Patent ID: 9268267
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: G03G

Claim Text:
1. A fusing apparatus comprising: a fusing section including a nipping section which conveys a recording medium while fusing a toner image which is not fused formed on the recording medium by applying pressure and heat on the recording medium heated by a heating section; a supplying section which is provided on a downstream side of a conveying direction of the recording medium with respect to the nipping section and which supplies airflow between the recording medium conveyed by the nipping section and the fusing section; and a control section which controls operation of the supplying section, wherein the supplying section includes a supplying opening of the airflow divided in a plurality of blocks along a width direction of the recording medium orthogonal to the conveying direction and a changing section which changes a direction of the airflow supplied from the supplying opening along the width direction of the recording medium; wherein the control section controls the changing section to change the direction of the airflow supplied from the supplying opening along the width direction according to the size in the width direction of the recording medium, and wherein the control section selects a block to supply the airflow based on information regarding a width in a direction orthogonal to the conveying direction of the recording medium, and the control section controls the changing section to change the direction of the airflow of the unselected block and to not change the direction of the airflow of the selected block.