Sheet conveying apparatus and image forming apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKazuhisa Okuda, Koji Takematsu, Kenjiro Sugaya
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Abstract
A sheet conveying apparatus which conveys a sheet includes: a humidifying portion which humidifies a sheet by a humidifying liquid; and an absorbing member which provided in a downstream side of the humidifying portion in a sheet conveying direction and is capable of absorbing the humidifying liquid on the surface of the sheet into the inside thereof.
Claims28
A sheet conveying apparatus connected with an image forming apparatus comprising a transfer portion which transfers a toner image on a sheet and a fixing portion which fixes the transferred toner image on the sheet by heating the transferred toner image, the sheet conveying apparatus conveying a sheet on which the toner image is fixed by the image forming apparatus, said sheet conveying apparatus comprising:
- a humidifying portion which humidifies a sheet by a humidifying liquid;
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- an absorbing member which is provided on a downstream side of the humidifying portion in a sheet conveying direction and which is configured to absorb the humidifying liquid on the surface of the sheet into the inside thereof.
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a transfer portion which transfers a toner image on a sheet;
- a fixing portion which fixes the transferred toner image on the sheet by heating the transferred toner image;
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- a sheet conveying apparatus which conveys the sheet on which the toner image is fixed,
- wherein the sheet conveying apparatus comprises:
- a humidifying portion which humidifies a sheet by a humidifying liquid;
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- an absorbing member which is provided on a downstream side of the humidifying portion in a sheet conveying direction and which is configured to absorb the humidifying liquid on the surface of the sheet into the inside thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.