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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 21, 1997
Hiroshi Ueno, Ibaraki, JP;
Shuho Yokokawa, Ibaraki, JP;
Kunitomo Takahashi, Ibaraki, JP;
Sho Sawahata, Ibaraki, JP;
Ken Onodera, Ibaraki, JP;
Tetsuya Ohba, Ibaraki, JP;
Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a fixing apparatus for an electrophotographic apparatus which comprises a suction apparatus (14) for attracting a rear surface of recording material (6) which continues longitudinally and holds a toner image on a major surface thereof, a preheater (10) for preheating the recording material while adhering the recording material to the preheater by attracting force of the suction apparatus, and a pair of fixing rollers (11) formed by a heat roller and a pressure roller urged to each other, wherein the recording material is sandwiched and carried while being heated and pressurized by the heat roller and the pressure roller at a pressing portion therebetween thereby to fix the toner image on the major surface of the recording material, the fixing apparatus further comprises a recording material lifting apparatus (15) having a projection member (15a) movable relative to the surface of the preheater.