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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2013
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Keisuke Mogi, Noda, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/16 (2006.01); G03G 15/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/2064 (2013.01); G03G 15/2053 (2013.01); G03G 2215/2035 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fixing device includes a fixing unit including a first roller and a second roller which form a nip to fix a toner image on a sheet, the fixing unit being capable of fixing the toner image on a maximum width sheet and a small width sheet; a reciprocating mechanism for reciprocating the fixing unit in a widthwise direction; and an operating device for operating the reciprocating mechanism, wherein the operating device operates the reciprocating mechanism for a fixing operation on the small width sheet, and the operating device does not operate the reciprocating mechanism for the fixing operation on the maximum width sheet.