Transfer apparatus for an image forming apparatus

Details Transfer apparatus for an image forming apparatus Transfer apparatus for an image forming apparatus

1996-09-27

1998-04-21

Lee, S.

Electrophotography

Image formation

Transfer

G03G 1516

Patent

active

057428883

ABSTRACT:
A transfer apparatus is provided which is capable of effectively preventing a defect in transference caused from a gap between a transfer member and an intermediate transfer belt to form an excellent image free from an image defect such as whitening. The transfer apparatus for an image forming apparatus for primarily transferring a toner image formed on an image holding member to an intermediate transfer belt and then secondarily transferring the image, which has been primarily transferred onto the intermediate transfer belt, to a transfer member, includes a transfer unit for secondarily transferring the image having a transfer roll separably disposed on the surface of the intermediate transfer belt, which holds the toner image, and an opposite roll disposed to be in contact with the inner surface of the intermediate transfer belt at a position at which the opposite roll is opposite to the transfer roll. When the transfer roll has been brought into contact with the intermediate transfer belt, the central position of the transfer roll is disposed upstream with respect to the central position of the opposite roll in a direction in which the intermediate transfer belt is moved, and an angle made between a line connecting the center of the transfer roll and the center of the opposite roll to each other and the intermediate transfer belt is set to be smaller than 90.degree., and the intermediate transfer belt is deformed to have a shape along the transfer roll and the opposite roll.

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