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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2008
Applicants:
Takanori Mimura, Tokyo, JP;
Junichi Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Shinichi Otani, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Oki Data Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A contact pressure setting method of setting a contact pressure between contact members of an image forming apparatus. A film member is inserted into a gap between the contact members and the contact pressure is set so that a pulling force to pull out the film member lies within a predetermined range. Thus, the contact pressure can be accurately and easily recognized and the contact pressure can be set to be uniform.