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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2011
Applicants:
Tatsuya Shinkawa, Osaka, JP;
Atsushi Ide, Osaka, JP;
Yoshinobu Tateishi, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka-Shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A fixing device is provided with a fixing roller, a peeling claw that peels a recording paper from the fixing roller, a peeling claw holder that rotatably supports the peeling claw, and a support member that movably supports the peeling claw holder to enable the peeling claw to retract by moving apart from the fixing roller, wherein not less than two directions are set as retracting directions of the peeling claw holder to be moved when the peeling claw is caused to retract by moving apart from the fixing roller.