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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hiroshi Fuma, Hachioji, JP;
Hisayoshi Nagase, Hachioji, JP;
Assignee:
Konica Corporation, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/520 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 1/520 ;
Abstract
An image fixing apparatus in which a fixing belt is trained about a plurality of support rollers including therein one support roller housing a heat applying source, and a relative position of a pair of pressure rollers is changed, which are oppositely arranged with the fixing belt interposed between them, to a pressure position, a traveling path of the fixing belt is changed, and through the fixing belt whose path is changed, the heat applying source and the support roller housing the heat applying source are integrally movable.