Image forming apparatus including a dispersion unit

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PATENT NO 11009813
APP PUB NO 20210072670A1
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16834394

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An image forming apparatus includes: an intermediate transfer belt that carries a toner image first transferred and is rotated to transport the toner image to a second transfer position; a second transfer belt that is rotated to come into contact with the intermediate transfer belt and pass through the second transfer position of the intermediate transfer belt; a plate-like cleaning unit that comes into contact with an outer circumferential surface of the second transfer belt to clean the outer circumferential surface; and a dispersion unit that comes into contact with a portion of the outer circumferential surface of the second transfer belt to disperse toner which passes through the portion on a downstream side of the cleaning unit and on an upstream side of the second transfer position.

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FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP7-3 AKASAKA 9-CHOME MINATO-KU TOKYO

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kaneyama, Kiyotoshi Kanagawa, JP 31 135
Matsushita, Kaoru Kanagawa, JP 22 69
Sasaki, Hibiki Kanagawa, JP 13 8
Sato, Koichi Kanagawa, JP 567 7614
Shirai, Masakazu Kanagawa, JP 26 23
Sugitani, Kazutoshi Kanagawa, JP 19 97

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