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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2011
Koji Yamamoto, Toyokawa, JP;
Hiroshi Funabiki, Uenohara, JP;
Masanori Murakami, Hachioji, JP;
Jinju Okuno, Hino, JP;
Koji Yamamoto, Toyokawa, JP;
Hiroshi Funabiki, Uenohara, JP;
Masanori Murakami, Hachioji, JP;
Jinju Okuno, Hino, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing device including: a fixing member that heats toner image and fixes it onto a recording material; a pressure member that forms a nip that presses the recording material against the fixing member; a first air separating section that blows air against the fixing member and separates the recording sheet from the fixing member; and a separation claw that separates the recording material from the pressure member, wherein a tip of the separation claw contacts the pressure member at a position which is downstream, in a direction of movement of a surface of the pressure member, of a peak of an air blast pressure distribution on a surface of the pressure member, and wherein the air blast pressure distribution is formed by air blown against the pressure member which is caused by the air blown by the first air separating section against the fixing member.