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Patent No.:

US 7486922 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2009

Filed:

Nov. 21, 2006

Fixing device and image forming apparatus with separating mechanism pivotable about plural axes

Applicants:

Kuniaki Nakano, Osaka, JP;

Yoshiharu Kanematsu, Osaka, JP;

Shinichi Uchida, Osaka, JP;

Inventors:

Kuniaki Nakano, Osaka, JP;

Yoshiharu Kanematsu, Osaka, JP;

Shinichi Uchida, Osaka, JP;

Assignee:

Kyocera Mita Corporation, , JP;

Attorneys:

Gerald E. Hespos

Anthony J. Casella

Primary Examiner:

David M Gray

Assistant Examiner:

G M Hyder

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A fixing device is provided with a fixing roller for fixing a toner image transferred on a sheet to the sheet, and a separating mechanism for separating the sheet from the fixing roller. The separating mechanism includes a claw member having a tip portion held in contact with the outer circumferential surface of the fixing roller for separating the sheet from the fixing roller, a supporting member pivotably supporting the claw member, and a biasing member for biasing the claw member toward the outer circumferential surface of the fixing roller so that the tip portion of the claw member presses the fixing roller.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Nakano, Kuniaki. (2009). Fixing device and image forming apparatus with separating mechanism pivotable about plural axes (U.S. Patent No. 7486922). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7486922

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