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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2013
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hideyuki Matsubara, Mishima, JP;
Masato Suzuki, Mishima, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A fixing apparatus includes a fixing unit configured to heat and fix an unfixed image, which is formed on a recording material, on the recording material, a rotating member provided with a metal shaft and configured to convey the recording material that has passed through the fixing unit, a cover member made of injection-molded resin and configured to cover the shaft of the rotating member from a recording material conveyance path side so that a portion of the rotating member in contact with the recording material is exposed, the cover member including a portion that has a U-shaped cross-section when viewed from one end side of the shaft, and a sheet member configured to cover an opening of the U-shaped portion of the cover member.