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US 11,327,420 B2Granted
Image forming apparatus
AssigneeFUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
InventorAkira Shimodaira
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a transfer unit configured to transfer second charged images superposed with one another onto a holding surface of a recording medium on which at least one first charged image has been electrostatically held and a static eliminating unit disposed upstream from the transfer unit in a transport direction of the recording medium and configured to remove static electricity from the recording medium electrostatically holding the at least one first charged image.
Claims20
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a transfer roller configured to transfer a plurality of second charged images superposed with one another onto a holding surface of a recording medium on which at least one first charged image has been electrostatically held;
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- a static eliminating roller disposed upstream from the transfer roller in a transport direction of the recording medium and configured to remove static electricity from the recording medium electrostatically holding the at least one first charged image,
- wherein the static eliminating roller is disposed on an opposite side of the recording medium with respect to the transfer roller transferring the plurality of second charged images.
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