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US 2006/0222422 A1Published application
Intermediate transfer belt and image forming device
AssigneeKyocera Mita Corporation
InventorsHidenori TAKENAKA, Shirika SAITOH, Tomoyuki ODA, Koji MURASE
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Abstract
An intermediate transfer belt for an image forming device comprises a laminated body including at least two layers. At least one layer of the laminated body is an elastic layer including cells that are preferably interconnected cells.
Claims19
An intermediate transfer belt for an image forming device, comprising:
- a laminated body configured to temporarily hold a toner image transferred thereto from a photoconductor, the laminated body comprising a first surface layer, and a first elastic layer having cells in the interior thereof.
An image forming device, comprising:
- at least one image support medium onto which a toner image can be formed;
- an intermediate transfer belt onto which a plurality of toner images can be sequentially transferred from the image support medium, the intermediate transfer belt comprising a first surface layer, and a first elastic layer having cells in the interior thereof;
- a secondary transfer unit configured to transfer toner images on the intermediate transfer belt onto transfer media;
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- a transfer media feeding mechanism configured to feed the transfer media between the intermediate transfer belt and the secondary transfer unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.