Patent ID: 7215899
Filing Date: 2007-05-08
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus comprising: image forming means for forming an image on a recording material; fusing means having a fixing nip area for nipping and conveying the recording material and provided for fusing an image onto the recording material; a plurality of conveyance means located downstream of the fixing nip area in the moving direction of the recording material; and temperature sensing means for sensing the temperature of the recording material on the downstream side of the fixing nip area in the moving direction of the recording material, wherein a temperature sensing part of said temperature sensing means is arranged to come into contact with the surface opposite to the image surface of the recording material at the time of one-sided printing, and wherein the temperature sensing part comes into contact with the recording material in an interval between the fixing nip area and said conveyance means closest to the fixing nip area in the downstream side of the moving direction of the recording material among said plurality of conveyance means.