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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2018
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Naoki Hashimoto, Kashiwa, JP;
Shutaro Saito, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device includes a first unit including a first rotatable member, a second unit including a second rotatable member forming a nip with the first rotatable member, for fixing a toner image on a recording material, and a frame supporting the second unit. A guiding member is movable between a guiding position for guiding the recording material toward the nip, and a retracted position in which the guiding member is retracted from a space permitting demounting of the second unit from the frame. A cover member is openable to an open position for exposing the space, and is configured to move to a closed position, and an interrelating mechanism is configured to restore the guiding member, in the retracted position when the cover member is in the open position, to the guiding position in interrelation with movement of the cover member from the open position to the closed position.