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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 18, 1999
Yujiro Iida, Tokyo, JP;
Oki Data Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing apparatus has a heat roller, a paper-separating lug, and a guide roller. The lug engages the heat roller to separate a recording medium from the heat roller if the recording medium rotates in contact with the heat roller. The lug is movable between a first position and a second position. The lug is brought into contact engagement with the heat roller when the lug is in the first position and out of contact engagement with the heat roller in the second position. The guide roller is rotatably mounted to the lug. The guide roller extends into a plane in which a travel path of the recording medium lies, and guides the recording medium after the recording medium is separated from the heat roller.