Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fixing device and image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 固定装置和成像装置
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Application No.: US14338651Application Date: 2014-07-23
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Publication No.: US09042797B2Publication Date: 2015-05-26
- Inventor: Tomohiko Yamakawa
- Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Studebaker & Brackett PC
- Priority: JP2013-156246 20130729
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
A fixing device includes a fixing member, a pressing member and a separating member. The fixing member is provided with a sheet passing region through which a recording medium is passed and a non-sheet passing region arranged outside the sheet passing region. The pressing member comes in pressure-contact with the fixing member to form a fixing nip. The separating member is configured to separate the recording medium passed through the fixing nip from the fixing member. The separating member has a separating plate and a restricting piece. The separating plate faces the sheet passing region with an interval. The restricting piece restricts the interval. The restricting piece is provided with a contacting surface which comes in contact with the non-sheet passing region. The contacting surface has a width which becomes wider from an upstream side to a downstream side in the rotation direction of the fixing member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150030358A1 FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2015-01-29
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