Patent ID: 9405244
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: G03G

Claim Text:
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising: an image forming section configured to form an image on an image receiving medium; a fixing section configured to include a first roller, a second roller facing the first roller and a switching mechanism provided with a cam for switching positions of the first roller; and a control section configured to control a driving of the cam, wherein the positions of the first roller switched by the switching mechanism include a contact position where the first roller contacts with the second roller and a separation position where the first roller separates from the second roller, the cam includes a first position regulating section setting the contact position, a second position regulating section setting the separation position and a position changing section which is positioned between the first position regulating section and the second position regulating section in a driving direction of the cam, and the position changing section includes a fluctuation section for moving the first roller close to the second roller temporarily during a period of time the first roller is separating from the second roller.