Patent ID: 6366745
Filing Date: 2002-04-02
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus comprising:an image bearing member for bearing an image; a transferring member for forming a transfer nip portion between said image bearing member and said transferring member, wherein a recording material is pinched and conveyed and an image on said image bearing member is transferred onto the recording material in said transfer nip portion, a rotary member contacted with the image on the recording material; a driving roller for forming a fixing nip portion between said rotary member; driving means for driving said driving roller; and a torque limiter provided between said driving roller and said driving means, wherein the recording material bearing the image is pinched and conveyed and the image is fixed to the recording material in said fixing nip portion, wherein regarding at least a recording material having a maximum size, while the image is being transferred in said transfer nip portion, the image is fixed in said fixing nip portion, and wherein a peripheral speed of said driving roller is always greater than a conveying speed of the recording material in said transfer nip portion.