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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2016
Applicant:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Takahiro Hara, Tama, JP;
Assignee:
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/6529 (2013.01); G03G 15/2032 (2013.01); G03G 15/652 (2013.01); G03G 15/6558 (2013.01);
Abstract
In an image forming apparatus, when a fixing device is in a non-fixing state and a transfer device is in a non-transfer state, an ejection device increases a conveying force by a pair of ejection rollers as compared to the conveying force in the fixing state. According to this image forming apparatus, a printing object can be stably conveyed even when a pair of rollers of the fixing device becomes separated from each other.