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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:
Jul. 18, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 01, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Katsumi Sugimoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Tomoaki Tanaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Katsuya Shimatsu, Kawasaki, JP;
Yasuhiro Wakabayashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Katsumi Tateno, Kawasaki, JP;
Shigenobu Utaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Kenji Fuke, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
399327 ;
Abstract
A fixing unit is provided with a fixing heat roller, a first reel supplying a cleaning member which cleans a surface of the fixing heat roller, a second reel taking up the cleaning member from the first reel, and a unidirectional clutch mechanism intermittently driving the second reel in a direction to take up the cleaning member using rotation of the fixing heat roller.