Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fixing unit and image forming apparatus equipped therewith
- Patent Title (中): 固定单元和装配有图像形成装置
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Application No.: US13753972Application Date: 2013-01-30
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Publication No.: US08903291B2Publication Date: 2014-12-02
- Inventor: Masami Maruko
- Applicant: Masami Maruko
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP
- Priority: JP2012-021667 20120203
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20
Abstract:
When an arm member 50 moves a pressure roller 36 away from a fixing roller 33, a guide mechanism 60 moves an air nozzle 40 in synchronization with the motion of the arm member 50 in order that a nozzle tip 40a moves an operating position near a fixing nip portion NP and a parking position to which the nozzle tip 40a is retracted from the operating position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130202331A1 FIXING UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS EQUIPPED THEREWITH Public/Granted day:2013-08-08
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