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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2005
Kazumasa Yasui, Arakawa-ku, JP;
Masaya Arakawa, Hiratsuka, JP;
Kazumasa Yasui, Arakawa-ku, JP;
Masaya Arakawa, Hiratsuka, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus including a drive unit that drives a drive control unit that supplies a first drive current to the drive unit so as to acceleratingly drive an intermediate feeding roller, and supplies a current that is smaller than the first drive current so as to uniformly drive the intermediate feeding roller, and a timing determination unit that determines the timing of supplying a current smaller than the first drive current to uniformly drive the intermediate feeding roller after supplying the first drive current to the drive unit to acceleratingly drive the intermediate feeding roller, wherein in case the timing determination unit determines that the timing to acceleratingly drive the intermediate feeding roller comes to an end, the drive control unit supplies the first drive current to the drive unit for a time period prolonged by a predetermined time period.