Patent ID: 7493063

Claim:
An image-forming device comprising: a plurality of supporting rollers including a preselected supporting roller rotatable about a first rotational axis; a photosensitive belt that is circularly movably supported on the plurality of supporting rollers; a pressing roller that is rotatable about a second rotational axis and disposed to contact the photosensitive belt and to press the preselected supporting roller through the photosensitive belt; an intermediate roller that is rotatable about a third rotational axis and disposed away from the photosensitive belt and to contact the pressing roller, the intermediate roller being rotatable following rotation of the pressing roller; and a charging roller that is rotatable about a fourth rotational axis and is disposed to contact both the photosensitive belt and the intermediate roller and to press the preselected supporting roller through the photosensitive belt, the charging roller being rotatable following rotation of the intermediate roller to thereby charge the photosensitive belt, wherein the first, second, third and fourth rotational axes are in parallel to one another.