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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2022
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Hiromitsu Onaka, Toyokawa, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To provide an image forming apparatus capable of sufficiently correcting deviation of a recording material by an oscillation operation of a registration roller. Configuring an image forming apparatus including: a conveyor that conveys a recording material; a transferer that includes a transfer roller that transfers a toner image onto the recording material; a fixer that includes a fixing roller that fixes the toner image formed on the recording material; a deviation detector that detects a position of the recording material in a conveyance intersecting direction; a deviation corrector that is located on an upstream side of the transferer and moves the recording material in the conveyance intersecting direction to correct deviation of the recording material; and a controller that controls a drive amount of the deviation corrector on the basis of a detection result of the deviation detector and the pressure contact force of a nipper nipping the recording material being conveyed.
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