Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 图像形成装置
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Application No.: US15006305Application Date: 2016-01-26
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Publication No.: US09400462B2Publication Date: 2016-07-26
- Inventor: Tomooku Koyama , Ken Murooka , Wataru Uchida , Jun Agata , Yohei Suzuki , Daisuke Takamura
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
- Priority: JP2013-029061 20130218; JP2013-029063 20130218; JP2014-014257 20140129
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00 ; G03G15/20

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus has an image forming portion, a fixing portion for fixing the unfixed image at a fixing nip, a first and second guide members configured to guide the recording material to the fixing nip. The first guide member is provided at a position opposed to a surface of the recording material on which the unfixed image is formed and at a center of the fixing portion with respect to a longitudinal direction of the fixing portion, and the second guide member is provided at a position opposed to the surface of the recording material on which the unfixed image is formed and at an end of the fixing portion with respect to the longitudinal direction of the fixing portion, the second guide member being movable relative to the first guide member with respect to a direction perpendicular to a feeding direction of the recoding material.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160139547A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2016-05-19
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