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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2015
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Toshifumi Kakutani, Abiko, JP;
Takayuki Iikura, Kashiwa, JP;
Shuji Obata, Noda, JP;
Mitsuhiro Sugeta, Abiko, JP;
Kazunori Miyake, Abiko, JP;
Yousuke Hata, Ichikawa, JP;
Shinya Suzuki, Toride, JP;
Hirohisa Nakajima, Tsukubamirai, JP;
Manabu Koseki, Sakuragawa, JP;
Takeyuki Suda, Nagareyama, JP;
Toshiyuki Abe, Toride, JP;
Kazumi Sato, Kashiwa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion; a discharge portion configured to discharge a recording material on which an image is formed by the image forming portion, wherein a delivery conveyance portion having a power source circuit is mountable in a space adjacent to the image forming portion and configured to convey the recording material to a post-processing apparatus; a detection unit configured to detect a temperature; a cooling unit configured to cool the image forming portion; and a control unit configured to control, in a case where the delivery conveyance portion is mounted, rotation of the cooling unit based on the temperature detected by the detection unit in a standby state in which an image forming operation is not performed.