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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 1986
Filed:
Oct. 19, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nobuhiro Kasama, Yokohama, JP;
Mitsuru Kurata, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355 / ; 355 / ; 219216 ;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus has a first housing supporting the entire apparatus, a second housing openable relative to the first housing, image forming means for forming on an image bearing member a toner image corresponding to image information to be recorded, a first and a second rotatable member for holding the image bearing member therebetween and conveying the same to fix the toner image formed by the image forming means on the image bearing member, and resilient means acting to open the second housing relative to the first housing and acting for the pressing between the first rotatable member and the second rotatable member.