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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 24, 1996
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus has the capability of maintaining good contact between a recording material and a recording-material carrying belt so that stable carrying force is obtained, thereby preventing deformation of an image due to a failure for the recording material to enter a fixing unit or due to contact of the recording material with some element present above the recording-material carrying belt. The image forming apparatus includes an air fan for generating a wind pressure applied to a recording material in a direction that presses the recording material against a recording-material carrying belt. In an enhanced mode, two or more air fans are arranged in a direction crossing the recording-material carrying direction.