US Patent Application 18137182. IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS simplified abstract
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IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
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KOICHI Taniguchi of Tokyo (JP)
IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A simplified explanation of the abstract
- This abstract for appeared for US patent application number 18137182 Titled 'IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS'
Simplified Explanation
The abstract describes an image forming apparatus that consists of multiple image forming portions, a rotating belt, stretching rollers, a steering mechanism, a position changing mechanism, and a controller. During the process of forming toner images on recording materials, if the position of the inner roller needs to be changed, the controller controls the steering mechanism to tilt the steering roller by a predetermined amount in coordination with the position changing operation.
Original Abstract Submitted
An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of image forming portions; a rotatable endless belt; a plurality of stretching rollers including an inner roller and a steering roller; an outer roller; a steering mechanism; a position changing mechanism; and a controller. In a case that a changing operation for changing a position of the inner roller is performed by the position changing mechanism during execution of a job for forming the toner images on a plurality of recording materials, the controller controls the steering mechanism so that a tilting operation for tilting the steering roller in a predetermined amount in interrelation with the changing operation is executed.
