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Patent No.:

US 10520862 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2019

Filed:

Nov. 13, 2018

Image heating apparatus having an opening and closing mechanism that opens and closes an air blowing port using a plurality of shutter members

Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Takuya Hasegawa, Tokyo, JP;

Masahiro Takahashi, Kashiwa, JP;

Satoshi Ishikawa, Kashiwa, JP;

Assignee:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Venable LLP

Primary Examiner:

Susan S Lee

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01); G03G 21/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/2017 (2013.01); G03G 15/2042 (2013.01); G03G 15/2064 (2013.01); G03G 21/206 (2013.01); G03G 2221/1639 (2013.01); G03G 2221/1645 (2013.01);
Abstract

An image heating apparatus includes a first rotatable member and a second rotatable member, which are configured to form a nip in which a toner image is fixed on a recording material, an air blowing mechanism, and a duct configured to guide air from the air blowing mechanism toward an end portion of the first rotatable member with respect to a longitudinal direction of the first rotatable member. The image heating apparatus also includes an opening and closing mechanism configured to open and to close an air blowing port of the duct. The opening and closing mechanism includes a plurality of shutter members configured to close the air blowing port in cooperation with each other.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Hasegawa, Takuya. (2019). Image heating apparatus having an opening and closing mechanism that opens and closes an air blowing port using a plurality of shutter members (U.S. Patent No. 10520862). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10520862

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