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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2014
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhiko Fuse, Mishima, JP;
Wataru Uchida, Yokohama, JP;
Jun Agata, Suntou-gun, JP;
Daisuke Takamura, Fujinomiya, JP;
Masatoshi Yoshida, Susono, JP;
Tomooku Koyama, Suntou-gun, JP;
Taisuke Minagawa, Mishima, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: a transfer portion for transferring an image onto a sheet at a transfer nip; a fixing portion for fixing the image on the sheet at a fixing nip; a sheet feeding guide, provided between the transfer portion and the fixing portion, having a sheet guide surface; a sheet detecting portion provided between the transfer portion and the fixing portion; and a controller for controlling a sheet feeding speed of at least one of the transfer portion and the fixing portion depending on an output of the sheet detecting portion so that a feeding attitude of the sheet sandwiched at both of the transfer nip and the fixing nip is maintained in a predetermined feeding attitude. The sheet guide surface of the sheet feeding guide has a most recessed region in a region between the transfer portion and the sheet detecting portion.