18444767. IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS (FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.)
IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
Organization Name
FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Inventor(s)
IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18444767 titled 'IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
Original Abstract Submitted
An image forming apparatus includes: a transfer cylinder that sandwiches a transported recording medium while rotating and that transfers an image onto the recording medium, the recording medium being sandwiched between the transfer cylinder and a transfer member onto which the image is transferred; a heating roll that is disposed downstream of the transfer cylinder in a transport direction of the recording medium and that heats the transported recording medium while rotating; a pressing cylinder that is disposed to face the heating roll, that rotates in synchronization with rotation of the transfer cylinder, and that presses the transported recording medium toward the heating roll; an approach and separation mechanism that includes a cam member that rotates together with the pressing cylinder and a cam follower that is connected to the heating roll and that is pressed against a cam surface of the cam member, the approach and separation mechanism causing the heating roll to approach the pressing cylinder and to be separated from the pressing cylinder; and a suppression unit that suppresses load torque that acts on the pressing cylinder since the approach and separation mechanism causes the heating roll to approach the pressing cylinder and to be separated from the pressing cylinder.