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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2011
Teruo Soeda, Tokyo, JP;
Teruo Soeda, Tokyo, JP;
Oki Data Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fuser device includes: a fuser member that heats developer on a print medium; a pressure member that presses the fuser member so as to provide a contact region therebetween; and a separation member that separates the print medium, which is ejected from the contact region, from either the fuser member or the pressure member. The separation member includes a separator in a plate-like shape and a support member that supports the separator such that the separator is disposed in the vicinity of the fuser member. The separator includes a planar part in a plate-like shape that is sustained by the support member; a tip part that is a tip of the separator, an inclined surface part that is inclined toward the tip part in a thickness direction of the separator, a border part that is defined as a boundary between the planar part and the inclined surface part.