ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,253, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Image forming apparatus" was invented by Takahiro Kayama (Ibaraki, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image forming apparatus includes a transfer portion; a fixing portion; a detection unit that is capable of detecting a deflection amount of the recording material; and a controller configured to control a conveying speed of the fixing portion. The detection unit has a contact portion and a detection portion, and the contact portion is movable to a first position and a second position. The controller moves the contact portion from the second position by outputting the sig...