Patent ID: 9551959
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: G03G

Claim:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a toner supply portion; a toner containing portion configured to contain toner supplied from the toner supply portion; a first conveying member configured to convey the toner in a predetermined conveyance direction within the toner containing portion, thereby agitating and charging the toner while conveying; an endless transfer belt including a surface layer portion having a first end located at an upstream side in the conveyance direction and a second end located at a downstream side in the conveyance direction, the first end having a larger layer thickness than the second end, the transfer belt being configured to convey a toner image formed on a surface of the surface layer portion at a predetermined image forming position, from the image forming position to a transfer position for transfer to a transfer target medium, the transfer position being separated from the image forming position in a direction perpendicular to the conveyance direction; and an image forming portion configured to form, at the image forming position, the toner image on the surface layer portion of the transfer belt by using the toner charged while being conveyed by the first conveying member.