Patent ID: 11899383
Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
an image carrying body configured to carry an image of a developer;
a transfer body onto which the image of the developer is transferred from the image carrying body;
a first mechanism configured to separate the transfer body from the image carrying body;
a sensor configured to detect a state of a surface of the transfer body; and
a second mechanism configured to separate the sensor from the transfer body, wherein
the transfer body is configured to move in a first direction,
the sensor is disposed so as to be separated from the transfer body in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and
the sensor includes a plurality of local sensors disposed to be separated in a third direction orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction.