US 11,835,891 B2
Intermediate transfer belt and image forming apparatus
Shuji Saito, Shizuoka (JP); Hiroyuki Kadowaki, Kanagawa (JP); and Hiroomi Kojima, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Oct. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/938,294.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-164692 (JP), filed on Oct. 6, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0104720 A1, Apr. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. G03G 15/16 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC G03G 15/162 (2013.01) [G03G 15/5054 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00059 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An intermediate transfer belt having an endless shape and configured to bear a toner image, the intermediate transfer belt comprising:
a first layer that includes a first surface located on an outer peripheral surface side of the first layer; and
a second layer that is provided on a side of the first surface, is configured to transmit light, and includes a second surface,
wherein the first surface includes a plurality of first grooves that (i) extends in a first direction in a circumferential direction of the intermediate transfer belt and (ii) is arranged in a width direction of the intermediate transfer belt that is orthogonal to the circumferential direction,
wherein the second surface is located on an outer peripheral surface side of the second layer, is configured to be in contact with a toner image, and includes a plurality of second grooves that extends in a second direction in the circumferential direction, and
wherein the plurality of first grooves includes 80 or more grooves per 1-mm length in the width direction in the first surface.