Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus with pivoting fixing device
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Application No.: US15877198Application Date: 2018-01-22
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Publication No.: US10254688B2Publication Date: 2019-04-09
- Inventor: Takeshi Ishii
- Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka-shi, Osaka
- Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka-shi, Osaka
- Agency: Alleman Hall Creasman & Tuttle LLP
- Priority: JP2017-010197 20170124
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20 ; G03G21/16

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus main body and a fixing device. The apparatus main body is formed such that its interior can be opened. The fixing device is provided in the interior of the apparatus main body and configured to fix a toner image on a medium to the medium by heating and pressing the toner image. The fixing device is supported by the apparatus main body in such a way as to pivot so as to be disposed on an outside of the apparatus main body in a state where the interior of the apparatus main body is opened.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180210382A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2018-07-26
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