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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 1997
Filed:
Dec. 15, 1995
Takeichi Shimada, Hachioji, JP;
Takahiko Ushiroji, Hachioji, JP;
Konica Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus, such as a copier or a printer, for forming an image on a recording sheet. The apparatus includes: a fixer for fixing the image on the recording sheet and having a heat roller. The fixer further includes: a pair of side ends in which a rotation axis of the heat roller passes through the pair of side ends; a heat pipe for regulating a temperature of the heat roller; and a conveyance path, having a reference position, for conveying the recording sheet in the fixing in which the recording sheet is conveyed along the reference position. In the fixer, the reference position is in a vicinity of one of side ends, and a center of the heat pipe in a direction of the rotation axis is positioned on the side end side with respect to a center of the heat roller.