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- Patent Title: Fixing device including shutter pivotable about axis positioned downstream of nipping region in sheet conveying direction
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Application No.: US18327090Application Date: 2023-06-01
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Publication No.: US12085887B2Publication Date: 2024-09-10
- Inventor: Yasutada Kato , Yuichi Ikeno , Kazuna Taguchi
- Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya
- Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya
- Agency: KENEALY VAIDYA LLP
- Priority: JP 22104688 2022.06.29 JP 22104689 2022.06.29
- Main IPC: G03G21/16
- IPC: G03G21/16

Abstract:
A fixing device includes a first rotatable body, a second rotatable body, a frame, and a shutter. The frame supports the first rotatable body and the second rotatable body. The first rotatable body and the second rotatable body provide a nipping region therebetween where a sheet is configured to be conveyed in a conveying direction. The sheet is configured to pass through an opening of the frame to be conveyed toward the nipping region. The shutter is pivotally movable about a first axis between a closed position where the shutter closes the opening and an open position where the shutter opens the opening. The first axis is positioned downstream of the nipping region in the conveying direction.
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