Patent ID: 7314129
Filing Date: 2008-01-01
Classification: B65G,G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: two tension rollers; a conveyor belt movably supported by the two tension rollers; a plurality of transfer parts that are arranged, with a recording medium conveying side of the conveyor belt as the front surface, on a back surface side of the conveyor belt and between the two tension rollers, and that contact one surface of the back surface of the conveyor belt, a predetermined clearance being formed between the transfer parts and an opposite portion of the back surface of the conveyor belt; and a cleaning blade for removing residual toner remaining on the conveyor belt, the cleaning blade being arranged at a position where the front end of the cleaning blade contacts the conveyor belt at a predetermined pressure and the back surface of the conveyor belt distorted by the front end does not contact the tension roller; wherein the transfer parts are arranged at a position at which they do not contact the opposite portion of the back surface of the conveyor belt distorted by a bent cleaning blade when the cleaning blade is bent in the advancing direction of the conveyor belt.