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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 1990
Filed:
Aug. 15, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Fumitaka Aoki, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355290 ; 219216 ; 355285 ; 355311 ;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus has a device for forming an unfixed image on a support member, a heat fixing device for fixing the unfixed image by applying heat, and a blower for supplying a blast of air to the heat fixing device. The blast area to the heat fixing device by the blower differs depending on the size of the support member.