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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2016
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuya Nakama, Nagareyama, JP;
Satoru Yamamoto, Noda, JP;
Masahiro Tsujibayashi, Nagareyama, JP;
Yasuharu Chiyoda, Nagareyama, JP;
Nobuhiro Kikuchi, Moriya, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming station for forming an unfixed toner image on a sheet; a fixing portion detachably mountable to the apparatus, said fixing portion including a rotatable member for being contacted by an image carrying surface of the sheet; a jam detector for detecting jamming in said fixing portion; an executing portion for executing a cleaning process for said rotatable member after clearance of the jamming; a storing portion, provided on said fixing portion, for storing information as to whether or not the cleaning process is executed; and a display for displaying a state of capability of image forming operation. The executing portion executes the cleaning process before said display displays the state, when the information stored in said storing portion of said fixing portion mounted in said main assembly indicates non-execution of said cleaning process.