Title:
IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2005003784
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To solve the problem that it is difficult to sufficiently cleaning the heat member and pressure member of a fixing device by a conventional cleaning means, even though foreign matter such as toner is stuck and accumulated to cause a soiled image or a soiled paper back.
An image forming apparatus is constituted so that the cleaning sheet passes through a fixing nip at a speed lower than the speed used for image formation, in the cleaning mode in which the heat member and the pressure member are cleaned using a cleaning sheet.
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Inventors:
TAKI KENJI
KUDO KIMIO
AKIMOTO FUSAKO
KUDO KIMIO
AKIMOTO FUSAKO
Application Number:
JP2003165070A
Publication Date:
January 06, 2005
Filing Date:
June 10, 2003
Export Citation:
Assignee:
KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS TECH
International Classes:
G03G21/00; B65H5/06; G03G15/00; G03G15/20; G03G21/14; (IPC1-7): G03G15/20; B65H5/06; G03G15/00; G03G21/00; G03G21/14