Electrophotography – Document handling – Copy
Patent
1995-06-06
1997-04-08
Royer, William J.
Electrophotography
Document handling
Copy
198806, 474101, G03G 500
Patent
active
056193106
ABSTRACT:
An image forming apparatus includes an image former for forming an image on an image carrier, a conveyor belt for conveying an image receiving medium to the image carrier, a conveyor roller structure having a first roller with different diameter at both ends and taper size T expressed by T=(D-d)/L, wherein D is the diameter at the large diameter side, d is the diameter at the small diameter side and L is the length of the first roller, which is more than 2.341.times.10.sup.-3 and a coefficient of static friction is less than 0.26. A second roller is provided opposite to the first roller, for moving the conveyor belt in a prescribed direction by rotating the first and the second rollers in a state where the conveyor belt is put over the first and the second rollers, and a transferring structure for transferring the image formed on the image carrier onto the image receiving medium.
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Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
Royer William J.
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