Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus configured to eject air toward a gap between the top end of a sheet having passed through a nip portion and the circumference of a fixing rotating member of the nip portion
- Patent Title (中): 图像形成装置,被配置为朝向通过夹持部的片材的顶端与夹持部的定影旋转部件的周缘之间的间隙喷射空气
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Application No.: US12778450Application Date: 2010-05-12
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Publication No.: US08346142B2Publication Date: 2013-01-01
- Inventor: Hirokazu Kodama
- Applicant: Hirokazu Kodama
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
- Priority: JP2009-126322 20090526
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus includes an air ejecting portion that ejects air toward a gap between the top end of a sheet having passed through a nip of the heating roller and a pressure roller, and the circumference of the heating roller. The air ejecting portion includes a plurality of air nozzles and a plurality of electromagnetic valves being respectively connected thereto and ejects air selectively from a plurality of air ejection positions arranged in the width direction perpendicular to the sheet conveying direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100303522A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2010-12-02
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