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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. 17, 1991
Filed:
Feb. 22, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masahiko Fukano, Osaka, JP;
Akihiro Kondo, Sakai, JP;
Assignee:
Mita Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355290 ; 219216 ; 355285 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides an image forming apparatus which includes a rotating unit for slightly rotating an upper unit. The upper unit is provided with a heating member and is located in the image fixing unit. The upper unit is rotatably mounted on a lower unit which is provided with a pressure member in the image fixing unit to release the contact of the heating member with the pressure member. This image forming apparatus can easily and safely remove a jammed paper sheet from the image fixing unit.