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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2013
Yuji Kamoda, Ibaraki, JP;
Junya Hirayama, Takarazuka, JP;
Shigeo Uetake, Takatsuki, JP;
Toshiya Natsuhara, Takarazuka, JP;
Yuji Kamoda, Ibaraki, JP;
Junya Hirayama, Takarazuka, JP;
Shigeo Uetake, Takatsuki, JP;
Toshiya Natsuhara, Takarazuka, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a fixing device for heating and pressing a toner image on a recording medium, a non-contact heating device arranged downstream of the fixing device for heating the toner image without coming into contact with the toner image, and a pressure contact device arranged downstream of the non-contact heating device and having a smooth surface. The pressure contact device has first and second arrangement states switched according to the kind of the recording medium. In the first arrangement state, the pressure contact device is arranged so as to make pressure contact with the toner image. In the second arrangement state, the pressure contact device is arranged so as not to make pressure contact with the toner image.