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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2016
Applicant:
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Hirotake Eguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuhiro Kurokawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Chihiro Iijima, Kanagawa, JP;
Masataka Momma, Kanagawa, JP;
Masashi Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Shohei Miyagawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuyuki Yagata, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshihiro Goda, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/55 (2013.01); G03G 15/757 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes at least a load unit, a driving unit that drives the load unit, and a controller that controls the driving unit. The controller determines that at least one of the load unit and the driving unit malfunctions if a velocity change time period that the driving unit has taken to reach a second velocity from a first velocity is off a predetermined threshold value.