Patent ID: 11953846
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 6:
7. An image forming apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said position changing mechanism is capable of changing the position of said inner roller to a first position where the position of the transfer nip corresponds to a first transfer position and to a second position where the position of the transfer nip corresponds to a second transfer position, and
wherein, with respect to a rotational direction of said intermediary transfer belt, the first position is positioned upstream of the second position and downstream of a position where the toner image is transferred from said image forming portion onto said intermediary transfer belt, and said controller controls said position changing mechanism so that said inner roller is positioned in the first position in a case that a thickness of the recording material is greater than a predetermined amount and so that said inner roller is positioned in the second position in a case that the thickness of the recording material is equal to or less than the predetermined amount.