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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2008
Filed:
May. 25, 2005
Keiichiro Sato, Ebina, JP;
Kenji Hara, Ebina, JP;
Yumiko Onuma, Ebina, JP;
Yoshiaki Tainaka, Ebina, JP;
Seiji Taira, Ebina, JP;
Noriyuki Miyoshi, Ebina, JP;
Keita Yano, Ebina, JP;
Masakatsu Eda, Ebina, JP;
Tomofumi Suzuki, Ebina, JP;
Keiji Miba, Ebina, JP;
Keiichiro Sato, Ebina, JP;
Kenji Hara, Ebina, JP;
Yumiko Onuma, Ebina, JP;
Yoshiaki Tainaka, Ebina, JP;
Seiji Taira, Ebina, JP;
Noriyuki Miyoshi, Ebina, JP;
Keita Yano, Ebina, JP;
Masakatsu Eda, Ebina, JP;
Tomofumi Suzuki, Ebina, JP;
Keiji Miba, Ebina, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a recording material transporting path that extends in a direction from below upward and that transports a recording material, a fixing device provided on the way of the recording material transporting path, the fixing device having a rotatable heating member that has a heating source provided inside thereof and a rotatable pressure member that forms a fixing nip in pressure contact with the heating member, and a detaching member that contacts the heating member in the vicinity at a downstream side of the of the fixing nip in the rotation direction of the heating member and detaches the recording material from the heating member. The detachment member has a detachment guide surface extending from a contact point with the heating member, and a tilt of the detachment guide surface toward the pressure member side in relation with a vertical line including the contact point is not more than 2.5°.