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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2021
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yoshiya Numata, Ibaraki, JP;
Kazuyuki Narita, Chiba, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/2028 (2013.01); G03G 15/2064 (2013.01); G03G 15/657 (2013.01); G03G 2215/2045 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a control unit that controls a conveyance velocity of conveying a recording medium by a fixing unit, to form a loop in the recording medium between a transfer nip portion and a fixing nip portion, in which the control unit controls the conveyance velocity to decrease the loop when a rear end of the recording medium reaches a first position that is apart upstream, in the conveyance direction, from a conveying nip portion of a conveying unit, by a distance that corresponds to a circumference length of a pressure-applying rotating member multiplied by an integer.