Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Water addition apparatus and image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 加水装置和成像装置
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Application No.: US13457895Application Date: 2012-04-27
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Publication No.: US08971784B2Publication Date: 2015-03-03
- Inventor: Michiaki Endo
- Applicant: Michiaki Endo
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
- Priority: JP2011-107797 20110513; JP2012-097043 20120420
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20 ; G03G15/00

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes a fixing portion that fixes a toner image to a sheet by applying heat to the sheet, a conveyance path through which back and forth conveyance of the sheet conveyed from the fixing portion is performed by normally and reversely rotating a conveying roller, and a water addition portion that adds water to the sheet at a water addition position in the conveyance path on upstream in a conveying direction of the conveying roller. In addition, a controller controls the water addition portion such that the water is added to the sheet conveyed from the fixing portion to the water addition position, and the water is added to the sheet to which the reverse conveyance has been performed after an upstream end in the conveying direction of the sheet passes through the water addition position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120288296A1 WATER ADDITION APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2012-11-15
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