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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 15, 1995
Makoto Hasegawa, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device having a heat roller and a pressure roller in nipping contact therewith. The heat roller has a sleeve member and a rod-like heater extending through the sleeve member. A casing is provided for housing therein these rollers. The casing includes a lower casing for rotatably supporting the sleeve member and the pressure roller, and an upper casing detachably fixed to the lower casing for covering these rollers. A pair of holder members are fixed to the upper casing for suspending the heater. The upper casing is integrally provided with a sheet peelable guide member at a position adjacent the sleeve member. The guide member separates a curled sheet from the sleeve member. The upper casing is also integrally provided with a heat blocking walls at a position in confrontation with a photosensitive drum. The lower casing is integrally provided with an upstream guide member and a downstream guide member which are positioned upstream and downstream of the pressure roller.