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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2023
Filed:
May. 22, 2022
Applicant:
Takamasa Hase, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Takamasa Hase, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/6591 (2013.01); G03G 15/6582 (2013.01); G03G 15/2017 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00502 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00789 (2013.01); G03G 2215/2045 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a fixing device and a drive transmission mechanism. The fixing device fixes an image on a sheet by application of heat and pressure. The drive transmission mechanism changes a conveying speed of the sheet in the fixing device between an image forming mode and a lamination mode. The conveying speed of the sheet in the fixing device in the lamination mode is lower than the conveying speed of the sheet in the fixing device in the image forming mode.