Patent ID: 8811869

Claim:
A fusing apparatus for use in an image forming apparatus, the fusing apparatus comprises: a fusing section including a nipping section which conveys a recording medium while applying pressure and heat to the recording medium; an injecting section which is provided on a downstream side of a conveying direction of the recording medium with respect to the nipping section and which injects gas between a recording medium, which is conveyed by the nipping section, and the fusing section; a detecting section which detects jamming of the recording medium in a conveying path of the recording medium and outputs a jamming detection signal, the detection section being between the injection section and the nipping section; a control section receives the jamming detection signal from the detecting section and sends a control signal; and a separating assisting section receives the control signal and separates the injecting section from the fusing section when jamming of the recording medium is detected by the detecting section.