Patent ID: 9684271
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: G03G

Claim:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming station configured to form a toner image on a recording material; a rotatable heating member and a pressing rotatable member forming a nip for heating the toner image formed by said image forming station; a first rubbing rotatable member movable to and away from said rotatable heating member and configured to rub a surface of said rotatable heating member; a second rubbing rotatable member movable to and away from said pressing rotatable member and configured to rub a surface of said pressing rotatable member; a counter configured to count a number of image formations; a first executing portion configured to execute, when the number of image formations reaches a first predetermined number during the execution of a job for continuously forming the images on the recording materials, a rubbing treatment operation of said first rubbing rotatable member by contacting said first rubbing rotatable member to said rotatable heating member after waiting for completion of the job; and a second executing portion configured to execute, when the number of image formations reaches a second predetermined number during the execution of the job, a rubbing treatment operation of said second rubbing rotatable member by contacting said second rubbing rotatable member to said pressing rotatable member concurrently with the execution of the job.