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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2016
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Shota Sakurai, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Morimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Wataru Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuteru Ishizuka, Saitama, JP;
Tatsuya Furuta, Tokyo, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: a conveyance section configured to convey a sheet in a direction opposite to a first conveyance direction during image formation, the direction being a second conveyance direction; and a distortion correction section disposed on an upstream side of a transfer nip in the first conveyance direction and configured to correct, when the sheet is conveyed by the conveyance section in the second conveyance direction, distortion of the sheet generated when the sheet passes through a fixing nip.