Image forming apparatus and image forming method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9014606
APP PUB NO 20130101324A1
SERIAL NO

13652691

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The image forming apparatus includes a fixing-side member that comes into contact with an image-formation side of a sheet having a toner image formed thereon by an image forming section; a reverse-side supporting member that comes into contact with a reverse side of the sheet by being pressed toward the fixing-side member; a heat source that supplies heat to the sheet via the fixing-side member; an air separation section that discharges compressed air supplied by an air supply source, to a surface of the fixing-side member to separate the sheet from the fixing-side member; and a control section that controls a pressure accumulation operation in the air supply source. Moreover, the control section disables the pressure accumulation operation in the air supply source in a time period when an image forming process is not performed in the image forming section.

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Patent Owner(s)

  • KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.;KONICA MINOLTA, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Funabiki, Hiroshi Tokyo, JP 21 98
Yamamoto, Koji Tokyo, JP 383 3461

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