Patent ID: 6564025
Filing Date: 2003-05-13
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus comprising:an image bearing body; a transferring portion for transferring an unfixed image on said image bearing body onto a recording material, while conveying the recording material; a fixing portion for fixing the unfixed image onto the recording material, while conveying the recording material having the unfixed image transferred in said transferring portion; flexure detecting means for detecting a flexure of the recording material between said transferring portion and said fixing portion; recording material detecting means for detecting a presence/absence of the recording material at a downstream side of said fixing portion with respect to a conveying direction of the recording material; and control means for controlling a conveying velocity of the recording material in said fixing portion on the basis of a time period extending from a detection of the recording material detected by said recording material detecting means to a detection of the flexure of the recording material detected by said flexure detecting means.