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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 1988
Filed:
Feb. 05, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
Giichi Kando, Morioka, JP;
Assignee:
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355 / ; 355 / ; 355 / ;
Abstract
An electrophotographic printer has first and second fixing rollers arranged near its discharge port for the recording paper. The discharge port has a stationary plate which is a part of the housing, and a movable plate which is movable toward and away from the stationary plate. One of the fixing rollers is mounted in a stationary position, and the other fixing roller is mounted on the movable plate. The movable plate is moved toward the stationary plate to form a port of normal width, and away from the stationary plate to open the port to allow jammed papers to be easily removed from inside the printer.