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Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 1996

Filed:

Oct. 25, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:

Masahiro Hashizume, Osaka, JP;

Susumu Taniguchi, Osaka, JP;

Shinji Kameyama, Osaka, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
355283 ; 355284 ;
Abstract

A fixing felt is brought into contact with a heating roller surface of an image forming apparatus such that at a predetermined distance towards the downstream side in the direction of rotation of the heating roller from a perpendicular line passing through the center line of the heating roller. As a result, even though foreign matter and residue are accumulated on the contacting part of the fixing felt and the heating roller, such foreign matters and residues will drop and not be transferred to the paper with a latent image.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Hashizume, Masahiro. (1996). Cleaning mechanism of a fixing device in an image forming apparatus (U.S. Patent No. 5546174). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/5546174

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