(19)
(11) EP 0 628 893 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
11.09.1996 Bulletin 1996/37

(43) Date of publication A2:
14.12.1994 Bulletin 1994/50

(21) Application number: 94108877.5

(22) Date of filing: 09.06.1994
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5G03G 15/16
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB IT

(30) Priority: 10.06.1993 JP 138429/93

(71) Applicant: MITA INDUSTRIAL CO. LTD.
Osaka-shi Osaka 540 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Kubota, Hiroshi, c/o MITA INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Osaka-Shi, Osaka 540 (JP)
  • Oda, Kenji, c/o MITA INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Osaka-Shi, Osaka 540 (JP)

(74) Representative: Patentanwälte Beetz - Timpe - Siegfried Schmitt-Fumian - Mayr 
Steinsdorfstrasse 10
80538 München
80538 München (DE)

   


(54) Image forming apparatus employing non-contact transfer method


(57) In a transfer arrangement where a transfer roller (1) and a photoreceptor drum (10) are arranged to be out of contact with each other, the transfer roller (1) is arranged above the photoreceptor drum (10) so that the transfer of the toner image onto the transfer sheet (P) is performed above the photoreceptor drum (10).







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