Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US17859976Application Date: 2022-07-07
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Publication No.: US11720039B2Publication Date: 2023-08-08
- Inventor: Takanori Kobayashi
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Canon U.S.A., Inc. I.P. Division
- Priority: JP 21115511 2021.07.13
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a fixing belt, a steering roller, a pressure rotation member, and a control unit. The pressure rotation member forms a nip portion with the fixing belt to convey a recording material. In continuously performing fixing on recording materials, the control unit controls the steering roller such that a distance between a center position of the fixing belt when an operation to tilt the steering roller is performed for a first time after the center position is moved away from a center position of a moving range of the fixing belt and the center position of the moving range is smaller in a period after a last but one recording material before the pressure rotation member enters a separated state from the fixing belt passes through the nip portion than in a period before the recording material passes through the nip portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230016411A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2023-01-19
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