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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
May. 12, 2011
Hirokazu Nakamura, Osaka, JP;
Masatsugu Ohishi, Osaka, JP;
Noriko Inoue, Osaka, JP;
Masaki Amemiya, Osaka, JP;
Masaya Asakawa, Osaka, JP;
Takashi Yamanaka, Osaka, JP;
Hirokazu Nakamura, Osaka, JP;
Masatsugu Ohishi, Osaka, JP;
Noriko Inoue, Osaka, JP;
Masaki Amemiya, Osaka, JP;
Masaya Asakawa, Osaka, JP;
Takashi Yamanaka, Osaka, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A fixing apparatus of the present invention includes a fixing rotation member, a rotation drive portion that rotates the fixing rotation member, a cleaning web sheet that cleans a circumferential surface of the fixing rotation member, a cleaning web sheet roller that takes up or feeds out the cleaning web sheet, a swing cam rotationally driven by the rotation drive portion, a rotation transmission portion that transmits a rotation drive force to the cleaning web sheet roller, a one way clutch provided on an input shaft of the rotation transmission portion, and a swing lever connected to the one way clutch and biased so as to be brought into slide contact with the swing cam.