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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2010
Atsushi Takahashi, Akishima, JP;
Masami Maruko, Hachioji, JP;
Youbao Peng, Hino, JP;
Yoshihito Sasamoto, Hachioji, JP;
Atsushi Takahashi, Akishima, JP;
Masami Maruko, Hachioji, JP;
Youbao Peng, Hino, JP;
Yoshihito Sasamoto, Hachioji, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming section which transfers a toner image in accordance with image data onto a recording sheet; a first fixing device having a first fixing roller, which fixes the toner image onto the recording sheet with heat; a second fixing device having a second fixing roller, which further applies heat to the recording sheet that has been fixed by the first fixing device; a second fixing roller surface roughness prevention mechanism which prevents a roughness on a surface of the second fixing roller that has been generated due to side ends of the recording sheet being brought into contact with the surface of the second fixing roller; and a controller which controls the image forming section, the first and second fixing devices and the second fixing roller surface roughness prevention mechanism.