TRANSFER UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

• Main Authors: TAKASHIMA YOSHIYUKI, YAGI HIROAKI, SHIRAI MASANORI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 11.01.2018
• Subjects: CINEMATOGRAPHY; ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent loosening of a transfer target member.SOLUTION: A belt-like transfer unit comprises: a transfer target member that is conveyed through a route passing through a contact portion in contact with an image holding body holding an image on its surface and has the image transferred thereto; a first transfer device that transfers the image to the transfer target member from the image holding body; and holding members that are in contact, from the image holding body side, with non-image areas extending along the edges of the transfer target member and not having the image transferred thereto to hold the transfer target member, and prevent contact with an image area that has the image transferred thereto.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6 【課題】被転写部材の弛みを防ぐ。【解決手段】表面に像を保持する像保持体と接する接触箇所を経由した経路上を搬送されてその像の転写を受ける帯状の被転写部材と、上記被転写部材に、上記像保持体から上記像を転写する第１転写器と、上記被転写部材の縁に沿って存在する、上記像の転写を受けない非画像領域に、上記像保持体側から接触してその被転写部材を保持し、上記像の転写を受ける画像領域への接触を避けた保持部材と、を備える。【選択図】図６