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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:
Sep. 03, 1991
Filed:
Aug. 08, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yasuo Nakamura, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ; G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355282 ; 355200 ; 355290 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a fixing device for use in an image forming apparatus, which comprises a heating roller, a pressure roller supported so as to be capable of separating from the pressure roller, and a cover movable interlocking with separating the heating roller from the pressure roller for covering a predetermined portion of the heating roller surface in order to prevent an unfixed toner image on a transfer sheet or the hand of an operator from touching the surface of the heating roller as the jammed sheet is removed.