Patent ID: 9341999
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: G03G

Claim Text:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a fixing member; a heat source to heat the fixing member; a nip forming member disposed inside the fixing member; a pressing member pressed against the nip forming member through the fixing member to form a fixing nip through which a recording medium passes; a recording medium conveyor to convey the recording medium to the fixing nip; a first temperature detector to detect a temperature of a non-sheet-passing area of the fixing member through which the recording medium does not pass; a second temperature detector to detect a temperature of the recording medium; and a controller to adjust a time to drive the recording medium conveyer to control a time interval between successive recording media and a changing time to change the time interval, according to a temperature detected by the second temperature detector in response to a temperature rise in the non-sheet-passing area of the fixing member detected by the first temperature detector.