18586556. IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS (FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.)
IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
Organization Name
FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
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IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18586556 titled 'IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
Original Abstract Submitted
An image forming apparatus includes: a transfer belt with an outer peripheral surface onto which an image formed on a formation body is transferred, the transfer belt having an annular shape; a driving roll around which the transfer belt is wound and that causes the transfer belt to revolve; a transfer body that transfers, at a transfer region between the transfer body and the transfer belt, the image from the transfer belt to a recording medium while transporting the recording medium; a drive mechanism that rotationally drives the transfer body; a holding unit that holds the recording medium and that integrally moves with rotational movement of the transfer body so that the recording medium passes through the transfer region; and a speed adjustment mechanism that adjusts a rotation speed of the transfer body rotated by the drive mechanism each time the transfer body makes one rotation, that switches between a first adjustment pattern and a second adjustment pattern different from the first adjustment pattern each time the transfer body makes one rotation, and that synchronizes a switching timing, at which switching between the adjustment patterns is performed, with a holding start timing at which the holding unit starts to hold the recording medium.