Patent ID: 9529301
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: G03G

Claim Text:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a plurality of image forming sections for each color, each including an image carrier configured to rotate and carry a toner image during image forming and a developing part provided with a developing roller and configured to contain and apply toner to the image carrier by rotating the developing roller to form a toner image on the image carrier; and a press section configured to press at least one of the image carrier and the developing roller to the other to bring them in a press-contact state during image forming, wherein one of the developing roller and the image carrier is a first rotary body and the other is a second rotary body, and the first rotary body and the second rotary body define a toner image forming region in which the toner is applied from the developing roller to the image carrier, each of the image forming sections for each color includes a pair of pressure receiving parts provided in a first outer region located axially outside the toner image forming region, the image forming sections for each color include a first image forming section and a second image forming section, the first image forming section is configured to form a toner image of a first color and includes: the second image forming section is configured to form a toner image of a second color that is different from the first color, includes: the image forming apparatus is configured to satisfy both relationships expressed by: in which L L L L