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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2018
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Isao Komatsu, Kashiwa, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01); G03G 15/043 (2006.01); G03G 15/10 (2006.01); G03G 15/04 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/043 (2013.01); G03G 15/04036 (2013.01); G03G 15/10 (2013.01); G03G 15/2007 (2013.01); G03G 15/2039 (2013.01); G03G 15/50 (2013.01); G03G 15/657 (2013.01); G03G 2215/0402 (2013.01); G03G 2215/0626 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion configured to form an image on a sheet with a developer containing toner and an ultraviolet curable agent, a feeding belt configured to feed the sheet on which the image is formed by the image forming portion, and an ultraviolet irradiating portion configured to irradiate, with ultraviolet radiation, the image on the sheet that is being fed by the feeding belt. The feeding belt stops rotation thereof in a non-irradiated state of the feeding belt with ultraviolet radiation by the ultraviolet irradiating portion.