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Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2012

Filed:

Aug. 24, 2009
Applicants:

Tetsuo Ishizuka, Kanagawa, JP;

Fumio Furusawa, Kanagawa, JP;

Osamu Uto, Kanagawa, JP;

Shiroh Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;

Inventors:

Tetsuo Ishizuka, Kanagawa, JP;

Fumio Furusawa, Kanagawa, JP;

Osamu Uto, Kanagawa, JP;

Shiroh Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording medium; a heating device that heats the image formed at the image forming unit, on the recording medium while recording medium is conveyed; a detecting device that is provided on a downstream side of the heating device in a recording medium conveying direction and detects image density and an image defect of the recording medium; and a stabilizing device that is provided between the detecting device and the heating device and stabilizes physical changes in the recording medium.


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