Patent ID: 11966186
Assignee: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a transport unit comprising a transport rail that transports a recording medium whose image formation surface has electric conductivity;
a transfer unit comprising a transfer belt that makes contact with the image formation surface of the recording medium transported by the transport unit and transfers an image formed with particles onto the image formation surface by an electric field formed between the transfer unit and the image formation surface; and
a support unit that has electric conductivity and comprising a jig that supports the recording medium so as to be conductive with the image formation surface of the recording medium, and is transported to the transfer unit together with the recording medium by the transport unit, wherein
the transport unit includes a table part to which the support unit is attached and which moves along a transport path; and
the support unit is conductive with the table part of the transport unit.