Image forming apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12384187-B2
Application number	US-202418410657-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 11, 2024
Priority date	Jan 13, 2023
Publication date	Aug 12, 2025
Grant date	Aug 12, 2025

Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes a fixing unit configured to form a nip portion and fix a toner image to a recording material, and a speed control unit configured to control a conveyance speed of a recording material in the nip portion, wherein, in a case where glue binding is not performed, a recording material having a first basis weight is conveyed at a second speed greater than a first speed, and a recording material having a second basis weight greater, in basis weight, than the recording material having the first basis weight is conveyed at the first speed, and wherein, in a case where the glue binding is performed, the recording material having the first basis weight and the recording material having the second basis weight are conveyed at the first speed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An image forming apparatus connectable to a processing apparatus capable of performing glue binding, the glue binding being binding processing performed by gluing a cover sheet and content sheets and wrapping the content sheets with the cover sheet, the image forming apparatus comprising:
an image forming portion configured to form a toner image on a recording material;
a fixing unit configured to form a nip portion and fix the toner image formed by the image forming portion to the recording material; and
a speed control unit configured to control a conveyance speed of the recording material in the nip portion,
wherein the speed control unit is configured to, based on first information as to whether the glue binding is performed on the recording material by the processing apparatus or not, control the conveyance speed of the recording material in the nip portion,
wherein, in a case where, based on the first information, the glue binding is performed for an image forming job of performing image forming on a first recording material having a first basis weight and a second recording material having a second basis weight heavier than the first basis weight, the speed control unit sets the conveyance speed of the recording material at a time when the first recording material and the second recording material pass through the nip portion to a first speed lower than a second speed, irrespective of second information regarding the image forming job, and
wherein, in a case where, based on the first information, the glue binding is not performed for the image forming job, the speed control unit is able to determine whether the conveyance speed of the recording material at the time when the first recording material and the second recording material pass through the nip portion is the first speed or the second speed, based on the second information regarding the image forming job.

2. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising an operation unit via which a user is able to manually input the first information as to whether the glue binding is performed on the recording material by the processing apparatus or not.

3. An image forming system including the image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising an external controller via which a user is able to input the first information as to whether the glue binding is performed on the recording material by the processing apparatus or not,
wherein the glue binding is set from the external controller.

4. An image forming system including the image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising the processing apparatus configured to perform the glue binding.

5. The image forming system according to claim 4 , wherein the processing apparatus includes a stacking unit configured to stack the content sheet and a roller configured to abut on and separate from the content sheet stacked on the stacking unit.

6. The image forming system according to claim 5 , wherein the roller is driven to rotate and is brought into contact with the content sheet stacked on the stacking unit in a state where rotation of the roller is stopped.

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Hongu Shigeo

Classifications

• G03G15/5029 Primary

  by measuring the copy material characteristics, e.g. weight, thickness · CPC title

• G03G15/5075

  Remote control machines, e.g. by a host · CPC title

• G03G15/5016

  User-machine interface; Display panels; Control console · CPC title

• B42C3/00

  Making booklets, pads, or form sets from multiple webs · CPC title

• G03G15/2064

  combined with pressure · CPC title