Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Transfer device and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US17370491Application Date: 2021-07-08
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Publication No.: US11474459B2Publication Date: 2022-10-18
- Inventor: Yoko Miyamoto , Kazuyoshi Hagiwara , Tomoaki Yoshioka , Toshiaki Baba , Kazuki Kishi , Shinji Okuyama
- Applicant: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
- Current Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Sughrue Mion, PLLC
- Priority: JPJP2020-172149 20201012
- Main IPC: G03G15/16
- IPC: G03G15/16 ; G03G15/00

Abstract:
A transfer device includes: a transfer member to which a voltage is applied by a power supply device to generate a transfer electric field for transferring a developer image to a recording medium; a transfer cylinder having a recess in which a retaining member that retains a leading end portion of the recording medium is disposed, the transfer electric field being generated between the transfer cylinder and the transfer member at a transfer position; a shunt circuit by which the voltage applied to the transfer member is shunted to a reference potential point; and an operation stopping mechanism that starts and stops an operation of the shunt circuit in response to rotation of the transfer cylinder, the operation being started when the recess reaches the transfer position and stopped when the recess leaves the transfer position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220113656A1 TRANSFER DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2022-04-14
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