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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2016
Applicant:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Tatsuya Furuta, Tokyo, JP;
Tomohiro Kawasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Shota Sakurai, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuya Ishikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Natsuko Kawai, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 37/00 (2006.01); B65H 18/10 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 37/00 (2013.01); B65H 18/103 (2013.01); G03G 15/652 (2013.01); G03G 15/6529 (2013.01); G03G 15/6558 (2013.01); G03G 15/6591 (2013.01); B65H 2301/5112 (2013.01); B65H 2701/1315 (2013.01); B65H 2701/1842 (2013.01); B65H 2801/06 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00523 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming section configured to form a toner image on a sheet having a paste component; and an end pressing section provided on an upstream side of the image forming section in a sheet conveyance direction, and configured to exert a pressure on an end portion of the sheet while moving from a center toward an end of the sheet in a sheet width direction orthogonal to the sheet conveyance direction.