Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fixing device rotating fixing member or pressing member while medium is extracted and image forming apparatus including the same
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Application No.: US16479522Application Date: 2018-10-25
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Publication No.: US11009824B2Publication Date: 2021-05-18
- Inventor: Mashio Takezawa
- Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Studebaker & Brackett PC
- Priority: JPJP2017-251451 20171227
- International Application: PCT/JP2018/039724 WO 20181025
- International Announcement: WO2019/130776 WO 20190704
- Main IPC: G03G15/00
- IPC: G03G15/00 ; G03G15/20

Abstract:
A fixing device (7) includes a fixing member (21), a pressing member (22), a rotation detector (41), and an auxiliary driving part (42). The fixing member (21), with rotating around an axis, heats a toner image on a medium (S). The pressing member (22), with rotating around an axis, forms a pressing area (N) with the fixing member (21) and presses toner on the medium (S) passing through the pressing area (N). The rotation detector (41), when the medium (S) stops while being sandwiched between the fixing member (21) and the pressing member (22), detects rotation of the fixing member (21) or the pressing member (22) generated in a process of extracting the medium (S) toward an upstream side or a downstream side in a passing direction. The auxiliary driving part (42), while the medium (S) is being extracted, determines a rotating direction of the fixing member (21) or the pressing member (22) based on a detection result by the rotation detector (41), and rotates the fixing member (21) or the pressing member (22) in the rotating direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190339641A1 FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2019-11-07
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