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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2009
Takashi Hodoshima, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiyuki Andoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Hashimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Hidetaka Noguchi, Hyogo, JP;
Seiji Hoshino, Kanagawa, JP;
Tatsuhiko Oikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsuo Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Hodoshima, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiyuki Andoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Hashimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Hidetaka Noguchi, Hyogo, JP;
Seiji Hoshino, Kanagawa, JP;
Tatsuhiko Oikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsuo Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an image forming apparatus, a distance adjusting unit adjusts an inter-unit distance between a contact unit and an image carrier by moving the image carrier or the contact unit by applying an opposing force to the image carrier or the contact unit against a biasing force applied by a biasing unit based on thickness information of a recording sheet acquired by a thickness-information acquiring unit and data indicating a relationship between the thickness information and an inter-unit distance change amount stored in a data storage unit.