Patent ID: 11860562
Assignee: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 1:
2. An image forming apparatus comprising:
an annular belt configured to circulate in one direction;
at least first, second, and third image formers arranged away from each other along the belt and configured to form images on an image forming target that is the belt or a recording medium transported by the belt; and
a belt winding motion correcting roller rotatably in contact with an inner peripheral surface of the belt and positioned on a downstream side of the first image former and an upstream side of the second and third image formers relative to the one direction,
wherein a first distance between the second and third image formers positioned on a downstream side of the belt winding motion correcting roller is an integral multiple of an outer peripheral length of the belt winding motion correcting roller.