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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2018
Applicant:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Nobuyasu Tamura, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01); G03G 15/16 (2006.01); G03G 21/20 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/2028 (2013.01); G03G 15/1675 (2013.01); G03G 15/2053 (2013.01); G03G 15/2064 (2013.01); G03G 21/206 (2013.01); G03G 15/6573 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a fixing member, a blowing section, and a hard ware processor. The blowing section generates airflow toward the fixing nip, and the airflow is used for separating a sheet from the fixing member. The hardware processor performs a control of the blowing section so that airflow amounts of the blowing section toward the fixing nip are different in an axial direction of the fixing member and part of the airflow flowing from the blowing section toward a non-sheet-passing region of the fixing nip is directed in the moving direction of the fixing member.