US 11,952,235 B2
Image forming system and charge eliminating apparatus
Naoto Hamabata, Yokohama (JP); Katsumi Tanaka, Yokohama (JP); Tomokazu Kurita, Yokohama (JP); Kiyotoshi Kaneyama, Ebina (JP); and Taro Mitsui, Ebina (JP)
Assigned to FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Aug. 18, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/405,078.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-066480 (JP), filed on Apr. 9, 2021; and application No. 2021-066481 (JP), filed on Apr. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0324672 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. B65H 37/00 (2006.01); B65H 29/14 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC B65H 37/00 (2013.01) [B65H 29/14 (2013.01); G03G 15/6573 (2013.01); G03G 15/6576 (2013.01); G03G 15/6582 (2013.01); G03G 2221/00 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image forming system comprising:
an image forming apparatus configured to form an image on a recording medium;
a post-processing apparatus configured to perform first post-processing on the recording medium on which the image is formed by the image forming apparatus;
a relay apparatus having a function of changing a transport speed of the recording medium on which the image is formed by the image forming apparatus to a transport speed of the recording medium in the post-processing apparatus and transporting the recording medium to a subsequent stage; and
a charge eliminating apparatus configured to perform charge elimination on the recording medium that is charged, by reducing a charge amount of the charged recording medium,
wherein the charge eliminating apparatus is positioned after the relay apparatus and before the post-processing apparatus in a processing direction.