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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2012
Miyakoshi Printing Machinery Co., Ltd., Narashino, JP;
Hideo Izawa, Narashino, JP;
Junichi Setoyama, Narashino, JP;
Kenji Takahashi, Narashino, JP;
Masaru Kusanagi, Yokote, JP;
Miyakoshi Printing Machinery Co., Ltd., Narashino-shi, JP;
Abstract
A fixing apparatus includes a fixing drum having a heating heater internally equipped therein, the fixing drum positioned spaced part and downstream from a sheet delivery site at a downstream-most side of printing units and is adapted to rotate at a peripheral speed identical to a speed of travel of the sheet of paper. A first sprocket is positioned adjoining the sheet delivery site at the downstream-most side of the printing units, and a second sprocket is positioned coaxially with the fixing drum and being adapted to rotate integrally with the fixing drum. A conveyer chain having a gripper is wound around and engaging with the first and second sprockets to wind and convey a sheet of paper on a peripheral surface of the fixing drum upon gripping in turn with the gripper the sheet of paper traveling from the sheet delivery site at the downstream-most side.