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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2005
Applicant:
Yoshimitsu Nakane, Ryugasaki, JP;
Inventor:
Yoshimitsu Nakane, Ryugasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A fixing apparatus includes a plurality of fixing devices that fix a toner image on a sheet, a bypass transport path which bypasses at least one fixing device among the plurality of fixing devices and which transports the sheet, a main transport path which transports a sheet via the fixing device that the sheet transported by the bypass transport path bypasses, and a heat insulator that prevents heat generated from the fixing device that the sheet transported by the bypass transport path bypasses from being transmitted to the bypass transport path.