TRANSFER DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

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TRANSFER DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18442121 titled 'TRANSFER DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS

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A transfer device includes: a transfer member that is formed in an endless band-like shape and to which a toner image is transferred; a transfer cylinder that includes a cylinder body having an outer peripheral surface at which a recess portion extending in an axial direction is formed and a transfer jacket that is wound around the outer peripheral surface such that both end portions of the transfer jacket are disposed outside the recess portion; and a transfer roll that extends in the axial direction, that transfers the toner image to a recording medium wound around the transfer cylinder while sandwiching the transfer member together with the transfer jacket, and that repeats collision and separation with respect to the transfer jacket as the transfer roll passes through the recess portion, in which at least one end portion out of both end portions of the transfer jacket includes an edge that is not parallel to an axis of the transfer roll.