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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2012
Kiichirou Arikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Masami Ishida, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigeru Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiro Konishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiichirou Arikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Masami Ishida, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigeru Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiro Konishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body in which an image forming section that forms an image on a recording material and a drive mechanism that generates a rotational driving force are provided; a fixing section that transports the recording material while receiving the rotational driving force and fixes the image on the recording material, the fixing section being held by the apparatus body at two axial ends thereof; and a transmission mechanism that is provided at one of the two axial ends of the fixing section and is connected to the drive mechanism, the transmission mechanism transmitting the rotational driving force from the drive mechanism to the fixing section. When a pulling force is applied to a recording material that is present in the fixing section, the drive mechanism and the transmission mechanism are disconnected from each other.