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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2011
Yusuke Nishisaka, Tokyo, JP;
Hideo Yamaki, Tokyo, JP;
Shigetaka Kurosu, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Morimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Nishida, Saitama, JP;
Yusuke Nishisaka, Tokyo, JP;
Hideo Yamaki, Tokyo, JP;
Shigetaka Kurosu, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Morimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Nishida, Saitama, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus including a transfer section for transferring a toner image formed on an image bearing member onto a sheet by pressure contact of the sheet against the image bearing member with a transfer member; a cleaning section having a cleaning blade to remove residual toner on the image bearing member; and a control section for controlling a rotation of the image bearing member so as to carry out a return action of a blade configuration which stops or reverses the rotation of the image bearing member, when the rotation amount reaches a predetermined value, wherein the control section additionally carries out the return action when the rotation amount reaches a value smaller than the predetermined value, in a case where a size of a sheet in a current job is larger than a size a sheet having been passed through in a previous job.