Intermediate transfer device and image forming apparatus including frame members

摘要

An intermediate transfer device includes an intermediate transfer member, intermediate transfer member support members, and two frame members each including first and second positioning members each having a positioning portion. At least one of the frame members satisfies a condition L1:L2=2.85:x 0≦x≦1, where L1 is the length of a line segment connecting an intersection point to the positioning portion of one of the positioning members on a side opposite to a side toward which a line of action of a force applied by a second-transfer unit is inclined and L2 is the length of a line segment connecting the intersection point to the positioning portion of the other of the positioning members on the side toward which the line of action is inclined, the intersection point being an intersection of the line of action and a line segment connecting the positioning portions.

主权项

1. An intermediate transfer device comprising:
an endless intermediate transfer member to which a plurality of developer images in different colors are transferred so as to overlap one another by a first-transfer unit; a plurality of intermediate transfer member support members that support the intermediate transfer member so that the intermediate transfer member rotates in a circumferential direction; two frame members respectively disposed at two ends of the intermediate transfer member in a width direction of the intermediate transfer member, the two frame members supporting two ends of each of the intermediate transfer member support members; and first and second positioning members respectively disposed at two positions on each of the frame members with a distance therebetween, each of the first and second positioning members including a positioning portion that performs positioning by pressure-contacting an apparatus body when the intermediate transfer device is mounted in the apparatus body, wherein at least one of the frame members satisfies a condition L1:L2 =2.85:x (0≦x≦1), where L1 is a length of a line segment connecting an intersection point to the positioning portion of one of the first and second positioning members that is located on a side opposite to a side toward which a line of action of a force applied to the at least one of the frame members is inclined and L2 is a length of a line segment connecting the intersection point to the positioning portion of the other of the first and second positioning members that is located on the side toward which the line of action is inclined, the intersection point being an intersection of the line of action and a line segment connecting the two positioning portions to each other, the force being applied by a second-transfer unit that transfers the developer images on the intermediate transfer member to a recording medium by pressing one of the intermediate transfer member supporting members with the intermediate transfer member therebetween.