Patent ID: 8254810
Filing Date: 2012-08-28
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising: an image forming section to form a toner image on a sheet; a fixing device having a pair of fixing members coming in pressure contact with each other so as to form a nip portion and to fix the toner image on the sheet conveyed from the image forming section with the nip portion; an oscillating section to oscillate the fixing members in a width direction perpendicular to a sheet conveying direction; an inclining section to incline the fixing members at an inclination angle to the width direction in parallel to a conveyance surface; and a control section to control the oscillating section and the inclining section such that when a sheet is passing through the nip portion, a direction of a one-sided oscillation shift of the sheet due to the oscillation of the fixing members is made opposite relatively to that of a one-sided inclination shift of the sheet due to the inclination of the fixing members.