Patent ID: 7983607
Filing Date: 2011-07-19
Classification: B65H,G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an endless conveying belt configured to convey a sheet on which an image is to be formed by rotation of the conveying belt; a plurality of suspending members suspending the conveying belt in a figure of eight arrangement; and an image forming portion that forms an image on the sheet conveyed by the conveying belt, wherein the conveying belt includes: a twist of 720 degrees, a flat region in which the conveying belt is not twisted and configured to convey the sheet, a twisted region in which the conveying belt is twisted and configured to convey the sheet with a first major surface touching a first part of the conveying belt, wherein the image forming apparatus is configured to transfer the sheet to a further part of the conveying belt facing the first part so that a second major surface, which is opposite the first major surface of the sheet, is in contact with the further part of the conveying belt, and wherein the image forming portion is disposed to face the flat region, and wherein the image forming portion forms a first image onto the first major surface of the sheet in the flat region, and a second image onto the second major surface of the sheet in the flat region after turning over, in the twisted region, the sheet formed with the first image.