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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2006
Masashi Kougami, Saitama, JP;
Hirofumi Kayahara, Hachioji, JP;
Hisao Satoh, Hachioji, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: a moisture feeding unit which supplies moisture to a sheet when the sheet passes through a nip portion of a pair of porous rollers, which has a lower roller absorbing water and an upper roller absorbing water in contact with the lower roller, and comprises a water supplying unit which supplies water to the pair of porous rollers, after the sheet onto which a toner image has been formed by and image forming unit passes through a fixing unit. A contact of a contact member in contact with each of a circumference surface of the upper roller and the lower roller is released when a sheet jam occurs.