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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2003
Tadafumi Shimizu, Ogori, JP;
Shouichi Kitagawa, Fukuoka, JP;
Masahiro Samei, Fukuoka, JP;
Kazunori Matsuo, Onojo, JP;
Keiichi Matsuzaki, Kurume, JP;
Kenji Asakura, Kyoto, JP;
Hideki Tatematsu, Ashiya, JP;
Tadafumi Shimizu, Ogori, JP;
Shouichi Kitagawa, Fukuoka, JP;
Masahiro Samei, Fukuoka, JP;
Kazunori Matsuo, Onojo, JP;
Keiichi Matsuzaki, Kurume, JP;
Kenji Asakura, Kyoto, JP;
Hideki Tatematsu, Ashiya, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
In a fixing unit, a medium introducing portis provided near a gripping partof a housing, and a sheet materialto be subjected to a fixing process is guided to the medium introducing port. A shutteris provided slanted at a given angle with respect to a gripping surfaceof the gripping partof the fixing unitsuch that the shutter has a fulcrum at a part thereof, which is closer to the gripping partof the fixing unit, at the medium introducing port, and the shutteris turnable to a position to close the medium introducing portwhile resisting the urging forces of the twisted springs