Patent ID: 11966184
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 11:
12. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
a photosensitive drum including a photosensitive member on an outer peripheral surface of the photosensitive drum;
a developing unit configured to develop an electrostatic latent image formed on the photosensitive member;
a transfer belt as the second member, the image developed by the developing unit on the photosensitive member being transferred onto the transfer belt; and
a transfer roller as the first member, the transfer roller being configured to transfer the image having been transferred onto the transfer belt onto the recording medium,
wherein the first position is a position where an outer peripheral surface of the transfer roller and an outer peripheral surface of the transfer belt are in contact with each other, and
wherein the second position is a position where the outer peripheral surface of the transfer roller and the outer peripheral surface of the transfer belt are separated from each other.