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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2013
Applicant:
Masami Maruko, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Masami Maruko, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/2085 (2013.01); G03G 15/2035 (2013.01); G03G 15/2028 (2013.01);
Abstract
When an arm membermoves a pressure rolleraway from a fixing roller, a guide mechanismmoves an air nozzlein synchronization with the motion of the arm memberin order that a nozzle tipmoves an operating position near a fixing nip portion NP and a parking position to which the nozzle tipis retracted from the operating position.