Image forming apparatus
AssigneeKyocera Mita Corporation
InventorNaoki Mizutani
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus 1 has an intermediate transfer belt 17 that rotates in synchronization with the operation of a photoconductive section 11 where a toner image is formed, and a secondary transfer section S at which paper P temporarily adhering to a surface of this intermediate transfer belt 17 can be separated from the surface of the intermediate transfer belt 17. The image forming apparatus 1 is provided with a distance detecting unit 66 that detects a distance “L” to the paper P sent out from this secondary transfer section S, and a control section 74 that judges whether or not the paper P is normally separated from the secondary transfer section S based on distance data fed from this distance detecting unit 66.
Claims14
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a belt-shaped rotatable member that rotates in synchronization with operation of an image forming member on which an image is formed;
- a separation section at which paper adhered to a surface of the belt-shaped rotatable member can be separated from the surface of the belt-shaped rotatable member;
- a distance detecting unit that detects a distance to paper sent out from the separation section;
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- a control section that judges, based on distance data fed from the distance detecting unit, whether or not paper is appropriately separated from the separation section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.