Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fixing device and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US15230747Application Date: 2016-08-08
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Publication No.: US09836000B2Publication Date: 2017-12-05
- Inventor: Mitsutoshi Takemoto
- 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: JP2015-166790 20150826
- Main IPC: G03G21/16
- IPC: G03G21/16 ; G03G15/20 ; G03G15/00 ; G03G15/23

Abstract:
A fixing device includes a fixing member, a pressuring member, a fixing device main body, a guide member and a detecting mechanism. The guide member is rotatable between a closing position where the guide member covers a sheet conveying path and an opening position where the guide member exposes the sheet conveying path. The detecting mechanism includes a sensor and an actuator. The sensor includes a light emitting part and a light receiving part. The actuator is swingable between a non-blocking position where the actuator does not block a light and a blocking position where the actuator blocks the light. When the actuator rotates integrally with the guide member according to a rotation of the guide member between the closing position and the opening position, the actuator passes between the light emitting part and the light receiving part.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170060063A1 FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2017-03-02
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