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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2017
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Tomoaki Tanto, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/2039 (2013.01); G03G 15/205 (2013.01); G03G 15/55 (2013.01); G03G 2215/2032 (2013.01);
Abstract
A pressing mechanism is provided, which is configured to cause the relative position of an endless belt including a layer containing metal to a rotary member to be at a first position or a second position at which a nip portion N is formed. When an error is informed in response to detection of a crack of an end portion of the endless belt by a detecting portion and jam causing a recording medium to remain at the nip portion N occurs, if a power source switch is switched to an OFF state, a power supply to an image forming device is stopped with the relative position being at the second position.