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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2012
Akira Okamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Hideki Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Yamamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Akifumi Isobe, Saitama, JP;
Hiroyuki Futami, Shizuoka, JP;
Katsuyuki Ikuta, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Okamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Hideki Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Yamamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Akifumi Isobe, Saitama, JP;
Hiroyuki Futami, Shizuoka, JP;
Katsuyuki Ikuta, Tokyo, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming system has a first image forming section to form an image on a sheet, wherein the first image forming section heats the sheet to fix the image on the sheet, a second image forming section to form an image to the sheet on which the image has been formed by the first image forming section, and a transporting section to transport the sheet from first image forming section to the second image forming section. The transporting section has a first transporting part to transport the sheet to a predetermined position, and a second transporting part to reverse a surface of the sheet which has been transported by the first transporting part as transporting the sheet from the predetermined position to an area below the predetermined position.