Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus that improves contact member durability and suppresses occurrence of cleaning failure
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Application No.: US16383304Application Date: 2019-04-12
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Publication No.: US11169472B2Publication Date: 2021-11-09
- Inventor: Ken Yokoyama , Shuji Saito , Koujirou Izumidate
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Canon U.S.A., Inc., IP Division
- Priority: JPJP2018-087522 20180427
- Main IPC: G03G15/16
- IPC: G03G15/16 ; G03G21/12

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes an intermediate transfer member. The intermediate transfer member includes a layer made of an acrylic copolymer. A plurality of grooves is formed in the layer along a moving direction of the intermediate transfer member across a width direction of the intermediate transfer member. A groove distance that is an average distance between adjoining grooves of the plurality of grooves in the width direction of the intermediate transfer member is 2 μm or more and 10 μm or less.
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