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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2015
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Shougo Fukai, Tokyo, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., , JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: a sheet conveyance section; an image forming section; a fixing section; a driving section configured to rotate a back side supporting member; a pressure contact separation section; and a cooling section configured to cool down the back side supporting member. The sheet feeding path has a configuration in which a long sheet makes contact with the back side supporting member when the fixing side member and the back side supporting member are separated from each other. During cooling-down or warming-up of the fixing section, the pressure contact separation section separates the fixing side member and the back side supporting member from each other, the cooling section cools down the back side supporting member, and the driving section rotates the back side supporting member.
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