Image forming apparatus with heating member control in accordance with type of recording material
US7283759B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 22, 2005 |
| Grant date | Oct 16, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 7, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G2215/2016
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An image forming apparatus of the present invention has an image forming device for forming an image on a recording material; a heating member heating the image formed on the recording material in a nip portion; an endless belt conveying the recording material toward the nip portion formed between itself and the heating member; and a contacting and separating device for bringing the heating member and the belt into contact with each other and for separating the heating member and the belt from each other, wherein when images are continuously formed on a plurality of recording materials, a separating operation can be executed by the contacting and separating device during a time period after the immediately preceding recording material passes through the nip portion and before the subsequent recording material arrives at the nip portion.
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