Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus that performs a process of rotating a new endless belt before an image forming operation
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Application No.: US16184268Application Date: 2018-11-08
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Publication No.: US10564576B2Publication Date: 2020-02-18
- Inventor: Kenichi Tanaka , Taiya Hirayama , Takeshi Kozuma , Atsushi Ishigami , Koji Takematsu
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Venable LLP
- Priority: JP2017-218023 20171113
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion that forms a toner image on a recording material, and a first rotatable member and a second rotatable member, which form a nip therebetween in which the toner image, formed on the recording material by the image forming portion, is heated. A belt unit includes an endless belt that externally heats the first rotatable member, and a supporting mechanism rotatably supporting the endless belt. A moving mechanism moves the belt unit so as to be movable between a contact position and a spaced position. In addition, a controller executes a process in which one of the belt unit with a new endless belt and a new belt unit with a new endless belt is moved to the contact position, and then, the new endless belt is rotated for a predetermined time by the first rotatable member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190146386A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2019-05-16
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