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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2020
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Fukuda, Nagareyama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus includes an image forming portionfor forming an image on a sheet; a first rotatable member; a second rotatable membercooperative with the first rotatable member to form a nip for fixing the image formed by the image forming portion, on the sheet; a pressing mechanismfor pressing the first rotatable member toward the second rotatable member; a moving mechanismfor moving the pressing mechanism between a first position in which the nip is formed by the first rotatable member and the second rotatable member, and a second position in which the first rotatable member and the second rotatable member are spaced from each other; and a controllerfor controlling an operation of the moving mechanism, wherein the image forming apparatus is capable of executing an operation in a control mode in which a pressure releasing operation is executed such that the pressing mechanism is shifted from the first position to the second position after elapse of a predetermined time after completion of execution of the image formation job. The apparatus includes a manual operating portionin which selection and setting can be executed as to whether to execute the operation in the control mode.