Patent ID: 11960222
Assignee: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 7:
8. An image forming apparatus comprising:
transfer means for transferring an image onto an object by making contact with the object;
holding means for holding the object having a circumferential surface so that the circumferential surface rotates along a transfer direction of the transfer means; and
transport means for transporting the holding means holding the object along a transport path,
wherein the transfer means transfers an image onto the circumferential surface of the object in a circumferential direction as the object rotates by making contact with the circumferential surface of the object maintained at a transfer position,
wherein the holding means further includes a mobile table part that is moved along the transport path by the transport means and a support part that is provided on the mobile table part so as to be movable in a direction opposite to the transport direction of the transport means and rotatably supports the object.