- Patent Title: Fixing device having sheet separation members which are displaced by different amounts according to a change in diameter of a heated rotator, and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US15439619Application Date: 2017-02-22
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Publication No.: US10474071B2Publication Date: 2019-11-12
- Inventor: Toru Hayase , Koji Yamamoto
- Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Current Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Holtz, Holtz & Volek PC
- Priority: JP2016-057186 20160322
- Main IPC: G03G15/20
- IPC: G03G15/20 ; G03G21/16 ; G03G15/00

Abstract:
A fixing device is configured to fix a toner image to a sheet by heat and includes: a heating rotator; a pressurizing roller contacting with the heating rotator; a heater configured to heat the heating rotator such that the heat is transferred to the sheet passing through a contact portion between the heating rotator and the pressurizing roller; a plurality of separation claws configured to separate the sheet from the heating rotator such that the sheet passing through the contact portion is not caught in the heating rotator, the separation claws being provided opposite to the heating rotator; and an adjustor configured to adjust positions of the separation claws relative to the heating rotator such that distances between the separation claws and the heating rotator are equal to each other.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170277086A1 FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2017-09-28
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