Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus and curl correcting method
- Patent Title (中): 图像形成装置和卷曲校正方法
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Application No.: US13752517Application Date: 2013-01-29
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Publication No.: US09031492B2Publication Date: 2015-05-12
- Inventor: Shunichi Oohara , Yuko Hayama
- Applicant: Shunichi Oohara , Yuko Hayama
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
- Current Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce
- Priority: JP2012-018747 20120131; JP2012-248521 20121112
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes: a curl correction device which corrects curl generated in a recording medium having passed through a fixing device; a temperature/humidity sensor unit which is installed in a conveying path between the fixing device and the curl correction device, and detects and outputs temperature and humidity near a surface of the recording medium; a calculation unit which calculates temperature and moisture content of the recording medium from the temperature and humidity output values output from the temperature/humidity sensor unit, and calculates curl correction efficiency of the curl correction device from the temperature and moisture content of the recording medium; a control value determination unit which determines a control value to perform a curl correction in the curl correction device, based on the curl correction efficiency calculated by the calculation unit; and a control unit which controls the curl correction device by the control value.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130195534A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CURL CORRECTING METHOD Public/Granted day:2013-08-01
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