Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fixing device having a guide member with a recessed shape
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Application No.: US15135887Application Date: 2016-04-22
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Publication No.: US09703239B1Publication Date: 2017-07-11
- Inventor: Akira Shimodaira
- Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oliff PLC
- Priority: JP2015-249599 20151222
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20

Abstract:
A fixing device includes a heater, a heating rotary member, a pressure rotary member, and a guide member. The heating rotary member is rotated while being heated by the heater. The pressure rotary member is in pressure contact with part of an outer circumferential surface of the heating rotary member so as to be rotated and so as to form a pressure contact portion which allows a recording medium to pass therethrough. The guide member has a guide portion which guides a leading end of the recording medium toward part of the outer circumferential surface of the heating rotary member. The guide portion has a guide ending portion having a central portion and left and right end portions in a direction parallel to a rotational axis direction of the heating rotary member. The central portion is recessed relative to the left and right end portions.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170176900A1 FIXING DEVICE HAVING A GUIDE MEMBER WITH A RECESSED SHAPE Public/Granted day:2017-06-22
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