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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2003
Kazutoshi Fujisawa, Nagano, JP;
Makoto Sato, Nagano, JP;
Katsuhito Gomi, Nagano, JP;
Naoyuki Okumura, Nagano, JP;
Hideki Okada, Nagano, JP;
Shuhei Mori, Nagano, JP;
Shinichi Kamoshida, Nagano, JP;
Kazutoshi Fujisawa, Nagano, JP;
Makoto Sato, Nagano, JP;
Katsuhito Gomi, Nagano, JP;
Naoyuki Okumura, Nagano, JP;
Hideki Okada, Nagano, JP;
Shuhei Mori, Nagano, JP;
Shinichi Kamoshida, Nagano, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a fixing device incorporated in an image forming apparatus and operable to fix a toner image on a recording medium, a first rotative member and a second rotative member form a nip portion therebetween, at which the toner image is fixed on the recording medium. A separator separates the recording medium, which has been passed through the nip portion, from one of the first rotative member and the second rotative member. The separator is provided with a first guide face extending in a first direction to guide the separated recording medium to an inlet of a subsequent stage of the image forming apparatus. The first guide face is provided with a rib extending in the first direction.