Claims
- 1. A carrying apparatus comprising:a supply device which supplies a transfer object, an image-forming device which forms an image on the transfer object supplied by the supplying device and carried, a fixing device provided downstream of the image forming device in a carrying direction of the transfer object, the fixing device fixing the image on the transfer object; a first carrying route which carries the transfer object by the supplying device to the fixing device; a second carrying route which carries the transfer object having one surface to which the image has been fixed by the fixing device, from a down stream side of the fixing device in the carrying direction of the transfer object to an upstream side of the image forming device in the carrying direction of the transfer object; and an escape part which is provided inside the carrying route connecting the first and second carrying routes and between the first and second carrying routes and in which the transfer object having one surface to which the image has been fixed by the fixing device and carried through the second carrying route is temporarily escaped.
- 2. The carrying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the escape part has a straight part.
- 3. The carrying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the escape part to which the transfer object is escaped is closed on a back side thereof.
- 4. The carrying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the escape part includes normal/reverse rotation rollers to escape the transfer object thereto.
- 5. The carrying apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the escape part is configured to not reverse a surface of the transfer object.
- 6. An image forming apparatus comprising:supplying means for supplying a transfer object; image-forming means for forming an image on the transfer object supplied by the supplying means; fixing means provided downstream of the image forming means in a carrying direction of the transfer object, for fixing the image on the transfer object; first carrying means for carrying the transfer object supplied by the supplying means to the fixing means along the first carrying route; second carrying means for carrying the transfer object having one surface to which the image has been fixed by the fixing means from a down stream side of the fixing device in the carrying direction of the transfer object to an upstream side of the image forming means in the carrying direction of the transfer object, and escape means which is provided inside the carrying route connecting the first and second carrying routes and between the first and second carrying routes, for temporarily escaping the transfer object having one surface to which the image has been fixed by the fixing device and carried through the second carrying route.
- 7. The image forming apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the escape means is configured to not reverse a surface of the transfer object.
- 8. An image forming method comprising:supplying a transfer object by supplying means; forming an image on the transfer object supplied by the supplying means by image forming means; fixing the image on the transfer object by fixing means provided downstream of the image forming means in a carrying direction of the transfer object; carrying the transfer object supplied by the supplying means to the fixing means along a first carrying route; carrying the transfer object having one surface of which the image has been fixed by the fixing means from a downstream side of the fixing device in the carrying direction of the transfer object to an upstream side of the image forming means in the carrying direction of the transfer object, along a second transfer route, and temporarily escaping the transfer object having one surface of which the image has been fixed by the fixing means and carried along the second transfer route in escaping means which is provided inside the carrying route connecting the first and second carrying routes and between the first and second carrying routes.
- 9. The image forming method according to claim 8, wherein the step of temporarily escaping the transfer object does not reverse a surface of the transfer object.
Parent Case Info
The present application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/922,654, filed Aug. 7, 2001, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
US Referenced Citations (6)
Foreign Referenced Citations (1)
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7-248704 |
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Continuations (1)
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09/922654 |
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