Patent ID: 6564035
Filing Date: 2003-05-13
Classification: G03G,Y10S

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus comprising:an image forming device for forming an image on an image carrier; a transfer device for transferring the image formed by the image forming device, to an object to which the image should be transferred; a reverse carrying device for carrying the object having a surface to which the image has been transferred, along a reverse carrying route having a corner part, thereby to reverse and feed the object again to the transfer device; a control device for temporarily stopping and holding the object carried by the reverse carrying device, if necessary; and a detection device for detecting the object positioned at the corner part of the reverse carrying route, wherein if the detection device detects the object when the control device stops carrying the object, the control device controls the carrying device such that the carrying device carries the object until the detection device does not detect the object any more and the carrying device then stops carrying the object.