Patent ID: 11921444
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 16:
17. An image forming apparatus comprising:
the belt unit according to claim 1 for use in the image forming apparatus; and
an apparatus body including an image bearing member configured to bear a toner image and to contact with the outer circumferential surface of the endless belt of the belt unit, and including a second transfer member configured to contact with the endless belt of the belt unit,
wherein, in transferring the toner image, the toner image is transferred from the image bearing member to the outer circumferential surface of the endless belt, and then the toner image is transferred, by the second transfer member, from the outer circumferential surface of the endless belt to a recording material, and
wherein the collecting member collects toner remaining on the outer circumferential surface of the endless belt after the toner image is transferred from the outer circumferential surface of the endless belt to the recording material.