Patent ID: 11964469
Assignee: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
a plurality of rotating members that are rotatable;
an annular circulating member that is wound around the plurality of rotating members and circulates when the rotating members rotate;
a retaining member attached to an attaching portion of the circulating member and that circulates together with the circulating member, the retaining member being configured to retain a recording medium in an area where the attaching portion comes into contact with one of the rotating members;
an image forming section that forms an image on the recording medium at an image forming position defined on a circulation path along which the circulating member circulates;
a delivering unit that delivers the recording medium to a retaining position where the recording medium is to be retained by the retaining member;
a detector that detects rotation of the one rotating member; and
a controller that controls delivery of the recording medium from the delivering unit to the retaining position, the delivery being controlled with reference to information detected by the detector,
wherein the one rotation member is positioned upstream of the image forming position on the circulation path.