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd
- Priority: JP2005-189545 20050629
- Main IPC: G03G15/16
- IPC: G03G15/16
Abstract:
An image forming apparatus may include an intermediate transfer belt for transferring, onto a sheet, a developer image that has been transferred from an image carrier to the intermediate transfer belt. The image forming apparatus may also include a cleaning unit that cleans the sheet conveying belt. The image forming apparatus that may also include a first driving unit that drives the intermediate transfer belt; a second driving unit that drives the cleaning unit, wherein the second driving unit is independent from the first driving unit; and a sheet conveying mechanism that conveys the sheet, wherein the second driving unit drives at least a part of the sheet conveying mechanism.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100183328A1 Image Forming Apparatus Public/Granted day:2010-07-22
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