Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an image bearing member that carries a developer image; a transfer member that forms a transfer nip portion with the image bearing member and transfers the developer image in the transfer nip portion from the image bearing member to a recording material; a fixing portion that includes a heater and fixes the developer image to the recording material using heat of the heater; a temperature detection portion that detects a temperature of the fixing portion; a control portion that controls power supplied to the heater such that the temperature detected by the temperature detection portion becomes a predetermined control target temperature; and an acquisition portion that acquires a temperature of the image bearing member or the transfer member. The control target temperature is changed based on the temperature acquired by the acquisition portion.

Abstract: A cap includes a cap body including a disk-shaped top plate portion and a cylindrical skirt portion provided at a peripheral edge portion of the top plate portion; and a disk-shaped sealing member including a sliding layer and a sealing layer, the sliding layer disposed on the top plate portion side and having a thin portion thinner than at least a center side provided on an outer peripheral edge side, and the sealing layer provided on a main surface opposite to the top plate portion side of the sliding layer and sealing a mouth portion of a can container.

Abstract: A cap includes: a cap body including a top plate portion and a cylindrical skirt portion; a sealing member provided in the cap body separately from the cap body so as to face the top plate portion; a plurality of locking portions arranged in a circumferential direction in the skirt portion, the locking portions protruding inward in a radial direction of the skirt portion and supporting the sealing member; a plurality of small diameter portions arranged between the top plate portion and the locking portions of the skirt portion, the small diameter portions being respectively provided on a top plate portion side of the locking portions in the axial direction; and a plurality of large diameter portions provided adjacent to the small diameter portions in the circumferential direction and having an inscribed circle diameter larger than an inscribed circle diameter of the plurality of small diameter portions.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion, a fixing portion configured to perform a fixing process in which the fixing portion fixes the image and the powder adhesive to the sheet, and a bonding portion configured to perform a bonding process in which the bonding portion bonds the plurality of sheets to each other with the powder adhesive by using the heating member to heat and press the plurality of sheets, wherein P1<P2 is satisfied, where P1 (MPa) is a peak value of pressure received by the sheet in the fixing process, and P2 (MPa) is a peak value of pressure received by the sheet in the bonding process.

Abstract: A reversible recording medium according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first recording layer to be colored in a first color, a second recording layer to be colored in a second color, the second color being different from the first color, and a first intermediate layer provided between the first recording layer and the second recording layer, the first intermediate layer including a plurality of layers respectively containing materials different from each other.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion, a fixing portion configured to heat and press the sheet conveyed from the image forming portion while nipping and conveying the sheet by a first nip portion to fix toner image to the sheet, a folding portion configured to fold the sheet, and a bonding portion configured to heat and press the sheet folded by the folding portion while nipping and conveying the sheet by a second nip portion to bond the sheet by powder adhesive. A peak value of pressure that the second rotary member pair applies to the sheet in the second nip portion is greater than a peak value of pressure that the first rotary member pair applies to the sheet in the first nip portion.

Abstract: A cap includes a cap body including a top plate portion and a skirt portion; a sealing member that is a separate member from the cap body and is provided in the cap body, the sealing member having an outer diameter smaller than an inner diameter of the skirt portion; a plurality of locking portions provided in a circumferential direction of the skirt portion, and configured to regulate a movement of the sealing member in a direction away from the top plate portion and support the sealing member; and a plurality of regulating portions provided in the circumferential direction of the skirt portion, protruding inward in a radial direction than an inner peripheral surface of the skirt portion, and configured to regulate a radial movement of the sealing member.

Abstract: A cap comprising a cap body including a top plate portion which is disk-shaped, and a skirt portion which is cylindrical and provided at a peripheral edge portion of the top plate portion, the top plate portion including a substrate and a resin coating film provided on a cap inner surface side of the substrate, the resin coating film including a polyester-based resin and a lubricant, and a sealing member provided in the cap body separately from the cap body so as to face the top plate portion, and having an outer diameter smaller than an inner diameter of the skirt portion.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: an image bearing member that carries a developer image; a transfer member that forms a transfer nip portion with the image bearing member and transfers the developer image in the transfer nip portion from the image bearing member to a recording material; a fixing portion that includes a heater and fixes the developer image to the recording material using heat of the heater; a temperature detection portion that detects a temperature of the fixing portion; a control portion that controls power supplied to the heater such that the temperature detected by the temperature detection portion becomes a predetermined control target temperature; and an acquisition portion that acquires a temperature of the image bearing member or the transfer member. The control target temperature is changed based on the temperature acquired by the acquisition portion.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion, a fixing portion configured to heat the toner image formed on the sheet by the image forming portion and fix the toner image to the sheet, a folding portion configured to fold the sheet having passed through the fixing portion such that a surface of the sheet to which the powder adhesive is applied is inside, and a bonding portion configured to heat the sheet folded by the folding portion and bond the sheet by the powder adhesive. A relationship of Tmax1>Tmax2 is satisfied, where Tmax1 (° C.) is a highest temperature of the powder adhesive when being heated by the fixing portion and Tmax2 (° C.) is a highest temperature of the powder adhesive when being heated by the bonding portion.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form a toner image on one surface of a recording material, a fixing unit configured to fix the toner image on the surface of the recording material in a nip portion formed by a heating unit and a pressing unit, a discharge unit configured to discharge the recording material on which the toner image has been fixed to a discharge tray, and a recording material conveyance path between the fixing unit and the discharge unit. In a conveyance direction of the recording material from the fixing unit to the discharge unit, a fan is disposed between the fixing unit and the discharge unit. The fan takes in air from an intake portion that takes in air of the recording material conveyance path and exhausts air such that air is applied to the recording material discharged from the discharge unit.

Abstract: A cap includes a cap body including a disk-shaped top plate portion and a cylindrical skirt portion provided at a peripheral edge portion of the top plate portion; and a disk-shaped sealing member including a sliding layer and a seal in layer, the sliding layer disposed on the top plate portion side and having a thin portion thinner than at least a center side provided on an outer peripheral edge side, and the sealing layer provided on a main surface opposite to the top plate portion side of the sliding layer and sealing a mouth portion of a can container.

Abstract: A cap includes a cap includes a cap body including a disk-shaped top plate portion and a cylindrical skirt portion provided at a peripheral edge portion of the top plate portion; a sealing member provided separately from the cap body in the cap body so as to face the top plate portion, the sealing member having an outer diameter smaller than an inner diameter of the skirt portion; a bead portion provided in the skirt portion, restricting movement of the sealing member in a direction away from the top plate portion, supporting the sealing member, and protruding annularly inward in a radial direction of the skirt portion; and a slit portion provided in the bead portion.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a cap (100) includes: supplying a first resin material to a molded product (111A) having a top plate portion (121) and a skirt portion (122) integrally formed on the top plate portion (121) through a corner portion (123); molding the first resin material of the molded product (111A) disposed in a first lower mold (21) into a sliding layer (141) with a first upper mold (22); supplying a second resin material to the sliding layer (141); molding the second resin material of the molded product (111A) disposed in a second lower mold (31) into a sealing layer (142) with a second upper mold (32); taking out a sealing member (112) in the molded product (111A); and inserting the sealing member (112) into another molded product (111A).

Abstract: A cap includes a cap body including a top plate portion and a skirt portion; a sealing member that is a separate member from the cap body and is provided in the cap body, the sealing member having an outer diameter smaller than an inner diameter of the skirt portion; a plurality of locking portions provided in a circumferential direction of the skirt portion, and configured to regulate a movement of the sealing member in a direction away from the top plate portion and support the sealing member; and a plurality of regulating portions provided in the circumferential direction of the skirt portion, protruding inward in a radial direction than an inner peripheral surface of the skirt portion, and configured to regulate a radial movement of the sealing member.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form a toner image on one surface of a recording material, a fixing unit configured to fix the toner image on the surface of the recording material in a nip portion formed by a heating unit and a pressing unit, a discharge unit configured to discharge the recording material on which the toner image has been fixed to a discharge tray, and a recording material conveyance path between the fixing unit and the discharge unit. In a conveyance direction of the recording material from the fixing unit to the discharge unit, a fan is disposed between the fixing unit and the discharge unit. The fan takes in air from an intake portion that takes in air of the recording material conveyance path and exhausts air such that air is applied to the recording material discharged from the discharge unit.

Abstract: A reversible recording medium according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first recording layer to be colored in a first color, a second recording layer to be colored in a second color, the second color being different from the first color, and a first intermediate layer provided between the first recording layer and the second recording layer, the first intermediate layer including a plurality of layers respectively containing materials different from each other.

Abstract: A heater being used in an image heating apparatus includes a glass layer formed on one surface of a substrate of the heater, the heater has a base layer formed so as to extend in a longitudinal direction of the substrate between another surface of the substrate and the glass layer and at a position closer to an end side of the substrate than a center position of a heating element provided on the other surface of the substrate in a transverse direction that is orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the substrate, the base layer having a glass content of 10 wt % or lower, and a peak portion with a peak height from the other surface in the glass layer is positioned within 1.0 mm from an end in the transverse direction of the substrate.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus, including: a determining portion to acquire a density value for respective colors of toners, obtain a sum value of the density values of the colors of the toners, obtain a numerical value indicating the number of the density values being values larger than 0 out of the density values corresponding to the colors of the toners, and determine a target temperature on the basis of the sum value and the numerical value, wherein in a case the sum value is a first value and the numerical value is a first number, the determining portion determines a first temperature as the target temperature, in a case the sum value is the first value and the numerical value is a second number that is larger than the first number, the determining portion determines a second temperature that is lower than the first temperature as the target temperature.

Abstract: A cap comprises a cap body including a top plate portion and a skirt portion integrally provided with the top plate portion through a corner portion and screwed to a mouth portion of a can container, and a disk-shaped sealing member including a sliding layer which is provided separately from the cap body to face the top plate portion, includes a protrusion portion formed on an outer peripheral side of a portion opposed to the mouth portion when the cap body is screwed with the can container and gradually decreasing in thickness toward an outer peripheral edge, and slides on the top plate portion and a sealing layer which is integrally provided with the sliding layer and seals the mouth portion.