发明名称 |
Image forming apparatus |
摘要 |
A controller controls a voltage to be applied to the transfer member when there is a recording material having a predetermined largest width at a secondary-transfer position, so that a constant-voltage element maintains a predetermined voltage, whereby it is possible to prevent transfer defect due to short of a primary-transfer electric field at a primary-transfer portion when a toner image is secondary-transferred onto the recording material. |
申请公布号 |
US9217974(B2) |
申请公布日期 |
2015.12.22 |
申请号 |
US201414506126 |
申请日期 |
2014.10.03 |
申请人 |
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA |
发明人 |
Shida Masanori |
分类号 |
G03G15/16;G03G15/00;G03G15/01 |
主分类号 |
G03G15/16 |
代理机构 |
Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto |
代理人 |
Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto |
主权项 |
1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
an image bearing member configured to bear a toner image; an intermediary transfer member configured to carry the toner image primary-transferred from the image bearing member at a primary-transfer position; a transfer member, provided contactable to an outer peripheral surface of the intermediary transfer member, configured to secondary-transfer the toner image from the intermediary transfer member onto a recording material at a secondary-transfer position; a constant-voltage element, electrically connected between the intermediary transfer member and a ground potential, configured to maintain a predetermined voltage by passing of a current therethrough; a power source configured to form, by applying a voltage to the transfer member to pass the current through the constant-voltage element, both of a secondary-transfer electric field at the secondary-transfer position and a primary-transfer electric field at the primary-transfer position; and a controller configured to control a voltage to be applied to the transfer member by the power source when the toner image is secondary-transferred onto the recording material having a predetermined largest width with respect to a widthwise direction perpendicular to a feeding direction, so that the constant-voltage element maintains the predetermined voltage. |
地址 |
Tokyo JP |