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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2021
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Shuhei Fukue, Nagoya, JP;
Shunsuke Ueki, Nagoya, JP;
Shintaro Sakaguchi, Nagoya, JP;
Yusuke Mizuno, Nagoya, JP;
BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a roller, a heater configured to heat the roller, an endless belt, a nip forming member, a supply roller configured to supply a sheet, and a controller. The sheet is nipped between the endless belt and the roller. The endless belt is nipped between the nip forming member and the roller such that a nip portion is formed. The controller is configured to supply a plurality of first kind of sheets by the supply roller at a first interval when the plurality of first kind of sheets are sequentially conveyed and supply a plurality of second kind of sheets by the supply roller at a second interval greater than the first interval when the plurality of second kind of sheets belonging to a kind in which curl occurs more frequently than the plurality of first kind of sheets are sequentially conveyed.