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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 20, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hideki Hino, Toyokawa, JP;
Yoshiaki Takano, Toyohashi, JP;
Kazuo Okunishi, Okazaki, JP;
Kentaro Nagatani, Toyohashi, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
399 66 ; 358296 ; 399303 ; 399389 ;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an endless transporting member having an portion which is not suitable for forming an image, a feeder for feeding the recording sheet to the transporting member, and a judge member which judges whether or not the recording sheet has an overlap-permissible region which allows to overlap the portion. The recording sheet is fed to the transporting member based on a judged result of the judge member so that the portion is located in the overlap-permissible region, or so that the portion is not located in the overlap-permissible region.