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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2017
Applicant:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Keisuke Oura, Hino, JP;
Assignee:
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/16 (2006.01); B65H 23/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/1675 (2013.01); B65H 23/34 (2013.01); G03G 15/168 (2013.01); G03G 15/5029 (2013.01); G03G 15/652 (2013.01); G03G 15/6558 (2013.01); G03G 2215/0122 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes the following. An image carrier carries a toner image. A transfer unit transfers a toner image held by the image carrier onto a sheet. A controller controls a relation of a position between the image carrier and the sheet so that the sheet continues to come into contact with the image carrier from a position where a distance from a transfer nip is within a predetermined range when the sheet enters the transfer nip during an image forming job. The transfer nip is formed by the image carrier and the transfer unit.