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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 25, 1996
Motoaki Tahara, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus comprises a convey belt for bearing and conveying a recording material, image forming means for forming an image on the recording material born on the convey belt, a detection means for detecting a position of the convey belt in a direction perpendicular to a recording material conveying direction provided by the convey belt, count means for effecting a counting operation in accordance with a detection output from the detection means, rocking means for rocking the convey belt in the direction perpendicular to the recording material conveying direction, and control means for controlling a rocking operation of the rocking means on the basis of a counted value from the count means.