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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2019
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Akinori Matsuno, Osaka, JP;
Takuya Miyamoto, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image carrying member including a transfer belt or a photosensitive drum, a transfer unit configured to transfer a toner image carried on the image carrying member to a recording medium, a fixing unit disposed above the transfer unit and configured to heat and pressurize the toner image transferred to the recording medium and fix the toner image to the recording medium, a body stay having an opposing wall facing a side surface of the fixing unit, and a positioning part provided on the opposing wall and configured to perform positioning of the fixing unit. A chipped part is provided below the positioning part in the body stay and blocks transmission of heat transmitted from the fixing unit to the body stay via the positioning part.
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