| US 7,386,270 B2 | ||
| Image forming apparatus | ||
| Junichi Moteki, Abiko (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Apr. 11, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/103,058. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2004-130379 (JP), filed on Apr. 26, 2004; and application No. 2005-027658 (JP), filed on Feb. 03, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0238399 A1, Oct. 27, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. G03G 15/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 399—406 [399/401] | 13 Claims |
| 1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
an image forming unit capable of forming a toner image on a sheet;
a fixing unit capable of fixing the toner image onto the sheet on which the toner image is formed by said image forming unit;
a redelivery path operable to deliver the fixed sheet ejected from the fixing unit to the image forming unit again;
a detection unit located in the redelivery path and operable to detect information on the sheet delivered by the redelivery
path;
a curved path provided between the fixing unit and the redelivery path and operable to guide the fixed sheet ejected from
the fixing unit to the redelivery path after reversing the sheet; and
a curl-corrector operable to correct curling of the sheet by curving the sheet in the direction opposite to the direction
in which the curve path curves.
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