Patent ID: 7483643
Filing Date: 2009-01-27
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a moisture feeding unit which supplies moisture to a sheet when the sheet passes through a nip portion of a pair of porous rollers, which has a lower roller absorbing water and an upper roller absorbing water in contact with the lower roller, after the sheet onto which a toner image has been formed by an image forming unit passes through a fixing unit, and comprises a water supplying unit which supplies water to the pair of porous rollers, wherein when a sheet jam occurs, a contact of a contact member in contact with each of a circumference surface of the upper roller and the lower roller, a contact of a water supplying roller which supplies water to the lower roller, and a contact of a regulation member which regulates a water content of the lower roller by coming into contact with the lower roller, are released.